Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-29
What
Women Are
Doing in the World

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ONDAY will be state Fedora
AR ton Day. at the meeting of
W the Omaha Woman's club, at
Iz,z-s-- the First Congregational
ICSSX4IN church. The time of the meet
S% ing will be given to ten-minute
reports of the convention of the Ne
braska Federation OF Women's Clubs at
Holdrege october 10 to IL.
The following delegates will speak on
the different sessions: Mrs. c. Vincent,
art and health sessions; Mrs j. L. Med
erst, social happenings and household
economies: Miss Josie McHugh, literary
and library extension; Mrs. Cadet Taylor,
industrial and forestry; Mrs. r. e. Nc
Kelvy, civil service reform and club re-
ports; Mrs. F. ]. Birss, educational and
civic; Mrs. M. d. Cameron, business sesZ
sions. Mrs. Cameron will also give a
general summary of the convention.
The household economies department of
the Woman's club will meet Thursday
morning at 10 o'clock. The meeting will
be followed by luncheon. The guests will
be Mrs. Charles A. Tracy, president of
the Benson Woman's club, and Mrs f. S.
King of the Benson club. At the program
preceding luncheon, Mrs. King, who is a
poultry expert, will read u paper on
Hens"
The literature department of the Wom-
ans club will meet Wednesday morning
at 10 o'clock, with Mrs. George b. Darr
as leader. The subject of study will be
Three Phases of Grecian Tragedy
Aeschuyles Sophocles, Euripides." A
paper on the lesson topic will be given
by Mrs. E. NJ. Syfert. Illustrative read
ings will be given by Mrs. Darr.
The oratory department of the Woman's
club will meet Tuesday morning at the
Metropolitan building.
Mrs NJ. d. Cameron returned Friday
from Lincoln, where she attended the
state congress of Methodism as a dele
gate from Omaha. Mrs. Cameron was the
only woman called upon to respond to a
toast at the banquet Wednesday evening"
Her talk was on Women of Nebraska"
The American Woman's league will
meet Thursday afternoon at the Union
QUILTING company parlor.
The Woman Suffrage society will meet
"Wednesday at p. m. at the parlor of
the Union QUILTING company store to
continue plans for the lecture of Mrs.
Emmeline Pankhurst in Omaha Novem.
Der II.
The Society of Fine Arts will hold its
meeting Thursday morning in the public
library. Mrs. c. w. Axtell will be leader.
The topic of study will be THE Beginning
of British Landscape" with particular
attention to the paintings of Thomas
Gainsborough and Richard Wilson.
The Imogene club of Florence will meet
Thursday with Mrs. r. A Golding and
Mrs. c. p. Richardson as hostesses. The
club is studying Shakespeare's las You
Like It. this season. Mrs f. W. Gram
Itch and Mrs. A. b. Hunt will report on
the act assigned for Thursdays lesson
The Benson Woman's club will meet
Thursday afternoon at the home Of Mrs.
v. r. Shelley. Mrs. William Zimmerman
will report on current topics.
@AS DNoAg league Will meet
Thursday afternoon in the public library
with Miss Emma Roberts, leader. Mrs.
o. S. Chittenden will talk on Homer's
odyssey" The stories of Penelope"
and Of the LAGOON" will be told.
The Dundee Womans club will meet
Wednesday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. E. r. Hume. d. c. John will be
leader of the lesson which will be on
Thoreau's walden" Mrs ]. E. Dodds
will report on current topics.
Miss Mae Orris chairman Of the edu-
cation committee OF the Nebraska Fed
Grafton Of Women's clubs, was a guest
OF the South Omaha Literary club at last
weeks meeting, at which she took part in
the program.
Mrs. ]. II. CarTick of Culbertson, vice
president OF the fifth district Of the Ne
braska Federation OF Women's clubs,
visited Mrs. +. II. Cole in Omaha last
week.
The Nebraska Federation Of Women's
clubs is in receipt OF an announcement
that 1t will have the privilege of assign
ing scholarship at the Kearney Military
academy. The announcement came from
Bishop George A. Beecher, bishop OF