The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-09-11
WoMEN's CLUBS
what They are Dolng ThrovsAout
the states

The initial meeting Of the season
for the Fargo Fortnightly club was
held yesterday afternoon at the Uni
meeting place of the club for this year
and is perhaps the first club even that
has been held in the new club house.
Gut OF the thirty members Of the club,
~twentE-seNen were present. Mrs.
Cruikshank OF Calgary. Can. being a
guest.
The church and luncheon tables
the occasion with Il color scheme Of
pink and green. which are the club
roiors and this was carried out with
asparagus ferns and pink asters about
the room and with sweet peas and
ferns on the tables. The place cards
We're also dainty arrangements in the
same colors. The committee in charge
Of the luncheon consisted of Mrs. II.
II. Bush. Mrs. f. NJ. barrow and Miss
Manda Burke. and they are to be con-
gratulated upon the splendid success
OF the affair.
The luncheon was served in four
tempting courses and following the
service of the last cach member was
called upon e vacation reminiscent
ces. Mrs. Martin. the bride member.
who was formerly Miss lea Donald
SON. was called upon first and told OF
her honeymoon trip and early expert
tnces in housekeeping. Two of the la
ales told OF work at the state fair.
where one won sixteen prizes and the
vacation notes were equally as inter-
csiing. Mrs. Cruikshank told OF the
club work in Canada and OF the diff
terence in the management n ov-
ern;nent OF the club world.
Mrs. c. r. Amidon. the new presi-
dent. gave an address. telling of the
line OF work for the new season and
that must be accomplished before the
end of the year. The first meeting
for business will be held in two weeks,
when delegates to the convention Of
the state federation which will be held
IN Grand Forks in October will prob
ably be appointed.
The Woman's Civic league Of Will
liston is the largest club of the fed
GRAFTON. 1t has al enrolment of m
hundred members. an increase Of for
Weight members since its %orsaniza-
ton four years ago. Valley City has
the largest number of federated clubs.
with its six progressive clubs. The
argest of the six is the Civic Improve
ment league with a membership OF
fifty.
h domestic science department OF
the Civic league is planning an
autumn party for October IL. 1t will
be held at the library assembly room
in that city and a novel program is
being arranged for the occasion.
Mrs. Julia Nelson. president of the
local Scandinavian w. c. T. U. has re-
turned home from an organizing trip
in which she visited Cass. Steele and
Trail counties and organized three
new unions. one at Luverne in Steele
county: one at Galesburg in Traill
county: n at Buxton. Mrs. Nell
son was gone for three weeks and re-
ports very encouraging conditions.
She will leave neXt week for the vici-
nifty of Valley City.
Federated women clubs through
out the state are. beginning to discuss
the state federation convention which
will be held in this city October Is
Is and the various delegates will be
elected at the meetings to be held
this month or the first week in Octo-
Der. Nearly all clubs name their
president as an accredited delegate
and elect another active member as
on of their representatives., so that
tn delegation from 100 clubs will
make quite an army OF women.
There are to be many interesting
features at the convention this year.
Mrs. n. C. Young's term as president
expires and the regular biennial cleo.
ton will be held. Another interest
ing feature will be the reports of the
/ San Francisco biennial meeting of the
national federation Of women's clubs,
when the new president. Mrs. Penny
hacker of Texas was elected and the
question of equal suffrage as a plank
in the national federation was turned
down. The terms of Mrs. w. A. Nc
Intyre Of Langdon. Mrs. o. w. Nc
Clusky of Darlington and Mrs. A. NJ.
Burt OF jamestown. as directors, ex-
pire in October. and nomination will
be in order for these vacancies. Clubs
that have not Joined the federation
n wish to ally themselves with 1t
should send their applications, accom-
panied by their constitutions, to the
corresponding secretary. Mrs. J.. H.
Shepperd, Fargo. who will present II
to the board of directors. An afirma-
tive vote Of a majority Of the direc-
tors present shall be necessary to ad-
kota federation has a membership Of
100 clubs. with sixteen counties in the
state yet without representation.
Many clubs recently organized expect
TO join the federation this fall. Nota-
BILE among the mare many prosperous
civic leagues.
The committee in charge Of the an
nual tag day for the Florence Critten-
ton home at Fargo has adopted a new
idea this year. that Of tagging the
residence districts as we'll as the bust
ness districts. The city will be d.
vided into districts and a lady placed
in charge of each. so that all may he
given an opportunity Of assisting in
the work or of Offering material aid
to the Crittenton home.
The Fargo Crittenton home is we'll
known in the rescue fields for It's ex.
cellent work and thu work which it is
doing has been proven a necessity to
the city and state. Each year this
appeal is made to the people and 1t
is hoped that there will not be q per-
son in Fargo on Saturday, September
IA. who will be without one Of the lit.
Ito tags.
In the business districts ladies will
be stationed at the most convenient
places and will have a supply on hand
for the public.
Miss E. Louise Guernsey has ar
rived from Chicago and will take
charge of extension work ! n Fargo
for the Y. w. G. A. and also the junior
department. This is a new project at
the Y. and one that the institution has
long felt the want of. The younger
girls Will now have a secretary OF
their own and hat phase Of the Y.