The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-07
LOCAL COUNCILS WORK
REPORTS RECEIVED FROM SEVERAL.
AFFILIATED SOCIETIES.
Congress 10 he Petitioned Concerning
the Liquor Traffic I'm New
Possessions.

The Local Council of Women held an in
teresting meeting yesterday afternoon at
the Propylaeum. y report of the treasurer
treasury of si94S. A communication was
read from Miss Carmen. president of the
Central Christian Church Missionary So
ciety. asking that resolutions be adopted
TO ask Congress TO restrict the liquor
traffic I'm the new possessions. The COM
munication asked the local council to adopt
these resolutions. The matter was placed
i'm the hands of the following committee
TO formulate petition to Congress Mrs.
Mary A. Moody, Mrs. Drummond and Mrs.
Louise Lawrence. Mrs. w. III. Cook read
a very interesting report of the Katherine
Merrill Club. interspersed with humorous
stories. The Ladies' Aid Society of the
Central-avenue Christian Church was rep
resented by Mrs. j. a. Barnett. who read
a report of the years work of the society,
which she said was of great financial as
sistance to the church and in caring for
the poor as well. Last year $4,000 was
given to the church by the society. The
society has furnished a room at the
Deaconess Hospital and cares for the old
and helpless women of the parish. One old
woman was mentioned who is almost a
hundred years old and who has been cared
for by the society for the past twenty
years.
Mrs. X. L. Dorsey represented the Home
for Friendless Women at the meeting. She
read an interesting account of the work
done in the past year. The home Is in a
prosperous condition and the inmates are
we'll cared for The State municipal and
visitation committee was represented by
Mrs. Mary l.. Moody. She reported two
institutions visited since the last meeting
of the council-the county aims house and
the Central Hospital for the Insane-botf
of which are I'm good condition. She Sug-
gested that the fifty dollars that is used
annually to supply tobacco ~ the inmates
of the county aims house he. withdrawn
and used for other purposes. Two societies
were affiliated in the local council at the
meeting. the Sketching Club and the Yer
onica Club.
One of the interesting talks of the after
noon was that of Mrs. Jacob p. Dunn, wht
Libraries and Their Educational Value.
| She said that New York was the first Stat,
| to start the travelling Libraries. which were
| later taken up by many other States. III
New York there are now over 5000 volume!
| in circulation throughout the State The
| travelling library is now in vogue in thirty
| two States; in some States they are KEEP
| up by the State, while in others by women,
| clubs or by subscription. 1t is a system o
/ education which is beneficial and can b.
maintained with but little outlay. Sh,
| said Indiana was one of the last States
| to adopt the plan. The travelling librar.
| came into life in this State only year ag'
and only six months ago was the frs
| library in circulation. The Governor ap
1 pointed Mr.. Worries, Jacob Z. Dunn an,
Mrs. Elizabeth Earl. of Connersville. a
| library commissioners, and the head
/ quarters for the travelling library is in tn
/ State library room at the Statehouse. Their
| are 800 volumes in the collection and 2S
| special volumes, with a treasury balanc
1 of LOO.