The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-23
APPROACHING BIENNIAL
 OF GENERAL FEDERATION.

All womens clubdom turns with inter est to the approaching biennial meeting of the General Federation of Woman's Clubs which will be held in Los Angeles, Cal. during the first week in May. Whether the work accomplished by the immense aggregation of club women represented at these meetings warrants it or not. may, in the minds of both men and wo- men. be q question. but the fact that the interest in them grows wider and wider in them is evident.
 This meeting in Los Angeles will be the sixth biennial meeting, tho first having been held fin Chicago in 1892.
 These great gatherings of club women originally sprang from a happy thought on the part of the Sorosis of New York the mother club of all women's clubs which was founded in 1868 The Sorosis extended an invitation to club women to meet with them upon an anniversary oc- casion in discussing woman's club work. The invitation met with most. generous acceptance and was considered by club women productive of helpful inspira- ton that the General Federation of Wo- mems Clubs was the outcome and the meeting in Chicago in 1892 was the re- suit.
 The second biennial was held in 1894 in Philadelphia and gave renewed evidence bI HOW IdT-TtdtniUS was tiit lnteTtSl aroused in these meetings; the third was held in Louisville. Ky. in 1s96. and in 1898 the fourth was held in Denver. At the Denver meeting the No Name Club of Montgomery was represented by Mrs. Evelyn Fitzpatrick. whose voice in all important questions was one of more than usual influence. She was greatly instru- mental in the securing of Southern woman as President. Mrs Lowe of At m ia aIa there. At this meeting the General Fed eration included more than zoo women's clubs. with a membership of 100000 Many foreign Countries as well as the United States were represented.
 The fifth biennial of the Federation of Womens Clubs was held in Milwaukee in 1900, but no statistics showing further increase have since been published. though this fifth meeting was reported as giving proof of their steadily growing importance. and of the fact that womens clubs were springing up all over the world.
 It is expected that the sixth meeting. to be held the first week in May in Los Angeles, will bring together an army of club women that will be startling in it's proportions.
 Already the women of Los Angeles are preparing for the reception of their guests anu IL lS Sdlu lHdI every pOSSlDle dTEdHSt- ment will be made for the comfort of the 5000 visitors expected.
 The one formal reception permitted by the program committee will be held on the evening of May ?, in the Woman's clubhouse. It may be one of the many surprises which await eastern club wo- men that the women of Los Angeles are owners of q clubhouse large enough and suitable for entertaining so considerable an assembly
 This clubhouse which is situated on one of the fashionable residence avenues, is commodious and ornate in it's architect ure. It is built in the style of the old California missions. The general plan Is rectangular with a patio at the north, and it is inclosed on three sides by ar cades; the front corridor is 100 feet in length, tho north 165 feet. The building is two stories. roofed with terra cotta tile, and it's south dormer. in it's sky line, suggests tho bclfry of the San Gabriel misison. The interior decorations are ot corresponding artistic elegance. Besides the great assembly hall there are several parlors. reception rooms. cloak and toilet