Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-07-21
RAIN AT FOREST PARK.
1t Interfered Seriously With the Plans
for Club Day-To-day's
Programme.

OTTAWA, KAS., July 20.-(Special) The
interior of the headquarters tent of Wom-
ems Clubs was prettily decorated to-day in
honor of Club day. 1t was the intention of
club women to hold conferences and con-
situations at the headquarters to-day and
sented at the assembly, but the rain, which
began falling last night, made movements
through the park difficult. Prentis hall,
however. in which the afternoon session
of the woman's council was held, was
made attractive by the decorations of
dropping e. willow branches dripping water;
per on "The Womans Club; Its Progress;
Its Possibilities" Mrs. James Humphrey,
State Federation of Women's Clubs, read
one of Olive SchreinerS dream poems.
Mrs: Humphrey then gave a sketch of the
movement. She explained that before the
advent of what has been termed the "wom-
ans century" those women who stood out
from the great mass of womankind on ac-
count of exceptional ability stood out as
individuals merely. Their claim to recog-
milton was for themselves alone and not
for their sex. The demand for this recog
milton for all womankind came in later
development of the movement and with it
was ushered in the womans century.
The first lesson that the club woman
had to learn" said Mrs. Humphrey, was
that advancement meant work. But, Moth
ing daunted, she worked on, blundered on
and learned from experience. She learned
the value of money, when she had had
experience in earning it, and she has also
learned from studying the underlying prin-
ciples of domestic economy, the dignity Of
sons of great value have been learned,
such as tolerance for views opposed to
ones own; submission to the will of the
majority and respect for ability and moral
worth regardless of position or possess
sions."
AS TO the possibilities of women's clubs
,,rrl,t tI,,t rl,A;,- ia,
ence would be most widely felt in the So
cial conditions of the future. Their power
for good, she thought, lay in their phllan-
Following Mrs. Humphrey Mrs. S. R.
Peters, of Newton, ex-president of the
Kansas federation, presented the matter of
of the National Federation of Womens
Clubs to simplify the organization. The
scheme presented Yesterday provides for
districts of the state, these in turn forming
the state federation: The matter was dis
Gbos tod by Mrs H. Of T9psk
Interfere With State Federation: by Mrs.
j. M. Miller. who discussed What Dis
trict Federation Is to the Woman's Club"
by Mrs. c. Z. Wilder, of Manhattan, from
this standpoint. "Why District Federation
Should Be Auxiliary to the State Fedora
ton and by Mrs. HOFFMAN. of Enterprise,
ence of the Federation"
Tomorrow, Dean A. A. Wright will speak
Deiofe lne ministers institute about the
inspired Book and the Inspired Eye" Miss
Montgomery will lecture upon the "Ro-
mantlc Movement in Literature and Art"
Rise and Significance of the Drama"
In the afternoon Mrs. T. II. Carver of
Topeka, will read paper before the wom>
lie Schools" The round table discussions,
In charge, of Mrs. L: r. Kellogg, of En-
PR9ra Rnd. will will be upon THE Classification of
In the evening Professor H. r. Roney
with the "Roney Boys" Blatchford Kav-
anaugh and Miss Harriet Dement, Packard
will furnish the entertainment.