Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-24
WORK OF THE CLUB WOMEN
Biennial Of the IOva Federation Attracts
Much Attention.
PROGRAM FOR SECOND DISTRICT MEETING
women Are Pressing 60 Prevent the
Extinction of the white Heron and
Pledge themselves Against
the Aigrette.

The approaching biennial Of the Iowa
Federation of women's Clubs, to be held
at Ottumwa May Is, 16 and II. Is the all
absorbing thing with Iowa club women
Just now and will be until II has passed.
Ono Of the largest state organizations In
the General Federation. the Iowa meeting
is anticipated by many others than the
women Immediately concerned, and this
years program promises to surpass all that
have preceded it. meeting of the board
OF directors will precede the Opening SEES
sion. The election of officers will come the
last day and their installation will be the
usual brilliant AFFAIR. All sessions will be
open to the public and all will be abso-
lutely fires. The Central Methodist church
will be the meeting place. The following
committees on local arrangements have
been. announced;
Ways and Means--Mrs. ]. c. williams.
Home Transp0rtation-Ars H. L. Coke;
Mrs AddIe Wheeler, vice chairman
Room--Mrs. H 8. Howard.
Bureau Of Information-Mrs. F. d. Reid.
SOcialAMiss Lillian Hughes.
Entertainment-Miss Addie Sewers; vice
chairman, Mrs James Loughridge.
.Credentials--Mrs c. b. stull; Mrs Frank
Railway ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. W. r. ster-
Badge Mrs. J. A. Kaibach; Mrs Colville,
Decoratlng-Mrs Sam Baidauf
PFinting--Mrs. r. Burke.
Seoretary-Mrs. James LoughTidbe.
Program for second District.
Mrs. Edward Johnson. vice president of
the second district Of the Nebraska Fed
GRAFTON OF wornen's clubs, has announced
the following program for the annual
convention OF the second district clubs, to
be held in omaha, on Thursday of this
week: p
AFTERNOON SESSION. 2 p. NJ
Talk-Mrs II. L. Clark, president Ne
braska Federation of Women's clubs
son, York, state chairman of oivics and
PaperE'The Heart of Hyaclnth," Mrs.
William Anderson, president Of Mu sigma.
Vocal Solo (seiected)-Mrs. Wagner
Thomas; Prof. Carl Petersen, Accompanies.
: Address-"Henry Van Dyke" Mrs.
Young Women's Christian association.
Paper-"Civil Service Reform, Mrs.
Margaret j. earns Lincoln, state chair-
man OF civil service.
Adjournment.
SECOND DAY.
Invocation-Rev. Mary Gerard Andrews
Address OF welcome-Mrs. A.. B. somers,
president Omaha Woman's club.
Response-Mrs. w. IL Davidson, presi-
dent Springfield lwoman's club.
Reports from Clubs.
Greetings from State Officers. Chair
men of Committee and Absent Friends
Glmpses of Works OF da Vinci, Raphael,
SoTTegto ana J, Michael APPROPRIATENESS o-sa Isn
and Miss JeRhette Jessup Omaha Wom-
ans club,
For the white Heron.
The outlook committee of the General
Federation of women's Clubs wishes to
create a sentiment among club women in
favor of plan being projected to pre-
serve the white heron. All who are in
terested are asked TO sign the following
pledge and send the same to Mrs. Archi-
bald A. Scott, 1884 @ street, Lincoln, Neb
who will forward the same to the chair
man OF the committee The names will be
published In the Federation Bulletin:
Whereas. The number of our beautiful
white herons is rapidly diminishing, with
q likelihood Of becoming extinct, and
Whereas, The demands for aigrettes for
millinary purposes Is responsible for the
slaughter OF these slaughtered innocent and
consequent death OF their nestlings; there
fore be IL
Resolved. That we the undersigned
any such badge OF cruelty as the aigrette
or the plumage of any wild bird, and that
we will use all possible influence to re-
Sounds Funny in Chicago.
The Chicago Inter Oceans editor thinks
the woman's movement is joke, as would
appear from the following editorial in that
journal:
1t would be better perhaps, II contro-
versies like that which occurred at the
Woman's National Suffrage convention
Smith f Hayward Sh0 of ch%dTon Nsb M ans
Mrs Harriet Taylor Upton of Warren,
o., were the principals, could be alto
gether avoided, especially in gatherings
which are aiming to educate man up to
higher understanding OF woman. But,
since II seems inevitable that they shall
principals shall be women who have the
courage as well as the ability TO EXPIRE SO
themselves as clearly as Mrs. Hayward and
For Instance, Mrs Hayward took the
position that no woman who was true to
the noble cause in which the delegates to
the convention were enlisted would think
OF wearing hat trimmed with slaughtered
birds when Mrs. Upton remarked. sweetly:
Nobody who will eat chicken or a COW
when anybody else kills a parrot or a fox
or seal It's Just as bad one way or
another, And 1 guess We have all eaten
This OF course. was in the nature Of a
challenge to Mrs. Hayward, who, in a sis
tefly tone replied.
81 must protest against being included
in such a sweeping statement Nothing
would persuade me to eat chicken, or
nocent animals for their fur 1t causes a
thrill Of horror TO pass through me when
I attend woman's suffrage convention and
see women with CHASTITY trophies OF slsugh-
ter upon their persons"
And nothing could be more natural than
that Mrs. Upton should ask at this point:
Don't you use birds TO trim hats7"
or that Mrs. Hayward should reply:
Never! l use nothing but vegs tables.
and vegetarian hats are a thousen nd times
prettier than relics of murder"
II may be inferred from Mrs. Upton's
attitude in this debate that she Is neither
an Audubonian nor a Vegetarian, and that
her main purpose was to insist upon con :
sistency. Yet, without intending TO convey
the thought that we are gladdened IN any
way by her apparent defeat. we cannot
refrain from exulting modestly over the fact
that Mrs. Hayward was given the oppor-
tunity TO prove to state which affects
eastern manners that the mighty west can
be true to it's ideals
II Nebraska likes chicken or turkey, or
mutton, or beef or ham. and II IL likes to
deck IFS millinery with plumes and tins
or whole birds native or foreign. IL makes
no other DretenHions. II does not preach
one doctrine and practice another We
know this from the incident referred 10.
and we are ell glad II occurred since Al
shows Enthusiastically where Nebraska
stands
Susan b. Anthony Memorial
Contributions amounting 10 $4,000 were
made TO a Susan b. Anthony memorial at
ono OF the sessions Of the convention Of
the American Woman Suffrage associa-
tion held recently In Chicago. The sub
scriptions were made after the following
had