Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-18
What
Women
Are Doing

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the Omaha Woman's club at its second
meeting Of the new club season, held at the
| First Congregational Monday afternoon,
was the selection Of delegates to the Ne
braska Federation at Tecumseh next week.
and the consideration Of changes proposed
in the state federation constitution; in
fact the state meeting received the lion s
share Of attention.
The delegates named were Mrs Albert
Edholm, Mrs. L. ]. Healey. Miss Josephine
McHugh, Mrs. ]. e. Hammond. Mrs c. w
Hayes and Mrs. II. J. Penfod; alternates.
Mrs. f. j. Brss, Mrs w. Il. Bingham
Mrs. William Berry Mrs. b. c. Brook
field, Mrs. George Darr. Mrs. f. A. Hat
field. The president, Mrs. NJ d. Cameron,
is the seventh delegate by reason OF her
office. The Omaha delegates leave Omaha
Monday afternoon. At Lincoln they will be
! joined by the Lincoln club women; the
! General Federation president Mrs. Philip
N. Moore will be Of the party.
The state president Mrs. Frederick H.
Cole, DOTTED her official dignity and gave
succinct and clear-cut explanation of
the proposed constitutional changes: That
the state meeting be changed from annual
| to biennial; a question whether the bien-
NAL be held the same year or to alternate
with the General Federation biennial,
whether the district meetings be annual or
| biennial and alternate with the state meet
ing. AS president she favored the biennial
meeting, but the Omaha delegation was not
instructed by the club. Mrs. Cole also gave
a brief resume OF the program for the
state meeting, which promises to be of
exceptional interest, and she spoke with
nigh compliment Of the preparation the
Tecumseh clubwomen have made for the
entertainment Of the Nebraska clubwomen.
The publication Of the names of offend
ers who appear in the Juvenile court was
subject to which the chairman of the
| civic committee Mrs. G. w. Cherrington
called the clubs attention. She spoke of
! the Injurious effect of publishing the names
/ Of the children brought before the court
and asked the clubwomen to consider MAX
ing a request to all the papers of the city
that these names be suppressed Appear
ance in court and publication of the name
of the child, she said, branded him
whether he was found guilty or not And
/ these children, she said, were more often
unfortunate rather than vicious
The project of setting aside 10000 acres
near Bellevue for state PARK was spoken
of with favor by the chairman of the for
estry committee, Mrs. Berry, in her report.
| In reporting plans for the breakfast
which the club gives in honor Of Mrs.
Moore Monday morning at 10 o'clock, at
the Henshaw hotel, Mrs. Isaac Douglas.
chairman Of the house and home com.
mittee, emphasized the fact that all reser-
vations must be made to her by October
20. Phone Webster 4SOS.
! Following the business session the club
greatly enjoyed a program given by the
Art department. Mrs. w. H. Hancock,
leader of the department presided. Color
prints and photographs illustrated the
papers read by Mrs. J. p. Palmer and Mrs.
Frederick r. Rouse, on Japanese art. Mrs.
Blanche Bolen gave vocal solo.
The oratory department of the club will
hold its first meeting of the season Tues
day morning at the studio Of Miss Lillian
Fitch.
The first meeting of the Music depart
ment will be held Thursday at 2:3O o'clock.
| 1t is an open meeting and will be followed
| by social hour.
The Visiting Nurses association will hold
is annual business meeting at the Paxton
hotel Wednesday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock,
| The officers for the new year will be
elected and reports given of the last years
work in the baby camp, which was so i'm,
portant an item in the years accomplish,
/ ments
The p f. o. society will meet Tuesday
afternoon at the home of Mrs J. c. Weeth.
| Vacation Notes" will furnish the pro-
gram,
| Mrs. Myron Learned will be leader at
the meeting of the Omaha Society of Fine
Arts, which will be held Thursday at the
public library. Pierre Etienne Theodore
Rosseau 1S12-lS67, the Father of Modern
Landscape" will be the subject Of study.
The Ladies' Aid society of the First
Methodist church will meet Friday after
noon at 2SO o'clock at the home OF Mrs
Eugene Purdy 1888 North Twenty-nfth
street.
The story Telers' league will meet
Thursday. Mrs. Vincent O'Shea will tell
the story OF the Early History Of Belle
vue," Mrs. o, S. Chittenden the story OF
The Little Black Eyed Rebel" and mis-
| cellaneous stories will be given by Miss
Eloise Hills.