Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-02
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when you enter you may be surprised TO
hnd greetings awaiting you, not alone
from California. but from your own home
states as we'll, and even from countries
beyond the sea, for this state stands as a
federation Of peoples from ell places and
new comers to the Mecca are sure to find
old friends to welcome them.
our needs seem to reach out in endless
ramihcations and our experience to be
very limited. We shall, therefore, sit
at your feet and listen and we shall learn
much that is valuable and much that will
be helpful In our small effort for the ad-
vancement and we'll being OF our clubs.
This is what your coming means to us.
To you we can offer only our most open
hearted hospitality. You will gain In the
coming far more than 1t is within our
power to give. 1t is from association with
each other that your most beautiful
harvest will be gathered. For from natural
interchange OF thought, from observation
OF another's experience. from comparison
Of working plans n great good may be in
spired. To plan for the future is the
obvious duty Of the present. What. then,
could be more appropriate than a conven-
ton OF intelligent women brought to-
gether TO compare and devise methods Of
hNAhAhiNiN6o AOl muNhd Improvement anu
for the Advancement Of education.
Gifts 10 Advance Education.
ut would seem, however, that the ad-
vancement Of education need no longer be
a source Of anxiety, when the generous
rich all over the world, by their munlhcent
gifts. are placing It within the reach of all.
In the history Of mankind education has
never been so general. The seats of learn
ing are free and their gifted leaders untir-
ing and u~nselfsh in giving their garnered
wisdom to all who have leisure to accept 1t.
But education to us means more than
book learning. 1t means a practical APP
plication of such knowledge as will insure
growth of power that shall enable us to
draw the best from life. The dissemination
of this kind of knowledge seems to be the
inevitable work Of women's organizations.
"The interests Of this convention then will
naturally center around the reports Of the
committees, where We shall learn the best
methods for the betterment Of the sur
roundings of the poor, who are too busy in
the struggle for existence 20 help them
selves, for the improvement of industrial
conditions, for the encouragement Of good
government, and, above all, for better
home-making and a more intelligent care
and development Of children. In short, the
best methods of raising. the standard Of
living, both for ourselves and others, and
making us more worthy of this beautiful
world in which God has placed us to grow"
Mrs. Lowe ADpIauded.
Mrs. Lowe responded in SO gracious a
manner as to call out rounds Of applause.
Then came greetings from fraternal dele
gates, including Mrs. Rudolph Blankenburg
Of Philadelphia, who spoke on behalf Of
the suffrage association; Mrs. Tod Hell
muth Of New York. the president of the
National Council or Women; Mrs. Linda
Hull Larned Of Syracuse, N. Y, president
Of the National House Economic association,
and Mrs. Frederick Shoff Of Philadelphia,
president Of the National Congress of
Mothers.
AS CHAIRMAN OF the committee on rules
and regulations, Mrs. Douglass of Oklahoma
specified, among other things, that a dele
gate should speak only twice to a subject
and only three minutes at a time; that
there should be no proxies and that a mem
Der could be a delegate from only one or
ganization.
Al this point Mrs. DIMES Benison was
introduced and received in consideration of
her term as acting president, long APP
plause. In turn she did the pleasant thing
Of moving that Mrs. Charlotte Severance,
mother OF the Womanls club in California,
be made an honorary vice president Of the
General Federation. Mrs. Severance re-
sponded happily. the audience paying trlb-
ute TO her age by rising to it's feet when
she stepped to the front. a.
OmcIaI Reception Closes.
The oficial reception which closed the
day was a crush which came of in the
evening, under the auspices Of the Friday
Morning club at the Woman's club house, a
quaint structure Of Mission architecture,
which had been transformed into a tropical
bower. The throng Of thousands was
greeted by the national officers. the local
biennial board and the presidents Of the
Los Angeles clubs.
Mrs. Franch, as chairman Of the introduc.
tion committee, served in this capacity
during the evening.
The program tomorrow is largely filled
with reports.
The national societies auxiliary to the
General Federation are coming to the front
at this convention. The woman's auxiliary
Of the National Park and Outdoor ~associa-
tion. Of which Mrs. Herman Hall Of Chicago
is president, is here with a Photographic ex-
hibit hung in a large room at the Hotel
Westminster. II is also a significant faci
that a newly-born organization, called the
National Federation of Catholic Women'S
League, composed Of thlrty-three clubs in
seven states, is here seeking afiliatlon
Mrs. T. f. Thorndyke Of Chicago hold;