Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-21
WOMEN IN CLUB AND CHARITY

Iue executive OudIu o. tnr .NeU, 1.i.,,t
FEDERATION or Womens Cubs neld is nrst
executive session of the year Tuesday AT
Lincoln. The meeting was neld at the Lin
deil hotel and the entire board was present,
including: mrs. Ii. l.. heefe, president,
Walthil; Mrs. A. .. Thomas, vice presi-
dent kearney; Mrs. c. b. Letton, record
ing secretary, Lincoln; Mrs. c. G. Maryou,
corresponding secretary; Pender; Mrs. c.
r. Steele. treasurer, Fairbury; MRS. r. W.
Miller auditor, Omaha; Mrs w. f. Page
G. +. secretary, Syracuse.
District vice presidents: Mrs. l, n.
Woodford, first district, Weeping Water;
Mrs Edward Johnson, second district,
Omaha; Mrs. w. E. Reed, third district
Madison; Mrs. c. NJ. Peterson, fourth dis
trict. Aurora; Mrs. Della Hartsough, hfth
district, Minden; Mrs. Max Hostetler, sixth
district, Shelton.
| The invitations of the Hastings Woman S
| club ind the Commercial club of Hastings
we're accepted and the annual convention
| Of the federation will be held at Hastings
| next October. Omaha was the only other
! city to invite the convention, the Omaha
| Woman's club extending the Invitation.
| The representatives of the local clubs were
| much chagrined at the silence of the Omaha
| Commercial club When It was decided to
| invite the convention to Omaha the ciun
| women asked the Commercial club to sec
! ond their invitation. Officers of the club
assured the women that something would
be done and that the invitation would he
teleRraphed to the executive meeting Tues
day. The telegram failed to materializa
however
A discussion Of two legislative measures
an amendment to the present compulsory
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labor law. was a feature of the meeting
The measures were presented by Mrs
Draper Smith of Omaha. chairman of the
state industrial committee, and are the
same endorsed by the State federation a
Kearney to be presented to the next leg.
islature. The amendment 10 the education
law provides that children not regularly
and lawfully employed shall attend schoo
the entire school year instead of twenty
weeks, and until Is years of age instead
OF 10 years, the present provision. AlsC
that a child may be excused from schoo
at IL to enter regular and lawful occupa,
! ton, provided no present 10 the employer
a certificate from the superintendent o
schools as to his age and attendance a
school and that when he ceases TO be EN-
ployed he shall at once return his certih
cate to the superintendent, thus enabiini
- | eiS SNhool duNuOllIleS 10 prevent trUanCN
The child labor provision requires that be
fore beginning to work In any manufacture
ing or commercial establishment a chill,
shall have completed the first five grade
> of the public schools; that no child upde
10 years shall work after o'clock in tn
evening nor longer than eight hours a da,
or torty-eight hours a week District vic
. presidents will be furnished copies of thes
measures and all clubs Of the state wi
he Informed regarding them.
The standing committees were only par
TALLY hllo1. but these appointments canno
be confirmed until accepted. A resolution
was passed asking that Superintendent
Hayward of the Boys Industrial school 2
| kearney be retained In his present posi-
ton Mrs. Edward Johnson of Omaha wa
: appointed vice president OF the second di,
b trict to succeed Mrs. D. L. johnson q
= Dundee, resigned.
3 | Considerable importance attaches to a
Il action providing that the expenses of IN
z superintendent or her substitute be mai
y TO attend the district meetings. Every Of
3 fort has been made to strengthen the di,
. trict organization and the annual dist,i,
= meeting, and the presence of the stat
y president has been counted necessary. ~
there are six districts this would ents
considerable expense to the president an
Is the board authorized that her travelling o,
- penSes be paid from the stateitr ass,,,,,