Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-09

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| district conference Of the D. A. r.
was held at the Riggs House Wednesday,
The morning session opened at 10 o'clock
and the afternoon at 2, Mrs. Charlotte
Emerson Main presiding The object OF
the conference was to vote on amendment Is
to the national constitution to be presented
| for acceptance at the next congress, and to
4 hear reports from the regents of the vari-
GUS chapters Of the district. One amend
| ment was carried and several others voted
! down.
There was an unusually full attendance
| of district regents, also several national
officers, including Mrs. Jewett of Mime
sofa and Mrs. Hodges of Ohio.
Ellen Spencer Mussey Tent Spanish War
Veterans. gave a euchre party in the Span
ish war hall Tuesday evening.
Association has issued cards for recep-
| ton which will be held in the college hail
| at 1923 New York avenue next week. Mrs.
| Nannette B. Paul is the president
The Merrymakers gave an Easter dance
| at the National Rifles Armory "Wednesday
| evening. The clubs orchestra rendered the
music, with Mr.. c. V. Samuels as director.
The eighteen members. who include Misses
| Nellie j. Huntsberry. Nellie c. Lee, M. lola
Fitzgerald, Eva G. Johnson. Minnie NJ.
| Robertson, Ella A. Johnson Bessie E.
Bush, Maude r. Steuart. Ida R. Long. and
! Messrs r. E. Hamindinger, the president
! G. T. Steuart, the vice president; Mr.. c. r.
Hayden, the secretary; Mr. L. p Steuart.
| the treasurer; Chas. E. Engle, John M. Po-
| loni, H. E. Huntsberry, VIM. J. Krouse and
| Walter B. Harr have given series or
| well-attended and pleasant balls during the
| winter. beside numerous euchre parties and
| other gatherings.
| The official program of the National
| Fedora ton of Women's Clubs. to meet in
ST. Louis next month, will be as follows:
ba oneninp session will be held
Tuesday afternoon. May IL. Mrs. d. L. >.
| Denison presiding. The mayor or the CITY.
| Rolla Wells, will welcome the ladies on be-
| half of the city, and Mrs. Philip N Moore,
president of the Missouri State Federation.
| for the local clubs. Mrs. Denison will re-
| spond
| Tuesday evening literary session will be
| held Mrs R. j. Rurdett presiding. Prof.
| Howard Griggs of New Jersey will speak
| on THE Expression and Interpretation or
| Human Life IN Literature
Wednesday morning Will be devoted 10 re-
ports and business, Miss Margaret EVahd,
| chairman At the educational session In
| the afternoon Mrs. Frank l.. Wean of Hi
| nois will speak on Compulsory fduca,
tional Laws and Their enforcement. =,
| Character Building in Public Education
will be discussed by two speakers under the
| following topics: Indirectly, by Means or
Literature and History" Miss Daisy Splck-
| ard, Nebraska. and rDirectiy' py ne, re
ouired instruction. as in France" Mrs. JON
athan F. S. Mitchell. Washington. "A Ma
tional Aspect of Public Education Will De
the subject of Miss Celeste f. Bush. Con-
necticut, and Miss Mary Applewhite Bacon
of Georgia.
Wednesday evening there will be SEES
| sion devoted to the discussion of the labor
of children, with Miss Jane Adams pre-
siding An address will be delivered by
Edgar Gardner Murphy of Alabama on
"Child Labor in America.
Thursday, May 49, is the day OF celepl d,
ton" also called Louisiana Purchase
chairman; program to be announced later.
Friday morning there will be an lndustrial
session, with Mrs. Frederick Nathan preslu-
ing. Addresses will oe made as Iolows;
Contamination Among Working women,
Miss Mary Mcdowell of the University OF
Chicago settlement: "Is the Ballot OF Reai
Value to Working Women! mrs, para d,
Platte Decker of the state board OF clia, =.
ties and correction, Colorado: value 10
working Women of Cooperation OF CLUBS
With Municipal Officers" DR.. Ernst j..
I1ederle ex-commissioner of department Oh
| health, New York city
ports of state presidents. For the evening
Miss Evans. chairman of the committees
DIN education, presents the following pro-
gram: Miss Elizabeth Harrison OF nli,iao,s
will sneak on Recent Progress in Educa-
tom" Miss Jane Adams of LIMOS. Eo9-
cation and Democracy Presiden. M
Carey Thomas of Bryn Mawr, Pa, Will also
deliver an address.
H. Neville, chairman, will be held SATURDAY
morning The following subjects viii ne
discussed: 1.-The School the Ally OF the
Home" Mrs Nellie Kedzie Jones. Michl-
gan: Ethics and the Home, MRS. Ade-
iaide Hoodless, Hamilton, Ontario; our
Relation to the Household Traces as car
ried on Outside the Home Miss Mary IL
Abel Maryland.
A press session will be held SATURDAY
afternoon for which program complt-
mentary to the profession Will De present
of IA
will be addressed by Mrs. Anna Garland
Spencer of New York city on Home-Le-
stroying Industries DR.. John Graham
Brooks. New Avenues of industriai ESu-
cation for Women" Mrs. FREDERICK M
than. 1.-The Consumer as Final Arblter
Monday the morning and evening SEES
sions will be devoted to civil service re-
form and library extension, respectively
Misc Georgie A. Bacon will be chairman of
the first and Mrs. Chas A. Perkins of the
latter The afternoon will be given over 10
receptions. The morning speakers VIII pe
Mrs Imogen B. Oakley OF Phiiaoeiphia, on
."The Merit System of municipalities; Dr.
Emil G. Hirsch of Chicago, on civil Serv-
ice Reforms in Public Institutions; r NJ.
Crunden librarian Of the st. Louis puonc
library, will speak at the evening session
on "The Inspiration of Libraries; Mrs.
Rose Cawood of Tennessee. on THE story
of a Travelling Library" Prof. Chas. Zeuo-
lin University of Chicago. on Art as an
Educator"
Tuesday morning will be a session in
civics, Mrs Ralph Trautman chairman
Dr. Darlington, commissioner of public
health New York city, will deliver an
address on How Can the Individual Be-
come a Factor in Civics and Sanitation.
Forestry work will be considered on
Tuesday afternoon, with Mrs. Mary p.
Mumford as chairman. Mrs. Lydia Phil
ips Williams of Minnesota will take for
her topic the question, Can Women
Through Organization Influence Legisla-
ton in Favor Of Forestry" Miss Mira
Dock of Pennsylvania will speak on
Ten Years of Forestry in Pennsylvania
On Tuesday evening there will be an art
session." the program of which is not yet
complete.
The election of officers will be held
Wednesday morning, and the evening of
that day will be designated at Presidents
evening. A business session will be held
each morning.
Mrs. Bodfish. secretary Of the Pre- Re
Nata, and her sister, Mrs. s. E. Jones of
Massachusetts, will leave the city for a
visit to Old Point Comfort tomorrow night.
Mrs Bodfish will not be present at the an
nual meeting of the Pre- Re Nata next
week There is to be a new president
chosen at the biennial. Mrs. Dennison re-
fuses to stand for reelection. That she
does so does not mean that she intends to
- do he ftat~ tta