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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-03
SUFFRAGE QUESTION
STUDI0UsLY AV0IDED
INDUSTRIAL COMMITTEE REPORT
WILL OMIT MENTION.
Mrs. Rheta Childe Dorr, Head of Com
>mittee, Explains that Delegates Are
Probably Mostly suffragists, but for
Reasons of Harmony No Mention Of
Matter Will Be Made.

The suffrage question will not be
brought before the biennial as clause
in the report of the industrial commit
tee tomorrow. Mrs. Rheta Childe Dorr
of New York says so and Mrs. Dorr is
chairman of the committee and will
read the report.
"The industrial committee never in
tended to bring it before the conven-
tion," said Mrs. Dorr, yesterday, cal
tho I think all the members of the COM
mittee are suffragists. Indeed, l be-
lieve that the majority of the women
in the general federation are at heart
suffragists. ..
"But the industrial committee will
not bring the question before the con-
vention for two reasons. If it was iost
it would hurt the cause of suffrage and
if it was won it would disrupt the con-
vention. The circular letter sent out
by the advisory committee was only to
| start the women to thinking. It has
unwittingly reused tempest, but q
tempest only in a teapot"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-03
QUESTION OF SCHOLARSHIP II
:" " .- z 49,
Educational Conference Brings Up Mat.
ter of Sending Students Abroad.

The club women are not Sinking
their duty and despite the fact that
the morning session rarely adjourns
until 2 o. 1ock,, they are always back
'at 3 for the. conferences. Yesterday
the educational conference brought up
the question as to whether the fedora
ton should adopt the suggestion Of the
Society Of American Women in Lon
don and establish scholarships for
American girls in the English colleges
and universities after the Rhodes plan.
els it not possible for women TO do
for women what man has done for
men?" asks the president in her let
ter.
7 It would cost about $1,000 a year
for each student and the federation is
not extravagant with it's funds. Miss
Margaret Evans of Mortified said
there was no doubt but the American
girl would be Of real benefit to Oxford.
Miss Gill, dean Of Barnard college,, is
not sure that the Rhodes method will
be successful and will not form an
| opinion until the men have been home
experience might be tried in q small
way with perhaps one student. The
matter was discussed but no definite
action was taken. as4s.
Mrs. A. S. Rankin of Minneapolis
read paper on ,ttDo Our Public
Schools Teach English?o in which
she said that the public is responsible
for the schools and If they do moi
teach English it's the publicy.s fault II
Mrs. Edward E. Moulton of CleVe
land was besieged with questions il
the civic conference as to how q civic
league might be formed. 1871 al
Invite a few people to meet ito
gether, take an issue with which the
public will be in sympathy, take oNrS5
one and fight it to fnish," she. sgaVs
as her recipe. s. 1899 sss,ss
She stated that public sentiment wa.
SO thoroly expressed against the bill
/ boards that at the, recent nationa
i meeting Of advertisers in Detroit near
j ~ every one of the men promised no
y to place on. the boards anything oh
iectionable. Ohio is working to- secure
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-03

receiving group by the ushers and after
will over the beautiful building. Here
and there in the large offices were
groups of assisting women, women
whose names everyone knew and whom
everyone wanted to meet. Miss Helen
A. Whittier of Boston, Massachusetts IS
state. president. who was cousin of
the poet Whittier;. Mrs. Jessie. Bryant
Gerard of Connecticut, who belongs to
another poet 8 family, that Of William
Cullen Brysanti Miss Mary . We,02lley'
PFssdeat Of Mount mt Royohe cosge
Mrs. Mary Lockwood, Washington s
"grand old LADY, one Of the organ.
izers of the Daughters Of the American
Revolution; that bit Of boundless> en-:
ergy, the founder of the first women s
club, Mrs. Caroline F. Runcie of St.
Joseph, Mo.
In one corner was Mrs. Philip Car:
penter Of New York, the first woman
to argue case before the supreme
di Brazza, who was formerly an Amer
lean girl and who is known for hel
philanthropic efforts to revive lace
making among the Italian peasants;
Mrs. Rheta Childe Dorr, who makes
her home in a settlement house in the
New York Ghetto; Mrs. Cynthia. West
over Alden, the sunshiny organizer o,
the: International Sunshine society: ant
the equally genial Mrs. Theodore Sew
ard of New York, vicepresident.e :,
= The new capitol will probably neve
see such a gathering Of; women TIL
flower Of the country, as moved thrl
| the corridors, while above their chat
ter and laughter sounded the musi
from a string orchestra hidden ava,
up near: the dome. -.-- -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-03

