Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-08-30

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meeting Of the club viii be Monday. oc-
tober g. at which time reports from dele
gates to the biennial convention Of the
General Federation Of women's clubs will
be heard. All department meetings of the
club will be held the early part Of the
week. no meetings being held later than
Thursday morning. This win necessitate
a change in the meeting date OF the
French department. The music depart
ment will also meet on Wednesday after
noon, instead of Thursday. The state
convention will be held at Pawnee City.
October 10.
Mrs. F. H. Cole, ex-president OF the
State Federation Of women's clubs, re-
turned Thursday from her old home at
Warren. ILL.,. where she went following
the biennial convention of the General
Federation Of women's clubs. Before
the adjournment OF the executive board
at this meeting Mrs. Cole was unani-
nnously elected chairman of the civil SER
vice reform department. This was the
office filled by the late Mrs Sarah Plat
Decker following her presidency Of the
General Federation. At that time Mrs.
Decker chose as her assistants Mrs.
Imogene B. Oakley and Mrs. Cole. and
Mrs. Cole as the chairman now was &C
corded the same privilege Of choosing her
assistants on the committee. While in
Warren Mrs. Cole was present at the
opening of the Daughters Of Veterans
Home. In which she was interested since
her father, B. @. Pierce. was surgeon in
the Ninety-sixth Illinois volunteer regi-
ment
The GoFman-American Women's Relief
association will meet Wednesday at the
German Home for its weekly coffee"
Mrs. Adolph Brandes will furnish the
refreshments and an admission charge of
10 cents win be made, the proceeds to 20
towards the fund for the German widows
and orphans Of the present war The
women decided at the meeting held Thurs
day that the money should not revert to
the Red Cross society. as was previously
announced. since they thought that the
government would best care for the
wounded. There will also be a rattle at
the meeting Wednesday.
Mrs. AHtoinette Funk of Chicago and
John L. Kennedy will be the speakers at
the Douglas county suffrage rally which
Will be held at Waterloo Saturday even
Ing. Automobile parties will go from
Omaha as well as other points in the
county and there will be a picnic supper
in the park. Mrs. Funk, together with
Mrs Grace Wilbur trout, Mrs. Medili
Mccormick and Mrs. Sherman Booth, are
known as the big Four who won suf-
frage In Illinois. All county officers ana
many Of the state officials win attend.
Mrs. z. T. Lindsay of Benson is county
chairman.
Mrs q. G. Grover was elected president
OF the West Side women's Christian Tenn
perance union at meeting held Tuesday
afternoon at the home of Mrs. B. q.
Gantz. Mrs. Frank Dunn is the new vice
president; Mrs. z. H. Stevens, secretary:
Mrs. Joseph Gilmore, treasurer. Mrs. b.
H. Stevens and Miss AIDA Gantz were
elected delegates to the state temperance
convention.
A regular meeting Of the q. S. Grant
Womens Relief corps No 1O4 viii be
held Tuesday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock at
Memorial hall. Among the guests who
have visited meetings OF this corps dur
ing the last month were Mrs. e ]. Clark,
president OF the George A. Custer wom-
ems Relief corps; Mrs. Lillian A. Eddy,
president Of the Memory Day association
and Mrs. Abbie A. Adams, past national
president and now national councillor
Mrs. Adams has transferred her member
ship from the Superior corps to the u.
s. Grant corps
The Omaha Baptist association win
hold a four days session at Riverside,
near Tekamah, September IA. The state
Baptist convention will be held at the
Calvary church In Omaha in October.
The board OF trustees OF the Old Peo-
pies nome will meet Tuesday morning az
10 o'clock at the Young women's Chris
tian association. A definite decision with
regard to opening UP a campaign for a
new building for the Old Peoples home
will be reached at this meeting
Through the courtesy Of Mrs Finch,
proprietor of the Diamond moving pic
ture theater. the old people attended a
performance at this theater Monday aft
ernoon. The same courtesy has been ex-
tended TO them by the Lothrop theater
management.
Local women's Christian Temperance
unions have received call from the ma
tional organization to observe Sunday.
September 6 as Peace Day" when
prayers will be offered all over the coun-
try for the cessation OF the European
war At a meeting OF the Frances VIII
lard Women's Christian Temperance
union held Wednesday afternoon at the
home Of Mrs. J. H. Craddock, a COM
mittee was appointed to arrange for the
Observance OF this day. Appointment Of
department superintendent for the com
ing year was made as follows: Anti-nar-
eotics and scientific temperance. Mrs. ].
A. raliaferro; evangelistic work, Mrs.
Carrie King; franchise. Mrs George Co
veil; flower mission, Mrs. T. r. Ward
literature, Mrs. Frank Butts; mercy and
relief. Mrs. ]. A. Dalzell; medal contest.
Mrs. ]. II. Craddock; press. Mrs. c. j.
Roberts; Sunday Observance. Mrs. Carrie
Scott temple. Mrs. George Covell; Union
signal. Mrs. NJ. A. jenkins; mothers
meetings. Mrs H. NJ. Craig; social meet
ngs. Mrs. A. @. Anderson; parliamentary
usage. Mrs r. e McKelvy; Juvenile
court work, Mrs. F. A. Follansbee.
The following department superin-
sndents were appointed az q meeting Of
ne Omaha Women's Christian Temper
Anee union held Wednesday afternoon at