The age-herald., 1898-11-23
WOMAN AND SOCIETY. ANNIE KENDRIcK WALKER.
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sidering the work of the separate depart-
7 ANNIE KENDRTCK WALKER.

sidering the work of the separate depart ments.
 Mrs. Laird, however. the director of the finance department and also chairman of the finance committee appointed by the chair at the last meeting of the Woman 8 club, has organized her committee for work and will begin at once upon some prac- tieal measures in regard to finance.
 Taking advantage of the up-to-date methods of the large clubs the finance eom- mittee of the Womans club intends to issue d Christmas advertising sheet, which shall be known as the Woman's club edition. The local printing houses will be seen this week to ascertain the bids, and the edition will be gotten up in the most attractive form, and will afford Birmingham mer- chants splendid medium for advertising their holiday goods. In the club rooms the ladies are anxious to make a speciality of wall decorations, and will sell a certain amount of space for advertising purposes to Birmingham merchants. They hope to make these advertising placards on the walls of the club quarters unique and at- traetive by artistic posters and designs, which will probably be selected from the art exchange.
 The finance department is certainly one of the most important departments of the club, and Mrs. Laird, who is woman of great business ability and indomitable en- eigy, is eminently suited to look after the treasury department of the Womans club
 
 the club, the following extracts from Mrs. Sarah s. Platts address before the Omaha convention will be interesting and explana- tory. Mrs Patt, as is well known, is Denver woman, and vice president of the General Federation of Womens' clubs: 'The Woman's club of Denver" sine said 'is one of the largest In the country, hav- ing 1000 members and an extension mem- bership of 250 This branch of the club in- cludes the women in remote districts who WOul1 OtharWica ha va6 of fl,a ad,,ap tages of club. The main club has eight departments, the home, the education the art and literature, the philanthropic, the scientific and philosophical, the city im- proyement, to which men are eligible the music and the reform
 "The home department consists of school of domestic science, in which girls and wo- men are taught the rudiments of cooking and housekeeping and the duties and the oliierence In those duties of mistress and maid; and five kindergartens for the poor children, with a reading room for the scholars. The educational department con- cerns itself with the bettering of the pub lie schools and the school commissioners the study of the labor problems, and runs noon school for newspaper boys and other urchins, with the cooperation of the school authorities By the efforts of the art and literary department many pictures have been put in the school houses and their walls have been decorated.
 i'iS PiidHlHiOpiCdl DTdHcH mas ueNOIcu itself chiefly to the Pingree garden work Last year in Denver seventy-fve families were cared for at total cost of $250 and their crops brought $2.5OO. Of course the Denver women gave their time, but the re- suit points to a moral. The work is kept up during the winter by teaching the wo- men sewing and the like. Last year three families were made independent and took up land in the country.
 The departments of science and philan- thropy are mainly devoted to study but they have charge of the travelling library of the state.
 '"The work of the reform division is done in looking after the state institutions, sug- gesting improvements. and trying to get the best officials for important positions.
 Sanitary work, local option laws and general improvements come under the province of the city department of the club.
 Though the musical branch Is largely for pleasure, it has instituted many free con- certs in different parts of the city By the working of this club the some of wo- mems clubs is we'll Illustrated