Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-06

Monday afternoon with a large attendance.
After an appropriate program Of music and
reading. an hour was devoted to business.
As the chapter now includes 112 members,
1t has become necessary to secure a regu-
lar meeting place, as the attendance is
frequently so large that it taxes the rooms
Of the members homes, and there was a
discussion Of securing club rooms at the
Normandie or the winona. Nothing def
mite was decided upon, however.
sorosis Of New York is to have a new
president the FIRST Of March to succeed Mrs.
Denies Dennison. who, as president of the
General Federation. is not eligible to re-
election.
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait. with others
OF the National woman's Suffrage associa-
tion, has opened headquarters at Concord,
N. H.. to aid in the present amendment
campaign.
BY request DR.. Abby Virginia Holmes re-
peated her lecture on "what a Woman
Ought to Know" before the meeting of the
household economies department on Thurs
day morning. The attendance was large.
The regular monthly meeting OF the
Omaha Charity association was held in the
reception room Of the Creche on Thursday
morning to transact the business Of that
institution.
In spite Of its propensity for delving into
state and municipal affairs and other things
said to be equally u%nwomanly and beyond
the concern Of the "gentler sex" the Illi-
| noia Polarization NJ VVnunansa Clubs hae talrau
a turn that should still all masculine ap-
prehension and convince the doubter that
all of this talk about woman outgrowing her
sphere, losing her love of family and home
and her delight in those things prescribed
by men as best fitted to make her charm
ing, loveable and otherwise interesting, is
all a mistake and that women's clubs are
the surest II not the shortest and most ap-
proved route by which these misguided
mothers and wives and sisters are to find
their way back to the kitchen range, the
mendlng basket and the nursery and mascu-
line approval. Through the efforts of Mrs.
P. S. Peterson, chairman Of the domestic
science committee Of the Illinois federation,
and the cooperation Of the other women,
the annual meeting Of the organization to
be held next fall at Cairo. is to include a
feature as unique as it promises to be pop
ular-a completely equipped kitchen and
model dining room. The tendency OF tho
club" says Mrs. Peterson, SIS toward the
real, the actual things of life and the wom-
ans club should be the home Of advanced
kitchen thought as well as of the other sub
jects that engross the club woman's mind
today" The art exhibit, the musicale and
programs on every subject areNcommon fea-
lures Of the majority of federation meet
ings and while domestic science and house
hold economics have come in for their share
of attention and emphasis, the Cairo meet
ing. unless some other convention puts its
plan into effect before the date of that
meeting, will be the first to provide a prac-
I tical exhibit and demonstration Of this ma
terial side Of the home-making problem.
The Era club of New Orleans. one of the
largest and most influential clubs Of the
south, has adopted resolutions calling upon
the mayor to remove one of the district
street cleaning superintendents and to APP
point a woman in his place. 1t being their
intention to prove by comparison what
women can Go in this capacity. The Pro-
~gressive club Of New Orleans is called upon
to assist the Era club in securing a woman
to this position.
The local biennial board Of st. Louis has
held Its hrst meeting to consider plans for
the entertainment of the General Fedora
tion biennial in 1904. 1t was decided to
hold regular monthly meetings on the
fourth Wednesday morning Of each month
for the transaction OF business. Standing
rules for the guidance Of members we're
adopted and provision made for the per-
manence of the board and for its enlarge
ment as necessity may require. II was
voted that the chairman of the press com
mittee add such other chairmen as require
close knowledge of the boards action to
facilitate their work be made members OF
the board. All communications to the
board should be sent to Miss Sarah L.
Tower. 1910 South Grand avenue.
The National Society of New England
Women celebrated its ninth anniversary
with q reception at Delmonico's, New York,
on Saturday. January "a. There were about