The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-04-03
THE BOSTON BIENNIAL.


| On June II the most notable gath
| ering Of club women ever assembled
will meet in Boston, Mass. Idah,
will send fair representation O
her best club workers. Read care
fully the following communication ii
regard to this meet.
Boston, March 21.-Three month,
from today there will gather here
one Of the most interesting conven
lions that Boston, famous as con
vention city, has ever greeted-tht
tenth biennial convention of the Gen
eral Federation of Women's clubs
At least 10000 delegates, and posi-
bly, twice that number, will attend
representing half million club wo
men all over the United States. And
it Is thought likely that there may
also come from abroad some of the
distinguished honorary members Of
the organization, who include the
countess of Aberdeen the Baroness
Bertha Won Suttner of Vienna, who
visited America at the time of the
Japanese-Russian treaty conference
two years ago and has since been
honored with one Of the Nobel peace
prizes; the Countess of Meath; the
Baroness Won Buelow-W enhausen of
Dresden; the Countess de Denter-
chem of Belgium, and Princess Ma
gil of Tunis.
To convention of women Boston
has some peculiar attractions. Es-
pecially Is this true of such a gath
ering as that of the General Fedora
ton of Women's clubs, engaged in
ethical, educational and sociological
work which draws it's inspiration
from the fundamentals of Ameri-
can institutions, as one speaker has
put it. Here where, since the days
of the Pilgrims, so many national
movements have started, there are
more 'shrines," historical and lit
erary, to draw either the causual
visitor or the delegate with a special
mission to fulfil than in any other
place on this side of the Atlantic,
perhaps. Hardly street in the old
town which has not it's ancient land
mark; hardly one in the circlet OF
suburbs that has not it's individual
distinction and attraction for the
sightseer. And the accessibility of
all the points of interest,"" even
those some distance away from the
convention center, is the special adj
vantage Boston offers to visitors who
must combine with their sightseeing
more serious duties.
The headquarters of the General
Federation of Women's clubs are to
be in the Hotel Vendome on Com
avenue, one of the fam
Gus streets of the world. The prin-
cipal meetings are to be held in Sym
phony hall, with overflow gatherings
In the neighboring smaller halls
which form a remarkable group of
public gathering places. Thus, dele
gates while they are attending bust
ness sessions they will find them
selves In the newer part of the city,
The Back Bay region--that part of
Boston that represents the city's
modern development, where are its
Inc residences and most of its semi
public institutions. such as the Insti-
ute of Technology, Simmons Col
eye, where housewifery Is taught as
scientific profession and business
courses are made matters of higher
'ducation; the New England Con-
ervatory of Music, unique in Ameri-
"a In many ways; the big medical
chools, the public library, first of it's
lind in the country; the Museum of |
Zine Arts and Mrs. Gardner's Ttal-
an Palace" officially titled the Is
bella Stuart Gardner Museum in
he Fenway, Limited.
The beaches nearby Boston are
'orld famous--not merely as fash
Enable watering places, though some
I them, like Magnolia and Swamp
colt, have been chosen by the diplo-
latic corps In Washington as the
lost charming of American resting
pots; not because of their amuse-
lent parks or their camp meeting
rounds; but because nowhere else
oes the sand seem so white or so
ne, and nowhere else are there such
ing, broad stretches of 1t, giving an
utlook on the blue ocean for miles.
ONE of the nearer beaches, like Re-
ere and Nantasket, have been taken
ito the metropolitan park system;
nd Marine park in South Boston, at
ne corner of the harbor, half an
ours ride by trolley from down
'wn," Is resorted to by thousands of
eople every warm evening. The
Their parks include every sort of |
lblic pleasure ground, from Frank
n Field with its tennis courts and ;
rankin park with It's golf links, to
'e Middlesex Fells, preserved In '
leir rugged natural state. The Ar
Did Arboretum, which is at once a
lblic park and a department of
award university, contains the 3
rgest and finest collection of trees
the world, constituting tree mus
I'M, as 1t has been called, for con- !
letting experiments and for the in :
ruction of students of arboricul- +
re and horticulture.
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