Clark Russell. who may almost be credited
with having created the sea novel; has about
decided to stop writing. For years he has
been an invalid, suffering severely from rheus
matte affections.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-03
WILL VISIT %HAHA
Club Women Plan Big Picnic for Tues
day Afternoon " FIR

Tuesday will be play day for the
Minneapolis club women have planned
a gigantic picnic for the biennial Wis
itors at Minnehaha. The guests will
be taken to Minnehaha at II O'Clock
courtesy of the st. Paul Commercial
club and after luncheon there will be
an informal reception in the pavilion
A band will furnish music and later
Mrs Cynthia Westover Alden will give
"A short address and then there will be
a trolley ride thru the city. Mrs.zW
NJ. Hopkins, president Of The fifth dis
trict,, and the members Of her commit
tee will be assisted by the presto dents
and past presidents Of all the clubs II
the district. :; $3.50 .EhLg1:. r.
The fifth district clubs have beer
asked to bring their luncheon and; ioi1
the visitors, so that Minnehaha. vii
see one of the largest gatherings Of
the summer on Tuesday,: :. >>..*-Y-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-03
HOLD SUNDAY MEETING
vesper Program Will Be Given This
Afternoon in People Church.

For the first time in the history of
the federation, meeting will be held ED
been prepared for the vesper service
in the Peoples church at $3.50. o CLOCK.
Mrs. L. A. Coonley Ward of Chicago
will speak and. there will be some
good music.
Professor S. H. Clark of the Chicago
university will give a reading this
evening Of the Book of Job. Professor
Clark was to have read "Ulysses,' by
Stephen Phillips last evening, but it
was thought that the reception at the
capitol would prove too big rival and
that few women would attend both.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-03

VISITING LADIES ATTEND FOR
..4y- NAL RECEPTION. sva il.
Building Is Ablaze from Basement to
Dome and Most Noted Women of the
Land Meet the Governor and Admire
Magnificent Decorations and Appoint
..-. - $
ments of Structure. .

b DIR. Justus Ohage gracefully told the,
clubwomen yesterday that they were, a.
healthy looking lot of women, the high
est praise he could give them in his
estimation, but last evening they were
more than healthy, they were radiant,
smartly radiant, when they attended
The reception which was given at the
new state capitol. No wonder the bag
gage committee found it difficult to ar
brought into st. Paul last week, for
many of the clubwomen have worn a
different gown each day, and last even
ing they donned their very best.
The capitol was illuminated from
dome to basement and it formed fit
ting background for the throng of brill
liant, 'brainy women who -surged thru
the corridors or gathered in the rooms
for chat with friends from a faraway
there was a goodly sprinkling of mas
culinity to countenance Governor John
son. The illuminated capitol was as
much of treat to the twin city people
astto the visitors, and the beautiful
building with it's marble stairways, it's
wonderful mural decorations and beau
tiful fnishlngs, was inspected and adj
mired by thousands. There was large
Minneapolis representation, and the in
clubwomen and their escorts to the
sanity city.
F. Local Board Hostesses.
J The affair was given by the local
biennial board, and Governor and Mrs
general officers, Mrs. Sarah Plat Deck.
er, president; Mrs. Philip N Moore of
st. Louis, first vicepresident; Mrs. May
Alden Ward, Boston, second vicepresi
dent; Mrs. Percy Pennybacker, Aus
tin, Texas, treasurer; Miss Louise B
Poppenheim, Charlestown, S. c., CORE
spending secretary; Mrs. John D. Sher
Sarah. H. Kendall, Seattle, Wash, ant
with Mrs. j. W. Edgerton, president Of
the fourth district, and Mrs. Russell R
Dorr, president of the local biennia
board.
j Mrs. Decker was respondent in ;
handsome gown of white and gold satin
Her. ornament was a diamond cross: j;
family jewel that is probably over 1O(
years old, in which the setting ha
light gray radium silk fashioned witt
real lace. Mrs. Ward was in black lac,
and Mrs. Pennybacker' gown was O.
lavender radium. The lace that trimmed
it was given to Mrs. Pennybacker t.
adorn her wedding gown and was worl
by a cousin when she was presented
to Napoleon and Josephine at the i'm
perial court. Mrs. Pennybacker' orna
Nments were pearls. Mrs. Sherman wor
stunning gown Of white satin, tn
severity of the cut softened in tn
bodice. with cluny lace. Miss Poppen
helm res charming in a Farisiau gov
of white lace and her = jewels wer
pearls. Mrs. Edgerton was in black
Mrs. Dorr> wore white lace and dis
monds and Mrs Johnson was in blac
net, relieved with touches Of blue. Mis-
Harriet Platt, Mrs! Decker s attractiv
daughter, was in white lace over
pink silk slip.
49,, Admire the Capitol.
4 The guests were introduced to til
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-03
DEVOTE DAY 70 TREES ..
Tomorrow Program Will Be in Charge
|, of Committee on Forestry. :

