The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-27

the speakers at this session will be Mrs
Martha Howe. of Marshalltown. Ia, and
Miss M. Bloomstine, of Nashville, Tenn.
That practical session devoted to do
nestle science will have as It's chairman
Mrs. Annie Goodell Whitmore of Dem
yer. president of the big Denver Woman's
Cub of 1000 members. She comes of a
fine family. and is n sister to Mrs. Blow,
who was personally thanked by Queen
Victoria recently for her efforts on be-
half of the English soldiers in South
Africa.
Though that eternal disturber of do
nestle peace, the servant girl question,
has been tackled in many ways by club
women, 1t is the Denver women that have
gone about II with "sanctified common
sense" In their own city by promoting a
school of domestic science Tles will he
fully exploited at the biennial in a
pamphlet. which Is afterward to go TO the
Paris exposition. Having in mind purely
the practical side of this much-mooted
question, Mrs. Whitemore has called her
session Common Sense in Domestic Sci
ence," and will have as demonstrators
such specialists as Mrs. Philip Carpenter
of New York; Mrs. f. Fishel. of st.
Louis. and Mrs. f. Larned. of Syracuse.
N. Y.
The civics session. with Mrs. William
Christie Heron, of Cincinnati. at its
head. will be devoted to THE City Beau
tAitfs Nihb NbiiltH tNtINWDeft are In
terested either through village improve
ment societies or municipal art leagues
in making attractive our cities and
towns. Whatever pertains to their i'm
provement such az the establishment Of
Fairgrounds for children. the ornamental
ton of parks, the placing of garbage
boxes. the planting OF trees along the
thoroughfares and their protection after
they are planted. and. on the other hand
whatever pertains TO preserving the pub
lie health. Will be ably presented by these
municipal enthusiasts. Among the speak
ers at this session will be Mrs Mabel
LOOMS Todd. Of Amherst Mass: Mrs.
William NJ. Neal, of Helena. Ark. Miss
Mira Lloyd Dock. Of Harrisburg Pa.
and Mrs. William Ayers Cook, OF Little
Rock. Ark
In her own city Mrs. Heron has done
much work along municipal lines As
the first president Of the Civic League
OF Cincinnati she started this organiza-
tion IN it's efforts at reform. She Il also
a prominent member Of the Cincinnati
Club and 81 literary club called Les
Noyageurs." which organization has
chosen her as its representative at the
biennial.
That the press session Is to have "a fits
chairman Mrs. Mary lockwood Of
Washington, ID. c. is a matter of con-
graduation, for this woman Is prominent
along many lines. AS press woman she
Is known as president or the Interna-
tional Press Woman's Union, which held
its annual convention In Detroit recently.
As president for three terms OF the ma
tIonal branch OF this organization. It was
she who secured headquarters for IL at
the Columbian exposition. and in this
connection II IS noteworthy that she was
not only chairman OF the press commit
tee at the exposition. but is vice chair
man Of the committee which has pre-
pared The History Of Woman's Work
at the Exposition" She has also written
a number Of books, the last one being on
Historic Homes or Washington"
1t is this Mrs. Lockwood, moreover
who is sometimes called the mother Of
the Daughters OF the American Revolu-
ton, for 1t was at her home-"The
Strathmore Arms'-that this national or
ganization was formed. She was made