Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-14
WORK OF The CLUB WOMEN
Many Women Elsotsd County supsrin-
tsndsnts Of Schools in Kansas
IOWA BIENNIAL CONVENTION OPENS TO-DAY
Dairy Management Affords Special
Opportunities for women-GenernI
Federation Makes MIX Special
Subject for study.

Interest Of all cIubdom Is conferred upon
OskalOOsa. Ia, this week. the biennial con-
ventiOn Of the Iowa Federation Of Women's
clubs opening there today. The Iowa Fed
GRAFTON Is one OF the largest and strongest
in the national organization and its con-
ventions attract many of the leading club
women. The program planned for this
week Is replete with strong features, in
GLIDING addresses from several men and
women OF national regulations In their
respective lines.
Ideal Work for Women.
The pure food committee Of the Gen
eral Federation. In making milk the main
subject for club study this year. do 50
advisedly." says what-To-Eat, "as from
its importance as a food for infants and
children. with resulting effects on the
stamina OF the race. IT is one Of the most
necessary. The infant mortality in cities,
where vital statistics have been carefully
kept, shows a death rate OF something
like % per cent IN the first year OF life. OF
those who are nursed by the mother, only
So per cent die; OF those fed on sanitary
milk. per cent die, while the mortality Of
those who are fed on ordinary dealers
milk reaches the enormous rate Of 40 per
cent
zone OF the dairy experts az Washington
City assures me that certified milk can
be sold as low as s cents per quart and
at a reasonable profit at 10 cents quart
and housekeepers will have to learn that
safe milk cannot be sold below that price,
and In somes places not for that sum.
The dairy department at washington has
plans and specifications for model dairtes,
which will be furnished to anyone desiring
TO take this I'd as a business, and surely
IL offers a splendid field for college women,
who desire healthful. profitable and In
teresting occupation. The fact that sew
eral successful diaries are now being run
by women. and that this field offers a
splendid opening for combined philan-
thropy and business. would seem to point
to women as the natural dairy owners Of
the future
Women Elected in Kansas.
It has been estimated that one out Of
every twenty-four persons elected to hold
ONCE IN Kansas at the last election was
a woman. Most Of these women are county
superintendents OF schools. The Topeka
Herald says:
Nearly one-third OF all the county super
intendents elected at the last election were
women One county clerk is a woman, two
county treasurers. six registers OF deeds,
thfrty-three county superintendents and
two district clerks. There are no women in
the roster OF sheriffs. county attorneys
county surveyors. probate Judges or county
commissioner Out Of the 1,O5o places on
the Official staffs of the counties Of Kan
sas the women are represented with forty
four oficea"
General Federation Notes.
Mrs James Sykes OF Chicago viii prob
ably be appointed chairman OF the educa-
tionaI committee OF the General Federation
OF women's Clubs. 10 succeed Miss Mary
Abbott. whose death recently left the Office
vacant Mrs Sykes has been assistant
chairman OF the committee and Is thor
oughly In touch with the work and better
fitted than any one else TO assume re-
sponsibility OF the department
Mrs Sarah Plat Decker, president Of
her daughter. has gone east for an ex-
tended visit. They will, OF course, attend
the council Of the General Federation, to
be held at jamestown in June
One Of the plans Of the library COMMITTEES
of the General Federation Is 10 establish
magazine centers IN mining camps lumber
camps and similar settlements that have
no libraries. Club women viii be asked
TO send their magazines when they have
finished reading them to these places.