The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-17
Special to The Globe.

Special to The Globe.
ALBERT LEA, Mimi, Oct. 16.-For
the first time in it's history the Mime
sofa Federation of Woman's Clubs has
disbanded it's convention without
knowing where it is to meet next year.
No invitation was received from any
town, so the place of meeting will be
left in the hands of the executive
board. Absolute harmony has char
acterized the sessions of the eighth an
nual meeting which closed here to-
night.
1--WE do not come together to furnish
scare heads for the newspaper1" re-
marked Mrs. Lydia P. Williams, hon.
orary president, today. 'but to DELHI
crate and give counsel"
Certainly this year no such headlines
have been furnished by the federation.
Tonight's session closed with the pres
entation of the new officers: Mrs. w.
f. Graves, st. Paul, vice president at
large; Mrs. w. F. Sykes, Minneapolis,
corresponding secretary; Mrs. Minnie
Mathews, Marshall, general federation
secretary; Mrs. Henry c. Marshall, Du-
luth, treasurer.
Mrs. Evans, who was named for the
office of vice president at large, sent
a telegram this morning declining the
Office.
Suggested by Resolutions Committee.
Several suggestions were made today
by the committee on resolutions and
referred to the executive board. They
We're:
That district days be made feature
| of the state fair federation meeting:
that every alternate meeting be held in
one of the cities and the year follow
ing in some district outside; and that
instead Of the evening reception of the
annual meeting an informal afternoon
one be held. The Friends Press asso-
citation, Baltimore, sent a communica-
ton asking the federation to pass a
resolution pledging itself to use it's in
f1uence to keep from homes and schools
newspapers that do not ennoble and
uplift.
"As club women" said Mrs. Henry
James, of st. Paul, IT do not think we
need such Instructions"
Other delegates agreed and the res
olution was not passed. Resolutions of
thanks to outgoing officers and to the
Albert Lea club women for their hospi-
tality were passed. A new departure for
the federation's annual meeting was
the memorial service for club women
who have died during the year. Mrs.
w. G. Gording, who was chairman Of
the reciprocity bureau, Mrs. Herchner
and Miss Kenyon were thus memorial
ICED. Many Of the delegates returned
to their homes tonight. The remain
der will return in the morning.
For Financing the Federation.
The executive board this morning
slightly amended the plan decided
upon by the federation council yester-
day, and after a lengthy discussion the
general body accepted it. 1t makes the
following provisions for financing the
federation:
All clubs with a membership Of 100
or over will pay annual dues of $40;
all clubs with membership under
thirty will pay annual dues of So; all
clubs with between 80 and 100 MEM
bers will pay a per capita tax of 10
cents; clubs with a membership of 100
or over will have three delegates.
This accepted plan differs from the
plan proposed by the council princi
pally in the matter of an admittance
fee: The council plan suggested a
$3.50 admission fee from all clubs.
Under the accepted plan no admit
lance fee at all will be charged.
Before the final adoption Of the ex-
ecutive boards plan today the amend
ment proposed by Mrs. Russell r.
Dorr, Of the Schubert club, st. Paul,
which provides that associate, student
and honorary members, as well as &C
tive members, shall be reckoned men,
np tto oil fo,, %ox 4
was incorporated in the executive
boards plan. This plan will give the
State Federation a revenue of about
$500 a year.
Reformatory for Women.
Active steps were taken by the fed
GRAFTON today looking toward the es-
Establishment of state reformatory for
women. The report of the committee
on state reformatory for women was
presented by Mrs. G. o. WEIGH, of Fer
gus Falls, and contained the recon-
mendation that a special committee
of club women be appointed to consid-
er the obstacles in the way of estab-
fishing such an institution; to draft a
bill to be presented to the next legis-
lature petitioning the state for an ap-
! preparation Of money for such an in
stitution and to see that the bill was
looked after when it was presented.
I'r. Bissell, of st. Paul, who has for
number of years agitated the mat
ter of state reformatory for women,
was placed on this committee. Mrs.
Tonlinson, of st. Peter, was named
chairman. Others who will serve are:
Mrs. WEIGH, Fergus Falls; Mrs. Eu-
STAGE, Owatonna; Mrs. w. w. Fowler,
Rochester; Mrs. A. c. Rogers, Fari-
bault: Mrs. Cooper, ST. Cloud
Mrs. c. B. Elliott, chairman Of the
invitation committee, presented the in
vitation Of the Fourth district organ
ization for the federation to hold it's
mid winter breakfast in ST. Paul. The
invitation was accepted and a vote Of
thanks rendered the Fourth district.
Telegram Was Faxed.
'"The Mystery of the Faxed Tele-
gram or the Letter That Did Not
Reach the Federation" would make
an appropriate title for a book that
recorded the eighth annual meeting of
the Minnesota State Federation Of
Women's Clubs.
Not that the federation has so far
forgotten itself as to take any official
cognizance of either the telegram that
was faxed or the letter that was not
! recorded. Indeed 1t is doubtful if the
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