Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-12
WORK OF THE CLUB WOMEN
Bills Pending Before Legislature that
EmbOdy Cherished Ideas.
TEN MEASURES COVER POINTS INVOLVED
Descent of Property, Child Labor,
Pure Food and Pure Drugs
Are Called for in
the Bills.

Four of the measures IN which the club
women of Nebraska are particularly In
terested have been introduced into the
legislature this week. These measures
have to do with child labor compulsory
education, pure food and the descent OF
property, and are so far embodied In ten
bills, seven of which have been introduced
in the senate and three in the house The
decedent law proposed by the women is
embodied In Senate Files IS, SO and 3S,
introduced in the senate Tuesday by SEN
ator Buck OF Otoe county. Senate File
No. 35 provides for the amending of the
law governing the descent of property;
No. SO provides that in case a wife dies
intestate and without issue one-half of the
estate shall go to her husband and the
other half TO her father. No. SO provides
an amendment that gives to the widow
one-half in fee where there is no issue
and one-third in fee where there is issue.
The child labor bill was presented in
the house Tuesday by Henry T. Clarke, jr..
of Omaha as House Roll No. 8, and pro-
hibits the employment of children under
IA years of age except in specified cases.
The compulsory education bill is Senate
File No. so. 1t was introduced Wednes-
day by Senator Thomas of Douglas county,
and provides that children between and
16 years of age must attend school the
entire school year, except that child over
IA years of age, regularly employed for
his own support, may substitute night
school.
Pure Food and Drug Bills.
The measures relating to foods and
drugs and embodied in five bills, all in
troduced Wednesday, three in the senate
and two in the house. Senate File No.
ga was introduced by Burns of Lancaster
county and would create food, dairy and
drug commission. Senate Files Nos. 70
and II were introduced by Senator Will
son of Pawnee county. No. 20 consti-
tutes the State Board of Health a pure
food commission, and No. II gives power
to the State Board of Health to enforce
laws governing the purity of foods and
drugs.
House Rolls Nos. S6 and 81 were intro
duced by Representative McMullen OF
Gage county, the first making the State
Board of Health the food commission and
giving 1t powers now conferred on the
commission. The second defines foods and
drugs. together with what constitutes
misgrading and adulterating and defines
the duties OF the State Board of Health
In relation to foods and drugs.
The club women have not as yet en-
dorsed any of the pure food or drug meas
ures, but are working on some items.
Work on Practical Lines.
The household economics department OF
the woman's club has planned a practical
and interesting program for the remain
ing meetings of the year. The next meet
ing will be devoted to further discussion and
reports of municipal investigation of food
supplies, sanitation, etc, which was COM
menced at this weeks meeting, under the
direction of Mrs. c. w. Hayes. Pure food
will be the next subject taken up, Mrs A.
X. Gould acting as chairman, and domestic
arts will later be considered under the
direction OF Mrs. Mary Moody Pugh.
A committee Of three or five has been
appointed by the department to investigate
the, two pure food bills already prepared
for presentation in the legislature with a
view TO asking the support OF the women
to one OF them.
Y. w. G. A. Banquet.
The Young Womenls Christian associa-
ton will give a membership banquet in the
association rooms Monday evening, January
q. All members securing a new member
or the renewal OF an old membership are
entitled to attend the banquet ond those
expecting to be present are requested to
notify the ONCE secretary as soon as pos
sible. These get one banquets, as they
have come to be called. have become one
of the most popular means of extending
| the membership and are always largely
attended. The suppers Of the past have
been furnished and served by the women
of the various churches Of the city
ManEum q CO., LETTER SPECIALISTS.