Omaha daily bee., 1905-06-09
WOMAN IN CLUB AND CHARITY

Serene and content, Mrs. Julia Ward
Howe quietly celebrated her S6th birthday
anniversary May q in her Beacon street
home Boston, with her children and grand
children about her. From a host of friends
came congratulations loving greetings and
floral offerings. Among the latter was an
immense basket of American Beauty roses
from the Greeks of Boston. on May "a the
Boston Authors club held a reception for
Mrs Howe, at which quatrains written in
her honor by the members were read by
Colonel Thomas Wentworth Higginson, and
a gift from the club OF a silver purse con-
tanning $50 in gold presented by Mrs.
May Alden Ward. Mrs. Howe read poem
which she had written for the occasion. AS
IL to emphasize the fact that the fame of
her worth" is international, a greeting was
received from the Italian colony of Boston
signed by 200 names. The New England
Women's club celebrated Mrs Howes
birthday with a breakfast on May %, at
which there was distinguished company,
with speeches, verses, music, flowers and
goodwill Mrs. Howe is in good health, her
spirit continues young. and she has many
interests. Her birthday week was busy
one. Aside from the festivities she enter
tained on Wednesday evening the Philhel-
lenic committee, and 'Vas chosen its presi-
dent On Thursday she attended the funeral
of her beloved friend. Mrs. Livermore, and
on Friday she delivered a forcible address
on "The Revival of Morality" before the
Free Religious association. She has written
much of late The Christian Endeavor
World for May 25 contains article from
| her pen entitled THE Noble Women of the
| War" and the Boston Transcript of May q
worthy tribute to Mrs. Livermore.
The program for the Young women's
| Christian association conference, to be held
at Lake Geneva August Is to 20, is about
| completed and the following are among the
speakers announced Miss Emma Hays, one
of the national secretaries, to be in charge:
| DIR. G. A. Johnston Ross of Cambridge,
| England; DR.. John T. Kenin of jamestown,
N. Y; DR.. Frank Bayey of Denver; Miss
Anna L. Howe, formerly Of Japan; Mrs.
Alice Peloubet Norton of the University of
| Chicago; Misses Mabel Crafty, Elizabeth
| Wilson, Emma Hays, Mary S. Dunn and
| Florence Simms, secretaries for the Amer
lean committee. The mornings will be
spent in Bible study and conferences and
the afternoons and evenings in recreation
and rest. There will be a platform meet
ing each evening at o'clock The expense
to association members will be IS for the
| pIOSldUl lee ana 81 Il uay. SpeCldl TdlTOdu
| rates will be made.
Through the persistent efforts of the
Consumers league the subway news-stands
of New York have been brought under the
mercantile law. The Board of Health has
at last made a decision that the stands
are stores and that the girls who sell papers
and magazines are clerks. Until the league
took hold of the matter these girls had
worked twelve hours day, with no time
off for lunch, at a salary of Sc a week
Under the mercantile law no woman under
q years of age can work in shop store
more than nine hours day or in a fac
tory more than ten hours a day and forty
five minutes must be allowed for lunch
The league is determined that this Law
shall be enforced and, having gained this
much, is now exerting itself in behalf OF
the women over p,
The sixth annual meeting of the South
Dakota Federation of Women's Clubs con
vened at Huron Wednesday and Thursday
Of this week. There were about fifty dele
gates and as many opt-of-town visiting
women present who were entertained ir
the homes of the city. The, sessions were
held in the Congregational church, Mrs. An
ME A. Lumley of Pierre, state president
presiding.
: At a special meeting held Monday morn
, ing the English literature department o.
, the Woman's club adopted a course o.
, study in American literature in place o
the English course decided upon severa
weeks ago. The authors decided upon were
+ Thoreau, Emerson, Hawthorne, Washing
, ton Irving and Alcott Mesdames Free
, Crowley, NJ. Langfeld, Glover. F. H. Col
and Harm will act as leaders.
The last of the gatherings of the Omahi
/ Woman's club for the summer was hell
r Thursday at Florence at the home of Mrs
= Ross, who entertained the members of tn
social science department in honor of Mrs
f. B Towle the retiring leader of the de
partment. The gathering was a picnic
about fifty women attending, and the baske