The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-20
WISCONSIN WOMEN
Annual Meeting Of. the Federated
Clubs Opens in the City Of.
Appleton.
Redistricting and the Organization
of District Federations Are
Chief Topics.
From a Staff Correspondent.

From Staff Correspondent ss
| Appleton. Wis, Oct. 20.-The Wis
| consin Federation, of Women's clubs
opened it's annual convention here this
morning. The attendance of club
women is large and the pleasantest
expectations have been raised for. this
meeting, for no questions that have
seriously divided the club women or
| threaten to stir up strife have been
scheduled. There is full program
representing varied interests but its
consideration will be altogether ,har-
monious. = s's&
The most important business feature
provided for is the consideration of a
| plan for redistricting the state on the
basis of railroad accessibility instead
of using the congressional, district
lines as heretofore. Thenew plan has
been prepared by - Miss Lutte e.
Stearns of Milwaukee, who in her con-
slant travels as librarian Of the state
! library commission has practical
knowledge of the state possessed by no
other club woman. The plan has been
| Endorsed by the most experienced club
| be adopted.
District Federations.
! The question OF district declarations
will be an interesting one. There have
been district vice presidents since the
| organization of the state federation
and several district meetings have
been held at intervals for several
years: but the first district federation
was formed last fall in the first dis
trict and a convention was held at
Whitewater. - -hM
The idea of district s organizations
meets the approval Of the leading club
| women as q means of interesting the
small clubs in federation ideas, ideals
and methods.
The federation has made a good
growth during the year, Among the
| new clubs are the WOman's club at
! Bayfield,, organized as a result of the
Ashland convention of the state fed
ington; the Entire Nous, Grand Rap
ids; the Library club, Morrisonville;
the Ladies' Travel class, Marshfield:
the .Neighborly club, :Waupun the
Womans club, Oconto;. the Wednes-
day Kalmia club, Milwaukee. The
federation has. three city, declarations,
at Beloit, Whitewater and Richland
| Center.
Leading Topics.
The leading subjects for considera-
ton will be child labor and Consunl-
ers' league work, free kindergartens,.
compulsory education, preserving his.
toric landmarks, the Louisiana Pur-z
chase exposition and its opportunities
for club women and domestic science.
Mrs.Dimies rs. Dennison, president
of the General Federation Of Women's
clubs, will be the chief guest Of honor
and will deliver an address this even
ing on THE Value Of Federation"
will be a speaker = on domestic
Science -
One of the features in which there is
special interest is the address on
| Women in Modern Journalism" by
Mrs. Mary Holland Kincaid& of the Mill
VIZ 1lTn Say,ti A Nd mr. ,ic,E
ling feature is .a=sround table, Thurs
day morning for. the informal discus:
sion of club matters. @zs" HI.
522s g. Called rs Order ss3iaa.tsga s.5
The meeting was called to order by
the president, Mrs. Thomas H. Brown
of Milwaukee, and the morning was
occupied by the address of welcome
and the response, the presidents an.
nual address and the reports of the
tary, Mrs. Frank e. Teetshorn: cor
responding secretary, Mrs r. H. Ed
wards; general federation secretary,
Mrs. II. M: Youmans; treasurer. Mrs:
c. F. Latimer; auditor, Mrs. r. P,
Perry; district vice presidents, first,
Mrs. A. f. Tanberg; second, Mrs. J. H:
Rogers; third, Mrs. Ella E. Gorst;
fourth, Mrs. William r. Thorsen;
fifth. Mrs. Lawrence Murphy; SIXTH
Miss Harriet M. .Holcombe. =
On Historic Ground. 4"
The address ofaswelc come sssof Mrs. j..
S. Davis called attention to the his
toric ground on which the&convention
} was meeting, the great route of all
early exploration. Appleton now
prides itself on a complete free kinder
garten system in every public school,:
Mrs. H. w. Chynoweth made the re-
, Spouse.
Mrs. Brown, in her address, pro-
posed as a club password "service'
and pointed out certain fields accessi-
bic only to the labors of women. On
the redistricting amendment she asked
a decision resting on the greatest good
of the greatest number.
Mrs. r. H. Edwards reported total
membership of 5000 in 149 clubs, a
net gain of clubs. Mrs. Latimer, as
treasurer, reported receipts of 1854. 49,;
expenditures, S359.84; balance
$494.49.
Martha Scott Anderson. =.
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