The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-10-09

Paul; discussion; report of tellers and
other business.
The music on Wednesday evening will
be of an especially entertaining charact-
er and no doubt the program in this re-
spect will be delight to ALL
On the same evening Mrs. Dimies I.
S. Dennison, president of General Fed
Grafton of Women's clubs will deliver an
address and this promises to be great
feature of the state meeting.
Thursday, October I5.-9:OO a. m. to
1900 m. music.
Report of Special Committees
alton breakfast, Mrs. Geo. r. Metcalf,
ST. Paul; invitations nominations; lit
erature; state reformatory, Mrs. G. O.
Welch, Fergus Falls.
Reports of Standing Committees-Li-
brary, Mrs C. r. Davis, st. Peter; mu-
sic Mrs. A. F. Kilbourne, Rochester;
membership, Mrs. E. NJ. La Penotiere,
Minneapolis; mothers clubs, Mrs. G. s..
Wallace, Minneapolis; education, Prof.
Maria Sanford, Minneapolis; town and
country improvement, Mrs. Alvah East
man, st. Cloud Business. Election
Polls open from IL m. to 2 p. M, 200 p.
m. to 500 p. M, music.
Theme, The Simple Life, by Charles
Wagner; An Appreciation, Mrs. G. o.
Welch, Fergus Falls; The Education for
Simplicity, Mrs. c. L. Atwood, st.
Cloud; The Club Woman's Responsible
ity for the Simple Life, Mrs. j. w. An
drews, Mankato; Art and the. Simple
Life, Mrs. Robert Morris Seymour, West
Superior, Wis; discussion; 500 p. m,
Conference of Standing Committees !;
District Conferences; 500 p. M, music.
On Thursday evening Rev. Jenkin
Lloyd Jones of Chicago, will lecture on
"Woman as Homemaker" A small
admission fee will be charged for this
lecture in order that the necessary ex-
penses can be paid.
Following this the newly elected offic-
ers of the federation will be introduced,
the minutes will be read and then will
come council meeting. Music will be
rendered during the evening
The national president, Mrs. Dimies L.
S. Dennison, of New York, and the first
vice president, Mrs. Robert j. Burdette,
of California will be here; also the
Iowa president, Mrs. Alice Fletcher.
Mrs. Dore Lyon and Miss Mary Gar
rett Hay, of New York City, will be well
come guests; they are the editor, and the
secretary and treasurer, of The Club
Woman-the national federation publ
cation.
The hastesses are the Art History club
and the Zetetic club. The officers Of the
first are, Mrs. Ulysses o. Cox, president.
and Mrs. Eugene Lester Patterson, vice
president, Mrs. j. H. James and Mrs
John Wesley Andrews are the leaders of
the Zetetic club.
The reception to the delegates will be
| held at the residence of DR.. and Mrs
]. w. Andrews on Tuesday evening
This will be one of the most pleasant
events of the federation meeting.
The Minneapolis district of the Min
neapolis Federation of Woman's clubs
met yesterday at the residence of Mrs
c. B. Elliott, district vice president, to
consider business connected with the
meeting next week of state federation in
Mankato. The delegates present were
those elected to represent their clubs at
| the state meeting.
Railroad arrangements for the state
federation meeting were announced. The
Minneapolis delegation will leave in a
special car Tuesday morning, Oct. l3
at 9:O5, on the Chicago, st. Paul &
Omaha railroad.
! Mrs. F. n. Stacy will head Mime
apolis delegation to Mankato. Mrs. w
B. Mclean is suggested for district vice
president.
The only names mentioned in connec-
ton with the presidency were Mrs. E. M
La Penotire of Minneapolis and Mrs. w
f. Bramhall of st. Paul
The st. Paul district meeting was held
on Saturday and Endorsed Mrs. Bramhall
for the presidency and Mrs. w. M. Lig-
gett for district president after Mrs. G.
A. Dibble had positively declined to be a
candidate for reelection.