The courier., 1902-10-18

ana Il IN little fearfui tnat ne ois
pleased quite number of ladies b,
his personalities. His subject was Z
be civil Service Reform in Its Re
lation to the School System" H
or populist in comparing civil servic
reform with the spoils system as prac.
ticed by men of all parties.
The music. with the exception of one
number. was given by Columbus mu.
sicians and was thoroughly enjoyed.
The following officers for the ensuin,
year are: President, Mrs. Emma Page
OF Syracuse: vice president, Mrs. E. ]
Hainer, Aurora; recording secretary
Miss Minnie Becker, Columbus; Cor
responding secretary. Mrs. Miller
Douglas; secretary of general feder
alton for Nebraska. Mrs. Belle Stout
enborough, Plattsmouth.
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Mrs. Carrie b. Raymond. chairman of
the program committee of the Matinee
Musicale. announces the following out
line for programs TO be given before
the holidays Later plans are not suffi-
GENTLY developed TO be given out The
full program for next Monday appears
In this column. The first artist recital
will be given about October thirty
first. Following that will be a piano
recital by Mrs. Will Owen Jones. as
sisted by a vocalist.
The next program will consist of Sc
iections from light operas. and piano
numbers by Miss Emily Perkins. Next
will be Strauss program. given by
Miss Hoover. pianist. Mrs. r. A. Holy
oke soprano. Miss Eiche. 'cellist, Miss
Fiske. contralto. and a string quartet
Equally good attractions will be given
later in the season. The artists in the
club will not appear as frequently as
during former years. but will give sew
eral numbers on one program instead
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The Woman's club opened it's season
with a meeting held Monday afternoon
in the basement of the new library
building. which will be the clubs home
for the next five years. Mrs. F. NJ.
that is she would have been. had
there been enough chairs to "go round
-as there were not, she generously
stood during the entire meeting, that
some one else might sit. The attend
ance at this first meeting was very
large and very enthusiastic. and augurs
well for the year. The department
leaders who were present outlined their
plans for the year. The current topics
and literature departments are without
leaders. but IL is hoped that efficient
ones VIII soon be secured. The COM
mittee appointed to purchase the fur
niture for the parlors reported that
nearly three hundred dollars had been
spent. The club members are delighted
with the work of this committee. The
parlors are certainly attractive. The
walls are tinted a light yellow which
blends well with the oak woodwork.
The rugs are in a conventional pattern
carried out in green, mingled with
wood browns and yellow. Two large
oak tables have been provided, and a
number of oak chairs. 1t is the pur-
pose of the committee to put in a secre-
tary provided with writing materials
as soon as possible Mrs. H. M. Bush
nell gave an interesting report of the
Los Angeles biennial, Mrs NJ H. Ev-
erett reported efficiently the state meet
ing held last week at Columbus, and
Mrs. w. A. Poynter gave her impress
sions Of the same meeting. The fol-
lowing is the outline of the regular pro-
grams for the seasons work:
Oct. Z.-Presidents reception from :
to at the home of Mrs. F. NJ. Hall.