The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-05-09
SOCIETY
and CLUBS

The Biennial of Women's clubs to
be held In Cincinnati. opens Wednes-
day evening, May II, and, after ad-
| dresses by the distinguished speakers
on the program, an informal recep.
ton will be held in south hall. and
the great convention Of the General
Federation of Women's clubs will be
| formally opened.
Thursday morning, I'm Music hall,
| following reports Of standing COM
mittees, will be devoted to art. Mrs.
Everett N. Pattison. of st. Louis. Mo-,
| General Federation Chairman on Art,
under whose capable direction the
clubs throughout the country have
made an intelligent study of art and
the travelling art Libraries have re-
| ceived an added impetus. The adj
| dress of the morning will be by Henry
Turner Bailey, of Boston.
In the AFTERNOON, at the Art acad-
emy i'm Eden park, will be held an
art conference, followed by a recep-
tion at the Art museum, given by the
| Cincinnati Woman's Art club. The
evening session will be of special in
terest to civic workers. with an adj
dress by Alvin Davidson, Phi. D., La
! fayette college, Pennsylvania, on the
Drinking Cup I'm Its Relation to
Health" Mrs. Edwin F. Moulton will
also make an address; and as she is
well known in Cincinnati, sne will
| doubtless speak to a large and APP
| preciative audience. The closing ad-
dress of the evening will be by Rev.
| Dana w. Bartlett, Los Angeles, Cal,
on Progress i'm Civic Betterment."
| These evening addresses will have in
| terludes of music, as the organ in
Music hall will be used throughout
| the convention. The leading features
| of Friday morning will be the ad-
dresses on Natural Resources" be-
ginning with an address at IL o'clock
on "The Forest and the Family" by
Mr.. Clifford PinChot; "Our National
Waterways" by Hon. Joseph r.. Rams
dell, Louisiana, and "Other Wastes,
| by Mrs. Emmons Crocker, of Massa-
chusetts.
Conferences on forestry and water
ways will be held i'm Memorial hall
the same afternoon, beginning at
o'clock.
At o'clock Friday AFTERNOON the
river excursion, by courtesy of the
citizens entertainment committee,
will be given to the officers, directors,
delegates, alternates, guests and vis-
iting club women.
Saturday morning, May IA. "Con'
servation of Vital Forces" House
hold Economics will be taken up
by Prof Mary +. Rausch, of Colo
rado: "Edueation of Girls" by Miss
Martha Van Renssaler, Cornell uni
versity, and Foods and Their Adult
terations," by Mr.. Harvey w. Wiley
Washington. An address by Miss
Mary Mcintosh Harvey on "a Sane
and Safe Fourth of July" will close
the session.
The afternoon of May IA Will be
given over to receptions. There Will
be one at the Cincinnati Womans
club and the other at the Cincinnati
Country club, Grandn road. At Mu-
sic hall Saturday evening 'Social
Problems" will form the theme of
the addresses armament VS.. Dis
armament will he discussed by Lieu
tenant James j. Mayes, Twenty, fourth
Infantry, Ft. ontario, n. Y, and Miss
Lucia Ames Mead, of Boston.
The "Franchise for Women" will
be handled by Mrs. Carrie Chapman
iHtl New 1DTh, MI iNuh'lpi ''"''N-
enburg. Philadelphia, and Miss Alice
Hill Chittenden, of Brooklyn
In Music hall Sunday afternoon, at
4 o'clock, with Mr., Sidney C. burst,
organist, and Miss Margaret j. Ev-
ans, of Minnesota, to conduct the
vesper service, there will be a restful
hour after the strenuous week.
Monday. May 16, the committee
work will receive attention under the
heads OF "Civics," "Titerature and
Libraries" and "Education." A dis
cusslon on Civil Service Reform Com
mittee work, under the leadership of
the eminent worker, Mrs. Sarah Plat
Decker, will be held. State presi-
dents are particularly requested to
take part in this conference,
Monday afternoon at the Woman's
clubhouse, Oak street, will be given
over to conferences. Monday even-
Ing, in Music hail. will be state pres
idents' evening.
Tuesday morning. May II, in Music
hall, there will be the final report on
credentials by Mrs. ID. l.. Murray, and
the report OF the nominating COM
mittee, followed by two addresses,
"rhe Death Roll of Industry" by
John Mitchell, ex-president of the
United Mine Workers OF America, and
Industry from an Employers Point
OF View" by G. III, Carpenter, presi.