Omaha daily bee., 1901-03-17
NLUB AND
OHARITY.

Patterson discussed the "Greek Kingdom;
Its Rise and Its Future" and Mr.. C. G.
Pearse read a paper on the Greek Consti-
tuition in Theory and Practice" Modern
Greece" proved most interesting and
profitable subject. Miss Wallace brought
the members OF the club into touch with
Greece and Greek life Of today by reading
a charming letter from Mrs. Homer Lewis,
who was travelling in Greece in October.
Press women all over the country are
looking forward to the meeting OF the Ala
bama Women's Press association, which Is
to convene in Tuscaloosa April 10 and II.
The session is to be attended by many of
the most prominent women of the profess
sion, who will participate in a discussion
of woman's real value on a newspaper out
side of the woman's department.
The children's Industrial work is soon to
be taken up in Council Bluffs in way that
promises excellent results. Fifteen young
women of the city are meeting weekly and
receiving instruction in the work from
Miss Sarah Mcfarland. who is the assistant
Of Miss Magee, and they will soon open
classes for the children OF Council Bluffs
which will be held in the Associated Char
tiles building, the young women giving
their services.
Last weeks meeting OF Chancel guild OF
All Saints church was held at the home Of
Mrs. Streight. 1t was decided that the
guild take the care of the cottas of the
choir. They have recently ordered. for use
in the church, set of handsome book
marks made of green gros grain ribbon en-
broidered with the ecclesiastical designs.
The next Getting will be held with Mrs.
E. e. Hastings.
The board OF directors OF the Woman S
Christian association will hold it's regular
monthly meeting at 10 o'clock Tuesday
morning in the parors of the Young Mems
Christian association.
In selecting the subject, will tho Coming
Educated Woman Marry?" for his lecture
in the auditorium of the First Methodist
church on Tuesday evening for the benefit
Of the Epworth league DIR. Hirst has in
terested the majority OF the club women and
teachers of the city, especially as that
subject is receiving so much attention
from leading educators. Miss NJ. Carry
Thomas, president of Bryn Mawr college,
has determined that up to very recent
date little over half OF the graduates
of Vassar college have married, and the
proportion of the other female colleges Is
about the same. In recent article on
school and home education Prof Charles
De Garmo of Cornell university asks:
Are We Developing New Sisterhood?'
He speaks OF the large and increasing num-
ber OF teachers that never marry predict
ing that of the 500 900 women now teaching
in the schools of the United States, one
half, II not two-thirds, Will remain single,
and those who adopt the veil of the new
sisterhood of intellectual motherhood" or
school teachers, the majority are women
with the most natural qualifications and
education for the real motherhood. While
he does not assign any reason for this con-
dition, he speaks of the social isolation OF
the educated woman and deplores that So
ciety so fails to appreciate her,
Tenth Street City mission was crowded
ON Thursday evening with children gathered
from all parts OF that district to hear the
stereopticon illustrated talk on the Span
ish American war and other historical
events In the history of the country by Mr..
Stevens. which had been arranged for them
by Miss Magee. There were fully $50 chill
dren present, who enjoyed the evening s
program, dre Of the features Of which was
the singing OF Marching Through Georgia"
by a chorus OF colored girls, during which
scenes from the march were thrown on
the canvas. The chorus was sung by all OF
the children. The evening was so success
full that Miss Magee hopes to be able TO
repeat It, using different subject