Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-06
WORK Of THE CLUB WOMEN
Nn Wood PrOuOuncsl General Federation
Bureau Of Information a uoossa
ART COLLECTION VISITS MANY STATES
Educational Feature OF club work
in Great Demand--aIemorinI 60
Chairman of Educational
Committee.

Chairman of Educational
Committee.
That the General Federation bureau OF
Information is no longer an experiment is
demonstrated by the increased demand
made daily upon Il and the numbers o.
| letters Of appreciation received from those
who have found the bureau a help in time
OF need, says Mrs. Mary /. Wood, in charge
Of the bureau, in the May Bulletin.
Each days mail presents new problems
! for the bureau and new features OF its
usefulness. Today a club in the Indian
Territory desires an outline and reference
books on the Victorian era OF English
literature; Virginia club woman needs
| facts concerning child labor In the United
States and the work OF the General Fed
Grafton industrial and child labor commit
tee: a COMMITTEES In tie southwest is ar
ranging the next years work and asks
for an outline on municipal art; the hus-
| band Of a club woman In a western town
desires proof Of the usefulness Of the
womsns club; a New England rural club
must have help on home economics. Re
quests touching the Panama canal. antique
| furniture. relation of the home to the
| school, and the Japanese in California are
| in demand by as many applicants. while
| reference books are requested on colonial
| home life, moral education, the immigrant,
| home decoration, etc.
Tomorrow will bring an equal number
| of requests of a widely different nature,
but Of equal Importance The applications
for study outlines probably outnumber any
other. although the need of magazine refer
ences and photography form a very close
second.
Loan Library.
At st. Paul a much-discussed question
| by those who were interested was the ad-
visibility of establishing a loan library
for the bureau. Many Of the best library
workers felt that there was a doubt as to
the feasibility Of such a course while
others considered that no equipment of
the bureau would be in greater demand.
The decision was in favor of the loan
collection: and very soon after the biennial
a library OF more than 100 books were con-
| tributed by sanguine persons, clubs and
| declarations.
The experiment is st cceLsful The ex-
pense of sending a book is not great. The
recipient bears part, and often the whole
of the expense OF POSTAGE; and the club
| in remote town. where a public library Is
wanting and public libraries are few. gets
just the help needed, and grows accord
| ingly. More books are needed, and more
will be received. II would seem that
there would be no question of the support
OF the bureau and the supply Of its needs
Once demonstrate that a thing is needed
and useful and the public rallies to its
support The General Federation intends
that the bureau shall be of so much value
| to the club women of the country that
that they can never afford to dispense
| with IT,
Memorial to Miss Abbott.
The following memorial to Miss Mary
Merriam Abbott, chairman Of the educa-
tional committee OF the General Federation
who died March %, appears in the May
| Bulletin
The executive committee OF the board
| of directors can express only In silent sor-
row the loss every member OF the General
| Federation must feel In the death of the
warm friend and co-worker the chairman
| those who knew her daily personal life
/ surrounded with kindred recurring loving
bcare, we shall learn of the hrppy, buoyant
| spirit, the broad view of life and the
broader tolerance of pettiness that could
| not touch her upward search
| The last intercourse of the executive
committee with Miss Abbott was held in
| Chicago recently, where she gathered at
I her bidding, the officers OF the National
| representatives OF six organizations Of
women, concerning educational interests
Of the nation. Every word she said in.
] explanation Of her far-reaching plans was
| listened to with absorbing interest
In her memory nothing would. have
seemed TO her so happy as the successful
result of this first meeting. Let us work
with her thought, her enthusiasm, before
us, until We make II a part OF ourselves
and carry her love Of this beautiful world
report on Art Collections
The art committee Of the General Fede,a-
ton Of Women's Clubs makes a gratifying
report of the travelling ait collections sent
out over the country under it's auspices
One OF these collections of American paint
ings has visited two towns in Utah ten in
Montana, fourteen in Minnesota. twenty
one In Wisconsin and seven I'm south
Dakota. Another gallery mas visited many
towns in Nebraska, Kentucky, Iowa. Ohio
Pennsylvania, West Virginia, North ana
South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. while
still another has Travelled through New
England These collections include work
loaned by the foremost American artists
and the cost to the club or town exhibiting
is merely the transportation from the
/ previous stopping place. Another gallery
is to be sent out soon to comply with
twenty-one requests from Texas towns and,
others from Oklahoma and Missouri One
gallery is now In Illinois going next 10
Kansas, every day until June having been
engaged.
The committee requests that clubs de.
string the collection next year send in their
requests before the close of the club year
as the route can be more advantage6uslv
arranged II the list is complete. Fhe ex-
hibits have been OF great educational value
In the smaller towns especially.
WOmhn'E Club Notes.
The May business meeting OF the local
Women's Christian Temperance Union will
be held Wednesday at $3.50 o'clock at the
Young Women's Christian association
rooms.
Mrs. Adelaid Rood Mrs. George Coveu
and Mrs. Fred Patterson will represent
the Nebraska Women's Christian Temper-
ance Union at the temperance conference
to be held at Lincoln Thursday and Friday
OF this week.
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