Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-02

The Omaha Womau's club will retain liz
present quarters at the First Congrega-
tioual church. having reconsidered its de-
termination to move. This was decided At
Monday afternoons meeting. which was
the largest Of the year. Several other
plans were considered, but none met the
requirements Of the club as well as the
present quarters.
The club, through its educational com
mittee, had a definite recommendation 10
make regarding candidates for election to
the School board. c. f.. Parsons, Sophus
Neble, Henry 1. Plumb and Charles Il.
Courtney were the candidates endorsed
by the committee, and the women were
urged to vote.
This is not politics." said the chairman
Of the committee, Mrs. A. X. Gault. TT
is our children" Another speaker eN-
planned for the benefit OF women who had
no children Of school age that any per-
sonslf property, a watch, a sewing machine
or even a dog upon which a woman paid
taxes entitled her to vote.
BY unanimous vote the club will petition
the board OF the Nebraska Federation OF
Women's clubs to exempt It from following
the newly made law that all clubs hold
ing membership in the federation shall
hold their annual election of officers in
January. This plan would be a serious
Inconvenience to the Omaha club, and a
reconsideration Of the new amendment to
the federation's constitution wifi be asked
at the next annual convention.
The program hour was devoted to a talk
by Rabbi Frederick Cohn on The Psyche
logical Point, Robert Browning" under the
auspices of the psychology department,
Mrs. Mary Newton presiding.
Booker T. Washington will give a compli-
mentary address before the social science
department Of the woman's club Saturday
afternoon at 8 o'clock in the club parlors.
This lecture will be entirely different from
his evening subject. The department will re-
sumo its regular meetings this winter.
Mrs. Minnie A. Watkins, chairman of the
legislative committee of the General Fed.
Grafton Of Women's Clubs, has issued the
following notice to club women and club
presidents:
The legislative committee again takes
this means of bringing to your attention
the necessity Of placing before your clubs
the Importance of the federal Legislation
for which our organization stands pledged
and for which we should use our i'm.
fluence.
The measures are the same that VIZ
placed before you last winter through the
medium of the Bulletin; namely, a nationa
board of health, a Children's fedora
bureau bill. and the revolving of the
"Hetch Hetchy Valley" grant to the city
of San Francisco. We ask you as presidents
to present this business to your delegates
in convention.
Printed matter may be secured BY ad
dressing members of congress, which will
enable clubs to gain facts regarding tn
! status of these measures. During the com
4 ing session of congress this committee vii
a notify clubs when the bills are before tn
house or senate, when we shall need you
q cooperation IL this organization is to as
sist in influencing constructive Legislation
. for our strength lies wholly in the. full ez
n preston of the Individual club member
1t is our hope that during the fall an
, early winter presidents of clubs will tax
to their members this matter for discus
sion, hat they may be properly impfesse
= with the possible benefit to be derive
when such measures ave been enacte
n into federal laws.
n Citizens in our various states cannot b
n wholly protected by their state laws 1
n public health unless they are strength
n ened through a federal law. Likewise, tn
Child labor question will be freed froi
n many of its complications, and the IL
y justice done to children through ignoranC
will be lessened through a children's burea
n for scientific research, and the giving OF
of all knowledge gained thereby.
States are not sufficient unto themselv'
!" in these larger measures, therefore II
Legislative committee of the general feI
m Grafton begs you to make place for tn
most Important branch Of the work durir
III your state conventions, in order that clul
m may know their responsibility as. membe
of the federation,
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