Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-31

with Mrs. J. H. GantI, Forty ninth and
Hickory streets
Mrs H. NJ Bushnell OF lincoln has been
appointed chairman Of the General Federa-
ton legislative committee. succeeding Ms.
George watkins OF Chicago, Mrs. Bushnell
lie an ex-state president OF the Nebraska
Federation and Is now General Federation
state secretary. The Craftsmanship 20
which she has been appointed Is an import
ant one, especially so since the ruling Of the
recent biennial convention. that no iegis-
lation should be undertaken by any General
Federation chairman until such legislation
had first been passed on by either the
president OF the General Federation or the
chairman Of the legislative committee
Mrs. Corbett of O'Neill, recording score
tsry OF the state Federation, has returned
from visit in Pennsylvania and Ohio and
with her husband, Or. Corbett, IL visiting
I'm Greeley. Colo. They went west in time TO
attend the dental convention recently held
in Denver
Mrs Anna Mercy Of Hastings. Neb.,
chairman Of the art committee Of the state
Federation, is now in Naples, Italy. She
From Naples she goes to Rome.
A compilation OF laws with reference to
the legal status Of women In every state in
the Union has been undertaken by Miss
Alice Paul OF Moorestown, n. j. Con-
siderable time and effort viii be
required for this compilation, which, when
I completed is to be used by the National
Woman Suffrage association in the prose-
outioR Of its work.
! In spite Of her ninety and nine years.
Mrs. Rebecca Spring of Los Angeles u now
"a ardent a suffragist as in her younger
days. when she was an abolitionist. This
unusual year mark was but recently reached
and celebrated.
Al her birthday dinner, Mrs Spring was
surrounded by her daughter, sculptor and
writer; five grandc hildren and two great
grandchildren. a luncheon was given her
soon after by the Friday Morning club Of
Los Angeles
Mrs. Spring, despite her age is in good
health, reads, writes and works in her gar
/. den.
or heg memories Mrs Spring said; 81
stood beside my father one day as the
stage coach between Worcester and Boston
had stopped for a change of horses and
heard Daniel Webster, from a seat on the
coach, say to him: The day will never
come, Arnold, when the distance between
these two cities can be covered in less than
four hours What would Webster say to-
day to see it covered in less than an hour?
1 remember the first matches, and the aw-
full dread in which they we're held by the
ignorant. who looked upon them as some
invention from the Internal region"
The anti-suffrage workers have been ac-
tive in their opposition campaign this sum
mer.
Mrs, Gilbert f. Jones and Mrs Julian
Heath are in charge Of the summer work
of the National League for the Civic Bduca-
ton Of Women. Mrs Jones has made sew
eral engagements to speak at summer
schools in opposition to woman suffrage.
DR.. Parkhurst has been added to the ex-
ecutive committee and three new commit
tees have been formed Mrs. Harry
Watrous Is the chairman OF one OF these
committees which is to make o speciality of
instructing artists in the subject of anti
suffrage. Miss Anna C. Maxwell is at the
head Of the committee to work among
trained nurses. She is the superintendent
Of the Presbyterian Hospital Training
, School for Nurses. Miss Margaret Cum
, mings is the chairman of the committee
. which devotes it's efforts to teachers while
Miss Ella c. Brehaut has charge of anti
suffrage activities in Washington
The Nebraska Esperanto association will