Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-12-17
What
Women Are
Doing in the World

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LUB meetngs are showed into
the background at this time
by holiday interests. The art,
- music and social science de-
ISCRtR partments OF the Omaha
& Woman's club which would
oiG.l,ai .ly meet this week will not assem-
bic until after the New Year. Many Of
the study clubs, temperance unions and
suffrage society have disbanded until
after the Christmas holidays
Mrs. B. A. Collins will review DR..
Thomson's magazine article, Life.
Death and Immortality" at the meeting
of the philosophy department Of the
WOman's club Tuesday at p. m. Mrs.
Mary B. Newton. leader of the depart
ment, who has been abroad for some
time is now in Philadelphia and will
be In Omaha the first OF the year. when
she will resume work in her department.
whHch win then begin the study of
Alfred Russell WGllace's The World of
Jife."
Mrs. George Bonner will describe a
Christmas dinner at the White House 100
years ago at the meeting of the current
topics department of the woman's club
Tuesday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock. Mrs.
J. G. Hammond will ten a story of south
ern life. The members will respond 70
the roll call with current events. The first
half-hour of the meeting win be given
20 parliamentary practic, Mrs. r. b, Towl
Will lead the class in study Of or
sanizations."
Edgar Allen Poe will be the subject Of
study at the meeting OF the Benson
Woman's club Thursday afternoon at the
homo Of Mrs. William Zimmerman Mrs.
Ada Stger will lead the lesson. Mrs.
Zimmerman will read a paper on ''The
Life and Character of Poe" The club
will discuss Poe as q short story writer,
giving especial attention to his ''Gold
Bug" and The FAN of the House Of
Usher" and will discuss Poe ss q poet.
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The members Of the woman's club. of
the Railway Mail Service viii respond
to the roll call at their meeting wednes-
day afternoon at the home Of Mrs, Curtis
Cook, with original sayings of children
and q miscellaneous program win be
given.
The Culture club of Geneva has Joined
the Nebraska Federation Of woman's
clubs. There are 100 federated clubs In the
state
Mrs. Harry L. Keefo Of wAlthin, Neb.,
will attend the meeting Of the board of
directors Of the General Federation of
Woman's Clubs In st. Louis the second
week Of January, at which the program
Tor the biennial next summer in San
francisco will be planned.
Mrs. T. J. Gist, president Of the Ne
braska Federation OF women's Clubs, is
planning to issue the state federation
bulletins this week.
Mrs. W. e Shafer, president of the
Omaha Woman Suffrage association, has
heard that Rev. Anna Howard Shaw,
president Of the national suffrage forces,
is planning to come west on a speaking
tour and win invite her to speak In
Omaha II this be correct.
The newly elected officers Of the
Woman's Relief corps OF the U. 8. Grant
corps will begin their duties at Tuesdays
meeting at $3.50 p. m. in Barlght' hall.
The new officers Of the coming year are
Mrs. Beulah Davis. president; Mrs. G. l..
Morse. senior vice president; Mrs. Anna
Barnell, Junior vice president; Mrs. Annie
6ayre, treasurer; Mrs. b. F. Diffenbacher,
oh
Mrs e Edwards, guard. The president
win choose her secretaries. Mrs. F. Il.
Tichnor and Mrs. ]. F.. Wagner were
chosen delegates to the state convention
next fall and Mrs. Gerrett Guild and Mrs.
Matte Davis were named as alternates
The West Side Woman's Christian
Temperance union will cut out it's regular
meeting this week and will spend Its
time at the city mission sewing on clothes
for 100 dolls TO be given some of Miss
Magee's little girls for Christmas.
This year according to their established
holiday custom, the members Of the
Visiting Nurse association will remember
each of their patients with something
extra in the way OF food and clothing
or some little luxury to make life brighter
on Christmas day
The South Omaha Century Literary
club will hold business meeting in the
Public Library.
Prof. Paul A. Grummann OF the Uni
versity Of Nebraska will lecture on "Yule
and Christmas al the Young women's
Christian association Monday at D. m.
He win also interpret WaEner's "Parsi-
fall"
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