Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-10-12
Datlp I ennebec 3op~aaL.
W0MEN's CLUBS.
Continued from page ~
e. Art and schoolroom adornment.

| TO the General Fedora ton in representa-
lion and annual tax has been a subjec
| OF much discussion the past year. \
presentation of the plan of reorganiza
| uon should have had place on the pro
| Sramme of this meeting, and it is al
oversight on my part that il is not there
| can only recommend that clubs make :
! careful study of the recommendations O.
the committee on reorganization as foun1
| IN the clubwoman which is now the off
cial organ of the General Fedora ton, an,
report the conclusions to a State commit
| tee on reorganization which | hope yol
VIII cause TO be appointed before tn,
close OF TINS meeting. We are to choose
delegates to represent us at the bienna
convention in Milwaukee. and it would b.
IN accordance with the fitness of thing.
II such committee could be made up o.
| those who are to be the delegates. The
duties of this committee should be /,
communicate with clubs and report at tn,
| mldwlnter meeting in January a consen
! sus of the opinions given.
| "One day at the Paris exposition is t
be devoted TO club congress, Mrs. vii
| liam Tod Helmuth, the chairman of tn,
General Federation committee on the eX
| position, has many plans in mind for tho
same, and a circular will soon be sent ou
asking our cooperation. Our representa-
| ton at the exposition must be limited. Sc
| far as | can see, to the work our clubs
| may be doing under the following heads
| Cooking schools, domestic science. efforts
| IN educational work to improve conditions
| Of industrial classes, vacation schools
kindorgartens, public libraries lectures
| travelling Libraries. mothers guilds, school
societies. This exhibition is to be made
| by photographs of club houses, head
quarters, founders, prominent leaders.
the work that can be illustrated by photo
graphs. The preferable size is eight by
ten, mounted and sent flat
May this annual meeting and each sue
ceeding one forcibly impress the fact that
there is powerful lever for good. If
moved by intelligent. harmonious, and
united action, now i'll the hands of the
Womcn's Federation of this country
Miss Josephine Barry, who has been
received with SO much favor by Wa
terville audiences then sang a 'Sere-
made" and acquitted herself in such a
creditable manner that she was warm
ly applauded.
The report of the committee on Gre
dcntials by Mrs. Nathaniel Butler
showed that there We're 133 delegates
present. These new clubs We're then
admitted: The Monday Club. Boothbay
Harbor; Current Events Club, Stock
ton Springs; Current Events Club,
South Brewer: Excelsior club. kendus-
kcag; 81 Parliamentary club, Lewis
ton.
Mrs. Camilla c. II. Grimes of Caribou,
then read her annual report as CORES
pondinS secretary, as follows:
We are glad to report prosperous
year. The State was federated in 1892.
with nineteen clubs, which number has
increased to one hundred ana seven. with
Il membership of 400. Nine clubs have
become auxiliary TO the State federation
during the year that is just passed. viz:
Mothers club; Bangor; Monday CIun.
Kicker Travel Class. Hoult0n; Excelsior
Club, Kenduskeag; Ignoramus Club: Me
chanic Falls; Village Improvement so
ciety, South Norridgewock; the Search
light Club Sanford: Current Events"
Stockton Springs The work done by the
clubs is most gratifying.
Il cannot close my report without
speaking of the great loss which we have
sustained in the death Of Mrs. Alfred w.
Anthony of Lewiston. She had been an
Interested and efficient club member for
many years. The fact that she was to
have had paper during these meetings
brings her sad death all the closer to US
as federation. Her helpful responsive
nature appealed to me very strongly II
says of her: Hers was one of the bright
est and most cultivated minds | ever
came in contact with" May the influence
OF her beautiful life and spirit continue
who are left.
Mrs. Addison f. Herrick in her treas
urer's report showed a balance of $101
on hand, or 81 for each club in the
Federation. The auditors report was
given by Miss Annie NJ. Frye. The re-
port of the chairman of the reciprocity
bureau was read by Mrs. w. II. New
ell. and was followed by the report of
the chairman of correspondence of
general federation of women's clubs
by Miss Nellie Marston. The synopsis
of the records of the mdwinter meet
;,,r, ,r;1- h1-N II
son.
The afternoon session was opened by
a piano solo Lists Hungarian Rhap-
sody." by Miss Harriet NJ. Abbott in
which she showed faultless execution
and wonderful power of interpretations
The real business opened with the min
utcs of the morning session, the re-
ports of the different clubs, and the in
PRODUCTION of the guests.
AT $50 came the address of Miss
Mary Snow of Bangor, in which she
spoke Of the movement to found saw
ings banks among the school children
This paper was full of unusual inter
est and was closely listened to. There
were a large number of the teachers of
the Watervllc public schools present,
arrangements having been made SO
that they could be in attendance.
Miss Snow said, in substance:
I'VE Americans live better and spend
more money than any other people on
earth. StatiSticians say that we as Il
people spend more money in proportion to
our population, idly and needlessly,
squandcr il that is. than any other ma
ton on earth earns. If this be not true.
then the people who make the statistics
have it on their souls. Now it is to he
noted that our schools and our system pf
education tend to teach our children to
make their living by their wits, and do
not tend in the same degree to fit them to
make it by their hands. This makes 1t
the plain duty of the school system 10
supplement our present educational meth |
DDS with instruction and training in the |
saving of money.
''It is noticed that few ofthc people who |
are helped by charity are legitimateiI |
subjects for relief: they are not poor for
any good reason, they are poor simply DE
cause they have wasted so much Now
as our children need to be taught to save |
and hoard their resources, as parents in
most cases do not teach their children !
this. and as somebody must teach Il. |
therefore the public schools must teach |
it, and it must come to this soon or late |
everywhere. In Bangor our teachers nave |
found themselves driven to take up school /
savings banks by the bad habit which 50 !
many young children had of continually |
sucking candy during school hours. a
practice destructive of discipline. cleanil- /,
ness and health. The result was that the
to iOVpOf school !