Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-04
WOMAN IN CLUB AND CHARITY

ana IL was Wnlle serving IN tnls capacity
that the Cady decedent bill came before
him. While the bill was eventually de-
feated 1t received the endorsement Of
Senator Epperson and the judiciary com
mittee and attracted widespread attention
MIR. Epperson has given much time and
study to the subject he will present Mon
day and the department invites all inter-
ested in il to attend the meeting. Mem
bers Of the Bar association and members
of the Legislature have been invited to be
present. The decedent bill was presented
by the club women of the state and was
/ more generally known as the Woman's
Property Rights bill The women expect to
| prepare another bill for the next legisla-
ture. AS Mr.. Epperson must leave the
/ city at o'clock the hour of the meeting
has been changed from to 2:SO o'clock.
Mrs George Tilden is chairman Of the COM
| mittee.
| The following announcement " made by
/ the bureau of information Of the General
! Federation. concerning the program OF the
/ st. Paul biennial arranged at the recent
session Of the executive committee held at
/ Chicago:
This biennial will differ from former BIZ
| ennials in that there will be general
sessions In the afternoon. The afternoons
! ing committees The hours of the con-
/ ferences will not conflict. so that each dele
gate will he able to attend all the confer
| ences If she chooses. The subjects to he
/ considered at these conferences viii be
! announced later.
by the following standing committees: Art,
/ household economics, pure food, forestry,
library extension.
tuesday. June S. will be given up to an
excursion to Minneapolis
The evening meetings will be OF unusual
inc he
on Wednesday evening, May 80. when adj
I dresses OF welcome will be given by the
Paul. the Commercial club OF st. Paul, the
[ president of the fourth district OF the
/ Minnesota federation. and the president OF
/ the Minnesota State federation. Mrs Sarah
S. Plat Decker. the president OF the General
federation, will respond to these greetings.
Thursday evening will be given TO the re-
ports of the presidents of the state fedora
tons The subject of Friday evening Is
our Opportunities" Various organiza-
tons engage in lines Of work similar to our
own will present plans and suggestions by
| which may all work together 10 OBTAIN
the best results. The work Of the American
Civic association, the Consumers league.
the National Child J.abor committee, the
National Municipal league. Will be pre-
scented. There will also be addresses on the
subject OF Juvenile Courts ana on Setue-
A large reception will be held on Saturday
evening and on Sunday evening a Nesper
service on Monday evening an art session
will be held, under the direction OF Mrs
John Sherwood. chairman; and on Ipes s1a
Phiip n Moore. The subject for Wednes-
day evening is Women in the Professions.
Education. music, journalism, the ministry,
law, medicine the stage. and literature Will
be discussed by representative women IN
each of these professions. IL, .,e
Thursday evening, June l. VIII De tnv
presidents evening, and the program VIII
be arranged by Mrs Decker. Monday a1ter'
noon will be given to receptions IN private
Those members Of the board Of directors
who remained after the board had adoourrec
. visited Hull House Sunday morning, ano
were conducted through the house bN MISS
Jane Adams In tho afternoon they were
delightfully."- entertained by Mrs. CoonleI
ward On Friday evening. February l6. the
/ Chicago Woman's club gave a reception
10 the members OF the board in their clup'
rooms.
Mrs Walter McNab Miller of Columbia
Mo chairman OF the Pure Food committed
of the General Federation Of Women
clubs, is directing a most creditabie cam
paign for pure food legislation during the
mast year. Especial attention has beer
given the Hepburn bill in congress and clut
women have petitioned the representative
from, every state in the interest Of the
measure II is part OF their plan to have
exhibits and literature at all capitals where
, pure food bills are 10 come up. Good worh
has already been done along this line IL
Colorado Iowa. Missouri, Massachusetts,
New Jersey and New York and if thei1
nresent plans are carried out il will b'
! impossible for any legislature to remain
really ignorant of the significance of thu
, pure food bills they may be called upon Il
, consider The committees program at I'M
I St Paul biennial next June will INCLUDE
talks by Hon. H c. Adams of Wisconsin
E Shepard Of South Dakota and others TIT
exhibits will include pure water, pure milk
: preservatives and color ng matter.
Mrs. Miller is the wife Of Walter McNa'
$ Miller professor OF pathology OF the I'M
4 yersity of Missouri. and has been actively
e engaged in club and public work for
= number OF years. She was member OF III
board of trustees Of the American Schoo
of Household Economics at Chicago and on
I Of the originators Of the first PACING coas
conference for women. She will be re
: | membered As a prominent speaker in tn
home economies program at the milwaukee
biennial and previous TO that had an i'm
portant part in the Investigations in connec
: ton with San Francisco markets and foo
= authorizations in California and her pape
= ! on Food as We Get It." before the mrs
: Pacific coast conference for women, wa
. an important element In starting a move
= ment for pure food In 1900 Mrs. Mile
!. went 70 Europe where she made an exten
: sive study Of hyEenic conditions and foo
) and milk inspection in various center
d abroad.
N The ethics and philosophy department
y will hold its regular meeting Tuesday. tn
~ Ethics of Aristotle" will be discussed b.
the leader Miss Josie McHugh, and tn
work of Euripides a dramatist will b
= presented by Miss Boutelle.
The current topics department will NEE
at O'Clock Tuesday afternoon at the clu
rooms Mrs W. II. Wilbur leader. Mrs
Mary G. Andrews will lead discussion q
an international divorce law. Mrs, X. T
Jensen will give an Informal illustrate
talk on her personal experiences ahroa
and there will be a general discussion O
current topics by the class.
The Daughters of the American Revolu
ton will hold their March meeting Mon
day afternoon at the home Of Mrs. A.
Turkey. ,S1e6 Chicago street
The Omaha Circle OF Mothers will hol
it's next meeting at the Young Women