Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-10-01
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The attention of Maine club women
is now centered on the meeting Of the
Maine Federation at Portland, Oct Z,
and .. At this meeting the FEEDER
ton will be the guest of the Women's
Literary Union which contains almost
700 members. A glance at the program
shows many interesting features.
There will be no Thursday evening
lecture this year by outside talent, for
one point of change from precedent
The music to be furnished by Portland
people promises to be exceptionally
fine. Among the talent will be Miss
harrington, Miss Helen Bonney and the
Portland Lotus Club.
The guest of honor of the federation
will he Mrs. Mary 1. Wood of Ports
mouth, n. H., the president of the New
Hampshire federation. She will be
present at the opening reception
Wednesday evening, in the parlors of
the Lafayette. The gentlemen will be
welcome there and all the delegates
and visitors.
Thursday forenoon will be devoted to
business. In the afternoon the necrol-
-ogy report willsbe given and then the
educational conAntttee will report The
last half-hour wflfbe given up to Hon.
W. w. Stetson oAuburn, who will
speak on the workpf the schools of
Maine.
Thursday evening. Mrs. Lizzie Jewett
Butler will give her report for the
Civic improvement work end Mrs. j.
H. Rand of Lewiston will speak on the
humanitarian side of work to be done
for a city.
Friday forenoon the Arts and Crafts
committee will report and in this con-
nection ladies are invited to take the
meeting any samples of lace work,
embroidery. basketry, etc, which might
be Of interest to the ladies of the
Federation. A Waterman will be at the
church during the session so that every
precaution is ensured against loss.
These articles may be sent early to Mrs.
Everett Thompson of Portland or hand
ed to her on the opening day. Friday
Mrs. Thompson will speak on rug max
ing and other industries; Mrs. Annie 6.
Mayo of Foxcroft will speak on lace
making and embroidery; Miss Mabel
Elwell of Portland on basketry; and
Mrs. E. M. S. Tandberg of Gardiner on
Women in the Professions" Friday
afternoon will be devoted to question
box.
Thursday noon Mrs. George c. Frye
of Portland will give a lunch to dele
gates and guests of honor. Friday
noon. lunch will be served in the church
on Congress street. Also, late Thurs
day afternoon, the girls OF the Port
land cooking school will tender lunch
to the executive board oe the feder-
alton. The present officers OF the
federation are as follows: President
Mrs. Emma Dow Armstrong, Lewiston;
vice-president Mrs. Eunice n. Frye,
Portland: recording secretary Mrs. Ella
Jordan Mason, BiddefOrd: correspond
ing secretary Mrs. Lizzie Jewett Butler,
Mechanic Falls; treasurer Alice NJ.
Bradbury Dexter.
A number of ladies met at the pleas
ant home of Mrs. o. j. Hussey of Vas
saiboro, Sept. &c, and organized the
Nassalboro Current Events Club. The
following officers were elected: Presi-
dent Mrs. L. w. Mason; vice-president
Mrs. o. J. Hussey; secretary Mrs. f.
Lee Stone.
The Woman's Club of Athens. has is
sued it's calendars for 1904. The sub
ject Of study for the year is the United
States, and the programs will be Who'll
ly patriotic in character.
AS suggestion to small literary
clubs the following, which was the plan
adopted by club with only few
members, may be accepted: Each took
one author to study and to report upon
his life and work, and by this means all
became thoroughly acquainted with the
writings of one man. and in turn
learned something of the others. Much
interest was aroused, each member try
ing to excel the others in the amount
of research and the number of arec-
dotes and unfamiliar stories she could
obtain about her author.
The Womans Club of OronO, opened
its years work. this week. with the
following program on early New Eng
land and the Pilgrims: Down to the
Plymouth Rock into a World IN
known: the Corner Stone of Nation.
Responses: incidents from Pilgrim
Days. music; The Causes Leading to
the Colonization of New England, Mrs.
A. T.. Rogers: The Men Who Helped to
Make New England, Mrs. Stewart;
Plymouth Old and New. Miss Camp
bell; reading from Standish OF Stan
dish, Miss Mosher.
The Norombega Club OF Bangor
starts the years work in very
furnishing condition. The program Tor
this season embraces some very inter-
esting subjects and will be of interest
to all members of the club. The most
OF the meetings will be devoted to the
discussion of Some of the Republics or
the World and several afternoons Will
be given up to Current Events. Inc
republics to be considered are those Oh
ancient Attica and Venetia. SwitZer-
land. the Dutch republic, Peru, Mexico
and France.
The Tuesday Literary CLUB OF
Canaan. is a progressive organization
The last regular meeting was held with
Mrs. c. F. Packard with the following
program: Reading. adventures OF
Mark Twain Mrs. Gusta Harris
poem. Mrs. Winnifred Moody PEARSON
Roberts Donation Party" Mrs. Flor