Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-05
WORK OF THE WOMENS CLUBS
Omaha Woman's Club to Give Play for
Public Fairgrounds.
WILL WORK FOR 81 MEMBERSHIPS
Oklahoma women Mach Exercised
over Recent Decision they Are
Ineligible ,tO Hold once
of school Director.

The Omaha woman's club has taken hold
with a will to raise funds for the public
playground and has about completed ar
engagements for the presentation OF
Twelfth Night at Hanscom park Monday
evening. June Is. or II It rains, Wednee-
day evening, June II. The play will be
given under the direction Of Miss Lillian
Fitch, leader Of the clubs oratory depart
ment, and the cast will include profess
SIGNALS. The natural amphitheater in the
southwest corner Of the park will be used
for the occasion and will be lighted with
lanterns and %headlights and the natural
shrubbery will be supplemented with palms
and portable greens. The grounds will be
roped off and the high school cadets have
promised their services to patrol that part
to exclude intruders. The high school band
will give It's services for the occasion also
and the club women have enlisted the as
sistance OF other organizations ana individ-
uals to help make the affair a brilliant
success.
The enterprise is receiving the direct per-
sonai support Of the most influential
women Of the club and II lie expected that
a substantial sum will result from their
efforts.
The club members are also interested in
the plan of the playground association 10
raise funds by 81 membership subscrip-
lions to the association. More than any
other body in the city, perhaps, the club
women have investigated the public play
ground movement and realize its benefits
and its real value in the education OF
the future citizen. Since the playground
was launched in Omaha several years ago
under the direction Of the late Frank
Heller me club has given its support
morally and financially and the MEM
bership still stands ready to do all It can
to place this work so we'll begun upon a
substantial and permanent basis.
Baclkset in Oklahoma.
The women OF oklahmoma are greatly
exercised over the recent decision that
they are not eligible to hold the office
of school director, though they have
the right to vote for It. The decision was
brought about by the election of Mrs
Michael Conlan OF Linsay to the school
board in her town. Immediately on hei
election she was chosen secretary Of thu
school board. She is being urged to carr
the question Of her eligibility to the su
preme court. The Oklahoma constitution
provides that the commissioner OF ehari
ties and correction may be OF either sex
and that female persons ehall be ell,
gible to the offices of notary public ant
county superintendent. Mrs. Conlan is OF
INDIAN descent. her father and mother be
longing to prominent families among the
Chickasaws and Choctaws. respectively.
Daughters of C~Onfederacy.
The Daughters of the Confederacy IL
Georgia are raising money to erect 4
monument to the memory Of Alexander Il
stephens. At its May meeting the Au,
gusta chapter contributed 81 toward the
fund. just one year ago the same chap.
ter contributed $50 to erect a monument
to Wirz. Stephens represented the Au'
gusta district in congress for more thar
twenty-five years, and though he op'
posed secession he was made vice presf
dent OF the confederacy. Wire wal th'
superintendent of the Andersonvill,
prison, who at the close of the civil wal
was tried and executed on charges o.
cruelty and mismanagement.
Women in Education.
Four young women have just won fou.
scholarships offered by Lawrence uni
versity to its students regardless OF sci
for proficiency in English. Latin an,
mathematics. 1t is said that about al
equal number of boys and girls conteste,
for the scholarships.
Miss Mary Haden has Just been chosel
a member of the senate OF the new DubllI
university. Another woman is on tn
council of the new Belfast university. TIL
bill that has just passed the House o
Commons providing for the establishment
of these two universities stipulates tina
there shall be a woman on the governing
board OF each.