The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-16
Number Of keokuk Club Women Are
Expecting to Attend Sessions
of Biennial Conference
at Iowa City.
NOTED SPEAKERS THERE
Delegates Will Have Plenty Of Tai
ent for Afternoon and Evening
observation-disclosures
Also Slated.

Also Slated
A number of Keokuk club women
are planning to attend the eleventh
biennial of the Iowa Federation Of
Women's clubs which will be held at
Iowa City, May 1921. Mrs. B. B. Clark
of Red Oak Is the president of this
large body of club women.
| Tuesday evening the Greek play,
/ Euripides, "Iphigenia at Aulis," will
be given under the auspices of the
i Greek department of the University
Of Iowa and the Women's clubs Of
Iowa City.
Wednesday morning the reports OF
| the following chairmen: Credentials,
Mrs. E. w. lockwood; rules and regu-
lations, Mrs. John Denison; program,
Mrs. John Watzek; local biennial
board, Mrs Max Mayer: press, Mrs.
J. G. Grundy; badge, Mrs. Roma w.
| Woods; printing, Mrs Jenny I. Berry;
parliamentary reference, Mrs. Robert
w. Patrick. Reports Of state officers.
To Hold District Meetings.
| Following the adjournment will
come the district meetings to elect
| members of the nominating commit
| tee and to elect delegates to the wom-
ems club biennial at New York in
| 1916.
! Wednesday afternoon at 1870 o'clock
reports of advisory committee.
/ At LAO O'Clock there will be a con-
! ference under the civil, service COM
mittee, Mrs. C. G.. Walner, chairman;
ind, cfr{o
committee, Miss Laura Bass, chair
man, and the legislation committee,
Miss Flora Dunlap. chairman. There
will be reports of the chairman fol-
lowed by an address on mobilizing
Americas great industrial army for
peace by Miss Harriet e. Vittum of
Chicago Miss Bessie A. McClenahan
will tell of social welfare work at
Iowa university
The latter part of the same after
noon brings the conference under the
| home economics committee, with
| Mrs. w. A. Sanford. chairman, and
Mrs. Casper Schenk. assistant chair
! man, and Mrs. Ebert w. lockwood,
advisory member. The feature Of
this session will be talks by Miss
Catherine MacKay on the Smith-Lever
fund and by Miss Nea1e Knowles on
the model kitchen. Mrs. Frederick A.
Dow of Chicago will give the address.
Art Committee Meetings.
Wednesday evening will bring the
art committee with Miss Emma Graf
tan, chairman, and Mrs. w. w. Wit
mer. assistant chairman. The speak
ers will be Henry Turner Baily of Bos-
ton on ",The Personal Enjoyment of
Pictures" and Mrs. Charlotte Perkins
Gilman on Peace and Worlds Hope"
Miss Anna M. Klingenhagen will give
a report of the peace conference.
Thursday morning brings an ad-
dress by Miss Mary Gray Peck of the
national board of censorship of mo-
ton pictures: the report of the vice
president and district chairmen; an
address on Opera Conditions in
America" by Havrah Hubbard of Bos-
ton: the report of the nominating
committee The good roads luncheon
will come at noon under the direction
of the conservation committee, Mrs.
Walter S. Brown, chairman, and Mrs.
Henry Taylor, chairman of good roads.
Thursday afternoon the conference
will be under the direction of the
conservation, the educational and the
civics committees. The speakers will
be President Homer H. Seerley. Prof.
Edwin Starbuck and Henry Turner
Baily, who will talk on Identifying
the Home Town"
The election of officers. will be a
feature of the session. The reception
by President and Mrs. Macbride will
follow.
Miss French to Speak,
Thursday evening the address will
be given by Miss Alice French on
Safety First, the Coming Motto" and
Havrah Hubbard, who will give an
opera talk on Norma Wanna"
Friday morning brings the general |
federation programme Mrs. Homer A. |
Miller, general federation state Sec
rotary, will give her report at this |
time. At 1O:45 o'clock the scholar
ship and loan fund committee will !,
hold it's session with Miss Harriet |
Lake as chairman President Mac |
bride will give the address. The an
nouncenent Of the election will close |
the morning.
Friday afternoon the literature and /
library extension committee. Mrs. A !
J. Barley. chairman, will report |
There will be addresses by DR.. Geo. |
W. FCrlSSIHdIl, MASS Juild "A. noplHSou
and Mrs. E. N. Coleman.
The public health committee, with |
Mrs. John A. Nash as chairman and |
DR.. Velura Powell as assistant chair
man, will report at this session The /
speaker will be DR.. Henry B. Faivlle |
of Chicago on Health and Charac-
ter" The report of the resolutions !
committee and the pres entation of |
the officers will follow
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