Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-02
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From many states there have come to
Mrs. Alice Ives Breed requests for per-
mission to consider her candidate for
nomination to the presidency of the
general federation of women's clubs at
the next biennial. To one and all Mrs.
Breed has replied, "Wait until after
Christmas for my reply"
Now it is known that she has decided
to stand
Mrs. Breed has strong support in
the north the south and the west, as
well as in the New England states, and
in her case, serving as candidate prac-
t.cally means a nomination. and a NOM
ination implies an election.
The Starr Club of Lynn held a
'gentIemens night" Thursday The
entertainment consisted Of readings by
Miss Burpee Of Roxbury. This club is
one of the new corners into the state
federation. The Outlook Club Of Lynn
is another.
Among recent admissions to the
general federation of women's clubs are
the Pioneer of London Eng, the first
foreign club to apply; Sorosis of Bonn
bay, India; the Kanakatta of Perth,
West Australia; the Mission Station
Club, Silinda, East Africa; the Eclectic
Alu0lIde OIL OdlludSO, OIll, IoOulIl
America; the Girls Literary Society of
Adelaide, South Australia.
At the meeting Of the science section
of the Fgtchburg Woman's Club, Tues
day, the club room was decorated with
laurel, primroses palms and carnation
pinks. Mrs. Mary A. Chapman chair
man, presided, and the subject of the
program was announced as the Home
beautiful" Very interesting selections
from the lectures given before the
Twentieth Century Club Of Boston were
read, and had direct reference to the
topic under consideration. Mrs. Chap
man followed the reading with an in
teresting paper on the same subject,
dividing 1t into four heads-the build
tions, considering each separately, and
also in relation to the whole, giving the
requirements of an ideal home.
A household school has been conduct
ed for two years under the direction of
Mrs. Chapman, and for this, the third
year of its existence, it receives finan-
cial aid from the clubs treasury. 1t is
established in pleasant quarters in a
tenement where, from to 6 o'clock
each Thursday afternoon, may be found
30 young girls, in charge of five teach
ers, learning, by practical experience,
the essential art of good housekeeping.
In addition to this kind of philan-
thropic work, the section, as whole is
interested in the various charitable in
stitutions of the city. Burbank Hos
pital especially, has a claim upon it's
sympathy, and at Christmas, through
a committee, cards and fruit were dis
tributed among the inmates, and a
number of books added to the nurses
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year. On New Years day flowers and
reading matter for the patients were
carried by the committee.
The program at the latest meeting of
the Danvers Womans Association was
in charge of the work and education
committee, and consisted of music by
members and a lecture on Our Pilgrim
Foremothers" by Mrs. Elizabeth C. Low
ering, which was especially appropriate
to the date, Dec. %. Mrs. Lowering said
that she regarded the foremothers as
being as important factor as the fore
fathers, concerning whom so much had
always been said; she thought it was
time to let them rest and give some at
tention and credit to the foremothers
who endured the same privations and
shared the same hardships. The paper
was deeply interesting. AT the con-
clusion, refreshments were served
The Danvers Woman's Association is
one of the clubs which does not limit
its interests to it's own intellectual cuI-
ture 1t has for some time interested
itself actively in the free kindergarten,
and recently gave a Crawford party for
its benefit, which was very enjoyable
entertainment, besides being a success
financially.
Miss Roache is giving series of lee
lures on current events which is prov
ing most satisfactory