The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-18
IN WOMEN'S CLUBS
MRS. E. Nj. LA PENOTIERE NAMES
COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND
MEANS
MORE REVENUE rs NEEDED
Seems Inevitable That Color cues
ton Will Come Up at Los Ange-
les When Federated Clubs
Meet in May.

the Minnesota State Fedora ton of
WomenS clubs, has a Inced the fol-
lowing women to serve on the "ays and
means committees: Mrs. William F.
Graves, Of st, Paul, chairman Mrs.
Lydia F. Williams and Mrs. C. B. Elliott,
of Minneapolis; Mrs. c. A Dibble and
Mrs. c. ]. Hunt, st. Paul. The appoint
ment of the committee was authorized
at the executive board meeting of the
federation which preceded the breakfast
last Wednesday. It's business will be to
devise some means OF increasing the
federation's revenues. The result of it's
deliberations of the committee will De
submitted in a report at the next fedora
ton meeting. Mrs Graves suggested
three methods at the executive board
meeting by which the revenues Of the
federal ton might be increased the pro
rata tax, the per capita tax and the pur-
chase of the Courant the official organ
of the federation, but the property of
private individuals. The per capita tax
and the pro rata tax plans have been
discussed before. The suggestion that
the federation purchase the Courant vas
a new one, but it seems to have met
with general approval Of the club women.
Gov. Gage, of California, will be in
Los Angeles in May to welcome, on be-
half of the state, delegates to the con-
vention of the National Federation of
Women's clubs. The California fedora
ton of club women just closed its bien-
NAL in San Francisco. An earnest effort
was made at that convention by leading
club women to have as little expression
OF opinion as possible regarding the color
question as it is thought by many leaders
OF club life in California that any decided
expression of opinion from the women of
that state would be in the form of a
discourtesy, in view of the fact that the
clubs of California are to be the enter
tainers at the time of the national meet
ing. 1t is understood that women from
other states will be permitted to speak
first, while those Of California remain
neutral until the guests have expressed
their views. A matter much discussed
at the San Francisco biennial was that
Of reorganization. The discussion was
opened by Mrs. w. w Stillson, a prom
inent club women Of Los Angeles. She
traced the upbuildirg Of the general fed
Grafton, which now embraces thirty-eight
state organizations and about 700 indt-
vidual clubs, and explained that lie fed
GRAFTON had grown so large that reor-
ganization was necessary. She explained
the two district plans of reorganization
that have been proposed-the one by
Massachusetts for reorganization by
states and the other by Georgia for re-
organization by individual Gibbs. In OPP
posing the Massachusetts plan one of the
speakers said: IF we cut out the indi-
vidual club we force it to seek enroll
ment in the state federation. This 7ould
inevitably result in system CT concen-
tration that could not help the small
clubs. l object t the plan Of ~eorganiZa-
ton by states because it will not be ac-
cepted by the Southern clubs.
The report Of the proceedings Of the
executive board in some of the papers
seems to have aroused some misunder-
standing in regard to Mrs. La Penotiere's
attitude toward the forest reserve bin.
In ruling that the protest Of the mem
bers of the Magazine Club of Duluth
should stand the president of the fed
GRAFTON merely insisted on a parliament
tary point. Inasmuch as the majority of
| the club women of the state are for the
forest reserve bill it is not likely that
! the federation's president would be in
imical to such a bill. Mrs. La Penoticre
herself has made this explanation in re-
gard to hers attitude: az desire to say
that the action of the chairman Of the
forest reserve committee is not question
ed by me, and that l stand ready to de-
fend or support Mrs Bramhall at all
times and in all places"
New York women are making a vigor-
Gus protest against the baggage inspec-
ton methods and regulations enforced at
the portsof New York. Secretary Shaw
receiveds in his office last Wednesday
Mrs. Joseph Hobson, Mrs Richard il.
TOWNSEND, Miss Mabel Beardman and
Miss Gwylln, all of New York. Mrs.
| Hobson, as spokeswoman, first read a
number Of letters from other women in
various parts of the country supporting
| the remonstrances- which they had to
make against the alleged illiberal $1OO
limit, and the unpleasant experiences
which all persons returning from abroad
were necessarily forced to submit TO-
The hearing, which lasted an hour and
a half was closed by John A. Kasson,
who summarized the principal objections
to the existing regulations in a brief APP
peal designed to impress the authorities
with the Importance of correcting report
ed evils in the New Y ork custom service.
Among other things it was alleged that
American women, who are accustomed
| to courteous treatment at the hands of
all other government officers, have been
subjected to insoIencs and required to
wait ten or twelve hours on the pier be-
fore getting chance to make their de-
claratfons 1t was also said that some of
the questions relating to the declarations
were unnecessarily inquisitorial One of
the protestants asserted that an examiner
of baggage had been drinking before he
came to ask her to make a declaration,
and that she had been overtaXed. In the
course Of the hearing other annoyances
were brought to the attention of Secre-
tary Shaw. The secretary said that he
! would investigate all phases of the mat