Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-23
WORK OF The CLUB WOMEN
Omaha Y. W. Q. A. Annual Meeting Finds
The Association Prosperous.
wOMAwS PART IN PEACE CONFERENCE
One Day ut New York TO He Under
the Guidance of woman Chair
man with women for the
Leading Speakers.

The annual meeting OF the Young
Women's Christian association will be held
Tuesday evening, April 8, at the associa-
ton rooms In the Paxton block. Miss
Agnes Ward, membership secretary Of the
association, has rendered her resignation
to 90 into effect Immediately after the an
nual meeting. Miss Ward has been with
the local association for the last four
years and has been one of the most efficient
secretaries on the staff. No arrangement
has yet been made regarding her sue
cessor. Indications are that In spite Of
the zoo eXpirations that occur this month,
the association will close its year with
1900 members enrolled on its books. The
get two" banquet announced for next
Monday evening proved so popular that
It Will be necessary 70 have another on
Monday evening, April l, as all desiring
to come could not be accommodated. over
300 tickets have been issued for the first
banquet, and the second will probably be
as large, which means about 400 member
ships from these two occasions. The
women are renewing well, too, and there
is little doubt that the year will close with
no loss in membership.
Interest i'm Peace Conference.
Club women have long been interested in
the peace conference, and at the meeting
Of the National Peace conference to be
held in New York City April IA to is women
will have a conspicuous part. Tuesday
morning, April 16, the session will be pre-
sided over by Mrs. Anna Garlin Spencer
and the speakers will be Miss Jane Adams
Of Hull house, Chicago Mrs. Ellen NJ.
Henrotn of Chicago, ex-president of the
General Federation of Women's Clubs;
Mrs. Lucia Ames Mead of Boston,
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe of Boston. that
pioneer in the movement for peace confer
ences, and Mrs. Frederick Nathan OF New
York of the National Consumers league.
They are a distinguished group OF women,
representing the foremost movements of
the day for the betterment Of women and
of society. Mrs. May Wright Sewell,
former president of the International Coun-
ell Of Women, will be a guest OF honor at
the session.
Third District Clubs.
The clubs Of the Third district Of the
Nebraska Federation of Women's clubs will
hold their annual convention at Stanton
on Monday and Tuesday of next week.
Mrs w. E. Reed of Madison is district
vice president and has charge Of the pro
gram. The Third district is one Of the
largest of the state and it's annual meet
ings are always important Mrs. H. L.
Keefe, present president of the state fed
Grafton, was vice president OF the Third
district for two years previous to election
| TO her present Office.
Indiana Gives Woman n Chance.
The Indiana legislature has recently
passed bill aiming at the increased eff
cheney of the boards of trustees Of the
| state penal and benevolent institutions. BY
| this new act women will be given liberal
representation in controlling the charities
of the state. The boards of the girls in
dustrial school and women's prison will
continue to be, as has been the case, COM
posed Of women only and their superintend-
ents will be women. In addition to this, in
future one member of the board of the
state school for the feeble minded and OF
the board of the Knightstown orphanage
may be woman.
Club Women and Aigrettes.
Mrs. Decker says: THE club women
wear aigrettes and dead birds, not because
they are cruel or heartless, nor because
they are vain and selfish, but for the sole
reason that they allow the milliners and
hatmakers to do their thinking. Suppose
we use our own mentality and taste for
the next eighteen months, 50 that the rec
ord Of the Boston biennial, pertaining
to head adornment will be one of life, not
death"
Mrs. Gait on Suffrage.
At the closing luncheon of the season
of the National Society Of New England
Women, held recently in New York, Mrs.
Carrie Chapman Gait, vice president Of the
National American Woman Suffrage asso-
citation, gave an address on Women of
Today" in which she said while the
scientists were quarrelins over whether
woman had any brains TO develop, she
marched steadily forward, and is now
ready to vote because she learned that
the solution OF the problems that come
into her home with the gaspipe. electric
wires and mail service lies in the ballot
box"
City Mission Glasses.
The City Mission is preparing to close
part Of its work for the summer the last
Of this month. The boys industrial class,
under the direction Of Miss Potter, will
close it's work with an egg rolling the
Saturday before Easter. The mothers
classes supported by the Women's Chris
tian Temperance Union will close the last
Thursday OF March. The children will hold
their Easter exercises Sunday afternoon,
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