The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-04
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ON FAILING TO FORCE AN AMEND
AIENT oN THE FEDERATED
CLUBS
SHE HUNG UP THE QUESTION
Some Changes in the Plans for the
Midwinter BreaI<fast-Thirty
Clubs Joined the FEEDER
alton Last Year.
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Federated clubs was placed a week
earlier than usual with the belief that
Duluth would be bathed In sunshine dur
ing the first week of October. This is
the second day of the convention and the
city is bathed, sure enough, but not in
sunshine. Rainy day skirts are in order,
but not in evidence; hence the women
need their hands quite as much as their
feet to walk, in their trailing skirts, to
the church where the meetings are held.
AS this was the day for the informal
ballot for officers, the credential com
nlittee made an early report from which
it appeared that the women from st.
Paul entitled to vote are: Mrs. Henry
James, Mrs. Danforth, Mrs. J. B. Ray,
Mrs. w, K. Wiseman, Mrs. w. E. Thomp-
son, Miss Caroline Beaumont, Mrs. G. Il.
Smith, Mrs G. H. Ranny, Mrs E. M At
wood, Mrs. Cudworth, of ST. Anthony
Park; Miss Nellie Hope, Mrs. Keene and
Mrs. J. A. Swenson.
Word was passed around that the last
Of the forestry question" was not heard
at the close of Tuesdays programme
when Mr.. c. A Schenk, of Biltmore
estate; Miss Sanford, of the state uni
versity, and Mrs. Williams made the
strong plea for the forest park reserve.
1t is said that the Duluth women are
marshaling their forces for an attack
when the committee on resolutions makes
its report 1t is held that the oppos1-
ton has not yet presented its side of the
case and will do so with vigor and effect
when the opportunity offers itself during
the resolution report.
STRENGTH OF A WOMAN.
The Biblical standard of strength and
powers is the ability of two men to put
10000 to fight; but this feat is not to be
compared to that of one club woman who
can bring 200 to a standstill in a parlia-
mentary proceeding because she disap-
proves of that which they all want
Under the present bylaws the general
officers and chairmen of standing COM
mittees, who are the nerve and lie of the
conventions, are not accredited dele
gates unless SO appointed by their home
clubs; therefore they have no vote. The.
bylaws cannot be changed at an annual
meeting, to the call for which no notice
of the proposed amendment was at
tached-eXcept by a unanimous vote.
When the question came up Miss Ander-
son, of Minneapolis, moved to amend
this amendment by excluding chairmen
of standing committees from the voting
privilege. IN the discussion which en-
sued it was evident that there was
strong sentiment in favor of adopting the
original amendment intact Miss Ander-
son explained that unless her suggestion
was accepted and the chairmen of stand
ing committees excluded, she would vote
against the amendment. The threat had
no apparent effect for the delegates
voted her motion down. Miss Anderson
was true to her word and when the origi-
nal motion was put, Though every other
voting delegate said YES" she said
no and the change in the bylaws will
now wait a year.
BALLOT FOR OFFICERS
The informal ballot for officers caused
little stir as the only elections to take
large, corresponding secretary and treas
urer. The result of ballot will be an
nounced tomorrow morning.
FEDERATION BREAKFAST.
The feature Of the federation midwin-
ter breakfast will be continued, but the
report of the committee on arrangements
indicated some radical changes in the flu
ture arrangements of the function. Like
the Sunday school class that swells to
unwieldly proportions just before the
Christmas tree and the June picnic, the
midwinter breakfast calls forth from
some quarters a periodic enthusiasm
which last year precipitated 800 guests
| upon a committee prepared for 400 or 800.
The result was a short menu and long
| wall from about a hundred women who
| didn't get anything to eat. Therefore the
| chairman of the committee on arrange
n.ents recommended that the midwinter
breakfast privileges be confined strictly
to federated club women; that the num-
Der of tickets sold be limited to 500 that
| the sale of tickets be closed three days
before the date Of the breakfast; and that
a room, with seating capacity of not less
than 125, be secured in another building
! for the use of the executive board
Other matters of interest that cropped
! out during the succession of reports was
| the fact that the federation had gained
! 80 clubs during the year, besides the al
! lance of the state organization, known as
! the Minnesota Consumers league, of
| which Mrs. c. M. Loring of Minneapolis
is president. This brings the number of
| clubs now in the federation up to 158, AID
the membership to over 5000. There are
! about Is towns in the state represen ted.
A request from the Tourist Club of
Minneapolis, that the federation join In
the preparation for the centennial cele-
| bration Of the Louisiana purchase was
referred to the committee on resolutions
! dHu Will COH0 up tOI1OrFOWs IL was SuS
gested by spicy ST. Paul woman that
| the resolution smacked Of politics and
looked like an effort to get the federation
to indorse the party of expansion.
The afternoon session was devoted TO
the subject Of education, and the dele
gates seemed to get down to business as
If to earn the good time In store for them
at the reception rendered by the Duluth
clubs at the residence of Mr.. G. G. Hart
! ley. Here is where the club women Dis
play that distinctively social spirit-social
! in the broader, deeper sense-whieh is In
fusing the spirit of life and vigor into the
! organization To cement friendship 1t IS
as necessary to play together as to work
together. In the handsomely appointed
and brilliantly lighted rooms many
friendships We're formed and many ce-
mented. Handsome gowns? oh, yes; but
! better than all toned elegance made the
| rich gewning peculiarly subjective to the
bearing and manner of the wearers 1t
was the women in the clothes rather than
the clothes on the women that impresse /
the observer.