Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-01
WOMAN IN CLUB AND CHARITY

men OF committees for arrangements for
Mrs. william Spencer Crosby's Wagner
lecture r~ecitals to be given at the First
Congregational church on February % and
"a under the auspices Of the Woman's
club: Press, Mrs. Rose Strawn; finance.
Mrs. Charles Rosewater; program, Mrs. j..
II. Mcintosh: house, Mrs. f. M. Sumner;
advertising and printing, Mrs. e. B. Towle;
tickets, Mrs. A. X. Gault; subscriptions,
Mrs. Edward Johnson; general chairman,
Mrs. F. H. Cole; general secretary, Mrs.
r. NJ. Stevenson. A meeting Of the entire
committee has been called for 10 o'clock
on Monday morning at the club rooms.
The regular meeting OF the woman's
Christian association will be held
as usual on Tuesday morning in the par
lors Of the Young Mems Christian associa-
ton.
The program hour at Mondays meeting
of the Woman's club will be given over to
the legislative business in which the club
and club women are interested this year.
Mrs. /. r. Andrews will preside. The
Woman's property rights bill to be pre-
sented to the legislature will occupy the
greater part Of the hour. There will also
be a discussion Of the Juvenile court bill
and Of the work Of the Library commits
sion, together with reports OF the library
extension committee, Miss Margaret
O'Brien OF the Omaha Public library to be
among the speakers,
There will be a meeting Of the Nebraska
Ceramic club on Monday in the Commercial
club rooms. The different kinds of pink
"a lii - ~ 1,,h411N nAngNdoFnd and
pink roses the study. Mrs. Fannie Bach
man will act as leader and Mesdames Fred
Schneider, Ida Herr, Morrill, and Ladd will
be the exhibitors.
Miss Melona Butterheld gave a paper on
How to Judge China" before Friday even
ing's meeting Of the Plattsmouth Woman's
club.
The legislative committee OF the Idaho
Federation has prepared two bills for in
PRODUCTION into the legislature Of that state,
both being relative to the property rights
Of women. They provide that a wife shall
retain property acquired by her before
marriage or that shall be acquired by her
after marriage by legacy, etc. They also
provide that the entire estate of a hus-
DanQ ana WIG snail utSCFuu W IL u
vivor in case there are no children.
There we're but twenty-five women pres
emit at Wednesday afternoons meeting of
the woman's Club Of the Railway Mail
Service, which was held at the home of
Mrs. ]. o. Burger, at Thirty-fourth and
Harvey streets. The lesson on household
economies was conducted by Mrs. J. w
Gill, who also gave a paper. Mrs. D. c.
Hudson read a paper on 1.-THE Merit Sys-
tenn of the First Six Presidents" in con-
nection with the clubs study Of civil SER
vice. The next meeting will be held at the
home of Mrs. Carl Egge at 1902 Hamilton
street.
The recently issued annual report OF the
| Sunday school department of the National
Woman's Christian Temperance union gives
some idea OF the amount Of quiet work
being accomplished by this department Of
the organization alone. During the last
year the national superintendent has hat
issued 4O1 500 pages of temperance leaflets
and circulars, TAG. 800 pages of temperance
literature, not including the manual Of the
department, Hints and Helps on Sunday
School Work" the manual being a book o.
| seventy-six pages that circulates among
hundreds Of teachers; 111,000 pledge cards
against alcohol, tobacco and opium. A
supplemental temperance lesson published
by the department for use in the various
grades was adopted by $50 Sunday schools
during the year; S22 pledge rolls Of honol
we're placed in Sunday schools; 1874 tenn
perance books were placed In libraries ant
400 workers enrolled as temperance secre'
taries; PA temp erance concerts were hell
with the view to educating and stimu'
lating temperance interest among thu
young people, this effort being augmented
by eighty five Sunday school medal con
tests; 229 Sunday school temperance rallies
we're held, calling together thousands o
schools in the interest of temperance; 10.
mass meetings emphasized the Temper
ance Quarterly temperance Sundays; 1850,
900 pages of temperance literature were is
sued by department workers, and the yea
shows the largest increase Of pledge mem
bers in Sunday schools that has yet beef
made, 71,346 signatures to the Sunday schoo
temperance pledge we're received. the tota
pledge membership report to the depart
ment being 414.s5s. A syndicate articl
was prepared by the national superintend
ent and sent to 600 religious and temper
ance naDerS.