Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-07
WORK OFTHE WOMEN'S CLUBS
District declarations Arranging for
Dates and Places of Meeting.
PER CAPITA TAX RAISES FUNDS
Professional Women Adopt COnstitu-
tIOn Limiting Membership and
Prohibiting Increase Ex-
cept by Invitation.

The spring convention of the women's
clubs of the Second district will not be
held at Papillion, as was announced last
week. No definite time or place has
been arranged for the meeting.
The First and Fourth district fedora
tons will meet at Nebraska City and
Ashland, respectively, but no definite
time has been set. The Fifth district
clubs will meet at Minden, the invita-
ton having been extended for April 2
or 10. The other dates and meeting
places are still unsettled.
The question of financing the district
meeting has been successfully met i'll
the First and Third districts, which have
effected permanent organizations. The
Third district was the first to organize
and adopt a constitution two years ago.
At that time a per capita tax of 10
cents was voted, but last year this was
reduced to 5 cents.
In the First district, which is also a
permanent organization, a voluntary per
capita tax of 2 cents has been voted by
several clubs, including the Lincoln
woman's club and the Wives Of Railway
Postal Clerks Of Lincoln. The other
clubs have also been asked to levy this
task. The First district is differed by
It's district vice president as permanent
chairman, the nearest member of the
state executive committee and a secre-
tsry-treasurer appointed by the district
vice president.
The small tax seems to be the most sat-
isfactory solution OF the finance prob
lem that has yet been tried and it may
become general in the state. Being
purely voluntary, 1t can hardly be counted
a tax.
Professional Women Meet.
The Omaha Professional Women's league
held its regular meeting Thursday evening
in the lecture room of the public library,
with a full attendance of members. The
meeting was devoted to various details of
business, which Included the acceptance Of
the constitution as presented by the COM
mittee.
1t was decided to limit the membership
to twenty, new members to be accepted
only upon presentation by invitation. The
next meeting will be held March II.
what Clubs Can Do.
Dallas, Tex. affords an admirable illus
tration of what club women can do along
civic lines. The Dallas Woman's forum,
through it's nine departments, has lnaugu-
rated an annual chrysanthemum show, the
first having netted 81 400, which is to be
divided between three OF the city charities.
The civics and philanthropy departments
supply a police matron. the secretary Of
the United Charities of the city and the
president of the woman's auxiliary OF the
National ti-Tuberoulosis league. They
have recently provided and posted 500 pla-
cards calling attention to the city ordinance
prohibiting splitting.
The Shakespeare club OF Dallas has re-
Gently presented the city two standard
bronze lamps TO be placed at the front of
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Sl.25O. and the money was all raised among
the members.
The City Federation of Clubs has lnau-
gurated an annual tag day. Last spring II
realized over $500 from this source. which
was divided between the day nursery, the
Fairgrounds and a boys industrial school.
The federation employs a probation officer
and supervisor OF Fairgrounds, at a salary
OF 800 a month. and has fitted up two play
grounds. II has secured the election Of
women on the city school board and has
recently installed a police matron and pro-
vided a sum Of money to be used by her
in the interest OF girls who come under her
care.
Council BIuns EntertaIns.
Members OF the current topics and house
hold economics departments Of the Omaha
womsn's club were guests of the house
hoiu NcohpHhiSH Impairment VI ~ SphiCh
Bluffs woman's club Friday afternoon at
the home of Mrs. Cleaver. II was an in
formal reception. A feature OF the after
noon was a review OF the departments
work since it's beginning, by the several
leaders who have conducted 1t. Mrs, F. II.
Cole, Mrs. Edward Johnson, and Mrs. c.
w. Hayes spoke briefly for the Nebraska
federation and the Omaha Woman's club
and Mrs. Swanson Of Oakland, recording
secretary of the Nebraska federation, also
spoke.
Announcements.
Mira. II. Keefe. ex-president OF the Ne
braska Federation OF Women clubs, and
now one Of the eight directors Of the Gen
eraI fe6asAtiou, will attend the biennial
council Of the General federation, to be
held at aan Antonio the last OF March. II
the dates of the district meetings do not
conflict. Mrs. F. II. Cole, president Of the
Nebraska federation, may also attend the
council meeting.
The Woman's club Of Pierce, Neb., has
planned = program meeting for Tuesday
evening. February %.
CIub Meetings.
Uncertainty regarding the time of ar
rival OF Governor and Mrs. Shallenberger
next week has made the luncheon 10 have
been given IN their honor Monday noon,
uncertain. II has been decided however