Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-03
WORK OF THE WOMEN'S CLUBS
Press Committee of Boston Biennial
Issues Outline Of Program.
MANY CELEBRITIES WILL SPEAK
E;rn Club of New Orleans Maps out
Aggressive Plan Of work
for Its standing
Committees.

The press committee Of the. Boston bien.
NAL issued the following schedule OF
sessions and outline OF the program to b
presented June % to 30: Evening sessions
Monday, June q, $50, concert by the Bos'
ton Symphony orchestral Tuesday even
ing. opening OF the c%onvention; wednesday
evening literature pregnant; Thursday even
ing. reports OF state Presidents; Friday
evening, forestry session; Saturday even.
ing. legislative, Industrial and child labor
Monday evening, women in business; Tues
day evening, presidents program.
The civil service committee will al
it's session present the following program
Report OF the committee by its chairman,
Miss Anna Lewis Clark OF Boonville. Mo.
THE Practical Working Of Civil Service
Reform in Institutions" Miss Julia b
Perry Of Beloit. a The Cooperation
OF Women's Clubs and the Daughters
OF the American Revolution in Practical
Patriotism" Mrs. Charlotte Emmerson
Main Of Washington. d. c., president OF
the Federation OF the District Of Column
na. Mrs. Main is also a vice president
general OF the Daughters Of the American
Revolution and a member Of the Colonial
Danes. civil Service Applied to Institu-
tions,' Rabbi Morris Feurlicht Of ~Indianap-
oils, an experienced worker among defec-
tive children. All the participants in the
program are persons Of wide experience
and acknowledged authorities.
Committee.
All sessions Of the committee on educa-
ton will open with the report OF the
chairman. Mrs. Geo. c.. Skies.
The other speakers will be Miss Laura
d. GIN. president Of the Association Of Col
legiate Alumnae; Mrs. Ella NJ. ID. Gllnes OF
London, England. ex-president Of the So
clety of American Women in London,
and Miss Desha Breckenridge of Lexington,
Ky. Miss Breckenridge is a great grand
Daughter Of Henry Clay and her fathers
LONE was near the old Clay mansion. She
speaks and writes well on educational
topics and has been closely Identified with
educational efforts in Kentucky.
Miss gin was born in Maine. graduated
from Smith college in, 1881, taking her A,
NJ. in 1885. Studied abroad for several
years in the universities Of Leipzig, &C.
reva, S%arbonne, and later in the University
OF the South. In 1899 she was made dean
OF Barnard college. She was identified
with the executive work for the Red
Cross in the spanish-American war, and
later in the educational and relief work
for Cuban orphans.
49, AA&ANAN VI NaA1 vi thA-
cation, Mrs. Geo. c. Skies. is a native OF
Minnesota. She was graduated from the
University Of Minnesota in 1899 and re-
esived a masters degree from the Unit
vorsity Of Chicago in 1898; was fellow in
political science for two years in the lat
ter university and was later instructor in
history in Smith college. Mrs. Skies is
a member Of the Chicago woman's club
ard CT the General Association OF Col
le5late Alumnae and chairman of educa-
ticnaI legislation in the latter association.
Size is chairman Of the committee on educa-
tior Of The Illinois Federation of Women's
clubs, being especially interested in manual
training in the public schools.
Legislative and Industrial.
Saturday, June q $50 ? m, report OF
welfare work, Mrs. Joseph Medil McCor-
mick: Industrial education, Miss Sarah
Louise Arnold. dean Of simmons college
national legislation on child labor. Senator
June 20 duplicate meeting) p. m. re-
port of committee-Mrs Clarence Burns,
Welfare work-Mrs. Joseph Mendill Nc
Industrial Education-Mrs, owen r.
Investigation Of Women and Child Wage
garners1Commissioner Chas. F. Neill.
June 80, 4 p. m, conference, five minute
topics to start discussion.
Gains Through Legislation-Miss Edith
M, Howes, Consumers league.
Industrial Education-Mr. Owen r.
Lovejoy, National Child Labor Commits
sion.
Investigation of Women and Child Wage
Sarners-Commissioner Chas. p. Neill.
COMMISSIONS Charles p. Neill is invest-
eating the conditions of working women
and children all over the country for the
Department of Labo and Commerce al
Washington. d. c.
Mrs. Mccormick Is the daughter Of the
late Senator Mark Hanna and has JUS
been elected president OF the women's De.
partment of the National Civic federation
composed principally of society women in.
terested in the welfare of wage earnlns
women and children.
Miss Arnold is KIN vn for her valuabl,
work in education Of late years as super
visor OF the public schools Of Boston anC
since as dean of Simmons. college.
Miss Howes has for years been identified
with the work of the Consumers leagu
and later with the Trade School for Girls
Mr.. Lovejoy is secretary OF the Nationa
Child Labor committee and has just dom
most effective legislative work.
Mrs. Burns chairman OF the committee