Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-10-01
CLUB WOMEN HOLD
CONVENTION HERE
DISTRICT MEETING TO BRING
MANY DELEGATES TONIGHT
AND WEDNESDAY,.
LASTS TW o DAYS
Sessions Open With Address at First
Presbyterian Church; Well Known
Speakers To be In A.
tendance.

OttumWa Will be hostess to the an
nual convention Of the sixth district of
the Iowa Federation Of Women's clubs
tonight and Wednesday at the First
Presbyterian church with one Of the
most comprehensive and interesting
programs ever prepared by the fedora
ton. Not only club women, but men
and women all over the city will enjoy
the public lectures on some OF the
most widely discussed subjects of the
day.
The territory included Is the sixth
congressional district and is composed
of clubs, both federated and unfederat-
ed in Abba, What Cheer, Barnes City,
Newton, Sigourney, Ottumwa, Bloom
field, Montezuma, Colfax, Monroe, Del
ia, Richland, New Sharon, Brooklyn,
and Grinnell. While many delegates
and visitors will arrive via the railroad
tonight and Wednesday morning, 1t Is
expected that many will make the trip
overland, the weather being ideal for
motoring
The members of the four federated
clubs, the Art, the Shakespeare, the
Fortnightly and the Tourist clubs, will
be the hostesses to the out Of town
guests. About seventy-five Ottumwa
women are members of these four
clubs, some belonging to more than
one. Mrs. Clarence Harper is chair
man of the reception committee and
Mrs. w. B. Bonnitield, of the entertain
ment committee, which will place the
guests in homes thrown open to them.
Mrs. J. G. Parks is chairman Of the
train committee. Mrs. ]. B. Sax Is In
charge of arrangements for decorating
the church, which will initiate the
crisp autumn out-of-doors with masses
Of COLDER. rod, purple and white asters
and scarlet sumach mingled with trail
inc green vines Mrs. George A.
Brown will have charge of the reglstra-
lions, which will be part OF Wednes-
day mornings program.
The opening address and one Of the
most interesting features of the con-
vention will be the lecture by William
II. Kiekhoefer of the sociological de-
partment at Madison, Wis, which will
be given this evening. Emancipation
of Women in its broadest sense Will
be discussed by the speaker. Follow
inc the lecture an informal reception
will be held for the purpose of getting
acquainted.
The second session, Wednesday
morning at 9 o'clock, will include a
question box, the registration commit
tee at church, the invocation by Rev.
Ames Montgomery, and the welcome
by Mrs T. A. Fulton, a local club wo-
man whose work is we'll known and
recognized here The response will be
made by Mrs. Eleanor M. Somers OF
Grinnell. Roll call will be answered
with reports of the district clubs. The
state committees reports will be made
at this time also. The renort OF the
general federation e. ~omen's clubs
biennial which was held at Chicago
this summer will be made by Mrs.
Rhea Oppenheimer of Oskaloosa. A
business session will close the morn
ing's work.
Luncheon will be served at o'clock
In the church parlors. The afternoon
session opens at o'clock, with a talk
BY E. c. Bishop of the domestic
science department at Ames, on "The
work of the Iowa girls club" The
presidents address, by Mrs. B. B.
Clark of Red Oak, will follow. "Vo-
cational work" will be discussed by
Prof. H. E. Blackmar, superintendent
of schools of this city. Prof. r. H.
Sylvester of the state university OF
Iowa will lecture on Mental health of
the child"
The evening hours are not included
in the formal program but few small
informal affairs will be held for out Of
town friends.