Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-06-12
IOWAAT MILWAUKEE
They Enjoy Convention of Fedora
tion Of women's Clubs.
An ADDRESS BY OCTAVE. THANE1
Ottumwa Woman Writes Entertain-
ingly OF the Convention-Iowa Wo-
men rendered Receptions
Features of Programs.

Features of Programs.
Milwaukee, Wis, June Especial
Correspondence)-Tru the keys of
Milwaukee have been put into the
hands of the women Of America. The
local committees are ever ready to lend
aid to us carpet baggers." The
homes, the carriages, the people are
ours to command.
Every courtesy for our comfort and
happiness has been extended.
The personnel Of the convention is
most pleasing. From the standpoint
of the educational division we desire
to state that representative women
educators are here, and have brought
something with them that is helpful,
have brought inspiration. The educa-
tional program that was given Thurs
day morning was worth the effort to
reach this city.
Wednesday afternoon marriages and
funerals thruout the city were post
poned for the women of the biennial
must be driven about the city. There
were more than three hundred carriages
containing fair women. These We're
driven to the Milwaukee ayner col
lege, where reception was rendered
by Miss Sabin, the principal instruct
ors and the trustees. Miss Edmunds,
a former Iowa lady, and teacher at
the Iowa Wesleyan university, greeted
us when we entered.
Then we were driven to the Country
club, a delightful spot on the lake.
There again music, smiles and the
cooling cup renewed our pleasure and
gave us one more bright spot in our
memory.
The evening program at the Alham-
bra was one of interest and profit.
Mrs. Kate Epson Clark, of New York,
spoke upon the subject, Move Upward,
Working Out the Beast, and Let the
Ape and Tiger DIE Mrs. Clark is one
of a few women who can speak in
large opera house SO that every listener
can be hearer. .4
z For the Iowa delegation the enjoy
ment of the evening was conferred in
the address givn by our own Octave
Thanet. She was greeted with round
of applause. Her personal magnetism,
her ready wit, her sweet manner, at
once won the sympathy of the aud
fence and she held attention to the end
of her address. The writer was proud
form, to have come from the same
county, to have been, honored by. the
same Iowa delegation as this gifted
writer. Her subject was Rel former VS.
the Moderate Man" ,t,sa
She said: "The reformer might be
the pioneer of civilization but he is not
the whole push She paid high tri-
butte to the patience, the moderation
of Booker L. Washington, Jane Adams
and other emancipators of the human
family. She said: "The imaginative re-
former makes great deal of noise;
that they who cry for rights may be
coachers, but they who take the rights
play BALI
Thursday morning, the session open
ed with the president, Mrs. Lowe, in
the chair. There was heated discus
sion upon the question of reorganiza-
tion. When the vote was taken, the
Iowa delegation voted, eight in favor of
and twenty-five against. The total vote
stood 2S6 for and 431 against reorgani-
zation.
Mrs. Henrotin, the past president,
was then introduced and was greeted
by 5000 women on their feet giving the
salute of the white lily" She, paid a
glowing tribute to the members who
have gone from this temporal life to
their reward in the Beautiful City be-
You'd.
The program given at 10 o'clock in
the Davidson was upon civic reform;
Mrs. Heron, of Cincinnati, was in the
chair. Mrs. Williamson, of New Jer-
Tsey, spoke upon Corner Stones" She
made plea for the boys and girls,
that the independence of childhood be
granted them; that. they be not fetter-
ed by the conventionalities of adult
life.
The program given at the Alhambra
at 10 o'clock was under the charge of
the industrial committee. Mrs. John
Ottley, of Atlanta, Georgia, gave an ex-
cellent paper upon the industrial condi-
ton of the south. Mrs. Stanwood, of
Illinois, spoke upon Legislation for
the Protection of Women and Chill
dren." From this section one could see
opening before her the abyss into
which humanity must fall unless each
woman does her duty as a mother and
as citizen. The morning program
closed with an address by Charlotte
Perkins Stetson. She spoke upon "yNo-
men and Work.
Thursday afternoon at the Alhambra
"The Ethics of Work" was discussed.
Caroline Bartlett Crane, of Michigan,
but formerly an Iowa woman, present
ed very forcibly "The Folly of Over
work.
Thursday afternoon at the Davidson
was a practical and helpful discussion
upon the subject s'The Common Sense
of Domestic Service" This was SEES
sion of special interest to the home
keepers but as a high school teacher
the other session upon the "Folly of
Overwork" was of greater practical
value. From to 6 o'clock there We're
receptions rendered the Iowa delega-
ton by Mrs. Il. A. Chapman and Mrs.
John Johnson. The houses were crea-
tions of art. BY Milwaukee people it
is conceded that the home of Mrs. Chap
man is the most artistic in the city.
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