The Portland daily press., 1900-01-25

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This was followed by quits lively dis
cushion In which Mrs. George y. Frye,
of Mis-. Inez Blanchard, and Mrs. Eta >.
osgood took part. Mrs. Frye fe.t that IT
would be a great mistake not to stand by
the General Federation, rs the club move
meut had In It so much Of inspiration In
an educational way. Miss Blanchard said
she was too material and was set In favor
Of paying too much for sentiment. She
then STATED that the few things she had
received had been In the nature Of clrcu-
lars and club msgs zines. and she was In
doubt as to tie value Of these articles.
Ths representation at the convention BY
the delegates is naturally agreeable for
them, but there are CONF aratively few
women who have enjoyed that privilege.
Mrs Rita $. Osgood expressed herself as
In favor OF having sufficiently generous
sum from the individual clubs, In order
that thers might be no argument over
this question.
Miss Hatch OF Brunswick said that she
represented n very large clut, and the
idea Of paying q ten cent Ies capita did
ntb aabh6 wv -
Miss May of Auburn presented the re-
port In regard to tae representation OF
the clubs ct tie Paris Exposit on. Nils
May said there bad been bit lite ir tsrett
In this ma r, for few Of ths women
seemtd t. feel any desire t, send their
p tto. raphs t. he French capital. The
idea of tas represent ton was the
pi, lures OF tas officers of the clubs, and
also of school houses or an! thing In re-
gard t, club work, which would bs Of In
t1rsst to tie world: Mis- May also re-
poitsd thst letter had teen resolved
from DIR. Jacobs In Amst srdam, who
has many valuable papers In her posses
sion In regard to Women's work. As this
ert Ills no expense to tao Federation 1t
was decided thet a collection of the year
books of the Federation, and as many
ether year books OF the various clubs
through the At t as the mem bers care to
send, sh ould be forwarded to Miss May OF
Auburn, for the Amst,rdsm collect on
the paIers for the Paris Exporter to bs
sent to Mrs George y. Frye, Pc t'and.
Mrs. Helen Colin Bsedy o. Bangor
gave an eloquent plsa for the Dostthea
Dix Mem o.isl associat on. Miss DIX
who hero'c wo-k Is so familiar to all,
and being alfo nstive of Maine. 1t seems
very fit ng taat a II onument should be
eret ID to her manto:y at her biitaplaos
in Hampton. This Is thu wo:k OF this
asf ,ist 'on, and should claim the interest
aud supro t o. all LOYAL women.
AT the eloss of Mira. Bsedy's remarks
the ladies' we're invited TO the vestry be-
low, where N OFT delicious diuner was
served by the ladies of the Universalist
church.
The accredited delegates, fo.ty-two In
number, were entertained by the Am
n onoongin club, hut the other visitors
very willingly paid twenty-five cents for
the dinner which was 70 thoroughly en-
joyed. 1t represented q great deal OF
work on the part OF the women In charge
and was mos. surely appreciated by the
visitors.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The aft ,rnoon ore1ed with very live
ly discussion In regard TO the publication
o, certain hideoIs pictures which now
are so constantly seen In our daily papers.
There was good deal said for the news
paper IDEA of the question, and IL was
finally voted to leave the matter to the
discretion Of the educational committee. .
This was followed by vocal solo given
by Mrs. A. U. Cloudman, entitled
"Spring in Gods Acre" Mrs. Cloud
mans singing gave much pleasure, but
she only responaea to the applause by
bow.
In the further discussion OF the Fedora
ton matter, a good deal Of discussion fol-
lowed the three questions to beconsidered.
The motion In favor Of the reorganiza-
ton OF the General Federation was
promptly passed, but the per capita tax
was not so easily managed. IL cal led
forth good deal of comment, but finally
was passed overwhelmingly, 80 In favor,
one against, one not voting.
Tho convention also voted against the
admission OF kindred organizations into
the General Federation, declared itself as
In favor Of the annual meeting Of the
Maize Federation and Of the biennial In
stead Of tbs triennial Of the General Fed
eration; also voted that clubs formed be-
fore the Maine Federation should have
enc honorary representative.
The following delegates were appointed
fer the General Federation In Milwaukee
rext year: Miss Conner. Fairfield; Misc
Lord and Miss Noyes, Portland; Mrs.
Paine, Bangor; Mira. Lee, Auburn; Mrs.
Powers, Madison; and Mrs. Jennie White,
Rockland.
The question Of ipstituting an "oId
home week." received an ardent endorse
ment from Mrs. Christine Steph ans of
Norway Lake who read a paper stating
the advantages, material and spiritual
which would arise from having such a
meeting Of TIE former and PRESENT real
dents Of the old state.
1t was voted that the Federation should
appoint a committee OF five to keep alive
the matter the following women were put
upon It: Mrs. Stevens of Norway Lake,
Mrs. White of Lewiston, Mrs. Psrciyal