The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-30
First District Iowa Federation win
Hold Al Day Convention Here
With Noted Women
az Guests.
TEACHERS ALSO COMING
Lee County Pedagogues Will Hold an
InspirationaI Conference Here
At the Same
Time.


Women's Clubs, and to the Lee coun'
ty teachers. The first district women
will hold an all day convention here.
and the Lee county teachers will hold
the first OF their two days inspira-
tional institute. Over Ave hundred
visitors are expected here for the two
events.
Among the guests at the first dis
trict convention will be Mrs. Grace
Wilbur Trout. president OF the I'LL
nols Equal Suffrage league, Mrs. B.
B. Clark, president of the Iowa Fed
Grafton of Women's Clubs, and Mrs.
Francis Mccall Whitley, vice presi-
dent, and numerous other prominent
club and society women from outside
the district.
From the first district will come
the delegates and guests at the con-
vention. Miss Grace Roberts OF Mt.
Pleasant Is the first district chirman.
Mfs.sAi NE Antrobus Of Burlington
sNill preside over the sessions. There
VIII be delegates from the various
clubs In the district Burlington and
Fort Madison, next to Keokuk. will
send the largest humber of delegates
here, and the Fort Madison ladies
who are expected will be as follows:
Is. Mrs. George B. Stewart. Miss
Geo. d. Stewart, Miss Anna Stewart,
Mrs. Geo. Schafer. Mrs. J. G. Brew
.ster, -MrsuJ..H. Samuels, Mrs. e. II.
agudd, Mrs. A B Green, Mrs. j. M.
Casey, Mrs. H. D. Everingham, Mrs.
=. F. schall, Mrs. c. ]. Williams, Mrs.
III. C. Lerche, Mrs w. B. Fredericks,
Mrs. w. s. Hamilton. Mrs. c. F. Wah-
rer and Mrs. Carl Wahrer. The ladies
will make the trip in cars belonging
to Mrs. Stewart, Mrs. Brewster, Mrs.
Casey, Mrs. Fredericks and Mrs.
rWahrer. 80
sasz Program for Day.
1.-THE business session will be held
IN the morning, with . one o'clock
luncheon at the Country club, Mrs.
Trout's lecture in the afternoon. and
the closing reception at Mrs. J. J..
Ayres' in the evening The official
program for the day includes:
go o'clock Regitratfon Of delegates.
sryCall to order at $3.50 a. M, by Mrs.
sA NJ. Atrobus of Burlington, presid-
ing.
Il Music by representative Monday
Music club.
Prayer-Afiss Ddnsdale, secretary
Keokuk Y. w. c. A.
Music by representative Monday
Music club.
~ Address OF welcome-Mrs. ]. j.
ssAyres, president OF Civic league.
Res ponse-Mrs. A. NJ. Casin, Colum-
bus Junction.
Reading of the minutes OF the 1913
convention.
Two minute reports Of clubs OF the
first district.
Reports of state committees.
Plans and suggestions for the home
economic department.
The Play Ground Movement-Mrs.
Leonard Matless.
Educational Day-Mrs. Davidson,
Burlington
Address-Mrs. B. B. Clark, Red
Oak. state president Iowa Federation
of Women's Clubs. -....
business.
( Music-Burlfngton Musical club.
I Adjournment.
One o'clock luncheon at the Keo-
.kuk Country club.
= 3 p. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Grace VIII
bur Trout, Chicago. president Illinois
Equal Suffrage association.
h 4.3e-Unfinisf1ed business and cleo
ton of district chairman.
$50 to DISQUALIFICATION at the
home Of Mrs J. ]. Ayres, No. 8 Park
Place, for members Of the Civic
league. delegates and out OF town
guests Of the convention.
Lee County Teachers Institute.
At the high school, the Lee county
teachers institute will start promptly
at 8 O'Clock. The official program for
the teachers convention includes the
following lectures and conferences fol
tmorrow and Friday:
Thursday, October 1st.
SIS a. m.-Assembly room.
$50 a. m.-Lecture-Prof. c. P. Col
grove 49,
$50 a. m.-Music.
9:45 a. m.-Reading-Miss Blanche
Goudy.
1920 a. m.-Intermission.
10:45 a. m-Course of Study ant
Manual Of Methods-Prof. G. P. Col
grove.
11:45 a. m.-Dismissal.
100 p. m.-Number Work-Mis'
Blanche Goudy.
2:15 p. m.-Lecture-Hon H. R