/. Tomorrow will be forestry day at the
biennial and the program will be in
charge of Mrs. Lydia Phillips Williams,
eh s5 Of f. the forestry eSmmittee
woman represented in the general fed.
Grafton sdirectorate,. and she is the only
member Of the board who was reelected
at the st. Louis biennial. Minnesota
clubwomen are proud Of Mrs. Williams
and what she 2hasz;done for club work
She served the state as president. of the
Minnesota. federation and during her
er state ederations, bringing home with
her any idea that ould better the
work Of her own state. It was Mrs.
Williams who -. introduced the ballot
box at the annual ameeting Of the state
federation and itawas also Mrs. Will
liamss who took the ballot box made by,
serted Il e thss ggheraill fedesatie n E Be.
officers WIS s most tssaie s and nd com compli-
Gated affair, butt tKe ball st boX simpli-
| fed it. as. it did in the state meeting.
Mrs Js5C.s Buchanan a.. we'll -Knowh
Minneapolis club woman, acted as:chiesff
Of tellers at that first use of the ballot
lshoy tt?.sr il - =, Isas. D.. ~rr-E' ,
NJ While. Mrs. Williams is we'll known
FLOR her club work among many lines
her efforts in behalfhtof the forestry
lacommission have made her name ia
fmiliar to all the lovers Of the forests.
eMrs. Williams. has not spared time or
Estrengtht and she has visited most sof
Ethe states, east and west, rousing inter-
lest and enthusiasm thru her own per-
Esona1ity. She has khad the forestry
1 work almost from the beginning altho
7 the first forestry report at the Los An
EgeIes biennial was presented by Mrs.
'EMary Mumford of Philadelphia. Mrs,
+ Mumford was the first chairman of the
Ecommittee which was appointed as q
: result OF her report but her health
,t:failed and Mrs. Williams was chosen to
4 finish out her term of office and at the
4 next biennial was appointed her success
sor. She has held the office now for
I two terms. - - ~. ~@'@'
i Mrs. williams has planned a most
delightful session with such well-known
! forest lovers as Enas A. Mills, Longs
: Peak guide Of Estes. park. Colorado;
George H. Maxwell, the well-known If:
rigation, advocate as speakers. At
Q. m. there will be "a forest conference
!: on the general topic" Methods and Re
sults-What to Do and How to Do It. ,
:, The sutopics will be on experiments in
tree planting, tree protection. co-opera
ton, advance in forestry Legislation
and the big trees The speakers will
be Mr.. Mills and the .chairmen. Of the
J following state - forestry: committees
Mrs. F. w. Gerard, Connecticut; Mrs
. Catherine Hoffman. Kansas; Mrs. w
! e. Murdoch. Ohio: Mrs. A. l.. Sioussat
Maryland; Mrs. Warren sHiglev. New
York: Mrs. A. c. Osborne, California
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-03
MRS. DECKER A BLARNEY
Genial President Has Right Word for
All at All Times.

