The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-08

Miss Georgia A. Bacon and Mrs. C..
C. Baldwin attended the council Of
presidents held at the Vendome in Bos-
ton few days since. The committee
appointed to formulate plan OF reor-
ganization for the general federation Of
women's clubs, composed of Miss o. M.
E. Rowe, state president; Mrs Anna
D. West, state chairman of correspond
ence; Mrs. May Alden, Ward, president
of Cantabrigia, and a member OF the
G. F. w G. committee on reorganlZa-
ton; Mrs. w. A. Bancroft, state di-
rector, and Miss Helen A. Whittier,
president Of the Middlesex Women's
Club, chairman, presented report con-
tanning an outline of plan for reor-
ganization. This report provides for
the adjustment of the state commit
tees of correspondence, makes mem
bership in the G. F. w. c. dependent
upon membership in a state federation,
and limits the number of delegates to
the biennials to 1000, which number
shall be apportioned among the state
declarations according to the number Of
club members paying the per capita
tax.
number of the new members Of
the Woman's club have not signified
which department of the club they wish
to belong to. When no preference is
given. it has been the custom Of the
committee in charge of the year book
to divide the names equally between
the departments, and this, of course,
ANNOYED the women in question, who
were invariably placed In the very de-
partmeut for which they had the least
affinity Those members who have not
chosen their department will please
signify their choice to Mrs. Luther Low
ell s State street, on Wednesday at
The club meeting, or else before that
date.
At a business meeting of the Brown
ing class Of the Woman's club, yester-
day forenoon, the work of the coming
wear was discussed. Miss Vida d. Scud-
der. Of the English department at We'll
lesley college, has been engaged for a
nublic lecture, and will speak in Me-
mortal hall on the afternoon of the 21st,
upon "Some literary Utopias." Tickets
at 30 cents each may be obtained of the
members. Miss Scudder lie talented
woman and a very gifted speaker, and
the subject of her address is in line
~
lev and with her sociological work
She was a pioneer in college settlement
work In this country, having formed the
idea in operation in Oxford. England,
where she studied at the University of
Oxford, and interested herself actively
in its application to American condi-
tons. Since she spoke at the Woman
club, five or six years ago, she has not
been heard in Worcester.
The Quinsigamond Reading club held
it's annual meeting Oct. 6, and elected
the following officers President, Miss
Anna Ballard; secretary and treasurer.
Mrs. H. w. Tatman. The club will
take up the study of Russia, and the
program will be as follows: Novem-
Der, selection of periodicals; December,
introduction to study Of Russia; Janu-
airy, Russia's early and present history:
February Russian music and compos-
ers; March, Peter the Great. Catherine
H., the serfs; April, Russian art and
architecture; May. Literature, Turge-
nieff, folklore, Tolstoi; June, social and
Russian costumes
Herbert D. Bramsns article on THE
Worcester Natural History society"
has been reprinted from the September
number of THE American Naturalist"