The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-25
MRS. MooRE's BUSY WEEK
Vice President of the General Fedora
ton Returns to st. Louis.

r, The visit of the general officers to
St. Paul last week seems to bring the
biennial closer home to the club Wom-
en- of the twin cities. The reception
that was given for Mrs. Sarah Platt
Decker and the women who g. aecom 3ISe
sMrs. Decker was sorry that it was SO
decidedly a club affair, as she would
shaved liked also to have men women in
+ terested in other lines.
Mrs. Philip N. Moore Of st. Louis,
the first vice president, did not get
she spent a very busy week with the
different local committees. Under her
leadership the plans assumed more def
mite shape and it was decided that the
thirteen standing committees should
? have headquarters in the capitol and
srmory, while the general headquarters
for the convention will be at the Ryan
hotel. ~
The morning sessions Of the conven-
ttion will last from $3.50 to 1870 o. CLOCK,
and will be taken up with addresses by
sPss5s of Rete pFfHdfSS the by fhs
there will be conferences under. the di-
rection of the committee that had the
E1norning program, and all who feel in
tterested in the subject will be asked
ito take part in the discussion. These
conferences will be held in the COM
On Friday, June l, there will be re-
ceptions at perhaps dozen Of the
Handsome homes of St. Paul, and the
representative women Of the city will
receive the visitors. Mrs. Archibald
recep t mns e. W w ig
chairman of the local COMMITTEES, will
continue the work of assigning places
of meeting and for exhibits
, The chairmen of the committees for
the 1 49 Re ss few eR3 hSr MS t9R
sylvania state federation, chairman;
j S!Civil Service Reform, Especially as
Pertains to Charitable Institutions, u
Miss Georgia Bacon, Worcester, Mass,
chairman Eira EdGcati01 Miss Mar?
AAPHRo1s Md'e Economies, Mrs.. Mary
fPugh, Omaha, chairman; Pure FOOD, =
chairman; "Industrial Labor, Mrs
Rheta Dorr of the New York Evening ng
Post, chairman; 'cChlld habor,M Mrs rs
5saSsff Ct e?%Sb f; re e4sF"~e
Etensi I'' Mrs. Morris Of Wiscon
sin, chairman; "Literature, Mrs. vii
liam Fair Brown, New Jersey; cart,
Mrs. John D. Sherwood, Chicago, chair
man. The committee on art will report
on one of the evenings and there vii
probably be lecture on art by some
Famous speaker.
Besides the state declarations, ther'
will take part in the convention, ant
sthere will be delegates from all owe
the world. Some Of the foreign clubs
that will send delegates are located II
such far-away places as London, Bonn
bay, Columbia, Mexico and Canada
II Among the famous women who ar
expected to attend the convention ar
i DR. Yamin Kin Of China Jane Addam
Of Hull House fame and the baroness
!syon Suttner, who was awarded the NO
bel peace prize Of $1,000.
Mrs. J. Arch Camel will come from
Salti]lo, Mex, to represent her club Il
the st. Paul biennial This club wa
organized by Mrs. L. P. Williams, on
of the honorary presidents of Mime
sofas federation and q director or tn
general federation. Mrs. Williams 1
ct present in Washington In the inter
ests Of forestry. She is chairman o
The general federation forestry CON
nittee.
Virginia is one Of the few state
which has no state organization. Tha
does not mean, however, that Virgin
club women viii have no representa-
Hon in the biennial, even If the commit 7 !!
fefecting state organization. The ne, Mu
tual Improvement league OF ClHto
Forge, holds Individual membership !
g4he general federation and will hav
ITS Representatives here next May