Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-06
OUTLINE OF PROCEEDINGS OF
CLUB WoMEN,s MEETING IN
DAVENPORT MAY 1s To>21.
PRoMINEn, 1870
WILL DELIVER ADDRESSES
Elaborate Social Function. Arranged
for the Entertainment of severa,
Hundred Visiting Women, Including
Steamboat Trip on the Mississippi
River.

Special to Times-Republican.
Davenport, May 6.-The official
program of the biennial of the Iowa
Federation of Women's Clubs, in Dav-
export, from May 10 to 81, Is reported
from the state president, Mrs. John A.
Nash. The social features which are
in the hands of the local biennial
board, of which Mrs. Maria Purdy
Peck is chairman, are to be most elab-
crate. The first will be the reception
for the visiting delegates by Mrs. j.
A. DeArmand at her home on East
Fifteenth street on Tuesday evening,
at which the local board will assist in
receiving. Thursday is to be "Daven-
port Day." when a biennial luncheon
has been arranged for ! o'clock at the
Davenport Outing Club. Covers will
be laid for between 600 and 700, the
local club women to have this oppor-
tunity for social acquaintance with
guests.
A steamer ride on the Mississippi
river will follow, a courtesy extended
by the Davenport Commercial Club.
The boat under Captain Walter Blair
will leave the Davenport pier at 3
o'clock and will cruise about for two
hours touching, or within sight of his
toric points of interest of the vicinity.
Refreshments will be served on
board The entertainment of the club
women of Iowa will eliminate in a
ing at the Grand Opera House for
which some Of the best talent in the
Estate will be assembled. This is under
the direction of the state music COM
mittee of which Mrs. T. o. Swiney of
Davenport, is chairman. Following is
the program as arranged:
Tuesday Morning, May 10.
| Session at st. Johns Methodist
church.
| $50 o'clock = Organ Prelude, Mrs.
Florence Burch Pell..
dnvocation-Rev. James A. Burchit,
Reading and discussion Of constitu-
ton and bylaws.
| 11:30 o'clock-Meeting of the State
Federation-Mrs. j. A. Nash, presid-
ing.
Report Of credential committee.
Report of rules and regulations COM
mittee.
Tuesday Afternoon.
Revision Of constitution and by
laws
| Tuesday evening-Mrs. j. A. Dear
mand will be at home, 400 East Fiji
teeth street to all delegates and visit.
ing club women.
Wednesday Morning, May 10.
Session at Methodist church S:45 to
9 o'clock.
Address of welcome: For the City
Mayor George w. Scott. For the Fed
Grated Clubs-Miss Alice French (Oc.
tave Thanet.)
Response-Mrs. Marian McC Tired
way, general federation state secre-
tary.
Fraternal Greetings: President Ne
braska State Federation-Mrs. F. H
Cole, Omaha. State Library Associa-
tton-Miss Harriet A. Wood, Cedar
Rapids. Iowa Mothers Congress-Mrs.
F. S. Watts, Audubon. p. E. o. Society
Mrs. Ola B. Miller, Washington. Au-
dubon Society-Mrs. w. B. Small, Wa.
| terloo.
Report of Local Biennial Board -
Mrs. Maria Purdy Peck
| Reports of officers of Iowa fedora.
tion.
Open Discussion, Study Outlines -
Mrs. Horace e. Deemer, leader, chair
man club program committee.
Wednesday Afternoon.
| Report Of Federation Lecture Blu
reau-Mrs. Julian Richards, chairman.
Presidents Report = Mrs John A.
Nash, Audubon.
| General Federation State Secretary
Mrs. Marian Nice. Treadway, Du-
buque.
General Federation Biennial-Mrs.
Gardner Cowles, Des Moines.
| Address-Mrs. Philip N. Moore, St
Louis. president General Federation.
Question box-Mrs. T.. L.. johnson
vice president I. F. w. C.
District meetings to elect member OF
nominating committee and delegate to
G. F, Biennial 1910, and to nominate
district chairman.
Wednesday Evening.
| Scientific Child Study-George D.
MacLean, president State University
Of Iowa.
Address. "The Relation of Litera-
ture to Life"-Dr. Richard Burton
State University of Minnesota.
Thursday Morning, May 20.
! Business.
| Social service session.
Address-"The Black Plague and It's
Control" q. Hardy Clark.
10 o'clock-Household economics ses-
sion.
4 Address-"The Control Of Tubercu-
losis'-Dr. j. w. Kline, Fort Dodge
4 Address-"Practical Cookery"-Miss
Edith G. Charlton, Ames, department:
household economics, Agricultural col
lege.
Address-Mrs Kate Upson Clark
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