The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-16

which is about completed. shows that many
have taken up the same themes Of study for
the year. 1t will b helpful to the clubs
themselves and instA ctive and interesting to
others to compare the results Of these va
rious discussions and researches. If each or
ganzation will forward to the department the
questions discussed at its meeting and the
decision reached, the information will be Civ
en- its proper setting by reference to this
club roster. This work will be further Ia
cilitated, both by the club secretaries and the
department, If those who have not done so
will send to US copies of their current pro-
grammes
The Club Woman speaks enthusiastically OF
the approaching meeting Of the Minnesota
Federated clubs. The speakers and subjects
which impress the editor especially at
tractive are set forth in the following para
graph:
Besides noted speakers from the state, the
national president, Mrs. w. B. Lowe, of At
lanta Ca, will be present. Mrs. Frederick
Lyon Charles president Of the Womans Lit
erary and Educational Organizations Of West
ern New York, will give address Miss l..
E Stearns state librarian of the Wisconsin
library commission will give a stereoptcon
lecture on Travelling Libraries" Through
her efforts 1G9 libraries of fifty books each are
now circulating through the rural districts Of
J.
Carleton college, and president of the state
federation will give her Message OF the
Year" Prof. Tormey, superintendent of Wi
mona schools will talk upon What Clubs
May Do for the Public Schools"
The North Dakota federation will hold
its last session Oct. 26, the day on which
the Minnesota federation will open its annual.
The Dakota women will be the guests Of
the Wahpeton Book and Thimble club. The
programme is arranged with special reference
10 the influence Of the club upon the home.
There is a marked tendency among a num-
Der of cubs to direct their study along the
lines Of university extension work. Among
these are the Cozy club Of Tecumseh, Neb.;
the Shakespeare club, of Freeport, Ill; the
Sorosis of Winfield, Kan. and the Literary
club, of Concordia, Kan. The action is high
ly beneficial to the organizations, as the
work is much more systematic. purposeful
and energetic than when laid out by the club
itself.
There are now tweney-seven societies in
the United States, membership in which de-
ponds descent from ancestors who dis
tinguished themselves by coming over TO
America at an early date by being Off
GERS in American wars prior to 1861, says
Miss Winslow Most of them are in a -four
ishing condition. The old arlstocratic Gin
cinnat leads them in age and dignity. Some
of them are restrictive. not only to descend
ants Of a certain line Of ancestors but still
further to those of descendants who may
be agreeable to the cOrporators. This brings
in the social element and keeps the society
select. Generally, however the historic
claim is recognized as paramount without
regard to the wealth or social standing Of
the applicant. But a rule all persons
who can trace their blood to a pre-Revolu-
tiOnary ancestry are desirable people. 1t Is
to be hoped that the social and aristocratc
side of these societies will not become too
prominent, for the fact Of American descent
should be tho controlling condition, and
putting in permanent form American local
history the main object in view.
The Academy of Forty is an organization
of scholarly women who meet once a month
in Washington The members are all pro-
fessionaI women. The September session Of
the club has just been held at the home
Of Mrs. Sara A. Spencer, head the Spencerian
business college, who is past magister Of
the academy. The meeting was presided
over by Mrs. Mary H. Williams, the present
magister and the entertainment was under
the direction of Mrs Frank Carpenter, one
of Washington's celebrated woman artists.
The dinner menus were painted by Mrs.
Carpenter, and were beautiful souvenirs of
the meeting. After dinner the topic was
1.-The Religion of Rest" to which subject
all the academicians contributed their best
thoughts The guests Of the evening were
Mrs. Ferguson, Of New York, and Miss Gill
liland, Of the Chicago Tribune. Some So
prano solos were rendered by Miss Herbert,
of Washington. The next meeting of the
Academy of Forty-to which number the
membership is limited-win occur at Cabin
Johns Bridge, Nd, this month, and in that
historic spot the academicians will have
e. t,O4r fnnfn Nhn p0da tive atrlE ~
the World and What 1t Is Doing" Mrs.
Ravens will be the director of the session.
Lady Henry Somerset. who Will probably