Omaha daily bee., 1915-10-03

at Norfolk returned Friday evening Mrs
f. NJ Syfert, who was one of the
Omaha woman's club delegates, also
represented the Association Of Collegiate
Alumnae, and at one session placed be-
fore the club women the plan OF local
college women to work for a dormintory
for girls at the state university. This is
a need which the college women will
especially emphasize for their work this
winter. Mrs. Syfert was nominated state
recording secretary, but declined. An
other Omaha woman. Mrs. NJ. ID.
Cameron, was elected to the office.
Fontenelle chapter, Order of the East
ern Star, of Omaha and Council Bluffs.
has had \ reservation made for its
members at the Billy" Sunday Taber-
nacle for Tuesday evening. The members
will meet at the Masonic temple at Gas
p. m. and go in body to the Tabernacle.
The South Side Women's Christian
Temperance union will be entertained
Thursday afternoon at o'clock by Mrs.
N. Thompson at the home of Mrs. Grant
Hayes, one block north of Fifty-ninth
and Center streets.
The annual meeting of the Equal Fran
chise society will be held Thursday at 3
O'Clock in the council chamber at the
city hall Election of officers will take
place.
The Omaha Story Tellers league will
give a luncheon at the Commercial club
Saturday.
The literature department of the
woman's club will meet Thursday morn
ing at 10 o'clock in the assembly room
on the third floor of the Young Woman's
Christian association. The department
has been forced to change its meeting
time from Wednesday to Thursday
morning on account of the change In
club rooms. Rabbi Frederick Cohn will
lecture on THE Philosophy of Tolstoi y
and Mrs. c. H. Mullin. leader of the de-
partment. will be in charge of the meet
ing.
This year the department will study
Russian and Italian literature as shown
in the writings of Tolstoi. Turgenieff.
Zangwill, Mary Antin. Pawlowski. Push
kin, Tchekoff, D'Annunzio and Brown
ing. In tho past the department has
studied American German and French
literature, but in view of the fact that
| in 1914, 900 Russians and 5000 Italians
came to our shores, the clubwomen de-
cided that they owed 1t to the immi-
grants to make a study Of their litera-
ture and become familiar with their home
life.
This will be in line with the work of
making better citizens of immigrants on
their arrival. as outlined by Mrs. Percy
Penny hacker. president OF the General
Federation of Womens clubs, at the
state meeting in Norfolk last week.
The South Omaha woman's club will
hold its opening meeting Monday, in
stead of Tuesday, on account of the
floral parade and the BILLY" Sunday
meetings. The club will convene at 2
o'clock at the home of Mrs. ]. w. Kout-
sky. 1928 North Twenty-sixth street.
Mrs. r. NJ. Laverty, president, has ten
dered her resignation to the executive
committee and action will be taken at
this meeting. Mrs. z. A Boyer, the
vice president. will preside.
Miss Edith Tobitt of the public library
will give brief talk and reports OF the
state federation meeting at Norfolk will
be given. Music and an informal re-
ception will follow
A new department, that OF music, has
been added this year with Mrs. ]. Dean
Ringer in charge.
The City Federation Of Child Conser-
walton Leagues of America will hold its
first monthly business meeting for this
| year Monday afternoon at o'clock in
the auditorium of the Schneider &
Mueller building. Mrs. c, H. savidge
is president of the federation.
! At the last meeting OF the Monmouth
Park Mothers club, the following off
GERS were elected President, Miss Fran
ces Kerrigan; vice president Mrs. Mary
Osborne; secretary. Mrs. II. P. Galbraith,
and treasurer Mrs. w. A. Burke. The
principal. Miss Eta Smith. talked in a
very helpful way concerning the need
OF cooperation between mothers and
| teachers.
Opera will be studied by the West
Omaha Mothers Culture club this year
At the club meeting Friday at the home
of Mra. c. B. Swan. 4O04 Charles street
The Bohemian Girl will be the special
opera discussed. Roll call response will
be quotations from THE Bohemian Girl, "
and Mrs. p. ]. White will read a paper
on the composer. Balse. Mrs G. p Rob
erts VIII give a review Of the opera and
Miss Lucille Cotter will sing selections
from It. Mrs. Blaine Truesdell will read
a paper on The History OF the Opera"
The Scottish Rite woman's club will
hold a business meeting at the cathedral
! Friday afternoon at o'clock. Plans for
active work have been deferred until
after the Billy Sunday meetings.
Mrs. Allen Koch and Mrs. c. r. Max
well will go 10 Lincoln this week as dele
gates TO the state convention OF the Lu-
theran Woman's Home and Foreign Mis-
sionary society.
/ The r. L. s. club OF Benson gave a
card party Thursday afternoon at ST.