The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-01-15

in attendance. There the club woman
from Maine may sit dnd rest and tall
over her cub with the woman from Cal
ifornia, ard this pleasant personal inter
course will help TO weave the ties tina
bind the graft sisterhosd Of tn G. +
VIC.
send you, according 10 your request
the picture Of Mrs Sarah s. Plat. TIT
president OF the Womanis club Of Der
yer. She has been its first and onl,
president. and in her magnificent per
sonality may be found the inspiration
Tor large measures Of the success which
has attended the progress OF the club
Minnie j. Reynolds, Chairman LEGAL BIZ
ennial Press Committee.
As soon as tho plates are received from the
engravcr Mrs. Platt's portrait. and Mrs Lehr's,
tpresident and secretary OF the l.. .C.,) viii be
printed in tHE COURIER.-Editor.I
The following notes on Nebraska
clubs from tbs pen Of Mrs. ID. c. Nc.
Killip OF Seward, appear IN tie Mid
land Monthly Tor January:
Club organization is still progress sing
in Nebraska. Tho town Of Syracuse has
invited the President OF the State Fe
Iteration. Mrs. Belle NJ. outcnborough,
to ass st in starting club Of twenty
members. The city Of Aurora has also a
Few club OF young girls. The History
and Art Club Of Seward has just closed
an art loan exhibit and chrysanthemum
fair. Ths proceeds will be divided be-
tween the public library and public
schools. The club intends to place a
Of some work OF art in each
school room in the city. All over the
state the clubs are working to beautify
the public school rooms, and many
school boards are willing to do anything
in their power to further art in the
schools. When they find it is about as
cheap t, have dainty tinted walls Of pale
green, cream, shell pink or blue as hav-
ing white. and that a harmonizing color
in paint and shades makes al artistic
alton Of tone with no more out
lay than would be expended in discor-
dant decoraliors, the clubs have met
with hearty co operation from the school
boards. Mrs. Stoutenborough has a
club of boys in her own town of Plat
between the ages Of II and ID.
that study history and boys literature.
She has set an example that every club
in the stete should follow"
An excellent article upon Fostering
Public Libraries by Mrs. Kate. NJ True.
a 7 rominent club woman 1T Tecumseh,
pears in the current number Of the
Midland Monthly. The history of the
public library movement is briefly
traced from the time in 1871 when Ben
amin Franklin propose to his club o;
young men that each should bring his
books to the club room and make them
common property through this perio
y hen libraries depended entirely upon
private subscriptions, to the present
tine when supported by municipal au-
tholi'y ana public taxation. Club VIC
men are urged to take greater Interest
ia the libraries OF their own towne, serv-
ng OF the library board, when neces-
;ary, for they are the ones deriving the
greatest benefits. The majority Of the
clubs depend largely upon the public
Libraries for their books OF references.
and few papers could be written without
he use OF the to;ks drawn from its
shelves. Ifthis be true in the cities. the
ncalcuIable value OF the travelling libra
y to the rural districts can be imagined.