Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1908-06-25
CLUB WOMEN
GATHER IN THE HUB
aoIdsbOFO Has Two Repre-
SentativeS in Attend.
alce.
Fully 10000 Delegates and Visitors
Are Expected to Be At Roll aaCaIl
when the Convention Opens
Monday.
Especial to the ARGUs.)

Especial to the ARaUs.)
Boston, Mass, June O.-A theusa1 d
or more delegates to tho ninth biennial
convention Of the General Federation
Of Woman's Clubs are already in Bos-
on. and others are arriving on every
train. Fully 10 1000 delegates and Wis
tors are ok pected to be here when the
opens Monday.
The arrivals today found awaiting
them a carefully prepared programme,
which was planned by the club women
Of Massachusetts. The incoming trains
were met by a band of young women,
| acting as guides, to direct the visitors
to hotels AMI convention hall. At the
: latter place a bureau of local intorma-
ton was opened today.
The main auditorium will be SYM
phony Hall, where morning and even
ing meetings will he held throughout
the whole of next week. Five evening
overflow meetings will be held in
Chick ering Hall. At Symphony Hall
u branch bank has been opened tor the
convenience OF the delegates and other
features include a special postoffic e and
ply sicians and nurses in constant at
tendance in the rest room OF the hall.
The entertainment programme ar
ranged tor the week will embrace a
complimentary sail down the harbor,
\ WISH to the homes of Emerson, Haw-
thorne, the Alcotts. and historic places
of CONCORD and lexington, aluncheon
at The hnlne Of Whlttier at Amesbury,
and trips 10 salem and Plymouth.
Before the convention opens the club
women are occupied with the question
Of the presidential. election, which is
likely 70 be holly contested. Mrs.
Sarah Plat Decker, Of Denver, whose
strong hand on the helm of office has
made so marked an impression
throughout her reign, is about to step
aside and the potential candidates for
the chair are about rs numerous as the
different sections of the country repre-
scented in this enormous body of We
men. The two prominent rivals for
the post are Mrs. Philip N. Moore, OF
st. Louis. and Mrs. May Alden Ward,
OF the Massachusetts Federation.
Mrs. Moore. who was elected during
the wear of the w. ritI's Fair, when the
biennial took place i'll st. Louis, as a
!complimtntn not only to the women and
to the West, but to the entertaining
city, has the tradition Of the so-called
logical candidate to support her claim.
Before her Mrs. Charles H.. Denison,
If New York, who has filled the posi-
ion of hrsi vice-president, while Mrs.
Hsenecta Love was III power, succeed
ed her principal in the chair:
The weight OF personal intfuencelies
with Mrs. Ward, who has long been
known as IA factor in the working of
] the big federation. Mrs. Ward has
, both literary n executive attain
3 ments to recommend her for the posi-
l ton of president. She has likewise
the support of the Eastern delegates
= maintain in some degree the balance
of power. They are OF the opinion thai
: the West has had her share of the hon.
ors and they will use every effort te
0 bring about the choice of an Eastern
n woman this year to head the fedora
< ton.
The programme of papers and dis
cussions is regarded as the most com
e prehensiVe ever arranged for a CONVEX
S ton of the federation. The topics t
be discussed include civil service, civi
art, education, literature, forestry
library extension, household economy
industrial conditions, child la O an,
lpure food. Among the notable speak
ers to be heard at the evening meet
70 ings are Senate Albert j. Beveridge
OF Indiana, Prof. Charles Zueblin {
the University Of Chicago, Commiss
ionsr OF Labor Charles P. Neill, an
Mrs. Joseph MedilI Mccormick ,daugt
ter OF the late enatoi Hanna.
. Goldsboro has in attendance, as res
istered representatives, Mrs. A. A
ot Joseph and Miss Gertrude We'll.
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