Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-03
Woman's Work
Activities Of the Organised
Bodies Along the Lines of IN
asrtaking OF Concern to Women.

The household economies department of
the Woman club met Thursday for its
annual business meeting. Mrs. F. ].
Burnett was reelected leader; Mrs. c. H.
Townsend, Mrs. Mary Moody Pugh and
Mrs. A. *. Gault, associate leaders,; Mrs.
Leslie H. Downing, treasurer. and Mrs.
Alice II. Tracy, librarian. Owing to de-
mands in other departments Mrs. n. II.
Nelson declined reelection as secretary and
Mrs. Tracy was elected to succeed her.
The program hour was given over to an
account by Mrs. c. II. Townsend of a
recent visit to New York, where she in
spected several food manufactures, the
National Food show and other things in
line with the departments interest. April
Is the department will meet for the last
time this year. The household economies
department of the Council Bluffs Woman's
club will be guests as will members of
the Omaha Story Tellers' league. Refresh
ments will be served and a social hour en-
joyed before adjournment.
The local chapter Daughters of the
American Revolution will hold its April
meeting Saturday afternoon of this week
instead OF Monday, the regular meeting
day, that the teachers may be present.
Mrs. w. S. Heller will be hostess. In
creasing the annual membership fee from
$1.10 to 50 will be the principal matter OF
business. 1t is not yet definitely known
how many of the delegates elected to the
continental congress in Washington this
month will be able to attend. Mrs. John
II. Webster will go and It is expected that
a definite report will be made from the
| others at Saturdays meeting.
Mrs. NJ. r. Schenck is chairman OF the
entertainment committee and will be as
sisted by Mrs. Edison Rich, Mrs. w. L.
Selby, Mrs. Charles Schindel, Mrs. W. H.
SIabaugh, Mrs. w, l.. Shearer, Mrs. Frank
Smith, Mrs. ]. J. Smith, Mrs. George
Strain, Mrs. Stricken. Miss Henrietta Rees,
Miss Sanford and Miss Harriet searle.
Those who will tax part in the after
noon program are Mrs. Charles Letton,
who will read a paper and Miss Blanche
Sorenson and Mrs, Wagner, who will
furnish the music. At the business meet
ing. raising of the annual dues will be
discussed and detcr-nined.
There is prospect that the much antic-
ipated visit Of Mrs. Lillian Stevens and
Miss Anna Gordon to the local Women's
Christian Temperance union may be defer
red even longer than mad been expected. a
letter received Thursday names April %
as the earliest convenient date for their
coming,
The national conference OF employed Off
GERS in the Young Women's Christian as
sociation will be held in Minneapolis April
q to %, 1909. The general topic will be
THE Young Girl" A number of strong
speakers. both within and without the as
ISOLATION movement, have accepted places
upon the program.
The sessions of Tuesday afternoon and
evening, Wednesday morning and after
noon, will be given TO this subject. Wednes-
day evening there will be a reception and
Thursday morning divisional meetings with
topics as follows, each in charge of one
member Of the executive committee:
Religious Work Directors M~eeting-Pro-
gram arranged by Miss Elizabeth Hughes,
executive of the territorial committee for
Ohio and West Virginia.
Economic Department Workers - Ar
ranged by Miss Florence NJ. Brown, general
secretary at Washington. d.. c.
Educational observation-disclosures by Miss
Anna d. easier, executive secretary for
the Carolinas and Virginia.
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