Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-08
WOMEN WOULD CLEAN WORLD
Social Science Department Of the
Womans Club Hears Addresses.
MEN OUGHT TO WED, IS D1CTUM
Mrs. Frances Head, President OF
state w, G. r. a., Explains Att
tude on saloons and Suu-
day Base Rail-.


Mems inclination to seek diversion out
side ~ their home and TO fail under evil
influence was arraiEned IN meeting
OF the social science department OF
the Omaha woman's club yesterday after
noon. In the course Of the discussion. one
speaker declared that n all the women's
clubs would unite in the fight against evil
this old world would soon be cleaned up.
The influence Of clubwomen upon legis-
lators was enlisted when Mrs. Frances
Head president Of the Nebraska Women s
Christian Temperance union, spoke. She
enlisted the interest OF the clubwomen as
individuals only however. and asked each
to use her Influence to get one or twenty
voters to write that afternoon TO the sena-
tors and representatives from this district
urging their support OF the initiative and
referendum bill. unamended.
In her enthusiasm over the legislative
work the Women's Christian Temperance
union president gave 1t chief attention in
her talk. which gave an impressive insight
into the earnest way with which her organ
ization Is seeking to obtain legislation It
deems essential Her review Of the bills
before the house or senate in which women
are or should be interested, precipitated
/ lively discussion Of Women's Christian
Temperance union methods.
! Mrs Head spoke particularly of the law
prohibiting sunday base ball Mrs. Albert
Edholm then asked the president what the
women's Christian Temperance union pro-
posed to substitute for the saloons and
Sunday base ball which It was working
hard to remove. Had the union any plans
she asked to replace these influences IL
found evil with others 1t found good?
Men Pampered Too Long.
Mrs George w. Covell answered that
man has been pampered too long, he
should be made to realize his responsible
ties to society That so far as saying the
saloon is the poor mans club, IL he Is a
married man his home should be his club;
and II he isn't married he should be.
\ Practical suggestions for substitutes were
made by Mrs w. +. Bingham, who told of
the establishment of clubhouses in many
of the Chicago parks Mrs. NJ. ID. Cam
eron, president of the club, then. called at
ltention to the work of the Women's Fed
Grafton of Kansas City In establishing
amusement headquarters in the parks.
Cease Trying TO Redeem.
Mrs John, president of the Douglas
county Womens Christian Temperance un-
ion. said that for years and years the
women's Christian Temperance union had
struggled with the problem OF redeemine
1.-THE drunkard, but that now they were de-
voting their attention to solving the prob
lem by prevention by educating the chill.
dren. We've abandoned the idea of re-
deeming the drunkard; we are going tc
prevent his becoming one" she said. She
then echoed the sentiment voiced earle
by the state president of the Womeni
Christian Temperance union, that al
women's organizations might get togethe
and work to the same end III we would,
she said, Pm sure that we would sool
, clean up this old world"