Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-13
THE WOMEN'S CLUBS

The last bill signed by President McKin-
| ley was in favor of club women. This bill,
/ which was also the last passed by tho
f1fty-siNth Congress provided that Mrs.
Rebecca d. Lowe and others named In the
| act and their associates and successors
| are hereby created a body corporate and
| polite of the District of Columbia by the
| name, style and title OF the General FEEDER
alton of Women's Clubs"
| The securing of the passage of this bin In
| the last days of the session makes an inter-
! esting story, and the respect that the club
| organizations of the whole country now
| command was made triumphantly evident
! by the helpful aid given on that occasion
by Senators Scott and Fairbanks and other
! statesmen, both of the Senate and House.
Inc commatce on reincorporation. OF
| which Mrs. Mary s. Lockwood is chairman.
was composed of Mrs. Ralph Trautman.
! Mrs. Lucia +. Bount, Mrs. Charles w.
! Fairbanks and Mrs. John l.. Mcneil The
| Dill, which was approved March g. 1891,
| and accepted and signed by the proper Off
GERS or the animated clubs, contains this
| clause:
/ Said corporation shall have a constitu-
| ton, and may adopt and make bylaws for
| the admission and qualifications OF MEM
| bers. the management of its property and
| the regulation of its affairs. and shall have
| the power to amend said constitution and
bylaws at pleasure. Said corporation shall
| have tits headquarters at Washington, in
/ the District of Columbia"
| Armed with this national charter. the
| federation will be able to prevent the in
road OF any unwelcome innovations that
! may in future be proposed. Should for in
| stance, the color-line question be again in
| troduced. it Will be interesting to see what
| will happen.
The General Federation is composed Of
| over 400 clubs, representing many states
and territories and aggregating a member
| ship of over 100000 women.
Unity in diversity is the motto on its
| leaf-shaped badge.
| Pro Re Nata held its regular meeting
| Wednesday morning. The time was eXclu-
! sively occupied in discussing The Plans
| and Purposes of the Peace Convention"
| The outlines of the plans and purposes
were considered by those present. it being
| an obligatory rule of the club that all MEM
| berS must speak upon any subject in hand.
| Pro Re Nata is recognized a free
| lance club. II keeps an eye on the affairs
| of the public and attends strictly to it's
business Of looking after the general good.
Having selected and fully discussed some
question of civic interest, ii proceeds to Sc
cure practical test of its opinions. 1t was
through the efforts of Pro Re Nata that the
| law enacted forbidding eXpectoration
| in cars.
| All in all this club offers blessed excep-
| ton to the rule that commands us to attend
| to our own business and leave that of 9TH
ers alone
Mrs. Kate Waller Barrett and her daugh-
! tiers while recently in Mexico were guests
| of the President and Nine. Diaz. Mrs. Bar
| rett organized industrial home in the
| City of Mexico, OF which Nine DiaZ is the
president.
At the tea and sale given at the Florence
Crttenden Mission last Tuesday Mrs. Bar
rett, who is the general superintendent OF
the mission was assisted in receiving by
Miss +. May Gordon, assistant superin-
tendent, who is also in charge of the train
ing school for nurses. The articles on sale
were made by the young women sheltered
in the sixty Florence Crittenden missions
throughout the country.
In Difference to the missions founded in
France, Shanghai and Toxic, the tea was
attended by the counselor and charge DAFT
flares of the French embassy and by MEM
bers of the legations of China and Japan.
Mrs. Pavy, who since the death Of her
husband DR.. Octave Pavy, who lost his
life in the Greedy expedition, has devoted
herself to phianthropie work. returned 10
New York Thursday. While here in the In
terest of her work in connection with the
Florence Crittenden Mission she was the
guest of Mrs. Barrett, at the home.
At the meeting of the Society OF the Cow
enant Wednesday the committees on
foreign and home missions made their re-
ports. DR.. Bailey of Salt Lake City, in a
brief talk on MoTmonism urged that fmme-
date action be taken TO have polygamy
made "a federal offense. Mrs. NJ +. Cole
read a paper on mission work among the
Navajoes.- This society supports two mis-
sionares. Miss Goodrich Allanstand. in
North Carolina, and DR.. May p Eddy, at
Beyrut, Syria
At the last meeting of the I. s. Grant
Circle, No. /, Ladies OF the Grand Army Of
the Republic. the following officers were
elected: Mrs. Fannie NJ. Page president;
Mrs NJ T.. Buckley, senior vice PRESIDENT:
Mrs Josephine Johnston, Junior vice presi-
dent; Mrs Belle II. Gibson, treasurer: Mrs.
Clara Kalstrom, secretary; Mrs. Frances NJ.
Cherry, chaplain; Mrs Fannie +. Wordon,
conductress. Mrs. Dell +. Wright. assistant
conductress; Mrs. Powell, guard; Mrs. II.
E Shelley. assistant guard; Mrs. Emma
Allyn Hawkes.. delegate to the national en-
campment, and Mrs. Edith S. Emerson, al
ternate.
Hattie Lucinda Alden. Julia a. Prentiss
Ford. Helen Sybil Amory Stetson and Mary
Dixon Jarvis were among the onc!ais eject.
ed at the ann'fal meeting of the Society OF
Mayfower, held Wednesday night at the
First Congregational Church.
The Current News Club met last night at
the home of its president, Mrs. Elizabeth
McElwee Smith. The convening of Com
gress. the admission of new states and the
death of Thomas b. Reed were the SUBJ
jecIs discussed, together with synopsis
of the canal question given by Mrs. Emma
Porter followed by a short talk by Miss
Frances Y. Hamilton in reference to the
arbitratng board now in judgment on the
coal strike. Among the members present who
took no active part in the proceedings OF
the evening were Mrs. Moran Hamilton,
Mrs Pauline F. Johnson, Miss Marie NJ.
Hunter. the Misses Eleanor and Margerie
Walker and Miss Harriet Polk Smith.
The Daughters Of St. George Lady
Pauncefote Lodge, No. 40, held its regular
meeting last Wednesday evening in Malta
Hall. Mrs. Emma Buckley, past president,
presided. AT the close of routine business
the grand district deputy, Mrs. A G. Has
sell of Baltimore installed the following
officers for the ensuing term. Mrs. Emma
Buckley, worthy past president; Mrs. HI.
Doe. worthy president; Mrs. +. C. Cook,
worthy vice president: Mrs. George Prutch-
EFT. worthy first conductor; Mrs w. z.
Walton, worthy second conductor; Mrs. J,
Stevenson, worthy chaplain; Mrs. III. Morti.
mer, worthy financial secretary; Mrs. G.
King, worthy recording secretary; Mrs. w,
H. Gregory, worthy treasurer: Mrs. l..
Bone, worthy inside guard: Miss yane
Trow, worthy outside guard; Mrs. Cole,
Mrs. Flack and Miss Nellie Tate. trustees.
Mrs. II. b. Sperry. the well-known club.
woman is a charter member of the lWo.
mans National Press Association. the Dis
trict Woman Suffrage Association. the Lee
gion of Loyal Women, the Short Story
Club and many other organizations. She
is practical printer and proud of her
membership in the typographical union, an
organization which demands equal wages
Gov hofb for