Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-03-14

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49, of Mrs ]. NJ. Metcalf. The
opening business session will be Thurs
day morning at the Hotel Fontenelle and
will be followed by banquet. Thursday
evening, at the new hotel. The business
session Friday will be followed by tea
at the home of Mrs. Donald Macrae in
Council Bluffs.
Thursday morning at $3.50 O'Clock the
state board Of management win hold a
business session. just preceding the open
ing business meetingI Chapter regents
viii each give three-minute report Of
tho work of their chapters during the last
year.
Twenty-nine chapters will be repro
sented at this, the first convention to
be held in the new hotel. and over 100
delegates are expected.
Among the distinguished guests at the
meeting VIII be Mrs. George Thatcher
Guernsey of Independence, Kan. state
regent ami candidate for the office OF
national regent; Mrs. Charles Bassett,
historian general, and Mrs. Drayton w.
Bushnell of Council Bluffs. honorary vice
president general.
Mrs Warren Perry. state regent, and
Mrs. Charles II. Aull, vice state regent,
are in charge Of the program. They are
being assisted in the arrangements by
Mrs. c. NJ. Wilhelm of the Omaha chap
ter. Mrs. r. Il. McKelvey, regent OF Major
Isaac Sadler chapter. who was most
active ON the committee of arrangements
in charge OF the conference. is confined
to her home as the result of a bad fall
and injury to the wrist.
Mrs. Charles III. Aull OF the Omaha
chapter is a candidate for the office of
regent. Mrs. Aull and Mrs Guernsey.
candidate for the office of president gem
eral Of the National Daughters, are
sisters.
Monday will be a gala day for the
Omaha Women's club. Two guests OF
distinction will be present, Mrs. A. @.
Peterson OF Aurora, president of the Ne
braska Federation of Women's clubs,
and Mrs. Thomas G. Winter. president OF
the Minneapolis Womans club and chair
man OF the literature department of the
General Federation OF Women's clubs.
Other guests of honor will be Mrs. @. c.
Edgerly, president Of the Dundee club:
Mrs. w. p. East, president of the Wom-
ans Club OF the Railway Mail Service;
Mrs Metcalf of the Ideal club and Mrs.
Page Morrison OF the Council Bluffs
club; Mrs. N. NJ. Graham OF the South
Omaha club and a representative from
the Benson club. since the president. Mrs.
Silas Wright, is i'll.
FOLLOWING the business meeting the pro-
gram Will be In charge OF the literature
department. The program will include
an address entitled "IIterature and Life. y
by Mrs. Winter. and a talk on Modern
Drama" by Miss Ethel Dixon, head OF
the English department of Browneu Hail
Miss Dixon is Wellesley girl ana has
taken graduate work at Chicago uniy,Ar.
sity and at Harvard. The program is n
charge Of Mrs. r. H. Cole and Mrs. q
II. Mullin, leader Of the department. will
preside
MRS Peterson, who viii be the guest OF
Mrs. N. II. Nelson, president OF tbs
- Momsn's club. during her stay in Omaha
VIII be guest Of honor at a luncheon
gwen by the club at the-Hotel FonteneII,
tuesday Mrs. Winter will be the nous,
guest OF Mrs. Cole while in Omaha Mrs
Coie also being a general federation
chairman OF the civil service reform Al
partment. A number of Informal enter
talnments are planned for the two s1,s-t.
a noteworthy fact is that since Mr.
Winter succeeded Mrs. Franklin seu,,r,
Potter in June her department hss :,
ready published a peace pageant 10
ehiidren. suitable for production :,
SCHOOLS and the life. prospectus Of IN,
literature of all the countries Of ~,
world and work on modern topics =
Illustrated. by modern literature.
The Benson womsn's club was enter
tanned Thursday by Mrs. e. c. Hodge,
Mrs. Mart Armstrong was leader OF IN
program. Mrs J. Y. Hooper read pane
ON spending Day in old Oxford Mr.,
w. A. Wileox's narrative on "Englis
Holiday customs'' was interesting MI,
f. b. Oliver read extracts by Richar
Harding Davis concerning English polI
TICS The lesson on English literature wa
/partlcipated in by all present. Mrs. F. i
Bumpus gave vocal solos. after which IN
business session followed. Mesdame
Armstrong and F. NJ Paugh we're ar
pointed to assist in the child labor g,
hibit 70 be given IN Omaha. Mrs. II. I
oliver was elected delegate to the annu;