Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-26

Inc results have been fine additions (
the literature bearing on this them,
What other Young pcople and wcmc
nave done' Maine young people and wo
men can do.
Soiiie committees, realizing that il is nc
| ~ our province to propose legislation
nave actively supported certain satisfac
tor! measures which have been adopted
! visits TO public institutions have beer
| made and are recommended.
| In closing, / give Il message from H.,
| rational chairman of this work 81
would earnestly urge on the Maize Fcdcr.
atl"ll at It's mid winter meeting the for
nation OF Il regular civil service reform
committee. We are anxious to have q
standing committee in each Federation. !,
committee, if only one woman. in eac1,
ciuD thcn we can gather our forces in ::
snort time a nave u perfect network OF
interest covering the country. We arc
urging meeting in every club. the in
PRODUCTION of literature, the Cary Oak.c !
and Woodruff pamphlets and the Primer
into schools, the offer of medals or prizes
for worthy essays. and later We shall ask
for practical work"
At the conclusion of this paper there
was Il round Of heartfelt applause. The
listeners were delighted ana showed
their appreciation not only by their ac-
tons but by their words, for the dis
cussion which followed of the ground
t.l,. Nv .b.,
had spoken to them with effect.
Tie address touched upon 4 vital
Problem which the Federation has been
facing ana studying for the past year
with an increasing interest. The mat
ter WIS lot dropped here but will como
up before the organization lin the flu
turc according to the following vote
which was Sumnl3rily taken in order
I" prevent an ovcrdraft Of time:
Voted. That the executive board
recommend that al of the work relat-
ing in the future Of the year to the
civil service rcfor!n be given to the Cd
ucatiOiai committee.
It WAS nearly noon and the ladies
Wrr, compelled to break W this partic
ulyr Tart Of II delightful session from
which thousands of memories will live
in hundreds OF minds with telling effect
on the work of the future. Mrs. Flora
Mcdonald If Boston was down on the
program for Il lecture ON The Manu-
facturc of Stained Glass Windows.
This item Of interest has been antici-
patc1 more joyfully. perhaps, than any
other fer the enjoyment of which the
ladies had assembled. and they were
not disappointed in the anticipat tons.
Mrs. Mcdonald occupied nearly an
hours time il describing tho processes.
about which 50 little is known general
ly, by which works Of art in window
architecture have been evolved. III Il
short paper which described the max
ing Of glass from its earliest beginnings
in about 800 3. C. by the Chinese for
the use OF ornaments until the present
uses at The present time, covering i'll
elegant detail the different cpochs Of
glass history rs il was discovered and
put into use by hundreds of people in
hundreds al various ways. Mrs. Me
Donald was no less entertaining than
inStrut tive. Al the close of the brief
paper she then. by showing sketches
and drawings from which as originals.
glass art was produced III the form OF
colorings and lifelike imita
tons of the human form, showed how
tho modern nations of the earth and cs
pecially America had lowered above
all previous mankind in the perfection
of these wonderful achievements. y
ll"k of space alone accounts for the
fact that this wonderful information is
not reproduced.