Omaha daily bee., 1905-06-30
WOMAN IN CLUB AND CHARITY

Ten thousand Of the $4,000 to be paid for
the Young women's Christian association
lot has been subscribed and last Tuesday a
gift Of $3.50 was made toward the other
5000 by two friends OF the association. The
business women are responding creditably
to the appeal made to them, and while the
majority are unable 70 make large dona-
tions every little counts, and this is being
given in a spirit that begets the interest Of
others.
The Bible class work in the NJ. e. Smith
and Byrne- Hammer factories that has been
conducted under the extension secretary OF
the Young women's Christian associatio
will close this week. Last Friday several
score Of good magazines were distributed
among the young women at the Smith fac
tory. Tuesday at noon flowers were dis
tributed among the girls at both factories,
the flowers having been contributed by the
local florists and brought from the gardens
of the association members. Yesterday a
large number of magazines were distrib-
uted among the girls at the Byrne-Hammer
factory. The work will be resumed in the
fall.
Misses Agnes and liza Ward, the member
ship and house secretaries of the assoCia-
ton, have gone to their home at Ponca,
Neb., for a months vacation.
About twenty women were present and
participated in the educational meeting Of
the Womens Christian Temperance union
| held Wednesday afternoon at the home Of
Mrs James A. Taggart, 1104 North Twenty
| fourth street. The meeting was lead by
Mrs Fred Patterson, chairman of the
franchise department OF the Nebraska
women's Christian Temperance union, and
| the enfranchisement of women afforded the
| subject Of the afternoon. with few excep-
! tions every woman present participated in
| the discussion. The position Of women
under the law in many Of the states was
| presented and discussed. The next meeting
will be for transactlng the business of the
union and will be held in the Young Wom-
ems Christian association rooms July r.
Here is what Samuel McCune Lindsay.
chairman of the National Child Labor COM
| mittee, has to say of the woman's club: 81
appreciate so deeply the effective work that
the clubs have done throughout the coun-
try in arousing an interest in the subject
of child labor that am glad of an oppor'
tunity of expressing this appreciation. Nc
better illustration of the fine educational
work and high moral purpose of the
women's clubs, as represented In the Gen
eral Federation, can be found than in theii
persistent and discriminating study of chile
labor in the United States. l have found
in all the states where the clubs are active
and federated that the ground is prepared
for progressive legislation on this subject
This is a great work for the American
home and the arousing of the intelligent in
terest of thousands of women who other
wise would not know of the great evils o.
child labor is a worthy contribution L
American civilization
Homer Folk, vice chairman of the Ma
tional Child Labor committee, is quoted al
follows by Charities: THE women's club
throughout the country have taken an ac
tive part during the past three years in tn
child labor movement. The General Fede
ration of Womens Clubs, at its biennia
convention held at st, Louis, for the infor
nation of its constituent members adoptet
resolutions in favor of n definite nationa
program throughout the United States
These resolutions represent, so far as W
are aware, the only attempt to state
definite national program of child labo
; legislation, based upon study of all legis
lation, and efforts 20 secure its enforce
ment UP to the present time"