The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-06-06
LEADING CLUB
women TALK
TWO LEADING CLUB WOMEN OF
THE STATE AND OTHERS CIV
SPLENDID TALKS AT CLUB MEET
ING IN BIsMARCK-HELD INTER-
ESTING SESSION.

ESTlNG SESSION.
The following account taken from
The Tribune of a club meeting at Bis
marck, Wednesday afternoon, will be
OF unusual interest to the women Of
the state: "a goodly number OF club
women, representing membership in
the four federated clubs Of the city
and the civic league were in tendance
at the meteing held Wednesday after
noon, in the auditorium Of the Pres
byterian church.
Miss Nelson, president of the State
Federation of Women's clubs. and
Mrs. Frank White, director of the
BOARD OF the general federation, as
we'll as chairman of the membership
committee of that organization, and
chairman of the parliamentary COM
m1ttee of the state federation, both
OF Valley City and Mrs. E. NJ. OAR
the occasion, each contributing an in
formal talk, which met with enthusi-
astic commendation. All the ladies
We're en- route to Dickinson, where a
district meeting is being held.
Mrs. W.. f. Gushing, chairman of the
press committee of the state fedora
tion, announced the speakers, and as
the m was short, each talk was
opened the programme with a delight
full rendition of Rubenstein's Melody
IN +, and was followed by Miss Mel
son, who presented her idea of the
Dakota. Having adopted as the key
note of her administration that OF
~EXtenslon, as applied to the work of
the different departments in the i'm
Nelson outlined a few methods of
procedure and made a number of sug-
gestions along those lines. She urg-
ed that each club go, at least once
a wear tn N Nf +Lo n,.- I--J
or centers and. give a programme, and
stated that such effort had invariably
been met with cordial approval and
cooperation on the part of the coun-
to find the preferred locality to visit
was by comforting with the county su-
p~erlntendent of schools, who would
pc best directed: Another sugges-
that of raising money for he pur-
chase of Victrolas to be presented to
the country schools, as by that means
a love of the best in that matchless
Circulating. art galleries might be
made possible, and much help thus
extended to the growing youth of the
isolated districts, which could be the
and bringing it into newer and wider
vision.
Miss Nelson touched upon the nee
easily of effort toward raising the
2o'VOu "lllCI WILL constitute the ell
dowment fund, and mentioned some
of the objects which such a funl
would enable club workers to carry
out. The federation has a project in
view to erect a cottage for tubercular
children at Dunseith, as this is con-
sidered a great necessity at the pres
ent time.
Mrs. White followed Miss Nelson.
and spoke somewhat along the same
line. She urged club women not to
build a fence around themselves, but
to pass on at every opportunity the
good things to which they might fall
to Mrs. White, with her boundless
loyalty to North Dakota and its pow
er n its influence. and it's growing
institutions, without becoming enthus-
scribed the splendid outlook presented
by the council of m lately held at
Washington, D. c., and stated. that
North Dakota could have a biennial
the general federation, she felt.
through strong. delegations to be sent
to the next meeting at Chicago for
the purpose of presenting it's claim.
the work of Mrs, e. P. Quain of his
city, saying that she had been large
~ instrumental in placing North Da-
kota on the federation map, through
mittee-that it. had, attracted wide
spread attention and brought credit
upon herself and her state.
Mrs. Cushing then introduced Mrs.
Murray of Mott, who. had kindly con-
sented to give a reading. She chose
one Of Myra Kelly's inimitable East
Side stories, and quite won her audi
ence with her Interpretation.
THE programme was closed with a
short talk by Mrs. barrow, who also
spoke enthusiastically of the great
meeting of the Mississippi Valley Suf-
frage Campaign conference at st.
r 49,. 4;,a@ Ia n@I Of III
Woman's council at Washington, at
both of which she was so fortunate as
to be present. She said everywhere
she went she was. proud of every
North Dakota woman she saw and, in
fact, bouquets were exchanged be-
tween her and Mrs. White which were
a delight to hear. Mrs. barrow is con-
s%picuous in the history of suffrage
in this state. Mrs. barrow declares
she is never very far AVA from the
hope of realization of her great dream
of votes for women
"It has been requested that an
nouncement be made of a suffrage
meeting which is to be held next Mon
day evening at the Baptist church, at
8 o'clock, when Mrs. La Manse, promi-
nent in w. C. r. u. and suffrage circles,
will make an address. Another meet
ing will be held at the home of Mrs.
Patten, Fifth street north, at 3 o'clock
of the same afternoon. While the fed
Grafton as a whole is not committed
to the cause of suffrage, many believ-
ing that to be an issue purely politi-
cal, it still remains that individually
many of it's member are actively in
terested in it's behalf.