The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-27

ganization. The books are not duplicated.
for they follow each other In succession
Of about three months. The collection In
miscellaneous. about two-thirds fiction
and children's books. Mrs. Neville writes
that the greatest difficulty IL to make
the country people appreciate the advani
tage until they have once had a case; IL
takes a good deal OF patience. talk and
travel TO get the books well located. hut
II pays a thousand fold.
The third annual meeting of the Yer
mont federation was held Oct. > and G
In the Unitarian church at B~rattleboro.
Mrs. Temple, the president. congratu-
lated the federation on having their state
meeting at this most glorious time of
the whole year in all this Northland. the
time OF the falling OF the leaves Mrs.
3. r. Clark of West Brattleboro gave the
address of welcome: when we first in
yited the federation we were almost
frightened at our temerity: our club was
then an infant. now IL has grown To be
n lusty child. We welcome the ladies to
our historic town of B~rattleboro. We are
citizens OF no NEAR city. Witness our
painters. william NJ. Hunt, X. q. Hardie:
our architect. Richard NJ. Hunt; our
sculptor. Larkin q. Mead: our represen-
tative in the literary world. Mary T..
wilkins. Did we think OF sweet singers.
none tOuIQ tAtttu our DtlpNtu NIFTY
Howe LAWN and Harriet Brasor Pratt"
Roll call showed that 1000 women are
members of the Is clubs included In the
Vermont federation.
The Nebraska federation was one of the
most interesting conventions of the sea-
son. II was held at Omaha Oct. IL. ~ and
n. The work recommended to the feder-
alton was Town and Village Improve
...nt art rast raonng npiNarsitV aytRn-
sions and district federation" The pres
Ident of the general federation. Mrs. Re-
becca Douglas Lowe of Atlanta, Ga, ad-
dressed the meeting.
The fourth annual meeting Of the Illi-
nois federation was held In Chicago sim
ultaneously with the peace jubilee. there
its own chosen work and will receive no
tice I'm next weeks club notes.
The Atlas club met Friday at the
usual time in the art room of the IL
brary. Quite a number of visitors We're
present. The election of new mem
hers formed part of the business rou-
tine. Roll call was answered without
quotations. after which Miss Reznor
read a very interesting paper on the
history from 1915 to the death OF Henry
III. Mrs. Slater followed with a COM
prehensive and detailed paper. The In
dustrial History of England" Ton
minu discussions followed each pa
per.
A regular semi-monthly meeting ot
the Martha Washington Reading club
was held last Tuesday evening. Roil
call was responded to with quotations.
The usual programme was taken dp.
together with a discussion of current
topics. after which Mrs. c.. +. Hoyt
gave a brief put interesting sketch 81
THE Life and Habits OF Benjamin
Franklin n next meeting will be
held on Dec. 18th. at Mrs. Tom Bry-
ants, 625 North Main street.
On Nov. 21st the programme of the
Homer club proved to be very inter-
esting. Mrs. Dierks gave a delightful
talk On the anti-Masonic Party. The
anti-Rent Party and the anti-Abolitioa
Party. and also read a short paper on
the Annexation OF Texas. Mrs. Nc
Cracker briefly reviewed the prose
writings OF w. II. Longfellow. Mrs.
Noyes told OF the work and methods
of the Woman's club OF Seattle. and
! Mrs. Hammond spoke OF the clubs OF
Colorado and their influence. Mrs.
| Luke. Mrs. Batterman and Mrs. Nor
Vile were elected members of the club.
| The club meets with Miss Busch on
| Nov. p, at 500 West Broadway.