Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-27
WOMEN IN CLUB AND CHARITY

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The following bulletin has been issued by
the General Federation Of Women's Clubs:
A meeting OF the board OF directors was
held 81 Hotel Carlsbad. Saratoga, Septem-
Der ~ to q. every member of the board
being present. 10 was voted TO mold the
next council meeting in jamestown, Va,
IN June, 1907. The committee Of arrange
ments S consists Of Mrs. CIV r. 6 Allen Allen Of
Ohio and Mrs. Philip Carpenter OF New
Il was unanimously voted to accept the
invitation Of the Massachusetts Federation
g hold rs next biennial In Boston ~ l&e.
Mrs. Philip n. Moore was made chairman
OF the biennial committee, with Miss Helen
"A. Whittier as member Of the committee
II was necessary at this meeting TO APP
point the standing committees to carry on
the department work Of the federation for
the next two years The names OF the
mittees were appointed The outlook COM
mittee, recommended by Mrs. Decker In
her biennial address at st. Paul, Is to in
vestigate the new subjects and new lines
OF work proposed from time TO time TO the
federation. This new work Is under the
former president Of the Iowa Federation.
A new special committee was appointed.
to be known as the interfederatlon commit
tee, corresponding somewhat with the COM
mittee on federal relations in congress. 1t
is to deal with the relation Of the state
eral Federation in the hope Of bringing
about a still closer relation and strengthen
ing and perfecting the organization.
Mrs. Sherman reported the rules ana reg
ulations for the General Federation state
secretary, drawn up by committee ap;
pointed for that purpose. These rules Will
II was voted to retain Mrs Mary l.
Wood as manager Of the bureau OF infor-
After the close Of the board meeting the
executive committee made trip to Ports
mouth to visit the bureau and talk over
its plans and its needs with Mrs. Wood
They also spent several days in Boston.
where they visited the different buildings
Chairmen Of standing committees, 1906
.Art-Mrs, John B. Sherwood $50 Monroe
Civics0Miss Mary Knox Garvin 1880 Wal
lace street, Philadelphia.
| Civil Service Reform - Miss Anna l..
Clark Bonneville, Mo.
Education-Miss Mary M. Abbott, Water
Forestry-Mrs. p. S. Peterson. corner of
Lincoln and Peterson streets, Chicago
Household Economics-Mrs. Margaret j.
Industrial and Child Labor-Ndrs. Clar-
ence Burns, New York City.
! Legislatlve-Mrs George c. Avery, 1881
Third avenue. Louisville, Ky.
Library Extension-Mrs. A. F. Broomhall,
Iiterature-Miss Mary Poppenheim, 81
| Meeting street, Charleston, s. c.
| outlook-Mrs. r. ]. Fletcher Marshall
'0 Pure Food--Mrs. Walter McNab Miller,
Reciprocity-Mrs. Herbert NJ. Bushnell,
| 1912 South Seventh street, Lincoln, Neb.
! Chairmen Of board and special commit
! Biennial Committee - Mrs Philip N.
Moore, 1925 Lafayette avenue, ST. Louis.
| Farogranl-Mrs. Percy Y. Pennybacker,
| ZOOS Whitis avenue, Austin Tex.
Resoiutions-Mrs. J. W. Johnston, Kan
Revision-Mrs John D. Sherman, Chi
Transportation--NIrs Edward IT, johnson,
INTERPRETATION committee--Mrs. May Al
den Ward, Boston.
The Lincoln woman's club hes plan on
foot for securing a detention home to op-
crate in conjunction with the lincoln juve-
! lille court. The first report OF the presi-
dent Of the club was made at meeting
this week The club is active and large,
having over 800 members. and its activity
in behalf Of a detention home promises
much.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Women's Missionary society of the First
Presbyterian church will be held Friday
afternoon, october Is. at 2:30 O'Clock. The
/ address will be given by Miss Georgiana
Baucus of Toxic, Japan. Miss Baucus win
not only tell Of the great mission work OF
Japan, but OF the work as 1t is being car
ried on IN the various fields under the
care OF the Methodist church as she has
recently visited many of Them and can
speak from personal observation. Miss
Baucus is in attendance at the meeting OF
the executive committee Of the Women's
Foreign Missionary society, now being held
In the First Methodist Episcopal church in
this city. A report viii also be given Of
the synodical meeting held at Hastings last
month. Special music has been provided.