The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-24
1r1THAT iii WOMEN
(W OF THE WORLD
l91 ARE DOING , -

to finance the meetings of the Nation.
al Federation of Women's clubs In
San Francisco next juno. the Cali.
fornia club women. members of the
federated clubs (about 22.000) are
pressing a campaign among the clubs
for dues and funds. From, Los An.
geles comes the following account OF
a meeting at which the question was
discussed:
The greatest federation of women
in the United States is the general
federation Of women's clubs" said
Mrs. William .Baurhyte. president OF
the Los Angeles district federation,
In the Ebell club house. The fed
GRAFTON has done more to unite. wo-
men than any other organization. not
even excepting the churches and ev-
cry club woman ought willingly to
send her dues at once in order that
the delegates may be fttingly enter
tanned during the biennial meeting al
a Francisco in June. The meetings
have been held in the east and south
have been royalty entertained. Now
that western women have an Oppor-
tunity to reciprocate. they ought to
do it graciously. 1t will require 3d.
900 to finance the meetings and sure
ly h $4,000 club ONE of the state
OIL CatlIOrnla can do IL.
I'm answer to the women who de-
muir at the biennial being held in San
Francisco. 1 would remind them that
that was the place designated by the
club women of the entire state at the
last meeting, the women v forego-
ing the pleasure Of having our own
Mrs. Josiah Evans Cowles running for
president in order to have the meeting
held in California.
A to the good that supporting the
federation does. among other things,
the federation played an important
part in the suffrage campaign and
does work among needy women that
even ono club alone could not very
we'll accomplish. let alone an individ-
ual. The heads of various institutions
have been compelled to explain their
methods to representatives of h fed
Grafton when they would not do SO to
individual club The matter
Of dues should be settled at once"
One woman's club of Owatonna.
Mimi. has taken a stand against wo-
mans suffrage. or has refused, at least
to enter into any pronouncement in
its favor. This is the Delta Sigma
club. one of the strongest of the fed
Grated clubs in the city, numbering
about twenty-five wonen in its men,
hership. When approached by the
state leaders of the suffrage move
ment with a view to enlisting the club
in its work, the members took the
matter under consideration and by
an almost unanimous vote decided to
have nothing to do with the movement
They believe their club is intended for
the promotion of literary and educa-
tional pursuits.
On the othe rhand. two of the in
a,,N~xfDl @1,,A- xL- N~,. 49,
the Nineteenth Century. among the
oldest in the city. are enthusiastically
in favor of the suffrage movement and
have held woman's suffrage days.
One of the most beneficial clubs in
the city and one recently formed is
the Home Economics. composed of
some of the leading women of the city.
These members study practical home
problems a demonstration of pure food
labels and Instructions in how to rec
ogize pure food being the last topic
considered. They are receiving VAL
liable aid from the domestic science
department Of the local high school.
The problem ORA visiting nurse is
being considered by the clubs. Mrs.
r. H. Loyhed. state president. recently
gave them some valuable hints along
this line.
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delightful entertainment in the hall
room of the Waldorf Astoria. New
York. on Thursday when. under the
management Of the president of the
vassar Students Aid society. Mrs.
Frederick Love Keays. the annual au-
thors' reading and musical will be Civ
en- by the society.
The society is an organization of
graduates of Nassar and their friends
and for fu.olyo SyoopS IL hoc vofcoS
an annual fund for the purpose Of as
sisting young ome of ability and
character TO pursue their studies at
Vessar.
To such Hounk women the society
makes loans without interest and legal
obligations aud not n of the bene-
%ticiaries of this generosity has eve
failed in an examination. neither have
loans ever been remained outstanding.
for all graduates who have held the
loan scholarship hav returned them
whenever they were able to do so.
There is a general fund and the an
nual entertainments prevent a low ebb
in its treasury.
Taking part in the program on
Thursday will he Mrs. Mary Austin.
dramatist and poet: Mrs. Anne Louise
Davis. harpist; Miss Flora schwab. pr
anist; John Barnes Wells, tenor; Ellis
Parker Butler. humorist: Edward Pc
pie. dramatist and author of prince
Chap" and Gale Young Rice, poet
and author OF Surf Songs"
NATURALLY the event will be distin-
Fuished socially and among those who
have taken boxes are Mrs. Andrew
Carnegie. Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Thomp-
son Seton. Mrs. Kate Upson Clark and
others prominent in the world of arts.
letters and society.
Tho Grand Fowls 1ir1r af Vasear
thi syear are Miss Ruth Withheld and
Miss Clara Bull and the Minnesota
girls are the Misses Elizabeth and Ma
ry Barney. daughters of Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred E. Barney; Miss Mary Huba-
check. daughter, Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Hubacheck and Miss Mary
Louise Turner of Minneapolis: Miss
Ruth Magnussen and Miss Ruth Cut
Ter of st. Paul.
Miss Violet Oakley is the Philadel-
phia artist who a been selected to
complete the work Of Edwin A. Alb
hey in he decoration Of the capitol
at Harrisburg. Miss Oakley painted
some OF the decorations in the gov
ernor's reception room at Harrisburg
from her own designs. She will re-
ceive $50 a foot for completing the
Abbey designs. ..t
Jane Adams and officers Of the
Juvenile Protective association o,
Chicago. it has been made known
viii. listen to the life story Of Violet
Buehler with the purpose of making
the Buehler case the basis for a fighi
against conditions in hotels and
rooming. houses such as resulted ir
the downfall Of the Buehler girl.
Judge Merritt ". Pinckney Of thu
Juvenile court, who will dispose Of the
Buehler case finally.
Aroused by the girls story told