"Monday will be champagne day."
announced Mrs. Decker when she closed
the session yesterday with a plea for
an early attendance tomorrow. Mrs.
Decker expressions are always to the
point and not delegate left the hall
in doubt as to her regard for tomor-
rows program.
/ Mrs. Decker has a wonderful person.
ality, magnetic. broad in sympathy and
in heart, a keen intelligence, a real in
:terest in everything and everybody and
a tongue that must have touched the
.Blarney stone for she always has
felicitouS word for everyone who APP
proaches her. She opens each session
with praise for the delegates and sends
| them away at the close with word of
| communication, not fulsome commend r
ton, but as a mother would reward her
children for good behavior. -
she asks sOlicitiously, every morning.
The exhibition of women's work at
the old capitol has given Mrs. Decker
a big idea for the next biennial and if
lit is carried out it will be one of the
important enterprises of the period for
it is nothing more nor less than an eX-
position Of women's work.
+ FThink what it would mean,' she
said, with warm enthusiasm, "to be
able to gather under one roof exhibits
of everything that women have donel
1t would be an inspiration for the fu-
ture and a glory for the past
! Mrs. Decker has with her in st. Paul
her daughter, Miss Harriet Platt, who
is enjoying her second biennial. When
the general federation went to Denver
Miss Platt attended many of the meet
ings altho she-was- mere slip of a
girl. She has come, she laughingly as
serts. to prove that her mother has do
nestle interests. Miss Plat has the
proud title of g official hooker and il
is her duty, in this day of buttoned-up
the back waists, to see that the officer:
are neatly hooked together. 800.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-03

trouble and extravaganza in the future
when this movement for estheticism has
grown and thrived and come to bloom.
No, it will mean fewer belongings
and more beautiful ones. Careful group
ing and studied composition rather than
crowding as many beautiful things as
possible into given Space -. t
Mrs. Sarah PIatt-Decker says she is
proud Of the work of the household
economic committee in arranging the
model fiat. 'sQf course we must ex-
pect criticism from a first experiment,
and criticism is just what we need.
It is my hope that we may have a
model fat equipped Just as we would
have it. as the property Of the general
fedora ton. ~, =: 49,.
Best Ideal Expressed.
Mrs. Mary Moody Pugh thinks that
| in this model fat the best ideal is ex-
| pressed. The straight lines, the SIM
plicity, the lack Of useless ornaments,
are all along the. right lines, and with
training and taste the same general
effect must be obtained with less ex'
pense. She thinks the seeming extrav.
agance is due to the generosity of the
| st. Paul merchants who loaned the fur
niture.
/ i Miss Anna Burrows Of Boston sale
that, while the furniture Of the fiat
! seemed beyond the means Of the aver
age young couple when they first start
ed to make home, there was no rea
son, if the young woman was trained
lin domestic art and science as carefully
as the Young man was trained in bust
ness, why all these beautiful thing
might not come in time. ~ -.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-03

Mr.. Charles Lewis, who has flied his
affidavit Of candidacy for the office Of
alderman Of the fourth ward on the
republican ticket Mr.. Lewis has been
resident OF the fourth ward for about
twenty years and has taken very
active part in the work of the repub=
ican party I'M this city. He has: en-
tered the field at the earnest soHcita-
stion Of his numerous friends, who real.
ize his worth, and. he certainly deserves
1.-The hearty support of the ward. He is.
one of our most successful Nicollet av,
enue. business men, having been en-
gagged in the bakery business for the
past eight years, and has won many
staunch friends, who assure him of their
support. ADJ.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-03
CROOKED COPPER TRIES SUICIDE

New York, June ;2.-Following his
arrest Yesterday on a charge of extor-
ton, John w. Bryan, a policeman de-
tailed to the Charles street station,
broke away from Deputy Commissioner
Mathot, who had taken him into Gus
tody, and tried to end his life by
throwing himself across the third rail
in the subway at the Blocker street
station.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-03
:. Trouble in the Future.

: Mrs. Miller was asked if. with linn
tied education along esthetic lines, peo-
pie find taste and inclination at outs
with. the income, there might not be
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-03

During 1905 172 climbers lost their lives on
the Alps. But as $50, 900 persons made ascents
the percentage Of loss was small. Only 10 per
cent of the accidents, fatal or otherwise, We're
due to unavoidable causes. The rest were due
to carelessness or foolhardiness. - 49,
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-02
WORK FOR CHILDREN.
How Those In sheboygan, wis.,, Keer
the Town. Streets Glenn

HOW Those In sheboyKan, Wis.,, Keen
the Town. streets Clean.
Not many towns of the same size
so ahead of sheboygan for public spir-
It," said James ]. Hogan Of Chicago to
a correspondent Of the Milwaukee SEN
tinel. g! recently returned from nv
hrst visit to the city, and 1t was a rev.
elation.
The school children all wear green
buttons, and after l had seen several
hundred Of these about the streets 1
asked a merchant what they signiied.
He said that the children had oil been
banded into a society to keep the city
eeat and clean. Bach child who Joins
IA given q button, and from then on it
Is his duty to keep the streets and
yards cleared Of the little bits Of paper
and other waste material which pre-,
sent such an unslghtly appearance.
1.-THE youngsters haye entered tha-.
oughly into the spirit Of tie thing.
They have collected more than 500 nv
popular subscription, and with this
money they are planning to purchase
waste paper boxes to be put on the dit.
'{erent street corners"
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-02
IMPROVEMENTS SUGGESTION
How Small Communities Can BE
Made Attractive.

