The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-12-26
Especial Correspondence.l

NIN "a yAANIAys MM
MRS. LOWE Debating TO HER SECRETARY,
mittee Of the General Federation and
is now here engaged with the local
committee in planning for the next BIZ
ennial convention, which is to be held
in this city, beginning May 1, 1902.
Mrs. Lowe is an enthusiast where
women's clubs are concerned. The
most important work now before club
women is, she believes, along indus
trial lines. The betterment of the WO-
man wage Garner is uppermost in her
mind Said she recently:
''There is no doubt that the greatest
feature OF the three years just passed
in club work has been the growing in
terest Of the federation in the women
and children who are wage earners.
This interest, in my opinion, marks the
most significant step in the history OF
the organization. Our work in the past
has been for others. Now we propose
in the broadest sense to work with
others.
Already the federation has done
much in the way of organizing, with
out which nothing permanent can be
accomplished. The work Of the fedora
ton is Of necessity largely suggestive.
We interest the individual clubs all
over the country in the working wo-,
mans problem, and these individual
clubs do the active work. They ap-
point committees who visit the work
ing women and organize them into
clubs for the purpose of educating
them to see that If women are to work
they must do so without treading on
each others heels or unduly jostling
men. Organization and education are
the only things that can help the work
ing woman and the working child.
1.-THE federation is actively interested
in the child labor problem ALSO No
clubWoman will remain content while
a single child is suffered to lean eleven
hours day over spindle during the
weary time that stretches between
childhood and a stunted manhood or
wOmanhood."
Mrs. Lowe is thoroughly coSmopoli-
tan woman. She has moved i'll the best
social circles and resigned position Of
social leadership when she began to
devote her time to the club movement
in the south. She has Travelled extern
sively not only in Europe, but In other
portions of the world. She is hand
some, dignifed, graceful, womanly,
cultivated and we'll gowned. In 1895
when the Cotton States exposition was
held in Atlanta, the General Federation
held a council meeting there. Mrs.
Lowe became very much interested
and inserted a call in next mornings
paper inviting the women Of Atlanta to
meet at her house to organize a club.
1t was the beginning Of the Womens
club of Atlanta. Six months later she
organized the Georgia State Fedora
ton.
Since then she has spent much ne
travelling and organizing through tie
south, not only in Georgia, but in ! n
bama and in South Carolina. THE
growth of the club movement IL thHt
section has been marvellous, especially
when the conservative environment )
taken into account.
Mrs. Lowe is noted in her home city
for works Of charity. Not from neces-
sity, but from choice, is she very en-
ergetic woman, and every day sees her
accomplish a great deal Of work,
thanks to an innate faculty for sys-
tematizing things. When club duties
make excessive demands upon her, she
keeps two secretaries engaged half the
day.
But all days are busy with Mrs. Lowe.
She Is a convert to the light breakfast
theory and after rolls and coffee goes
at once to the "den" on the north side
Of her Atlanta house, where, taking
her seat in tower window, she reads
the morning newspapers and opens her
letters. At o'clock comes her secreta-
~, to whom she devotes an hour or two
before callers begin to arrive. In the
afternoons there is usually some pri-
vate business for her to attend to or
some social function on hand, or in
the absence of this it Is her custom to
take long drive.
That the General Federation will be
royalty entertained while in session
here is an assured fact. The leading
hostess will be Mrs. Robert j. Bur
dette, wife of the well known pastor
humorist and president Of the Califor-
MIA federation.