Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-22

Omaha women and one from which much
Is hoped and expected. is the Omaha Story
~tellers' league. a branch OF the national
league. II was organized last month and
its object is to elevate the standard OF
ohildren's literature and eliminate the I'M
Desirable story and the taste for It, as
far as possible. The influence of the books
they read upon children is fully appre-
ciated by all who have made a study of
children. but II is a surprising fact that
comparatively few parents and by no means
all teachers realize II. II Is the purpose
OF the league TO interest mothers and teach
GERS with the idea OF having them organize
similar clubs to pass on the desirable in
fluence. The Omaha league has at present
sixteen members, most of whom are teach
ers, and for the present-until members are
stronger in the work-this number will not
be increased.
TIL club is differed by Miss Grace
Miner. president, and Miss Isabelle Graham,
secretary-treasurer. Arrangement has been
made for the club to present a program
at the East Central Nebraska Teachers
association meeting, to be held in the audi
ence room Of the Omaha library Friday,
April 2 Miss Kate Swartzlander Of the IL
brary will give a story on that occasion.
The members OF the club have taken
charge of the Sunday afternoon story tell
ing hour at the Social Settlement and In
dividual members are contributing to the
Thursday evening and Friday afternoon
story telling hours at the settlement,
The meetings of the club are held the first
and third Thursdays of each month and
besides the officers there is a board, in
GLIDING Mrs. Orietta Chittenden, supervisor
OF kindergartens in the city schools; Miss
Kate Swartzlander of the public library
chidren's department. and Miss Margaret
Hamilton, kindergarten instructor.
The Fifth district of the Nebraska Fed
GRAFTON has arranged an interesting and in
structive program for It's convention, which
Is TO be held at Minden, April 0 and 10.
There will be four sessions, art, educational.
Industrial and tuberculosis to be considered.
Will M. Maupin of Lincoln will give an ad-
dress, THE Modern Moloch," during the
Industrial session. and DIR. Charles o. Geise
or Holdrege will give an address during the
tuberculosis session, The Campaign
Against tuberculosis in Nebraska"
The following program has been issued
for the First district meeting of federated
clubs to be held at Nebraska City, March
% and %, in the First Methodist Episcopal
church:
THURSDAY EVENING.
Call to order at s o'clock.
Violin Solo-Prof. Loeb.
Address Of Welcome-Miss Harriet
Hershey.
Response-Mrs. c.. NJ. Linn of Humboldt.
Address-State President Mrs. F. H. Cole
Greetings from Mrs. T. ]. Glst of Falls
City.
High School Double Male Quartet, Miss
| Bell, director.
Lecture and Exhibit on Manual Training
Prof, W, l.. Stephens of Lincoln.
Vocal Solo-Mrs. Allen.
FRIDAY MORNING.
Call to order at Q o'clock.
Vocal Solo-Mrs. Jansen.
Greetings from visiting officers.
Glass reports.
Report Of Biennial at Boston-Mrs o NJ.
Stonebraker of Lincoln.
Miss Jennie Johnson of the
Institute for the Blind.
Music from Institute for the Blind.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
Luncheon followed by informal reception.
Art session at Empire theater.
Great Portraits by Dutch and Flemish
Artists Illustrated with stereopticon-Ne-
FRIDAY EVENING.
Instrumental Solo-Miss Gertrude Nutter.
Recital-Folklore Songs of Five Nations,
Mrs. z. B. Conant of Lincoln.
Why we need a uniform food and drug
law in the several states should be clearly
evident. writes the chairman of the General
Federltion's pure food committee in her
March message 10 clubdom.
First. At the present time there are
scarcely two states where the food laws
are the same. Often they differ markedly.
Such wide differences work hardships upon
the manufacturers and jobbers who do
business in a number of states. The enact
ment OF uniform food laws throughout the
states would enable the manufacturer to
use the same label wherever their goods
are to be sold. It would reduce the cost
of manufacturing. labelling and distributing
of food products.
Second. AS Il now stands, those states
with comprehensive pure food laws pro-
hibit the sale of inferior, misbranded and
adulterated foods. This limits, but does not
destroy. their market; and the manufac-
turers may still carry on a harmful bust
ness, using the unprotected states as a
dumping ground.
Third. with uniform food laws the mass
OF legal decisions growing up in the diff
ferent states become universally applica-
BILE, a point established in one state stands
good in all and much costly and tedious
litigation is saved.
The model food law bill. prepared by a
committee appointed by the National As
ISOLATION of State Food and Dairy depart
ments, has heen drafted with care to in
clude the best and most effectual features
Of the various state laws and in harmony
throughout with the requirements OF the
national law. It has practically the fea-
lures OF the national law. with the excep-
ton in the clause of the national law
where II says, mo deleterious ingredient
shall be used in the preparation or manu-
~facture of food" The model food law has
enumerated those ingredients which are
recognized as deleterious and are so held
under the majority of the state laws, II
also makes the standards. as prepared by
Department OF Agriculture. the official
agricultural chemists and the National
Food and Dairy department, a part OF the
law itself. thus making II no longer neces-
sary for the courts to pass upon each par
ticular product as to whether. II is up to
the standard or not. This does not preclude
the sale Of any other product of a lower
degree of strength than the standard. pro-
ytding Il be labelled TO show the fact.
The model food law does not provide
for The guarantee clause, as in the national
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