The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-16
In Meman's RsaIms
THE GREAT BIENNIAL.
Denver othe Mecca of CIubwomen
fOrathe Next Two Weeks.

fOrathe Next Two Weeks.
No event in many years has excited SO
much interest lin the Gem City of Colorado
as the great concourse of cubwomen dele
gates from the East and South who are ex-
pected to arrive on or before June 20. The
Rocky Mountain clubwomen have expressed
themselves as feeling personally responsible
for the comfort of the coming guests, and
are anxious to prove the bounteous hospital
1ty Of their section of the country. The most
extensive preparations are being made for
the reception of delegates and visiting friends
Railway and car companies have promised
low rates, and hotels and boarding houses
will be moderate in their prices.
The programme which was printed in last
Sundays G 0 be, covers the whole field
of activity, from recreation to the struggle
with sociological and metaphysical problems
June 26. rather than June 10. Is the day
upon which the pulpits of Denver will be
occupied by federation women.
Aside from all these set speeches and pa
pers, the real purpose of this national or,
ganzaton meeting is an interchange of ideas
on every educational subject. Art, educa.
tion, philanthropy, civic improvements, mu.
sic, home economics, the press, literature.
the care of children. especially as to their
education; social economics, phases of eco
nomic work of clubs, the Industrial problem
as it affects women and children, will all
be gone into with great thoughtfulness. to
say nothing of the scores of other matters
that will be discussed.
For instance, there are organizations Of
women which have membership in the gen.
eral federation formed for the sole purpose
OF the study of financial questions. The
members of these organizations are many Of
them women of large means who manage
their own affairs and whose understanding
of questions Of commerce, finance and in
dustry Is as thorough and practical as 10
that of many a successful business man. OF
this class is the Boston Business league,
and the Ebell societies of California. There
are several of the latter organizations en-
braced in the federation. One of these. with
headquarters in Los Angeles, has as its
president Mrs. H. W. R. Strong, who owns
a large fruit ranch, which she manages her.
self. Many of these business organizations
are quartered in clubhouses erected under
their members sole supervision, and all
evince much sagacity in the conduct of their
affairs.
There are. civic clubs without number or
ganized for the betterment Of municipal con-
ditions. A few of the improvements they
seek to bring about pertain to the schools,
streets, water supply, etc. Prominent among
those of this variety is the Civic club, of
Philadelphia. H4i
Among the clubwomen who will visit Dem
yer with the federation of clubs will be Mrs.
Emily Warren Roeblng, wife Of Col Wash
ington A. Roebling, builder Of the Brooklyn
bridge.
Hon. Abram S. Hewitt, at the opening cere'
monies of the bridge in 1883, referred to her
in these words:
with this bridge will ever be coupled the
thought of 7 one through the subtle alembic
of whose brain and by whose facile fingers
communication was maintained between the
directing power Of it's construction and the
obedient agencies Of it's execution.
1t is an everlasting monument to the self
sacrificing devotion of women. The
name of Mrs. Emily Warren Roebling will
thus be inseparably associated with all that
is admirable in human nature. and with all
that is wonderful in the constructive world
of art
Mrs. Roebling is a member of Sorosis but
she has been sent to Denver by the Womans
National War Relief association to try and
interest the women Of Denver and the club
visitors in the noble work now being carried
on by the association for the relief of the
sick and wounded soldiers and sailors Of the
United States.