The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-15

sic of Plymouth church, church parlors,
3 pm.
iTtoeiaa club, Mrs. Il. K. Bach.asn,
B016 Park avenue, 2:30 pm. +
Plans for the Biennial.
An honored guest at the biennial will
be the founder Of the first woman s
club in America, Mrs. Constance Faunt-
leroy Runcie of St. Joseph, Mo. Mrs.
Runcie has been invited to give a short
address on her early forty -seven-year-
ago-club,' as she calls it, and will prob
ably be heard Thursday morning, May
81. Mrs. Runcie celebrated her seven
tieth birthday Jan. Is, and forty-seven
IN New Harmony, Ind, nine years be-
fore the New York Sorosis and the New
England Women s club were organized
There has always been some discus !
sion in regard to the first women IS
club, and Kalamazoo, Mich, claims to
have had a club between 1880 and
1910. but nothing very definite has been
learned in regard to it. Mrs. May
Wright Sewell looked up the subject, |
and at the last biennial stated that !
Mrs. Runcie' IS club the Minerva, was
the pioneer woman's club. Mrs. Run
Gle is honorary vice president Of the
For without her tn ere might never have
been WOmen's clubs.
Since living in St. Joseph she has
organized another club which has taken
her name and has made her it's perpet-
ual president. She also organized, in
1866, the Bronte club of Madison, Ind.
She is woman Of many natural gifts
which were carefully cultivated in this
country and in Europe. She has COM
posed many ANY, beautiful songs s,; and pub;
as pioneer in the movement to adj
vance women.
The badge committee of the bien-
NAL has received any number Of designs
for the state badge from art students
and artists in Minnesota, and some de-
signs were even sent from Iowa. A
1ehoice will be made next week, when
the executive committee will appoint
lcommittee to award the prize, and it's
decision will be asked for within day
1or two. -:
It is imperative that the chairman
LOT the. badge committee, Mrs. L. H.
iBigelow, receive orders for the badges
from the clubs at once, that she may
have some idea how many to order.
lat st. Louis the number fell short
800, and the women we're indignant be-
cause they could not obtain the club
insignia when it was really their own
orders and the committee had to order
# blindly. The club secretaries should
ascertain how many badges will be
wanted in the clubs and send the num-
Der promptly to Mrs. Bigelow, 1910
cloyng Of ST the Windsor hotel in
st. Paul last week caused futter of
apprehension among some OF the out. ct
town club women, who were fearful
that the hotel was needed for the ac-
commodation Of the thousands Of guests
who will come to the biennial, but so
hot
really the Windsor hotel will not be
needed at ALL The committee had
heard that it might be closed, so the ar
engagements for accommodations were
made without any real reference to it.
local biennial board, was in Chicago
last week to attend the meeting of the
art committee of the National Fedora
ton of Musicians, of which she is
chairman. She will return early in
SO many questions will be brought t(
the bureau of information that mum
Der of subcommittee have been ap
pointed by Mrs. Dorr. Mrs. 0. B
Lewis is chairman of the subcommittee
on club information, which will have
charge. of all matters pertaining. to clut
maintain such bulletin boards as ar
needed Mrs. W. p Barrett will give
Information about St. Paul and Mime
apolis, as we'll as clubs The commit
tee will have maps, time tables, direc
tories and newspapers, and will pla1
excursions and furnish items abou
or streetcars. The members will ais
have supervision over the telephone
telegra ph, messenger and postal service
Mrs. W. E. Bramhall and her subcom
mittee on social information will re
ceive and distribute invitations, advis
about residents in the city, places o
amusement, restaurants and dress, an
will also work with the committee Q
receptions and introductions. Mrs. F
L. Goodkind, chairman of the lost an
found subcommittee, will register an
care for all articles found and attemr
ported lost. The subcommittee o
small conveniences, with Mrs. J. n
Welsh as chairman, will keep almost
small notion store with pens, paper
pins, thread, needles and other nece
sites for the convenience of the del
gates. Mrs 4: I. Bigelow, assisted Zee b
sab 5s 7 Win pfepare and lie {
reference complete catalog of all visi
ing the convention, and no badge wi
be given out until the name is regi
tered. A list of the visitors will /
posted as soon DIS pOSSlDle.
The postmaster will establish ar
maintain a branch postoffce at tt
armory and requests that all letters
directed to the General Federation
Women's clubs, Armory, St. Pau
Both telephone companies will fur
.ish service free of charge, and Il
Western Union Telegraph company wi
have branch office in the buildin
Five stenographers and an equal null
Der Of telephones will also be at Il
free service Of the delegates.
The members Of the Argosy club hay
been notified by the secretary of tt
general federation that the club h;
been admitted to membership in tt
General Federation Of Women's club
The Alternates.
The annual social gathering of tt
sAlternates will be Tuesday, May
when the president, Mrs. J. P. Goa
and Mrs. G. A. Barton will entertain
the home Of Mrs. Barton, 1904 Sevent
street Sc. A talk on Egypt by Pr
lessor Maria Sanford and musical pr
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