Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-07

Visitors to the visiting Nurses baby
camp are becoming more numerous, a
fact gratifying TO those in charge, be-
cause many OF the visitors are mothers
who come to the camp for advice in re-
gard to the care of their own babies.
Every morning last week there were
such callers Thursday morning five
mothers brought their babies. who we're
I'll. but not sufficiently Ill TO be left at
the camp. and we're told and shown how
to take care Of the children.
All the visitors. however, are not those
who come for aIu: some come solely out
of interest in the work; others come to
give aid. The visitors last Sunday we're
numerous. fully 100 people calling to in
spect the open air hospital This does
not interfere win the work of the
camp because the attending nurses do
no. allow II TO interrupt their work.
Already the camp is being enlarged; a
veranda lis being built on the north side
of the ward tent This is TO be
screened. Gifts to the camp continue to
express the pubho's interest and are most
acceptable The camp is now equipped
wIth fifteen beds, each OF which Is oc-
cupied by sick oaby
The Omaha women's Christian Tenn
persnce union will hold its annual bust
ness meeting for the election of Off
GERS at the Young Women's Christian
association Wednesday afternoon at 3
o'clock.
The state convention OF the Nebraska
will be held in Fairbury the first week
in October. The Douglas county con-
vention will be held in South Omaha
| in September
| Miss Harriet f. Schaeffer office sec
rotary of the Young women's Christian
association, will leave today for her va
cation, which she expects to spend visit
ing In Nebraska and Colorado.
Miss Clara Mead. travellers aid, will
| take her vacation during part of Au-
gust.
Miss Ora Johnson. membership secre-
! tary, will return today from her vacation.
Mrs. Margaret c. Klingelsmith, librarian
of the Biddle Law Library of the University
of Pennsylvania, has gone for three
months tour of northern Europe. 1t is
understood that she is going TO gather data
on the question of woman's suffrage pre-
paratory to publishing a monograph on the
subject upon her return in September.
Mrs Klingelsmith staunch advocate OF
the cause for many years, believes that II
the librarians and stenographers connected
| with the great American universities would
band together It would help the cause
Miss Mary Mcdowell Of the University
Of Chicago Settlement has accepted the
post of member from the Fourth senatorial
District of the Advisory Council of the
Legislative Voters league 1t will be heI
duty to stir up women's influence to secure
a class Of candidates which will better rep
resent the district in the legislature.
The woman's Suffrage association OF
Hungary has been called on by Prof. Lend
i a Parliamentary candidate for the Second
district of Budapest, to revise his cam
paign addresses and also to furnish flags
i with which to decorate the hall in which he
is to speak A woman suffrage league has
been formed in Hungary with only men al
members. This league. of which DR.. Diner
is president, began with membership OF
more than two hundred, including three
members of Parliament, several university
professors, judges, doctors, lawyers and
engineers.
MRS. s. r. Commerford, president of th'
College Equal Suffrage club OF Spokane
wash, has arranged to have october 4, SCI
aside as Women's day at the Spokane In
ternational fair. The program on thai
: day viii be devoted exclusively to the In
J terests of women.
} In some parts of the country, apparently
the popular fallacy Of woman's inability tS
/ work with woman, does not obtain, because
! of the discord among its school directors
who are ell men, Clifton Heights has petit
toned the courts to Delaware county, Pa
to discharge the directors elected las FEB
ruary and appoint in their places boar'
composed entirely of women. Since thef
, election, the directors have been unable
r 10 select their officers; moreover, the un
} ruly directors have not been attepding Z
/ business. Teachers have not been paid
r and they have not been notified whethe
or not they are re-engaged for next rall'
: Miss Alice Longfellow, daughter OF tn
poet. is a vice president of the Society 70
the Preservation Of New England An
tioues, recently organized. 1t has for II
purpose the preservation Of buildings an
sites Of historic interest
At the June convocation the Universit
5 Miss Dreier. "and only 1900 OF ther
!. ..t.oS ,.,hat work n iSi" To thes