Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-24
WOMAN IN CLUB AND CHARITY

AT the annual business meeting of the
Omaha Woman's club Monday afternoon
the following women were elected to rep
resent the club at the eighth biennial CON
vention of the General Federation OF
Women's Clubs to be held in st. Paul.
Mimi, the first week OF June: Delegates
Mrs Mary G. Andrews, the club president:
the incoming president to be elected at the
next meeting; Mrs. w. IL. Hancock and
Mrs II. j. Penfold. Alternates-Miss Josie
McHugh, Mrs. c. e. Black Mrs. ]. +.
Wagner and Miss M f. Mccartney.
1t was announced that the Colorado dele
cation to the biennial convention will ar
| rive in Omaha the morning of May 20 and
leave via the Great Western at 7:45 a. M,
arriving at st. Paul at 1888 p. m. The
Omaha and Nebraska delegations have been
invited to join the Colorado women, and.
realizing the advantage of a days ae-
quantance, the club voted to make the
Great Western the official route, provided
| they might accompany the Colorado dele
cation. rate OF S12.25 for the round trip
has been made
Some discussion resulted from a misun-
Outstanding OF the basis Of representation
! of clubs at the biennial convention. In
GLIDING its honorary members the Omaha
| Woman's club has this year only 3s3 mem
bers, which entities 1t to but four delegates
| II there We're but seventeen more mem
bers another delegate might be sent. aud
to make up this number the bylaws were
suspended and It was voted that members
coming into the club before the biennial
, convention would be received for the re-
mainder of this year and all of next year
upon the payment of the one years dues.
| Considering that the number OF depart
ments in the club has dropped of from
thirteen 10 eight, II was suggested by Mrs.
Draper Smith that the department meet
ings might all be held in one week in the
future and that the club adjourn in April.
when the departments have concluded their
work, instead of holding over another
month, and so reduce the rent paid by the
club
Miss Margaret Evans OF Northheld, MINI,
a former vice president Of the General Fed
Grafton of Womens Clubs, viii be In Omaha
as one Of the speakers at the semi-centen-
NAL celebration of the Congregational
church, and IL was voted that the club ac-
cept the invitation of the church and at
tend the session at which Miss Evans Is
to speak. ~ rs.
A vote OF sympathy was extended TO the
club women of San Francisco and the Cali
fornia towns suffering from the recent dis
) aster, the message to be conveyed through
the president of the California federation
At the next meeting the club will elect
its officers for the coming year.
The official call 10 the eighth biennial con
vention of the General Federation Of
Women's Clubs 10 be held at ST. Paul
Mimi, May 80 to June S, together with th'
/ proposed revision of the bylaws OF the or
. ganization, has been issued. The revision
committee is composed of Mrs. John d
Sherman of Chicago, chairman; Mrs
Charles S. Morrison OF West Virginia anC
Mrs. ]. c. Terrlll Of Texas These proposes
changes must be acted upon at the 81
Paul meeting. Chief among them are tive
propositions TO increase the size Of th'
board Of directors; one by the addition o
two vice presidents, ana another by hav
Ing a director from each state represente'
| in the General Federation. in addition q
the officers There are also two importan
? propositions relating 70 dues. One Is tina
organizations OF twenty-five and up to 40
: members shall pay 10 cents per capita an
} nually, and all over 400 shall pay 81
3 annually The other is that the dues o
clubs Of twenty-five and fewer than 10
? members shall pay 10 cents per capita; frou
100 to 900, $40, and OF clubs of more thai
, 200 members, cents per capita. The qucs
] ton OF dues has caused discussion at eaol
biennial convention. many OF the big or
CARNATIONS feeling that the present 10 cent
per capita tax is too heavy