The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-04-30
FORTNIGRTLY HAD
3 FINE PAPERS
THREE LEADING QUESTIONS or
CLUB WOMEN OF TODAY DIS.
cussED BY LEADING WOMEN
AT MEETING YEsTERDAY-RA-
BY HEALTH CONTEST.

The Fortnightly club met yesterday
afternoon for their regular meeting
and three excellent papers on lead
ing subjects comprised the programme.
Mrs. w. H. Best gave a fine discussion
of Municipal improvements in Other
Cities, bringing out the. idea OF the
public square as a big feature in the
appearance of the city as we'll as for
business and social accommodations.
n told of the plan adopted in the
laying out of Cleveland and mentioned
several other cities which have
cially good features along he line Of
municipal improvement. Mrs. Best
told of the work of building over old
Boston and of the marvellous headway
which has been made. German cities
are leaders in the matter of convenient
and beautiful cities and the writer
stated that many good ideas could be
secured from that country.
She spoke Of the work of Charlotte
Bartlett Crane, a prominent club wo-
man of Michigan and what through
her influence has been ACCOMPLISHED
in the cities of that state. Mrs. Rest
went on to tell of the opportunities
for municipal Improvement in Fargo.
how while young and with a great deal
Of room to expand the city
buildings and public buildings should
be built and placed according to the
best plans Of municipal beauty and
convenience. One of the things which
the speaker thought Fargo should
conserve and make use of while they
can is the big slough west of the city.
and this will be a big item when, as
many predict, Fargo becomes a city
OF $4,000 in twenty years. Public
baths and other public institutions
which the Fortnightly club has been
interested in also received some atten-
ton in Mrs. Best's paper, which was
an excellent n exhaustive one, talk
ing in the subject from all points of
view.
Mrs. Best's pape was followed by a
Report of the School Centers in North
Dakota by Mrs. Amidon. She told of
what is being done in Grand Forks,
where they have mothers clubs in
each of the school districts for mutual
Improvement. She told of what the
county superintendent of schools, Miss
Nelson, is accomplishing near Valley
city and also what the W. C.. II. u.
is doing along that line at Towner.
Professor Abbott Of the state univer-
sity has made known his interest in
social center work by accomplishing
much wherever opportunity has af-
forded. Mrs. Amidon gave a more de-
tailed account Of the work which is
being accomplished in Fargo and
which Is receiving recognition from
many cities of many more population
from other states. The Washington
school is trying to raise money for a
victrola, the Longfellow for a piano.
and the ladies Of the Hawthorne
neighborhood are attempting to secure
a piece Of land near the school. which
is now being used as a playground for
the children, but which they wish 70
secure permanently for the school. The
Roosevelt club is just nicely started
and have not made known any definite
plan. Mrs. Amidon concluded by Civ
ing a synopsis OF the Baby Health
contest, which will be of Interest to
all the social centers.
The other paper on the programme
was that given by Mrs. r. n, Wilder
on The Condition of EMPLOYED wo-
men in Fargo. She began by giving
an outline of the various stages of the
life of women in regard to labor, tell
ing how through years of toll she is
beginning to gain her rightfuI place
and how she Is able to compete in |
many cases with men in the business
world. Mrs. Wilder went on to tell of
the working girls in Fargo as she has
found them after a thorough investi-
CATION. Her paper was an exceed-
ingly interesting n as it dealt with
many Of the problems which the peo-
pie OF Fargo must face If they wish
the correct conditions to prevail in this
city. Mrs. Wilder will give her paper
at the meeting Of the Longfellow club
tomorrow and a fuller account will be
given later.