The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-08-07

h establishment in st. Petersburg OF
a centralized authority which should
look after the interests of the Moham-
medan religion throughout the Russian
empire was regarded by many sneak
ers as an urgent need.
Miss Susie Martin, of Second street
north, entertained the members of the
Wabeta society Thursday afternoon at
a thimble bee. After needlework had
been laid aside, a dainty lunch was
served. in which a color scheme Of red
and white prevailed, as well as in the
decorations. Guests present from out
of-toWn were Misses Cooper and HON
er, Of Salt Lake City, and Miss Helen
Leidahl, of Fergus Falls.
Mrs. Thirza Newton, of S2s Sixth
| street south, this city, was hostess this
afternoon to a small company of Moor
head lady friends, at a thimble bee
complimentary to Mrs. Byron Greene
n daughter, of B~eckerviIle, Mich.
summer flowers were used as decora-
tons, n a delicious lunch was served.
During the afternoon musical numbers
were enjoyed, Miss Margaret Newton,
daughter of the hostess, giving vocal
numbers, with Miss Nell Bishop as her
accompanist.
Women who served in the civil war
Will not be allowed to march in the
Grand Army parade to be held Sept. 2,
when the national encampment of the
". "A. Il. meets IN Detroit Aug. 81. An
order just issued by Washington Gard
ner, commander-in-chief Of the G. A.
r., bars women and civilians from
marching with the veterans. In former
years many army nurses took part in
the parade, but according to Gardeners
edict the parade this year will be re-
stricted to men who actually fought IN
the civil war.
The most unusual scheme YET sug-
gested for suffrage sacrifice day.
comes from Pennsylvania, where mem
bers of the executive board of the state
organization will work on
In their various home cities at the reg
ular pay of reporters. Mrs. Frank
Rossing, state president, will spend
Saturday, Aug. Is, in the office of a
Pittsburg newspaper, and Miss Hanna
Patterson, chairman of the woman
suffrage party, will be a member of
the staff of one of the Harrisburg
papers. The women will cover regular
assignments. >"
DR.. and Mrs. w. H. Dahl will leave
this evening for Duluth, where DIR.
Dahl will attend the Minnesota state
dental meeting. From there they ex-
pect to go to Buffalo, N. Y, by boat,
and to spend a few days at Niagara
Falls, and from the latter place, will
proceed to Philadelphia, where DR..
Dahl Will take a postgraduate dental
course at the university of Pennsylvan-
la, from which institution he is a grad
uate. Later they will go to Atlantic
City, N. J., to visit Mrs. Dahrs parents,
ter part of October.
Miss Alice Bishop. of California. who
has been a guest at the home of her
brother, A. l.. Bishop and family, of
First ven south, for three weeks,
left night before last for points in
eastern Canada, and will make the trip
by way of Duluth and the Great Lakes,
and up the st. Lawrence river. Miss
Bishop was also a guest at the home of
her niece, Mrs. J. A. Jardine. Other
guests at the Bishop homo, Miss Mabel
MacCarger, of Crete, Neb., a niece, and
Miss Lena Wore, of Fairmont, Neb., who
have been there a week, left yesterday
and will extend their vacation trip to
Winnipeg, Banff and other Canadian
points, Vancouver and Portland, Ore,
before returning home.
One hundred and twenty-five ladies
were guests Thursday afternoon at an
elaborate outdoor reception given by
Mrs. c. T. Pomeroy and her daughter
in-law, Mrs. Curtis Pomeroy, the latter
of GAINESVILLE, at the c. T. Pomeroy
head. The affair was in honor of Mrs.
c. I. Pomeroy's sister and niece, Mrs.
Byron Greene and Miss Vernie Greene,
of Baskerville, Mich, who received with
the two hostesses. The beautiful lawns
of three adjoining residences were
utilized for the delightful occosian, and
the decorations consisted of quantities
of hanging baskets. and ~festoons of
various vines, with artistic baskets and
~tardinieres filled with a profusion of
choice cut flowers here and there about
the lawns. Many coy corners arrang-
ed with settees, rugs and cushions, add
ed to he comfort of the guests, and
tables and pedesta1s bearing howers
and potted plants enhanced the beauty
OF the arrangements. Refreshments of
fruit punch and waters were served on
Pho nnrnh nf fhn pnnNarnp kAroA L4&h
sweet peas and hot house plants form
ing the pretty decorations there.
An effort is now making to have
women seated as delegates to the New
York constitutional convention, which
will assemble in 1915 to revise the con-
stitution of that state, says Golfers,
n continues: The argument so far
proceeds by showing in detail that
there Is no legal objection to the
nomination and election of women eth
representing a senate district" This is
probably very true, but it is not very
Important. The broad facts are that
the state constitution is the fundamen-
tai law for the great body of our rights
and procedures-as is proved by the
merest glance at UGH matters as the
family, property n taxation, police,
poor relief, health, education, and 9TH
ers. Women are vitality and personally
interested in these matters as individ-
uals, and all are taking a very active
part in many of these lines of admins
tration. A state constitutional
ton which did not enlist the experience
and knowledge of the women now en-
ployed in education, poor relief, cor
~rection, immigration and labor regula-
ton, and so on, would be a foolishly
lopsided body. The legal fact of eligil-
ity is a preliminary question only. AS
Bryce has truly said, Law was meant
to be the servant of politics, and must
not be suffered to become the master"
The important thing is to make the
proposed constitutional convention
truly representative of the forces of the
state. More progressive communities
will watch New York with some inter-
est to see II that state knows what is
really going on within it's borders. If
1t does, women will help in the work
of revising the constitution.
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