The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-06-02
Mrs. Riker Goes Over Pro
gram of Local Committee
With Approval.
All Officers Will be Re elected
For Another Year.
CONTEST FOR NEXT MEETING


Wtth this parliamentary salutatiOn
the frst business session OF the State
Federation of Womcn's clubs will be
opened tomorrow at the Woman's
club, building, at 1880 o'clock. The
public is invited to all the business
sessions. and the capacity of the
building will be tested to accommodate
The crowds. from the Interest shown
in the meeting all over the city.
Mrs. letcher R.kcr. the fcdcration
president expressed great pleasure at
the thoroughly organized work OF the
local Woman's club, for the annual
meeting Last night and today Mrs.
Rlkcr. with Mss Haldon Hardin. the
CORES ponding secretary, has been go
ing over the plans with Mrs. James
4 Rudy. for entertaining the dele
Lates. and all the arrangements for
the meeting struck her as being un-
usually well planned She was Mrs.
Rudy's guest last might. hut today
viii go 10 the Palmer House. where
all the members of the executive
board VIII stay and hold their ses-
Fions
Mrs. Lucia Boyd. OF Covington. first
vice president, aud Mrs. James Mitch
,ll OF Bowling Green. second vice
president of The state federation. will
arrive this afternoon at ans O'Clock.
and the other state officers are eX-
pected at G:tO o'clock this evening.
when the majority of the delegates
will arrive. Paducah has one state
officer Mrs Edmund Post. the third
wee president.
No Politics.
No politics will be played in this
meeting of the federation. When a
change Ia officers IS made the meet
ings grow intensely Interesting from
the keen rivalry for the honors, but
the sense of This meeting seems TO
favor the recollection OF an the pres
cnt officers The constitution allows
two terms in succession, and Mrs.
Rlker with the other officers are just
finishing their hrst term. II is Gus
t1mary 10 give the incumbents sec
ond term
In the selection OF noXt years meet
Ing place. more interest will be shown.
II ls certain that this end of the state
viii not get II. or ask for 81 with any
idea of success. but Just what city In
the middle or eastern section of the
state will get fifteenth annual meet
irg is not ascertainable at present.
though the delegates are coming pre-
pared to work for their home cities.
Louisville has not had a meeting In
10 years. nor Lexington In > years.
40 city has had the annual meeting
twice since the federation was organ
lied except Lexington, and next years
place of meeting may go to some city
with q state membership that has uey-
e. entertained the federation
The Reception.
Looming up above everything else
now, Is the reception to the president
and delegates by the Woman's club.
this evening. TO which the six feder-
bted clubs and the husbands of mem
bers are invited. The decoration com
miitCe finished It's work this after
noon aud the refreshments committee
was busy all day preparing the lunch
con. The reception will begin at
$3.50 O'Clock The receiving line will
be selected from all the clubs in the
city.
The Delegates.
Trains were met today by the depot
reception committee and a number of
the delegates arrived from the western
and southern towns. The delegates
expected to attend. most of whom
will arrive at G;1O O'Clock, are;
Mcsdames b. Robinson, George
Avery. Louis Seelbach. Morris Bel
knap. c. z. Weaver. Herman Mengel,
II. p. Euly, b. Phillips. Thurston Bal
lard Mcdowell. Fink, Whitesides,
Ferguson. Curry. Trabue, Semple.
Miss Caroline Leech. Fannie Ransom
and Lila Breed, all of Louisville:
Mesdames W u. Pryre, Desha Breck-
enridge. Miss Laura Clay. Miss Ad-
ans. Miss Terhune and Mrs. Charles