The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-05-25
Delivered at Brilliant Feast, Per-
fumed With Flowers From the
Bemidji Forest.
RESOLUTIONS OFFER PRAISE
Federation elficers, Speakers and
Pioneer Come in for Nice Things.
From Convention.

At banquet in the Markham
Hotel, fragrant with the perfume oil
wild flowers from the forest anG
characterized by an elaborate menu
club women of the Ninth district
were entertained last night in the
browning social event of two days
convention here made still more
notable by motherly advice from the
venerable and beloved, snowy-haired
president of the State Federation OF
Woman's Clubs, Mrs. G. G.. Higbee
and responses to toasts from other
distinguished club women.
Mrs. A. e. Whiting, retiring pres
ident of the Bemidji Study Club, as
toast mistress, first introduced Mrs
Higbee who told the women that she
was unlike Mrs. Virgins IS. Cora
Grubb," who always liked to hear
herself talk.
Objects to Girl Messengers.
Mrs. Higbee counseled her sisters
to continue the good work. She also
called attention to the reforms being
effected by club women along child
labor lines. She deplored the use OF
girl messengers and expressed the
hope that legislation may be obtained
doing away with this evil and that
the eight hour day for women would
soon be brought about.
In conclusion she said:
Pathos in Her Farewell.
II feel little serious now as we
separate. 1t SENS to me that we are
ships that pass in the night. We
may not meet again very soon.
can assure you that l feel the success
of this meeting has been in the spirit
of it. If we were to meet in some
other place we could probably have
furnished just as good program
we could probably have brought tc
bear all the equipment but if we had
not been thus cordially welcomed, il
we had not been received with that
open heart and hand and door which
We have been the loving spirit under
it all, what would have our meeting
have amounted to?
Bemidji is Complimented.
THAT is the club life and spirit
the increase of confidence and be.
lief in each other and in the future
of womanhood and in the future oil
the federation and we have had, right
here in the city of Bemidji, strong
illustration of what it means to be.
long to the federation.
"Now, as we go from this place tc
our cares of home, with which
hope most of you are blessed, l hope
we carry back with us the under
current as we go about our business
things that we did not possess before
pointing toward the progress of ou1
kind which we have not had before
Mary McFadden and Chills.
"You see, few years ago, we
would not have heard our good DR.
Hurd and as for Miss McFadden
nice little cold chills would have
chased up and down our spines a.
the idea of women casting tn,
ballot --.~ -
Other toasts were responded to a!
fOllows:~
Mrs. Chesterman of Crookston
"The Ninth District"
Mrs. Vesta Howard of Black
duck, "rhe Small Club in the Small
Town." r.
Mrs w. H. Wye, Bemidji, sou,
First Convention"
Mrs. ]. w. Wheeler, Crookston
read paper on What Music Owe
the Dancing" written by Mrs. Dam
pier and illustrated by Mrs. Charles
Loring, both of Crookston.
Mrs. j. M. Freeburg. of Blackducl
: gave recitation by request.
Those present were:
Mrs. G. G.. Higbee of st. Paul, stat
president; Mrs. H. A. Tomlinson o
St. Peter, vice president at large
Miss Martha Wilson of the Stat,
Library Commission, ST. Paul; Mrs
T. T. Kinney, Minneapolis; Mrs. G
S. Chesterman of Crokston, vic,
president of the Ninth district; Mrs
William Russell of Moorhead, secre
tary; Mrs. G. R. sanborn of Bemidji