The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-05-23
At High School Auditorium, Mrs.
Higbee, Mary D. McFadden and
Others Will Speak
GREETINGS FROM MRS. WHITING
Banquet, Growing Social Event of
Gathering; Will Bring Meeting
to Close Tomorrow Night.
By MARY d. McFADDEN

By MARY d. McFADDEN
Bemidji capitulated in uncondi-
tional surrender this morning to the
advance guard of women delegates
The Federated army will hold the
town until tomorrow night.
At which time they will close the
tenth annual convention of the North
District Auxiliary, Minnesota Fed
Grafton OF Women's clubs, opened this
afternoon in the library, with an
invocation by Mrs. G. w. Campbell.
The Federation will vacate tomor-
row night after a feast.
Tonight the Bemidji Study club in
vites the men and women of the city
and whatsoever happens to be a
chance guest within it's precincts, to
attend the program to begin at s
O'Clock at the High School auditor.
ium. This is a choice program OF
music and song with talk by the
Minnesota Federations eloquent
president, Mrs. c. G. Higbee, of St.
Paul.
Mrs. Higbee knows and will tell
about the Federation's part in pro-
gressive state work, and that has
been no small part, and will display
some interesting side lights on state
politics as interpreted at the last
legislature.
Mrs. Freeburg of Blackjack will
give a Browning reading, we'll worth
hearing; there will be a discussion
of woman suffrage of which much
was heard and written during the
above mentioned session of the
Minnesota lawmakers.
Misses Murray, Wheeler, McGil-
Ian and Grazing have two songs, Mrs.
c. G. Johnson will sing, and Mrs.
CORTLAND r. Sanborn will play
Ries' Suite No. 8" (violin.).
At noon today the speakers and
officers were entertained at lunch
by Mrs. c. R. Sanborn, who was as
sisted by Miss Leah Berman. There
were twelve guests and the decor
ations, were carried out in wood
blossoms, the table being lighted
with yellow shaded candles.
Among the guests already in town
are Mrs. Charles Loring, of Crook
ston; Mrs. ]. NJ. Freeburg, Mrs. c..
w. Dudley, and Miss Vesta Howard
OF Blackjack; Mrs. E. w. Davis of
Detroit; Mrs. William Russell Of
Moorh cad; Mrs. H. H. Hodgson,
Mrs. w. A. Marin, Mrs. A. A. Miller,
and Mrs. O. l.. Bertleson, all of
Crookston; Mrs. II. F. Bosworth of
Ada; Mrs. S. Rosenthal, Mrs. w. B.
Sheffield, Mrs. S. w. Vance, Mrs.
Tom Morris, Mrs. Bert Levins, Mrs.
J. w. Wheeler, all of Crookston.
Mrs. E. A. Whiting, president OF
the local club, welcomed the dele
gates with a few cordial words of
greeting, to which Mrs G.. S. Ches-
terman, OF CroOkston, made grace
full response. Three minute talks
'On the years work in various clubs
were responses to roll call.
While the Minnesota Federation
of Women's clubs has not declared
for equal suffrage, the suffragists
note with pleasure a great and grow
ing interest in the "short route" to
attainment of good citizenship
ideals expressed in the invitation ex-
tended to suffragist not member
OF any federated club, to read a
paper on the acknowledgment of
women.
The suffragists regard every club
woman as an argument for WOmans
fitness to vote, because of the intel
ligence and personality of the aver
age club woman and the ease with
which she grasps the significance OF
public questions and discusses them
The waiting for that hour when
every club woman will be an adyo.
cate, as we'll as an argument for
woman suffrage, but that day, al
though it is approaching swiftly, is
not yet here.
The Ninth district could have
chosen no lovlier spot for the con-
vention, and expressions of pleasure
and admiration were general as the
delegates approached the handsome
library building today and looked
out through pines and birches on
beautiful Lake Bemidji. The con-