Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-05-12
IOWA CLUB FEDERATION

4 living together and her belief that we
do not honor children as we ought.
Prolonged applause proclaimed Mrs.
Wards address as one of the very best
of the biennial.
Mrs. FIalam.
very entertaining discussion by
Mrs. Hallam on Child Study. its ad-
vantages, disadvantages, objects, re-
cording observations and results, was
enjoyed in conclusion of this subject.
Club Program.
/ The club program committee next
took charge. 1t is composed Of Mrs.
Horace NJ. Towner. Corning, chairman;
Miss Margaret Brown, Charlton. anG
| Mrs Horace T.. Deemer Red Oak The
fine report of the chairman was follow
ed by her address on Essential Cond-
tons of Club Study" Mrs. Towner is
we'll known as president of the Iowa
Library Association. When it is real
ized that of the 325 federated clubs
In Iowa, 315 are dstinctively study
clubs. 1t will be seen that the work OF
the club program committee is no UNI
| important one. In her address, Mrs.
| Towner noted the statement made by
various notable people, that study
clubs are the most important educa-
tional factor In the United States,
aside from the colleges. schools and
regular educational institutions. Mrs.
Towner refuted an argument much
quoted by disbelievers in the progress
of women. with the statement that the
more Il woman knows of life. the less
likely will she be to confuse the mas
culine and feminine ideals. One OF the
mistakes chronicled was that womsn
are In too great a hurry to realize their
ideals, and that miscellaneous pro-
grams are apt to lack in educational
value. which brings out the advantage
of outline study of fewer subjects in
Il thorough manner.
| Mrs Charles Philip Funck, of Burl-
ington, delighted her hearers with a
'Shakespearian Lecture Recital" an
/ original entertainment. illustrating
/ in most happy way, the manner in
| which "one subject program may
be diversified. Miss Uhlcr, OF BurIing-
ton, at the piano, played under the
Greenwood Tree" following which
Mrs. Punck sang who is Sylvia and
The Lover and His Loss Mrs.
| Funck gave interesting bits about the
! musical instruments. ballads and
dances of various countries. especially
those referred to by Shakespeare in
his plays. Mrs. Funck concluded a
very enjoyable feature Of the program,
by singing Schubert's Hank, Hank. the
Lark" Owing to lack or time very
much regretted by all. Mrs. Funck
could only give about a third of her
recital.
Mrs. Fletcher was called to the plat
form to close the session She was
| happy to announce that the biennial
was to- receive greeting from very
/ dear personal friend Of hers Mrs.
Frank S. Allen, president of the NJ. T..
| w. c., of Dodge Center, MINI. Mrs.
Allen was greeted with hearty APP
| plause, and announced that she was
waiting for the 1900 Iowa women to
come to st. Paul for the next biennial.
She grew eloquently earnest in asking
of the Iowa federation, Are we direct
ing our efforts to suppress child labor
along the right line entirely? Go back
Of all legislation and begin In the home,
do and say something that will help
those without the advantages so dear
to u.s."
Mrs. Spencer president OF tie Oska-
loosa Woman's Club. delivered q very
pressing invitation to hold the next
biennial meeting there. The cordial
welcome extended was referred to the
| incoming board. according to custom.
District meetings were held MT the
/ close of the afternoon session, ITO
nominate chairmen and also delegates
and alternates to the c. f. w. c. BIZ
ennial to be held In st. Paul in 1906.
Cleveland Was Invited.
source Of n good deal of amuse-
ment at the Thursday mornings ses-
sion, was the presidents recital, In
her own delightful way, of how she
invited ex-President Grover Cleveland
to attend the sixth biennial. Mrs
\ Fletcher sent with the program and
invitation letter In which she cour-
teously asked him to come and en-
tighten his mistaken ideas, surely
4 founded upon ignorance of the true
aims and efforts Of women's organiza-
tons, especially in Iowa. Mrs. FLEET
cher said that receiving no reply, the
conclusion arrived at was that our
worthy ex-president and wbmens
clubs hater had gone fishing.
Library Committee.
The library committee session was
productive of most instructive sugges-
tons. Space does not permit justice
to the report Of Miss Tyler. SO dear
to Iowa workers., also that OF Miss
i Smith, of Dubuque. Miss Tyler en-
| phasised, however, the Importance of
the Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs
as factor in the educational move
ment of the libraries. Individual eff
| forts were also eulogized as an in
dispensable force.
Miss Smith called attention TO the
| fact of expectation Is that the public
| library be made an educational CEN
ter In each community, and gave some
of the principal ways in which librar-
/ ians seek to accomplish this. She
noted the danger to the great major
| ity of readers in letting recreative
reading run away with them. Her
4 earnest advice to librarians was to buy
carefully of the good, newest books,
and literally of the old. tried and true
book friends Unity In sentiment and
active service, she said. is what the
| club woman has right to expect from
| her librarian.
An important suggestion was made
by one of the delegates in attendance
at the child labor conference, at which
the advisability of organizing state
committee of indefinite size and eX-
ecutive committee of seven or nine,
4 the members of the latter to be chosen
with a view to the convenience of their
! vnaatipp frenuantlv waq discussed and