Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-21
WOMAN IN CLUB AND CHARITY

a few Chicago women have undertaken
a plan for retaining and reforming paroled
women and women e~x-convicts by provid-
Ing them a practical means Of earning an
honest livelihood after their release or
during their parole. A laundry is being
equipped in connection with the Aim Mott
home, but to be independent Of It. where
these women may find employment at
wages that will enable them 70 pay, APP
proximately $3.50 a week for living ex-
penses In the home, pay for their clothing
and still save something. The institution
is to be under the supervision Of Mrs.
Mary McKillip-Forrest n Mrs. A. G..
Rose, Mrs. Gustavus F. Swif contributing
the financial backing. The laundry is not
to be run as a money making enterprise
and II its earnings prove above its EXPENSES
this money will go to a fund from which
the women may borrow when they wish
to leave TO find work elsewhere. II is
thought that the fact that these women
are paid wages will overcome the prejudice
against convict labor and In addition to
this 1t is the plan that each woman shall
join the Laundry Workers union. II the
plan proves a success, II Is the intention to
add departments where women Of educa-
ton and taste for other things may turn
their inclination to account. The problem
Of finding employment for women who have
served a sentence in a penal institution
has been a grave one and after studying the
records OF these women, the promoters Of
the plan believe that such an institution
must be most valuable In helping them to
reform and enabling them to live independ-
ent of their former surroundings and in
~iuences.
The annual election Of officers OF the Ne
braska Ceramic club will be held on Mon
day afternoon, May e.. The new officers
Will he Installed at the next meeting.
There is a rumor afoat based upon an
alleged statement Of Mrs. Linda Hull
Learned. president of the National House
hold Economics association, that the pres
emit year or the year coming, at most, will
see the DISCRIMINATION of that association.
This 10 due to the establishment Of a ma
tional household economics committee in
the General Federation OF Women's clubs,
which must be a much more effective means
Of extending the interest and which will,
when thoroughly organized, render the as
ISOLATION superhuous. Though Mrs. Learned
has been at the head of the National
Household association, she has been among
those who worked hardest to take this
interest into the General Federation, be-
leving 1t for the best interest Of the
work and 1t is said she is much gratihed
at the progress Of this, one Of her pet
plans.
The newly elected board of directors Of
the Young Women's Christian association
met on Saturday and elected the following
officers and chairmen Of committees for the
association: President, Mrs. W. p. Har-
ford; first vice president, Mrs. George
Tilden; second vice president, Mrs. J. NJ.
Akin; third vice president, Mrs. f. Nj. Hal
Ter; recording secretary, Miss Lillian Little
field; corresponding secretary, Mrs. Will
liam Grant Smith; treasurer, Miss Halle
Hood; chairman OF the budget committee,
Miss Mary Hartford; devotional, Mrs. ]. p.
Lord; educational, Dr.. Abby Virginia
Holmes; extension, Miss Mary Sumner; A.
nance. Mrs. w. p. Hartford; gymnasium,
Mrs. @. w. Wickersham; house, Mrs. ]. M.
Akin; invitation, Mrs. r. M. Clarke; library,
Mrs. W.. H.. CARAT; lunch, Mrs. Kennoyer:
membership, Mrs. George Tilden; reception,
Mrs. Smith; visiting, Mrs. II. H. Crofford.
q $780, |
A convention was held In st. Louis on
Friday, of the clubs, federated and unfeter-
sted, OF the Eighth district of Missouri,
nearly every organization Of the district be-
ing represented. The meeting was held in
the Wednesday club rooms, Mrs. Edward
Taussig, president Of the district presiding,
and introducing Mrs. Anthony H. Blaisdell,
who welcomed the visiting women on behalf
Of the hostess organization. One Of the
most important features Of the session was
the passage Of a resolution that the Eighth
district convey to the legislative committee
OF the state a desire that that committee
work this year for a compulsory education
law and a law lowering the school age in
cities Of 10000 inhabitants and over.
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