Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-08

- i lions are interested at this
time in the meetings OF the
state associations which are
to take place in the near
Sss future.
A delegation of members Of the Omaha
Womans club will leave Monday morning
at S:15 over the Burlington for Holdrego
to attend the Nebraska Federation of
Women's Clubs convention The dele
gates who will go are Mrs. NJ. d. Cam
eron, president; Mrs. Il. j. Birss, Mrs.
c. Vincent, Mrs. r. Z. McKelvey, Mrs.
Edward Phelan. Mrs. Cadet Taylor and
Miss Josie McHugh.
Two Omaha women will take part in
the program. Mrs. F. II. Cole, chairman
of the state civil service reform and
scholarship committees, will preside at
the sessions of these departments and
Mrs. McKelvey, who is member of the
state civics committee, will give an ad-
dress at this departments sessions.
Arrangements for the state conference
of the Daughters of the American Revo-
luton in Kearney October 1926, are
nearly completed and the outline of the
program promises many good things in
store for the Daughters who will be in
attendance.
Fort Kearney chapter, which is the
conference hostess this year. is planning
number of social affairs. a banquet for
Monday evening, musical for Tuesday
evening and a whist and dancing party
for Wednesday evening are some of the
entertainments to be provided.
plans for fba State VVop,an
society convention, in Lincoln, November
@-22, are progressing under the guidance
Of the president, Miss Inez Philbrick.
Women of the local clubs and organiza-
tions are taking an interest in the ses-
sions Of the National Prison association
congress, which begin Saturday.
The intellectual treat of the week prom
ises to be the lecture of Browning by
jenkins Lloyd Jones Friday evening at
SIS. at the First Methodist church, un-
der the auspices of the Woman's club
and the public school teachers Club
members will be admitted upon presenta-
ton Of their membership cards. Tickets
for the public are on sale at Matthews
book store
Mr. Jones is a versatile scholar and
educator and a man Of genial and inter- |
esting personality. He Is a lecturer of |
the extension department of the Univer- |
sity OF Chicago, a Unitarian minister and |
head Of Abraham Lincoln center one of |
the big social settlements of Chicago.
Mrs. c. Vincent, leader of the current |
topics department OF the Woman's club. |
who was to have entertained her depart |
ment Tuesday, has postponed the meet |
ing to October "a, on account of the |
state federation meeting.
The Wyche Story Telers' league will |
have an hour of Halloween stories Thurs /
day at AIS at the public library. Stories |
OF witches. ghosts and pumpkins will be |
told by Mrs. Rose Coleman, Miss Min
ME Neal and Miss Carista Reynolds.
Mu Sigma study club will meet Wednes-
day morning at the home OF Mrs. NJ. ID.
Hussie. Mrs. S. r. Towne will have
charge of the lesson, which will be on
carly Elizabethan poets. Mrs. c. w. Rus
sell will give a general survey OF the
period, reports will be given on the works
of Sir Philip Sidney and Edmund Spen-
ser and Mrs. T. 9. Goodson will read
The Epithalamium.
The art department OF the Woman's
club viii begin it's study of Flemish and
Dutch art Thursday morning at the First
Congregational church. The lesson will
be on VanDycke. Mrs, c. II. Plat will be
leader,
.The-American Woman's league together
with the women % the First Baptist
church of South Omaha will give a recital
Friday evening at the church. Miss Jean
nette White ana Mrs +. b. fowl have
planned a program OF instrumental num-
beers by Mrs. Arnett and Mrs. Robert
Allen, vocal numbers by Mrs. ]. NJ. Stur-
devant and Mrs. Rollo Haskins. and
recitations by Miss Dora Sass and Miss
Marguerite Scott.
The music department OF the Wonan's