The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-12
cLUsWoMEN's GOSSIP.

The need of an assembly room or
club house for women was never so eV-
ident as just now. After Miss LOOM
is school was built it seemed as if that
would supply small room that would
do eXcellently we'll for clubs and meet
ings, but the recent fire, which ruined
the interior, has again called the atten-
ton of clubwomen to this matter The
Century club has met at the LOOMS
school twice, and aside from the loca-
ton being one not convenient to any
car line, the hall was found very sat
iSfactOry. Yesterdays meeting of the
Century club was held in Ramaley's
hall on Grand avenue. What is wanted
is a clubhouse in the center of town
and not far from the Selby and Grand
avenue car lines.
The executive board meetings of the
Schubert club are held every Saturday
morning in the Odeon building, and
the last meeting revealed the fact that
the club is in an exceedingly healthy
condition. This is due not only to the
ability of the board of women who
have it in charge, but to the conserva-
tiveness of the clubs president, Mrs.
w. S. Briggs. She has not alone the
best interests of the club at heart, but
she understands st. Paul sufficiently
we'll not to depend too much upon it's
Willingness to patronize high priced
musical attractions. Mrs. Briggs adj
ministration has been marked by this
conservative spirit, and the club has
not been involved in any financial OBJ
legations during her presidency. In
the past the Schubert club, with the
best interests of ST. Paul at heart, has
brought great musicians here, only to
find that the musical enthusiasm of the
citizens has been overestimated. Even
those who might be inclined to cavil
with the club officers who will not
undertake to repeat the experiment
must concede that it is wise policy on
the part of Mrs. Briggs and her asso-
ciates to keep on the safe side. Mrs.
Briggs is a careful and able officer and
a very charming and gracious woman
as well.
The committee having in charge the
municipal exhibit of st. Paul at the
ST. Louis exposition, met Tuesday aft
ernoon in the mayors office with the
committee from the Minneapolis coun-
Gil. 1t was voted to combine the eX-
hibits from the Twin Cities, thus, for
the first time, as a Minneapolis man
said, "St. Paul and Minneapolis can
present a solid front to the world"
twenty-five hundred dollars has been
appropriated by each city for it's ex-
hibit which will consist of charts,
models, birdseye- view maps, interior
views and plans. The joint committee
will meet Saturday at the mayors
office in Minneapolis.
The New York State Federation of
Women'sN clubs is meeting this
week at Utica, and 300 women
from New York city are in attend
ance. The New York Press says the
following of this meeting:
But the women who look upon the
club affairs as serious and important
say this convention will be one Of the
most interesting on record. The Trades
School will live or die with this con-
vention. The Trades School for girls
is an idea of Mrs. Croly, better known
as Jennie June" She suggested that
all the club women of the state work
for such a school, and as Mrs. Croly
was a ruling spirit of her day her fol-
lowers graSped the idea, and bazaars,
fairs, amateur theatricals and what
not resulted, all in the name of the
Trades school. After saving and scrap
ing and fighting and toiling, $1,000
was accumulated, which, after all, is
only a drop in the bucket. An adj
vanced element in clubdom now be-
lieves the Trades School is hopeless,
and at the rate of $1,000 in seven years
it would not be even a possibility for
fifty years. Other women who believe
Rome was not built in a day will cling
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