Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-09-25
FEDERATION MEETING.

club members and no pains spared in
making their stay III the city as pleas
ant as possible. One of the features
will be carriage rides around the city
that the visitors may get better i'm
preston of the city. The jurisdiction
comprises seven congressional districts,
from the Fifth to the Eleventh, both in
elusive, and a great many club women
are expected to be present. The pro-
gram for the four days is summarized
as follows:
TUESDAY EVENING, OCT. 8
The credentials committee will re-
ceive members at the club house. Dur
ing sessions. Committee will have
headquarters in the M E. church.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCT. 10
Regular session will convene in the
M. K. church at 1000 a. m
Invocation by Mrs. j. A. Jones, first
president of the Ladies Literary club.
Address of welcome, in behalf of the
city, by Mayor M. H. Duncan.
Address of welcome, in behalf OF
Wausau Ladies' Literary club, by Mrs.
A. L. Kreutzer
Response, in behalf of Federation, by
Mrs. Emerson, first vice-president.
Reports and announcements.
In the evening a reception for visit
ing members and others will be given
at club house.
THURSDAY, OCT. II
Session opens at $50 a. m.
Reports of secretary.
Reports of several district vice-pres
idents.
Report of committee on revision 81
| constitution.
Reports of other committees.
Afternoon session opens at 2 o'clock
Secretary report.
Report of other district vice-pres
dents
Report of committee on household
economics, followed by discussion.
Address by Mrs. Geo. Bass, of Chica
go on Juvenile Court as it Effects the
Smaller Towns"
Report of committee on nominations
In the evening at the high school Mr.
and Mrs. Gilbert McClurg, of Colorado
Springs, Col, will give an illustrated
| lecture on "The Peak, the Pass anC
| the Plateau of Scenic Colorado"
FRIDAY, OCT. II
Session opens at $50 a. M with sec
retary's report.
| Review of constitution.
Balloting for officers for ensuing
year.
Reports of the several committees.
Reports of tellers.
Afternoon session convenes at
o'clock.
Reports of committees.
Address by president.
In the evening Prof. s. H. Clark, OF
| the University of Chicago will deliver g
lecture on ''The Spirit of Literature" al
the M. E. church Prof. Clark is one Of
the leading literators of the country, q
man of eloquence and withal an inter
esting speaker
Among other speakers who will in al
probability be present are Rev. Fred
erick Edwards, pastor of St. James
church Milwaukee; Henry E. Legler
secretary of the university extension
course of the University OF Wiscon
sin; Edward l.. Upton, of Waukegan
ILL.,, president of the American Civic
association Mrs. Edgar P. Sawyer, OF
Oshkosh, state president; Mrs. j. j
Washburn, of Duluth, president of the
Minnesota State Federation. MIR
Legler's subject will be university
Extension Work and Women's Clubs. {"
Mrs. Upton, who is president of the
Women's Outdoor Art League of the
American Civic association, will speak
on "Women's Clubs as a Factor in
Civic Beauty" The report of the ST.
Paul biennial convention will be given
by Miss Genevieve l.. Coleman, OF
Randolph. The illustrated lecture by
Mr. and Mrs. McClurg is expected to
be very interesting. Mr.. McClurg is a
former Wisconsin boy, and grandson
of Captain Gilbert Knapp, the founder
of Racine, who gave the city its name
and who was well known Wisconsin
resident. Mr. and Mrs. McClurg have
travelled abroad and appeared in all the
foreign cities as we'll as at colleges and
other institutions in this country, and
Mrs. McClurg was decorated by the
French government with the gold palm
and title of officer de Instructor
publique
On Friday afternoon musical pro-
gram will given by some of Wausau's
talent. Among the features that after
noon will be a reception at the home of
Mrs. A. l.. Kreutzer, president of the
Ladies Literary club, from 400 to 600
O'Clock. One of the days will be an
observance of the tenth anniversary of
the organization of the Wisconsin
Federation of Women's clubs All of
the past presidents are expected to be
present. They are as follows: Mrs.
Chas. Morris, Berlin, 1S96-9S; Mrs.
Arthur Courtney Neville, Green Bay,
1S9S-1900 Mrs. Henry Yeumans, Wan
kesha, 10000; Mrs Thos Brown,
Milwaukee, 1902-04; Mrs Edgar
Sawyer, Oshkosh, 1904-06
The above program is subject to
change.
Through error, we stated last week