Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-11
WORK OF The WOMEN'S CLUBS
Frances Willard w. c. 7. U. Plans
Winters Program.
ORGANIZE FOR HOME ECONOMICS
WOmaR's Suffrage Associa-
tiOn Ci~reulates Monsters Petition,
with Instructions How Reform
May BE Accomplished.

Frances Willard woman's Christian Tenn
perance union held an all-day session
Thursday at the home OF Mrs. George
Covell. Twenty-fifth and Writ streets, and
planned a program that should not only
give the union a substantial sum for use
in the entertainment of the national con-
vention next October. but mean much to
Omaha as well The establishment of a
public bath has long been the ambition of
the union and this IL will make its special
object Other organizations Of the city will
be asked to cooperate in the movement.
A series of two Lenten concerts was plan
ned and also a concert to be given by the
Seymour quartet at Trinity Methodist
church, January u. Conferences will be
held with the Omaha woman's Christian
Temperance union for cooperation in the
entertainment Of the national convention.
About twenty-five women were present.
The union Is growing rapidly, now having
q membership Of seventy-elght, several new
members having Joined Thursday. Lunch
con was served at noon.
For Home Economics.
A convention for organizing an American
Association OF Home Economies has been
called to meet in Washington, D.. c.. De-
cember 81 to January 2, and all who are
interested in the purposes Of such an or
ganization are invited to be present. For
the last ten years a group Of workers has
been meeting for a weeks conference each
summer under the name Lake Placid Con-
ference on Home Economics. Last summer
the conference met at Lake Chautauuua
upon invitation, and voted that the time
had come for a national organization to
include primarily those engaged in educa-
tional subjects connected with the home.
whether in lower or higher schools or col
legiate Institutions. and also to include
those engaged In household and institu-
tional management and in social or NUM-
cipal work for home betterment. The fol
lowing committee on organization was an
pointed:
DR.. c. F. Langworthy. expert in nutri-
non United states Department Of Agricul-
Isabel Bevier. professor Of household sci
ence. University OF Illinois.
Mrs. Melvil Dewey, Lake Placid club.
Alice p. Norton, professor of domestic sci
ence. University Of Chicago.
adelaide Nutting, professor Of domestic
administration, Teachers college, Columbia
univeI sity.
Ellen H. Richards, Massachusetts Insti-
tute OF Technology, chairman OF Lake
Benjamin r. Andrews. secretary depart
ments OF domestic economy, Teachers col
lege.
Maurice lie Bosquet. director American
School Of Home Economics, Chicago.
suRragists Tell How.
A monster petition is being circulated by
the National Woman Suffrage association
with the request that it be signed by all
who believe in the Acknowledgement of
women. Appended to the petition is the
following Information: There are two ways
to secure the establishment of woman suf.
frage:
!. The legislature of each state can sub
init the question to the voters and, il it
receives the necessary majority, the women
OF that state are enfranehised. This method
requires practically twice as many cam
paigns as there are states in the union;
first, one to create a public opinion strong
enough to influence the legislators to sub
NIT the question, and then one to educate
and persuade the great mass of individual
electors to vote in favor of It.
= The congress OF the United States by q
two-thirds majority can refer the question
of woman suffrage TO the legislatures OF all
the states, and, when three-fourths of these
have ratified 1t, the women of the entire
the same terms as men. This is the short
est. quickest and most direct method, but
the congress never will take such action
until directed to do so by the people. The
object Of this petition is to prove to its
members that public sentiment now de-
mands that women shall have a voice in
the government. Let 1t be signed by every
man and every woman who believes in poll
teal liberty and equality Of rights.
Are you willing that American women
shell be possessed OF fewer political rights
than the women of other lands? They may
vote in all elections in Australia, New
Zealand, Finland and Norway, and will do
30 in England ere long. Why not in the
United States?