Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-11-07

day afternoon. il was decided to engage
Miss Mary Mcdowell of Chicago University
Settlement to speak before the club at the
open meeting February -. While her sub
ject is not yet known, It will be along
the sociological lines of work that have
made Miss Mcdowell a national authority.
Following the action of the department
two weeks ago in it's resolution asking the
Board of Education to seriously consider
the establishment of a school for children
who could not be retained On the regular
graded public schools, committee was APP
pointed consisting of Mrs. Draper Smith,
Mrs. e. @. McGilton and Miss NJ. Il. Nc
CARNEY to formulate some more definite
plan and present 1t to the board
II the program as outlined is carried
out, and there is every assurance that 1t
will be, the social science department will
AFFORD a liberal education in local socio-
logical problems this winter. The local
Associated Charities will afford the topic
for the next meeting. superintendent S. p.
Morris to speak on the dependent women
and children and the system in general
The labor law of Nebraska for women and
children will be presented at the next
meeting by State Labor Commissioner
Bert Bush. The women have taken an
active interest in the application OF this
law and its enforcement, especially in the
large department and other stores and fac
tories of Omaha. and through their efforts
violations have been discovered in several
local establishments The work Of the
Consumers league, the use of its white
LABEL and the labels of the various trades
unions will be considered at another meet
Inc
ton college will furnish speaker on some
sociological subject at another meeting;
Superintendent Hayward of the Kearney
Industrial school has promised another
day; two meetings will be given to a con-
sideration of property rights for women
members. Apperson and Cady of the last
legislature, who introduced the club
women's bill in the house and the senate.
to be the speakers; two meetings will be
given over to civic questions. another to
educational topics and another to civic
service. Besides these. several other sup
Elementary subjects will be considered,
and all will be presented by authorities.
This outline was announced yesterday
afternoon.
Mrs. Alene Shane Devin of Washington,
d. c., formerly a prominent Chicago club
woman and newspaper correspondent. was
guest and spoke briefly of the progress
of the women of China. Considering the
strides toward education and general en-
lightenment being made by the women of
China, she expressed the opinion that the
time is not far distant when that country
will begin. through its women as we'll as
its men, to take its place among the ma
tons. She said further that the education
of Chinese women in American institutions
was materially limited owing to our imml-
grafton laws.
Mrs. Harriet Heller superintendent of
the Douglas County Detention home for
juveniles, also spoke of the duty of the
community toward its delinquent children.
She said there were two great reasons why
juvenile delinquents should have expert at
tention from a, community; first because 1t
is society's right to protect itself with
common-sense measures of prevention
against future criminals. and secondly be-
cause 1t is, the right of the child to be
intelligently,, corrected at the expense Of
the community sthat has contributed, even
though unconseiously to its need of cor
rection. She went upon the theory that
the bad boy is very likely to make a bad
man, but If the fault of the child could be
corrected society owed it to itself and to
the child to afford that correction.
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Something over $50 new names were added
TO the membership roll of the local Young
Women's Christian association by the "get
one banquet served Monday evening by
the young women of the First Presbyterian
church. over 800 women sat down at the
long tables arranged in the association
dining room, which was hung with yellow
and white bunting and decorated with
chrysanthemums Following the banquet
Miss Esther Anderson of Chicago one of
the national secretaries, spoke of the ne-
cessity OF properly equipped building TO
meet the demands of city association work
| Miss Anderson recently resigned the gem
eral secretaryship of the Detroit associa-
ton, which had the model building of the
American associations, and having had an
! active part in the campaign for that build
| ing was in a position to advise the local
organization. Miss Susan Paxson. also a
national secretary, spoke of the student
work, national and state.
Two more districts in the Iowa Federation
| of Women's Clubs have held their annual
conventions during the past fortnight, the
Eighth district at Garner. October 2s and
/ the Sixteenth district at Keokuk, Novem-
Der l. Both meetings were largely at
| tended and their programs excellent. The
convention Of the Fifth district, to be held
/ Wednesday OF this week at Glenwood, will
be an important gathering. and a generous
| representation from Council Bluffs is prom
Used. The names of three Council Bluffs
women appear on the program-Mrs F. A.
| Bixby to speak on THE Leadership Of De-
partments;" Mrs Page Morrison will give
paper on THE Study OF Domestic
Science" and Mrs. Walter l. Smith will
/ demonstrate the serving of dinner. The
women Of GlenwoOd have cordially invited
all members of clubs to attend, whether
| delegates or not. Among the delegates who
will go from the Council BLUFFS clubs are
Mesdames F. A. Bixby, Morrison Page, g.
Stevenson. Glen Kimball., Louis Cutler
Metcalf Thompson. John Matthews. Wood
! ford and w. /. Smith
The thirty-fourth annual meeting OF the
Iowa Equal Suffrage association will be
! held at Panora on Thursday. Friday and
Saturday of this week. and indications are
that It win be one of the largest conven-
lions of women held in the state this year
In many of the towns the membership is
Identical with that Of the women's clubs
and to a great extent the interests OF both