Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-10
WORK OF TIE CLUB WOMEN
Literature Plan Outlined BY esueral
Federation Committee.
WORK FOR ALL IN THE ORGANIZATION
PrOErRm of Reading for Individual
Members, Individual clubs and for
the Federation Suggested by
the Report.

following plan for the General Federation
of Women's Clubs through the February
Bulletin. 1t provides for the individual
club woman, the individual club and the
state federation:
THE INDIVIDUAL CLUB WOMAN.
Reading-Each month list OF from three
to five books ON poetry, fiction, biography
or travel, will be prepared by member
of the literature committee and printed
in the Federation Bulletin, with the idea
of assisting the choice of club women gen
orally.
THE INDIVIDUAL CLUB.
-Four model programs will be prepared
by the literature committee, and will be
ready for distribution among the clubs on
Cured on application to the literature com
mittee of the General Federation, the state
chairman of literature and the bureau Of
The following are the subjects for these
model programs or outlines OF study:
l. Twelve Famous Novels"
2. THE Bible as Literature,
3. English Poetry in the Nineteenth Gen.
l. woman in Education"
All literary clubs in the General Fedora
ton are advised to arrange for one open
day, when a program purely literary shall
invited all local women's Organizations,
either civic. philanthropic or patriotic
munity may be cultivated
THE STATE FEDERATION.
Let each state federation have chair
The first duty of the chairman shall be
to cultivate a taste for good reading among
club, women by issuing g photography OF
good reading either monthly In the official
organ Of the state federation or through
the daily press or by the issuing of an an
nual circular for her state.
Let each state chairman have charge of
one evening literary session at the annual
convention of the state federation, when
Ject shall be presented by an expert, for
the culture and pleasure of the convention
program 3h be made up OF iISo Weman
clubs of the state may compete for a place
on the program by sending contributions
to the state chairman of literature the
chairman requiring poetry, literary criti-
cism or historical or biographical sketches
of local state interest, in order that d.
chairman should give due notice of the
style of literary productions needed or ex-
pected for each state program.
This literary session would combine
well with the art and musical department,
all reporting at the same session, ana
thus making a fine arts" session in every
sense of the word.
State chairmen could advise about lit
erary programs and criticise such pro-
grams might be submitted to them
for criticism. The literature committee
is prepared to help state. chairmen in
any SpeclRi WY rngy tray cbsjT Al
Meeting street. Charleston, S. c.
Miss Dotha Stone Pinneo. vice chairman.
Miss Louise Graham. Cleveland, o.
Miss Helen NJ winslow,. Shirley, Mass
Mrs John Mcmillan MAlester. Okla
Miss Emile B. stapp. Des Moines. la.
| Suggestions for general reading as pno-
vided for in the plan of the literature
committee. would recommend as a list
of books to be read in connection with
American literature:
by A sSSfy Sf MIMI Mn co Bliss Perry
THE Real and Ideal in Literature"
Frank Preston Stearns, by @. w. Put
Literary Values" John Burroughs. by
Houghton, Miff1in & Co.
American Authors and Their Homes"
| f. w, Halsey, by James Pott q Co.
Literary Pilgrimages in New Eng
land" Edwin NJ. Bacon, by Silver. Bur-
| dett & Co. HELEN NJ. WINSLOW,
Member of Literature Committee.
| Direction of Iowa Federation.
Mrs. e. L. johnson of Waterloo has
been appointed by the board of directors
of the Iowa Federation of Womans Clubs
to I'LL the place of vice president of that
organization, made vacant recently by the
death of Mrs. Ella Brown. The appoint
ment was made at a recent session of the
board held at Burlington. Mrs. Johnson
is one Of the prominent club women of
Iowa and is at present president of the
Literary society of Waterloo. She will be
remembered well by all who attended the
Waterloo biennial as chairman OF the
Honor for Mrs. Cooley.
Mrs d. N. Cooley of Dubuque, Ia, one
of the pioneer club women of the state and
honored by the st. Paul biennial by being
made honorary vice president of the Cen
eral Federation of Women's Clubs, has
recently been honored with membership in
the American Academy of Political and
Social Science.
Omaha CIub Notes
Announcement of the passage Of the de-
eedent or equal inheritance BILL by the
senate Friday. will be received with much
satisfaction by Nebraska clubwomen, who
proposed the bill.
Some of the city charities will AFFORD
the subject for Monday afternoons meeting
of the social science department OF the
Woman's club. The Visiting Nurses asso-
citation and the City Mission work will be
presented by Mrs. William Adams super
intendent of nurses, of the former, and
Miss Nellie Magee. in charge of the latter
organization.
The current topics department will meet
Tuesday, February H. at p. m Mrs w
A. Baldwin will act leader. Mrs. @. r.
Glover will speak OF foreign events; Mrs
Mary G. Andrews will discuss govern
ment ownership OF railroads, and Mines
Clara Burbank. c. w. Hayes Fred Elliott
and r. e Bush will give current events.
Miss Lillian Fitch is coaching members
OF the oratory department in Margarei
Cameron's play. The Kleptomaniac .