Made Attractive.
An article on the identifying of
towns and cities in the Municipal
World for October urges that a towns
highest charm does not lie in palatial
dwellings or splendid public business
structures, but rather in the develop.
ment of Its natural advantages, "To
city officials belongs the duty Of keep
Ing the streets in good order, eliminat-
Ing unsightly telephone and telegraph
poles and burying their wires, abolish
Ing the smoke nuisance, taking care Of
public buildings and their environs and
performing many other requirements
! n the interest of the towns eonvens
fence, beauty and sanitation,
"4Put everything must not be left to
town boards and councils. Every occu-
pant OF a home, whether owned or rent.
ed, should feel under obligations to
keep it In good order 80 that the un,
s%ightliness of house and grounds may
not be an eyesora ia the public, In
most towns local improvement socie-
ties are doing much to promote the
beauty and healthfulness Of their neigh,
borhoods, and by the aid Of these so.
e|etiea many a enca pnattractive coun.
try village has been made beautiful"
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-02

work with the pick and shovel will be
able to live In them and keep well
within their means. The conveniences
will be strictly modern, and special at
tention will be given to the sanitary
arrangements.
For the married men of the bosses
and skilled mechanics class model
homes of various sizes will be erected.
These houses will be substantially
built Of brick and stone. They will be
equipped with all modern improve
ments. The hotels and other public
buildings will be lighted by electricity,
which will also be used on the streets.
place, and gas may be manufactured
there.
The new Kinkora will be the Roeb-
ling City Beautiful. This has been
provided for in the laying out Of the
town. Each Of the streets will be 100
feet in width, with ample sidewalks.
All houses will be erected well back
from the curb lines, with grass plots
in front. Trees will be planted on each
side of every street, and each house
will have its own flower beds and
shrubbery. Each house will stand
alone. with plenty Of air space all
around 1t.
The new town will be provided with
a complete system Of fire protection,
including pressure mains, water to be
supplied from u stand pipe eighty feet
high. This is already built and is in
the very center Of the town. Another
important feature Of the town will be
a street cleaning department. Great
care will be taken in the sewering of
the place, and no mosquito and malaria
breeding pools will be allowed to exist.
The whole place will be governed by a
codeAof rules yet to be formulated by
the corporation, and persons who re-
fuse to abide by them will be excluded.
The Roeblings In the expenditure of
this vast sum of money to provide
cheap and at the same time delightful
homes for their people believe they
will be repaid in that they will secure
better results from the labor employed,
II the experiment proves u success II
is likely that the idea will be extended
there and developed in other places
where the Roebling plants are located.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-02
HOME TRADE HINTS.

Well kept streets are important. The
town that has a dirty appearance fails
to make a good impression upon the
strangers who may visit 1t.
Every business man of q town should
give heartiest support to the good roads
movement. The better the roads lead
ing to a town are the more will the
farmer seek the place.
Towns are gagged according to the
business that is transacted within their
ltntts. In good towns are found good
schools and churches and other public
and semipubiic institutions that are
necessary in civilization.
Every school district should have it's
farmers club, and meetings should be
held regularly for discussion Of mat
tiers Of local Importance. These clubs
4Rp be made a power for good and
great factors in local improvements.
They should he educational and social
as well.
FSo much attention cannot be given
by merchants of the town to the ex-
terror OF their business places. It is
through the sense Of sight we often
get y fFst impression, and q neatly
arranged store. with attractive signs.
Is likely to bring customers who would
pass by unless attracted by tho tidy
appearance Of the place.
The American citizen who sings with
Agdd99r my Country IT'S Of Thee" and
then falls to give his home town his
support and seads bis money away to
help build up some other place lacks
one Of the important qualities Of good
citizenship. Show your patriotism and
love of home and country by assisting
in the support Of every local industry
%. N. Carr In Home Trade Advocate.