The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-19
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The Wonans club OF Deer Lodge met
at the residence of Mrs. N. ]. Belenberg
on Tuesday. Mrs, s. Davis read a very
interesting paper on the location and sur
roundings of Florence, Italy, after which
the evening was given to Miss katherine
kohrs
A very delightful and enthusiastic two
hours were spent on views with descrip-
lions of noted pictures of the old mas
ters. cathedrals, palaces. etc. After the
club adjourned Miss Belenberg took a
fashlight picture of the II ladies pres
ent. %5
The weekly meeting of the Woman's
club of Butte was held on Wednesday. 1t
was art and music day. and. as usual on
those DAYS. the attendance was good.
Mrs. Holbrook, the vice president, pre-
sided
Current events was under the leadship
of Mrs. A. S. Christie. and consisted of a
review of the recent doings in the fields
OF art and music. Miss Norma Robinsons
paper on Some of Our Great Piano Play
and was one of much merit.
Miss Finnigan, a teacher of eiocution
and voice culture, was present by invita-
ton and delighted the audience by her
Rotations 80, Sir and The Old Man
and jim"
Next week the club celebrates It's second
anniversary There will be a literary pro-
gramme and a good time is anticipated
spent in social intercourse
The Atlas club members were entertain
ed Friday afternoon by the reading of pa
pers from Mrs Slater on the reign of
Charles H. Wing and Tory. Miss Reznor,
an American woman in Journalism a let
ter from a Chicago club was read by
Mrs. Carroll, requesting the president Of
the Atlas club to appoint a committee
to inquire into the industrial problem
affecting women and children throughout
the different states.
The ninth regular meeting of the Martha
Washington Reading cub was held in the
art room of the library Tuesday evening.
large attendance of members responded
to roll call with quotations from Ralph
Waldo Emerson Three ladies were elect
ed to become members of the club. This
sweils the number to the limit of the club.
The history lesson was of unusual interest.
Mas George Washington. dear to every
American heart, was introduced in the
study.
After the lesson DR.. Mccain entertained
the ladies with a short but very interest
ing talk on state federation. Mrs. Ritter
and Mrs Todd as visitors to the club, ex-
pressed themselves in a few we'll chosen
words as having been highly entertained
with the work.
On Feb 10 the Homer club listened to a
very interesting and instructive pro-
gramme. Mrs. Beach of New York city
explained the duties of the board of school
inspectors of that city. Mrs. Beach now
holds the position as one of the inspec-
tors. Mrs. Hendricks most graphically
told of the first two years of the war of
the rebellion. Mrs Welcome gave the
life and writings of Bayard Taylor and
Miss Hammond read IAN excellent paper on
the prose writings of o. w. Holmes.
The Household Economical club met at
the usual time and place on Wednesday.
The programme consisted of well pre-
pared and very instructive papers on
Cereals and practical knowledge for
Every Day Use by Mesdames Clark and
Ross. BY special invitation the club will
meet with Mrs. Clark on March l,
The Womens Domestic and Literary
club of Bozeman entertained the State
Housekeepers' society at the home of Mrs.
James on Wednesday, Feb. Is. At their
regular session a short programme was
rendered. Then the meeting was turned
into a social good time. The club ladies
served a very nice luncheon. There We're
about 60 ladies' present. The society ad-
journed to meet at the home of Mrs. Hell
linger on Wednesday, March l, at 2;3O p.
m. All members are requested to be pres
emit as there is special business to come
before the society.
AS the 22d of February draws near in
terest is revived in the George Washing
ton Memorial association. The specific
work of the association is to raise $3.50. 600
for the erection of a building to be used
as the administration building of the uni
versity in recognition of the efforts of the
beloved Father of His Country to es-
tablish such an institution. The founda-
ton already exists in the great collection
of libraries, museums and Institutions of
science in the national capital, only need
ing the vital teaching function to organ
axe them into a great university.
The growth of this association has been
phenomenal. In 1896 two women talked of
this university In August 1897, three wo-
men met and drew uD plan for an or
ganization. Now there are branches in
most of the states and territories there
are more than 1000 members of the asso-
citation, there is chairman of the work
for Americans in South Africa, and al
ready there are many hundreds of dollars
in the treasury
Mrs. Ellen A. Richardson of Phadel-
phia is president of the association. In
pleading her cause, Mrs. Richardson re-
calls some of the debt the United States
owes to George Washington. which by
their very nature can never be repaid,
save as the country is made to realize the
hopes and dreams of the first president
He had made plans for such a universe
ty as this one which has now begun to as
sumo form and comeiness in the minds
of American women. He even selected two
sites, one of which is now occupied by
the Washington monument, while the 9TH
er, known az University Place, awaits the
real monument. the fitting memorial to
the man who had conceived in his master
mind the entire educational system which
is still the ideal toward which American
people are striving.
Washington left funds which would
now give a net sum of five and one-half
millions for the building of this university