Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-20
WOMAN IN CLUB AND CHARITY

vited to step over the color line the even
ing OF January 29 and sit with the quality"
at the First Congregational church. while
Prof. Perky, president OF Dread institute,
Worcester. Mass, further elucidates the
problems OF the household and the science
Of making both ends most neatly meet
therein.
Such is the effect Of a resolution adopted
without dissent by the woman's club at its
regular meeting yesterday afternoon. The
action was the result Of accident more than
careful planning Mrs. Edward Johnson
who, as corresponding secretary. had been
instructed by the club to invite a numbeppf
boards and societies to attend the lecture
reported the aCCeptanCes of several and
then stated she he'd been able to find no
domestic science" department in the Dun
dee Woman's club and the South Omaha
Woman's club and hence didn't know who
was to have the invitations she had been
instructed to send such departments. Mrs
Mcdonald moved as remedial expedient
that the entire membership OF the Dundee
and South Omaha clubs be invited. Mrs
BurCh OF South Omaha arose to ask which
South Omaha club was meant. She stated
that women's clubs In South Omaha are
markedly numerous, but added for the
benefit OF any who might wish to know
'heS bhS Out VI Which sue is n UleUlDeT mas
been burning a lot Of midnight oil over this
same problem of domestic science, and Is
right up with the times.
Mrs. MacMurphy moved as amendment
that the secretary be instructed to ask all
the women's clubs Of Omaha, South Omaha
| and Council Bluffs. President Cole re-
minded Mrs. MacMurphy that that meant
much hunting by the secretary for ad-
dresses and asked IL the motion could not
be made a trihe less sweeping Mrs Mac
Murphy stood firm, answering to the effect
that 1t shouldn't be as difficult for the
Fsecretary with her abundant time to get the
addresses as for she, the unprepared
| speaker, to call the clubs by name on the
| instant.{
Mrs, /. r. Andrews called the attention OF
the club to the fact that colored women Of
| Omaha have q club and remarked that It
would be very unkind not to invite them"
No 'one else seemed disposed to argue the
point either way with Mrs. Andrews. and
| the president prepared to put the motion.
when Mrs. MacMurphy injected into her
amendment the clause "all clubs making
particular study Of household economies"
In this form It carried. Mrs Andrews
states that the cOlored womens club makes
! a particular study of household economics
| and hence its members are among those
! especially invited to the coming lecture,
along with the Board of Education the
Omaha Douglas County Medical society, the
Young Mems Christian association and
others.
After the discussion had closed, the vote
been taken and the result announced, one
| member arose to ask II the resolution con-
templated invitation to all women's clubs
in the three cities. The chair explained
that It meant only those which give espe-
clal study to domestic science.
| BY an uncontested' vote the club pledged
itself to undertake to brinr Mrs. william
Spencer Crosby from Chicago some time
soon to give two Wagner lecture recitals.
Mrs. J. H. Mcintosh of the music depart
ment Of the club, stated that Mrs. Crosby
has given her lecture fecitals before
eminent clubs of London, Paris and New
York, as well as smaller places, and al
ways with greatest satisfaction to those
who engaged her; also that the club has
been promised the support of Mrs Kountze,
Mrs. Cudahy and Mrs. Krug of the Tuesday
| Musicale and OF many others prominent in
music circles. The club voted, however,
not to undertake the enterprise unless
| there could be secured seats at 81 for two
| recitals and Is cents for one, 250 subscrip-
| tfons, as Mrs. Crosby asks $3.50 for two ap-
pearances and all railroad expenses. The
president was empowered to appoint the
necessary committee Of arrangements.
! On motion, the house and home COM
mittee was instructed to formulate plans
for the clubs tenth birthday party April
"a, and submit such plans at the meeting
two weeks hence. The plan is to make
the celebration momentous.
Though the board Of directors had recon-
mended that it be not acted upon for an
other two weeks, the matter of endorsing
the campaigning for the enactment OF a
more stringent pure food law was precipi-
tated yesterday by Mrs. MacMurphy and
presented as a motion by Mrs. Draper
Smith 1t carried. Let the legislators Of
Nebraska now stand forewarned.
Mrs. W. H. Hanchett is to give her lec-
ture, Myths and Legends of the Ages
Past" for the ethics department of the
club Tuesday of next week at 4 o'clock, at
the church.
The education committee gave up its time
to Mr.. Will Parker, truant officer, who
read some verses from a newspaper con-
| tue BOOu OF pouring OILS ana wines
into other peoples wounds and of the i'm
propriety OF passing by on the other sido
Of the general public He said also that
he had been the only man in attendance at
cooking school in the Omaha High school
in 1887, and that he considered the school
good thing, because it had enabled him
some years later to sing, Way Down Upon
the suwannee River" and Nearer My God,
TO Thee" all the way to a pest house for
the benett Of two young women at a sum,
mer school who had contracted smallpox
and had to be taken to the immuned spot
For what he has done as truant officer, he
invited the women to notice the morning
newspaper digests of his report to the
Board Of Education.
Mrs. Arthur Brandeis as leader Of the
French conversation section, was present
, long enough to introduce the entertain,
ment program which was much enjoyed
affording, as it did, opportunity for French
, conversation on the rostEum and English
, conversation, ft-pedalcd, in the back OF
the house, the latter by some who had
grown very. very rusty on their French
, perhaps. Mr.. Charles Hawley Keefer,
, pianist, played; Miss Grace Conklin, Miss
Josephine Biart and Miss Lucille Jarvis