New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-11
IOWA'S STATE FEDERATION.
ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-oNE CLUBS
REPRESENTED AT BURLINGTON.
OCTAVE rHANEr SPEAKS FOR ACCURACY AND

OCTAVE THANET SPEAKS FOR ACCURACY AND
HAS NO CONFIDENCE IN INTUITIoN-FrvE
THOUSAND WOMEN REPRESENTED.
ron,, ho. ,, hold ber third biennial OF the State
Federation OF women's Clubs. II was opened IN
Burlington a week ago. and began with "coun-
ell OF workers." as the first evening meeting OF
officers and delegates was called
The president of the Federation Mrs Van Vech-
ten. of Cedar Rapids presided through the SEES
sions Mrs. Ellen NJ. Henrotin. honorary president
OF the General Fedora ton OF Womens Cluos was
one of the guests and Mrs Sara A Hubbard, also
of Chicago. was another
Mrs Martha c. f. Illck. president OF the Bur
Iington Federation of Womens Clubs delivered the
address of welcome to which the response was
made by Mrs NJ. H. b. Peters, vce-president OF
the Iowa Federation. Among other things MIS-.
Peters said:
THE trend of women's effort Is away from the
literary life and toward the clearing OF the sociai
and moral atmosphere toward the uplifting OF the
degraded and helpless
She declared that through the influence OF CLUB
work would come the help that could be derived by
mothers and teachers in the care and guidance OF
the young
In the report OF the secretary It was shown that
1871 clubs belong to the State Federation ana tnat
the total membership is over Ave thousand The
list OF studies taken up by the various clubs and
the number of those bodies pursuing the same were
given as follows Literature. taken up by 40 clubs;
history, a. parliamentary law Is; current events
IS; travel &c., political economy. 2: university ex-
tension. 2; Bay View course, g. Chautauqua course.
S. Shakespearian study, 3; Shakespearian and other
studies. s; art (exclusive) q art partiaD 10; mu-
sical 2; press. 2: miscellaneous. 20, and depart
mental. Is
one OF the features OF the second day OF the con-
vention was IAN Hour with Our Press Women.
which was claimed In Burlington to be the nrst
special recognition of women OF the newspaper
world. The presiding officer OF the hour was
Mrs Ella Hamilton Durley who has until recently
other journalists were Miss Huffaker Mrs. war
lace MTs wsz q h Mo Nn%s
Des Moines; Martha Scott Anderson Of Ine ss Ma a-
The Woman's Press Club Of Iowa has twenty,
yS M' oSsT ' Thame Of OF
French, were guests The establishment and OF that
ibis sSogld take the form Of Club magazine
recommended. This plan for spreading ciup news
from three thousand to Ave thousand copies. An
other idea spoken OF was the preparatomd oa c r
ing in the journals space for that news. in the
Saturday evening or Sunday issues - o,,or-
tunity Of American Club Women was one OF the
most interesting speeches OF the Federatio, , Se
said that the club TUmen 10 ad dc With their
power but that its being an organized force Tau
that Of IS sr bending being either Fan Industrial revOg
ton or IAN industrial evolution ana Una. on an
f f6SW do mem She said that as she had
not much confidence in womanly intultons' ,,,o
Of women in the home was down for the evening
session on Friday but. as she was unapl re,1eDt
Of the Nebraska Federation. took her place ana
talked on THE New Woman" Friday was sis nd
Child . and was considered one OF the most lntet-
estng sessions held The day closed with tes o 6S
the MANY pleasant social functions or the Week.