Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-02
FOR CLUB WOME N.
News from All Along the
MI Line.
Fitchburg Woman's Club and sorosls-
Mrs. Breed for the Presidency of
the G. F. M.-Georgia State
Federation.

Mrs. Breed for the Presidency of
the G. F. M.-Georgia State
Federation.
In a recent issue of the New York
Journal Mrs. Ellen M Henrotin gives an
enthusiastic account of the work of the
Woman's Club in the south. Two years
ago in October, she says a meeting OF
the general federation of women's clubs
was held in connection with the Atlanta
exposition. The federation came I'M
known and virtually unheralded, to
to Georgia, but every one was kind and
quite an interest was aroused in the re-
ports of the womans clubs presented at
the convention. Before the officers OF
the general federation left Atlanta Mrs.
William B. Lowe, one of the leading
society women of the city, who had
listened with interest to the reports of
the clubs, called meeting at her home
to organize the Atlanta Women's Club.
Mrs. Croley of New York, and several
other prominent club women were pres
ent. so that the meeting for organiza-
ton was a great success, and the At
lanta Women's Club is today one of the
most progressive and brilliant of the
Women's clubs of the country.
When the Atlanta Club. celebrated its
| frSt birthday it extended an invitation
to the various omens clubs scattered
| throughout Georgia to attend a meet
ing to organize state federation. About
seventeen clubs responded, and before
the meeting adjourned the Georgia
state federation of women's clubs was
an accomplished fact
One of the Oldest clubs in Georgia is
THE Sorosis,' of Elberton. and 1.-The
Sorosis" was one of the first clubs in
Georgia to federate with the general
federation and to be present
at the meeting to form a state
federation. Twenty-four clubs were
represented, each club sending two dele
gates. The largest number present were
visitors, and the presence of so large a
number demonstrates how great is the
interest in the state federation.
The first annual meeting was held in
Rome, in the court room, and never
were so many beautifully dressed aSd
| intellectual women seen in a court be-
| fore, says Mrs. Henrotin. Several com
mittees were appointed during the SEES
sions, one of the most important being
that of a farm and garden committee,
to further the federation work through
out the rural districts of the state. The
| Georgia Clubs have already organized
| garden clubs, and this committee is in
tended to continue the work.
The suggestion of national univer-
sity was received with great enthusi-
asm, and the promoters of the UNIVERSE
tY can count upon the cooperation of
the Georgia women In truth, the south
ern women are extremely patriotic and
heartily endorse and support all ma
| tienal movements, especially those
which centre in Washington. Under
the auspices of Mrs. Park, the chairman
of the state educational committee,
four papers were presented, one on the
kindergarten, one on the city school
system, one on the national university,
and one on the country schools, its pu-
pills, patrons and teachers. The rural
schools all over the United States are
attracting the attention of educators,
and the coordination of the rural school
with the great city and town systems
is being generally advocated and in
| many cases is now an accomplished
! fact. The reading circles throughout
the mountainous and country districts
which have been established by the
| Georgia state federation, under the SUI
/
of education, is the first step in this
great work of coordination of educa-
tional forces.
So impressed is the education COM
mittee of the Massachusetts, State Fed
GRAFTON with the Importance of its cause
that not content with the regular meet
! ing at Worcester last month in the in
terest of education, it decided to hold a
special meeting in Boston Jan. %. This
/ I,o o1I IN,
House, at 2 o'clock, and the subject is
Moral and industrial training" The
following topics win be presented
What shall children read?" Prof E.
Charlton Black.
THE moral value of industrial train
ing" Prof. William G. Ward.
Manual training for girls" Mrs.
Alice Freeman Palmer.
Mrs Henrotin, president of the Cen
eral Federation of Women's Clubs, will
be present and address the meeting, and
music will be furnished by the Fadette
orchestra.
The next meeting of the federation
will be held in Attleboro. THE waste of
civilization" will be the subject.
The New England Womens Club will
receive federated club officers Jan. 6.
from to 6 O'clock, complimentary to
the presidents of the State Federated
clubs
New Orleans has a Lillian Whiting
Club so named in honor of Miss Whit
ing of Boston, whose letters have long
been a popular feature in one of the
leading journals of New Orleans.
New Bedford has a Woman's Club
called the Woman's Debating Club, At
the preliminary meeting Mrs. May AL
den Ward addressed the ladies upon the
work of the womans club, and spoke
of the benefits and advantages resulting
from it.
The club women of Brooklyn are
much interested in the subject of a
union club house for the many women s
societies and clubs of that city.
John Graham Brooks addressed the
Jamaica Plain Tuesday Club last week,
on the Consumers League.
The Friday Morning Club met Wed
nesday at its room at S. r. Leland's,
and gave a program of music by Co
dard, Grieg, Gilchrist, Bruell and
Scharwenka.
Tuesday Mrs. Alice K Robertson read
from Shakspere Browning, Tennyson
and Kipling before the Womans Club
of South birmingham.
The Fall River College Club was en-
tertained Tuesday by one of its men,
bers Miss Annie B. Chace The stu
dents home for the holidays were also
present. A paper on Milton was read
by Hon Milton Reed.
Mrs. Ellen Packard Mihals lectured at
the last meeting Of fine VVor,,an,es Tsi,,h