Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-13
WOMAN IN CLUB AND CHARITY


For the benefit of the Home Queens
Circle, Mrs. Frank Moriarty entertained an
informal musicale and later at cards at
her home on South Thirty-hfth avenue, on
Wednesday afternoon.
The Acme woman's club Of Wayne cell
ebrated its eighteenth anniversary on
Thursday evening, February IL, by giving
a dinner party. Acme Is among the oldest,
II not the oldest Eoman's club Of Nebraska
and is one Of the strong clubs Of Wayne.
A representative delegation * the Phil
adelphia Women's clubs went 10 Harris
burg recently to urge the senate to enact
the bill before It providing for the con-
tinuanoe and improvement Of the Juvenile
Court. The New Century club If Phila-
delphia has a Juvenile court department
of its permanent civic committee and the
club is occupied at present with plans for
a house of detention for Juvenile offenders.
It is said that the influence OF the Texas
women's clubs has within the past FIVE
years increased the number Of libraries
in the state of Texas from six to nifty six;
the young women Of the Texas university
have a $4,000 dormitory in process Of
erection; plans for an Industrial school
have been accepted and a school Of med
icine and pharmacy established.
The Business Woman's club Of Denver is
soon to begin the publication Of a magazine.
The first number will soon be out and is
to be made up chiefly Of contributions from
Colorado writer's.
Miss Ellen Stone will lecture at the First
Congregational church on the evening OF
March q, under the auspices OF the
Woman's society of hat church.
The Nebraska club women have recently
contributed $3.50 to the fund for the edu-
cation Of Miss VanDerzee, in the Kinder
garten Training school at Washington,
d. c. Miss VanDerzee is a young colored
woman from Lincoln who is preparing ia
go among the colored people Of the south
and give the kindergarten training. The
club women of the state have undertaken
to give Miss VanDerzee this education, and
she will begin her work at the place that
they shall suggest. She has entered upon
her second year in the Washington school
Mrs. Edith d. Garloch will lead Sunday
afternoons gospel meeting at the Young
Women's Christian association at 4:3C
o'clock on Sunday afternoon, the subject tc
be Books That Have Influenced Me-" There
will be a violin solo by Mrs. %Shsdduck.
The following is taken from the monthly
report of the secretary. Average attend.
ance at gospel meetings, SO; at noon meet
ings, 40; at Bible classes, IA; at Sunday
evening tea, SO; Shakespeare club, rs; lee
ture entertainments, 120. During the month
twenty-three have been directed to board.
ing places, there have been thirty sppli.
cants for employment and twenty-one ap.
p~licants for help.
Miss Flora T1cknor, physical director Of
the association, has resumed her duties
after a weeks illness. .s
The fourth annual club directory of Chi
cago, just issued, shows ninety-hve clubs
in existance in that city The first issue
published for the year 1S99-1900, reported
sixty-six clubs. The next year the mum
Der was 112. The following year a number
of these clubs merged and. last years d.
rectory included the names of ninety-sever
clubs. Almost all OF the clubs named II
the first directory are stu in prosperoui
condition.
Miss Nellie Magee, city missionary, has
returned from a fortnight's trip to Chicago
where she visited the various missions and
studied their work.
There will be a meeting Of the Woman!
Alliance of Unity church in, the church par.
lors at 3 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon
The women gave their. regular monthly
supper last evening at the church and or
February 20 will give a dancing party a
Metropolitan club for the young people.
Almost the entire membership Of MI
Sigma club attended Wednesdays meeting
which was held at the new home OF Mrs
H. d. Nicely at Walnut Hill. Mrs. Bell,
M. Stoutenborough Of Plattsmouth was Il
have been the guest Of honor and addressed
the club, but was unable to be present. II
her absence the club took up It's regula.
study of Holland, taxation being tn,
principal topic, Mrs. Frank Holmes acting
as leader.
The next meeting will be held at the hom
of Mrs. Frank Richardson and It is ex
pected that Mrs. stoutenborough will b.
present.
The regular meeting OF the Women
Christian Temperance union was held Of
wednesday afternoon at the Young Won
ems Christian association rooms.
s~trikebreaker Locked Up.
Calm Norhunce of Chicago, who has bee,
working as a machinist at the Union Pa
cihc shops. started yesterday evening 70
nolice station via the Union depot. Nor
hunce started all right, but tried TO TAX
along too many Omaha drinks, and at tn
depot became obnoxious. He had anon
his other personal effects a billy and
pair OF brass knuckles and was charge
with carrying concealed weapons.
.TELEGRAPHERS GET RAISl
Northern Pacific Agrees to New Was
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