Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-10
WORK OF THE CLUB WOMEN
Omaha Club Has Accomplished Much
During Year Just Closing.
DEPARTMENTS ACTIVE ON sPtcApllSts
General work of Club t. Expanded.
but It's Membership Has Done
Much Along Particular
Subjects.

While numerically the Omaha woman
club has decreased, there has never been
a time in the history of the organization
when it's departments did better or more
serious work than they have during the
last year. That the club is regaining its
former strength and prestige there can be
no doubt among those in touch with its
work. The highest membership was al
tained the year of the first exposition, when
afflliation carried peculiar advantages.
When those advantages had passed 1t was
only to be expected that the membership
should drop back to normal. Since then
the club has made for itself a splendid
record as an agency for moral educational
and civic betterment, but recently It has
experienced that lethargy that 80 fire.
quently follows a strenuous season. The
women are thoroughly awake again and
the present membership is an earnest work
ing force.
Departments Hold Their own.
Notwithstanding the counter attractions
of the newly organized Society of Fine
Arts, with its admirable equipment for
study the art department has held its
own, supplementing the work Of the other
society, which largely duplicates its mem
bership. The musical department has a
good membership, is we'll attended and is
surpa ssed even in the palmiest days of the
club. The current topics department is
larger than it has ever been and in ad
dition to the efforts of it's members, some
of the best local authorities have been
secured for the discussion of events Of
the day The oratory department is flour
ishing and only few weeks ago presented
one of the cleverest dramatic programs
that has ever been given before the club.
Under the leadership of Mrs Mary b. New
ton, recognized student of psychology,
the department of ethics and philosophy
has spent year of practical study.
The American history department has had
sn equally profitable year Of study. Tho
household economic department has been
one OF the live branches OF the club and
has done some of the best work in its his
tory. Its agitation of the necessity Of inn
provement in the city milk supply and Of
the correction Of other evils that menace
the health Of the community have resulted
in a public awakening that has largely cor
rectcd these evils. The department is at
present engaged in an agitation for better
inspection OF the meat sold in the city.
Last but by no means least, the social
science department has figured consplcu-
ously in sociological work. The study OF
sociology the support of the work Of the
Juvenile court Of child labor legislation,
public playground and public bath, and an
investigation and encouragement of various
local charitable institutions has contributed
to a busy and useful year.
Fellowship Club is Active.
One Of the flourishing clubs Of the Young
Women's Christian association is the
Young Women's Fellowship club, which
meets the first and third Thursday Of each
month at the rooms. The club was organ
lied in February, 1906, with thirty-six mem
bers and its first annual meeting and cleo
tion of officers was held last Wednesday
evening. Miss Mary Sapp was elected
president; Miss Anna Zmuns, vice presl-
dent; Miss Marian Frenzel, secretary, and
Miss Bertha Holeyoke, treasurer. Miss
Alma Krum, chairman membership COM
mittee; Miss Davis chairman program
committee, and Miss Margaret johnson,
chairman social committee. The member
ship is composed OF young women employed
during the day, and the object of the club
is education and sociability The evenings
of the meetings supper is served the MEM
bers at the association rooms, so the girls
need not go home FIRST. Every two months
a social entertain mt is given. Parlia-
mentary practice and lectures or addresses
by local men and women on subjects of in
! terest TO the club constitute the programs
of the regular meetings.
Current Topics Program.
The current topics department of the
Womans clubs has arranged one of the
most interesting programs Of the year for
Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the audi
ence room of the public library Miss Jen-
nette Wallace will give a stereopticon illus
trated talk on the medieval towns OF Eu-
| rope that she visited during a recent trip
abroad. Mrs. c. r. Glover will present the
current topics and the meeting will be in
charge of the assistant leader, Mrs. c. w.
| Hayes.
The meeting of the philosophy and ethics
department will follow Immediately after
that Of the current topics. at o'clock. Mrs.
Newton is leader and will preside.
Club Notes.
Nathan Bernstein OF the High school fac
ulty will address the social science depart
ment at Monday afternoons meeting at 8
o'clock on the need of Industrial training
in the public schools, Current sociological
notes will be given and discussed by mem
| bers Of the department.
The board of directors OF the Iowa Fed
| Grafton of Women's clubs will meet at Des
Moines Monday and Tuesday of this week
when plans for the coming biennial con-
vention to be held at Ottumwa will be COM
pleted.
! The local chapters Daughters of the
American Revolution will hold it's March
meeting Monday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. A. p. Turkey.