The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-09-24
CLUB NOTES

The Minnesota Federation of Wom-
EMS clubs met in annual session at
Brainerd yesterday and will continue
until Thursday evening. Mrs. E. il.
Loyhed of ~Faribault, president Of he
recreation, issued her annual call to
the clups OF the state and m from
every town where there is a federated
club have gone to Brainerd.
Since 1t is The Child, The Home.
The Country, The City and similar
subjects which are of the most funda-
mental interest to all thinking wom-
en-, the programme for this meeting of
the Women's clubs will center around
them. The programme for the entire
session. as announced by Mrs. r. G..
winter. president of the Woman's
club. Minneapolis, and chairman OF
the programme committee. follows:
The executive board met at 9 o'clock
tuesday morning. At 1870 o'clock 10
the afternoon the session opened with
the call to order by Mrs. Loyhed. Fol-
lowing was an invocation by Rev. G.
r: Sherloan or Brainerd; a greeting by
MIS-. Henry |. Cohen of Brainerd.
chairman Of the federation committee.
and the reports Of the committees.
Inc first programme meeting on the
subject. The Child, took place at S
o'clock in the evening. First was a
talk on Music for Children, by Mrs.
Wilma Anderson-Gilman of Minneap.
Oils. Mrs. William Logue of ST. Paul
gave a paper on Mothers Clubs. Mrs
J.. r. Brandrup of Mankato followed
with a paper on Baby Registration.
DR.. Frederick Schulze of Minneapo-
lis talked on Saving the Babies. Con
Of Youth was the subject of
a paper by Mrs. Peter Oleson of Clo-
quet. MISS Stella Wood of Minneap-
OILS completed the programme with a
talk on Children's Stories.
Wednesdays session opened this
morning with a programme meeting
on The Home. Mrs. d. w. McCourt
OF st. Paul told Of the work of the
housewives league. Home Finances
was the subject of a. paper by Mrs.
Martin Moliter Of ST. Cloud. Gustav
Weber of Minneapolis gave an illus
trated talk on Home Decoration. Dean
Margaret Sweeney of the University
OF Minnesota on Dress and the Sensi-
Bile Woman. At 1890 o'clock a meet
ing, presided over by DR.. Ethel Hurd
or st. Paul on the topic, Eugenics,
took place. B.. S. SteadWell, president
Of the Worlds Purity Federation and
editor OF The Light, of Lacrosse, Wis,
lectured on Eugenics. At the same
time there was a meeting on Art and
Handicraft. presided over by Mrs. c..
j. Holman Of Mankato. Mrs. Holman
gave a talk on Art and Everyday Life.
Mrs. T. S. Armstrong of Crookston
talked on The Moral Element in Art.
Industrial Work for the Insane was
the subject OF a paper by Miss Inez
BosWorth Of Rochester. Maurice
Flagg of Minneapolis talked on Min
nesota's Greatest Resource. There
will be an exhibit in one of the rooms
of the commercial club at Brainerd
this afternoon. One exhibition will be
two plaster models of farm houses. one
OF which has been awarded a prize by
the State Art society. There will also
be a collection of reproductions OF
famous paintings; lace made by Min
nesota lace makers, and Industrial
work of the inmates of the Rochester
hospital.
At 4 o'clock today the ~delegatos
VIII be guests at a reception and drive
given by the women of Brainerd. At
8 o'clock there will be a musical pro
gramme arranged by Mrs. Wilma
Gilman.
The election of officers will take
place at 8 o'clock Thursday morning.
From 1890 until II o'clock a pro-
gramme meeting will be devoted to
the topic, The Country. The speak
ers will be: Miss Marie Levnes of
ADA, Rural Education; Miss Gertrude
Norrish Of Hastings, The Country
Club; Mrs. w. j. Quinlan of Rochester.
Country Life; Miss Margaret O'Con-
nell Of Minneapolis, The Girl Of the
Rural Community; and Miss Anna
Underwood Of Lake City, The Clean
Country Town. . s
The City will be the general sub
Ject for the meeting at 1870 o'clock
in the afternoon. Miss Maria Sanford
of Minneapolis will talk on Women
and Civics; Mrs. C. C. Higbee of st.
will discuss Charity Co-opera-
ton. Mrs. f. l.. Barrows of Duluth
will read a paper in A Clean City;
Mrs. c.. L. Atwood will talk on The
Social Center in the Small city; Miss
Margaret Evans of Mortified will,
speak on Getting Girls Ready to Be
Citizens. At s o'clock in the evening
DR.. George e. Vincent, president OF
the University of Minnesota, will end
the session with a lecture on the sub
ject, Keeping the Girl on the Farm.
Politics promise to play an inter-
esting part in the annual meeting this
year. Mrs. e. w. Loyhed refuses to
be a candidate for reelection to the
presidency. So far. there has been only
one candidate announced to fill her
place. This is Mrs. G. L. Atwood OF