The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-24

atloH, winch advocates the most
| sweeping reorganization with the low
est tax per capita of any yet brought
| to our notice 1t is radical in the ex-
| IRENE and If adopted by the G. +. w.
| c. viii result in the individual club
| being relegated to the background.
| Connecticut.
| The council of the Connecticut State
| Federation met Nov. II upon invitation
| of the federated clubs of New Haven
| and West Haven in the chapel of the
! Church of the Redeemer, New Haven
| Fifty-four out of q CT the total MEM
| bership of the council were present.
Mrs. T. X. Noble, president, presided,
and said that she wanted every mem
Der Of every club in the federation to
be personally interested. She made q
| point by calling attention to the fire.
quent custom of members who speak
of their club at it, instead OF, we"
The committee member from Darby
reported that she had succeeded in
getting waste paper cans placed in all
parts of the triple cities, the club being
the Womans club of Ansonia. Derby
and Shelton. She said the cans were
used and also abused and that there
seemed no marked improvement in the
conditions of the streets. The only gain
is that the people see that better con-
dition of things is necessary. The edu
cational committee reported that Is
clubs had made a practice of discussing
! the condition of educa ton in their own
towns: is have a system of school visit
ing; nine have sent books to schools OF,
| libraries, one existing solely for the
purpose of susta lining library which is
on the point of becoming public
library. The chairman believed in
women voting on school questions and
trying to influence legislation. The vice
president suggested that in view Of the
increasing number of foreigners in the
cities lectures on American history and
government should be arranged for and
speakers provided who could speak in
the same tongue as the audience. The
president called attention to the request
made by many clubs that each club APP
point a day to be called Federation
day" a day when visitors may be in
vited, and also one devoted to the dis
cussion of what the General and State
Federations are doing.
Michigan.
The fifth annual meeting of the Michi-
gan State Federation was held in Jack
son on the last day of October and the
LIST of November. The federation was
the guest of the jackson City Fedora
ton of Womens clubs. The city of
Jackson has a state reputation OF be-
ing a center of superior musical talent,
and that reputation was sustained on
this occasion, the literary parts at all
meetings being literally interspersed
with beautiful music, in vocal, piano or
violin solos and choruses.
A prominent feature of the pro-
gramme was a lecture on parliamentary
law. followed by drill by Mrs. Emma
A. Fox of Detroit a well-known parlia-
mentarian.
DR.. Boynton, in his address on
manual training, said: I'VE need to
add to the three RS of the education of
yesterday, the three H's-the education
which does not enlarge the character is
an absolute failure, no matter what
graces of manner or intricacies of learn
ing it may include. One of the faults
of our educational system is the dump
ing into society of so many ill-equipped
people,"
Some of the thoughts from the pa
lows: Too many pictures and too
much bric-a-brac in the home leave the
eye nothing on which to rest The
owners Of art treasures among the Jap
anese have few displayed at a time
These are exchanged after a season for
others
1T is poor taste to have pictures of
dead game on dining room walls. Good
decorations for the dining room are
flowers, china, hammered brass and
tapestries
Through the services of the commit
tee on legislation a bill was passed
during the last session of the legsla-
ture providing for women physicians
in the state institutions where there
are women and children. No part of
the programme held the attention of
delegates and visitors more closely than
the reports of the federation commit
tees appointed for furthering the edu-
cational, industrial, economic and social
interests of the state
There We're many other interesting
state conventions, accounts of which
will appear i'll later issues; many of
them will furnish thought for those
who are reaching out for Improvement
in club methods as we'll as in practi-
cal work in public affairs. The Cali
fornia women are the latest to issue a
call for convention for the purpose of
organizing a state federation. It win
be held at Los Angeles Jan. 16, II and
IS, 1900.