Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-09
WORK OF THE WONENSCLUBS
Forestry Committee Urges Its Work on the
General Membership
ACTIVE EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN PLANNED
New Clubs Admitted 60 the General
Federation Include one from
sidney, Neb., with Twenty
Five Members.

The chairman Of the forestry commit
tee Of the General Federation Of womens
clubs has issued the following commun-
ication to club women which has received
the hearty second of the Nebraska com
mittee:
President Roosevelt, in a recent public
address, said, THE forest problem is, in
many ways the most vital internal prob
lem in the United states" Appreciation
of the aesthetic value of trees and forests
is much more common than ueilnlte
grasp of the economic meaning and i'm
Every state in the union, whether
heavily wooded or destitute of trees,
should have intelligent forestry laws pro-
viding for due proportion of forest area
This is a field OF usefulness IN which
women may wisely exert the IN .ho yes Tor
states by spreading information and snap
ing public sentiment. The formulation
ledge Of forest conditions, which can
be obtained without expense from the
Forest Service at washington. which CO
operates with the states seeking its aid in
defining and executing such policy, and
its advice should be sought by State Fed
erations. Further information regarding
the scope, methods. and value Of this de-
partment may be obtained by sending to
the Forest Service. Washington d. c., for
circulars S5 and 49, and by correspondence;
At all forestry meetings there should
be definite presentation of this most vital
subject, which affects the health of the
rainfall, thus controlling the freshets and
corresponding seasons of drouth, equaliz-
ing the climatic conditions of the country,
and providing for the constant and increas-
ing demand for forest products.
An ADDRESS OK some one quai.lhea 70 treat
and through the generosity and cooperation
of the forest service this need Will, TO
Colorado, and other good speakers will talk
before teachers, schools, and women's
clubs. The chairman Of forestry from
cfof "a
speaker, and, IL series of convenient dates
can be arranged, will communicate with
the chairman of the General Federation,
the only expense being for local entertain
ment. Mr.. Mills has been a Rocky noun
tain guide for many years. and is most
interesting speaker. have his entire time
for the middle west during March and
April. He will be at jamestown in May.
The American Forestry association. with
FIVE thousand members, has offered to pub
lish in its monthly, entitled Forestry and
Irrigation, reports of the work the womens
clubs are doing In the line Of forestry.
With these two national organizations to
direct and aid II behooves us to accom-
plish large and permanent results.
Forestry committees should transfer to
the Civic Improvement Department all
considerations of street cleaning. billboard
topics and confine its work exclusively to
| the broader fields indicated in this letter.
Earnestly hoping that you viii not let
| this opportunity pass OF turning the for
estry work of your state into definite and
practical results; ! remain, cordially yours
..
Lincoln and Peterson Avenues Chicago.
New General Federation Clubs.
The following clubs have recently been
| admitted to the General Federation
| Nebraska-The Belle NJ. Stoutenborough
/ club of Sidney; president. Mrs. l. G. ST.
Massachusetts - The Woburn woman's
club of Woburn; president. Mrs: Carrie q.
De Lorea, 81 Warren avenue; $50 members
The Indiana State Federation of Clubs
I Mrs o p Kinsey, president Valparaiso,
Admitted to afiliated membership--The
! of 1912; president, Mrs. William Gerry
! Slade, 332 West Eighty-seventh street, New
! York City.
Second Art Collection.
So great has been the demand for the
travelling art collection sent out by the
/ General Federation little over year ago
! that a second collection has been made
! and started on it's tour OF the country. This
/ collection, like the first, is composed of
| original paintings. water colors, etchings
! and prints by some of the foremost Amer
| lean artists and would attract attention
| even in cities where works Of art are not
! rare. The collection is now in Pennsylva-
mia, where 1t will make eleven stops and
then it's route, which is already made up
is as follows: West Virginia, seven towns
North Carolina. four; South Carolina, ff-
|
| chusetts, FIVE. The pictures are loaned to
the federation and the collection will re-
turn to Chicago in June.
Omaha Club Notes.
The committee on domestic arts fur
nished the program at Thursday morning
meeting of the domestic science depart
ment of the Woman's club and 1t was one
OF the most interesting sessions of the
year. Mrs Mary Moody Pugh is chairman
OF the committee. One section of the room
was cleverly screened and furnished to IL
lustrate the beauty and other advantages
of simplicity. The revival Of home craft
rug making was the subject of a paper by
Mrs. Gould. Several samples Of rugs
served to illustrate.
Mrs. F. 8. Wattles president of the
Sioux City Young Womens Christian asso-
citation, was the guest OF the local associa-
ton Thursday. The Sioux City association
has launched a campaign for a $4,000
building and $4,000 lot, and Mrs. wattles
visited the Omaha association to consult the
board regarding methods.
Now Is the tine TO make your wants
known through The Bee Want Ad Page.