Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-16
WORK OF The CLUB WOMEN
Local Organisations Preparing to Adjourn
Until Autumn.
OMAHA woMARs CLUB ELECTS OFFICERS
All Former Incumbents Returned fOF
Second Term-Interesting Facts
COncerninE Women Presented
at Industrial Exhibit.

at Industrial Exhibit.
The secretary did most Of the work at
| Monday afternoons meeting of the Omaha
| Woman's club, when for one oficer after
another she cast the unanimous ballot OF
the club for reelection. Mrs. Draper Smith,
| FIRST vice president was the one exception,
she declining reelection, and Mrs ]. H
Dumont was elected in her place. Mrs.
! Smith declined on the ground that It was
unwise to have the terms OF the executive
committee expire at one time, as they do
where the entire committe Is reelected
| for a second term. The first desire of the
! club was demonstrated when Mrs. A B,
| Somers' name was placed in nomination
for reelection to the presidency. A motion
was made that the secretary be instructed
| TO cast the ballot for the club. In a moment
a score or more members were on their
feet seconding the motion, while the re-
mainder Of the gathering applauded Wig
orously. One after another, with the ex-
| ception OF Mrs. Smith, the other Officers
| were returned to a second term, Mrs. A. L.
sheetz as second vice president, Mrs. d. NJ.
Cameron as recording secretary, Mrs. w.
II. Hancock as corresponding secretary,
and Mrs. ]. w. Aiken as treasurer. The
treasurer and the appointment confirmed
by the executive.
The following chairmen of standing COM
mittees we're also elected; Auditing COM
mittee Mrs. c. E. Sumner: constitution;
Mrs. w. p. Hartford; courtesies, Mrs. Ralph
| Elliott; house and home, Mrs. Henry Mac
Donald. Mrs George Tilden, Mrs. H. P.
Hamilton and Miss Samantha r. Davis
were elected members OF the library COM
nlittee and Mrs. 8. A. Collins, Mrs c. w.
Hayes Mrs. c. B. Coon, Mrs. NJ ]. Mat
thews and Mrs. George Bonner members of
the membership committee.
| Lecture to BE Aided.
After the election the club decided to CO.
operate with Superintendent Davidson and
the teachers In bringing DR.. F. H. Clarke
Of the department of public speaking Of the
University Of Chicago to Omaha some time
in the fall. He will be secured for two
lectures on some phase Of the educational
value of literature.
| change in the date Of the lecture on
! forestry by Enos Mills, from April "a to
Tuesday evening, April q, was announced
/ An informal reception will follow the adj
dress. Following the business hour, Judge
/ Slabaugh addressed the club on the public
playground and the work Of the Civic
! Improvement league and invited the women
| to attend the distribution Of seeds to be
made at Mitchell chapel, just east of the
Union station, Wednesday afternoon at
$3.50 o'clock.
Women in Industry.
| Among the most interesting chart IL
Illustrations at the recent industrial exhibit
at Chicago concerned the domestic service
question and following are some OF the
curious but lttle-known facts brought out:
one ant ~ averV ATTAIN vvornep in Ma
sachusetts does Homework for pay. Out
of the women in the almshouses of the
earners, rs per cent were domestic SER
wants, while only per cent were dress
makers, or seamIstresses. and only per
The Domestic Reform league last year
had applications from 1890 employers
wanting places. The excess OF demand
over supply may be in part accounted for
hours of labor In shops and factories
women's work is limited by law to nifty
blight hours a week. Investigation showed
erai Homework girls we're eighty-three
hours and twenty minutes; Off cooks.
eighty-nine hours and thirty minutes.
Some Further Facts.
The women's Trade Union league of
Massachusetts furnished another of the
interesting series of charts. One showed
the number OF trade disputes settled by
arbitration, through the efforts Of the
unions, without a strike. In some of the |
best organized trades there has not been a |
strike for years The educational effect of
the unions was also shown and their i'm
portant work In bringing immigrants of
varied nationalities into mutual sympathy, !
and cooperation. Thus the English |
Scotch. French and Spanish lace-makers
have an International trade-union card ad- !
Al.
to those in America when they come here
as immigrants. So have the Norwegian, |
Danish, Swedish, German, Dutch, Swiss, !
Italian, Austrian and Hungarian brick |
layers.
One graphic chart showed the nation |
alities of the women employed in our tex
tile industries and the change going on
year by year; the Englishwoman dressed
In red) growing smaller and smaller; the
Irishwoman lin green) growing FIRST larger
and then smaller; the French Canadian lin
blue swelling to huge proportions, and
then beginning to lessen, with the Portu-
guese. Italian, Polish. Russian, Greek.
Syrian and Armenian women coming up in
their turn.
Club Notes.
Several departments Of the Omaha
Woman's club will hold their last meeting
and elect officers for the coming year this
week. The musical department will give
a brief program Thursday at 2;sO. followed
by an informal social hour. The current
topics department will meet Tuesday at
ternoon at o'clock. The household
| economics department will hold its last
meeting Thursday morning at 10 O'Clock
and the American history department
will hold its final meeting for the year
Tuesday afternoon at $50 o'clock in the
/ club rooms.
The new constitution OF Oklahoma es-
pecially provides that a woman may be
chairman of the state board OF charities
and correction.
Fencing For DEVELOPMENT,
| There is no better exercise for all around
| developuent of Uyonen than fanctn.- ~.