Omaha daily bee., 1915-12-19

discard. Carrying Christmas cheer to
the needy however, is not included this category,
but indeed, will occupy the attention of than
a few busy matrons With the advent of the
year, however, the clubwoman will her eff
forts toward uplift work with added zest
Omaha women have not yet returned from the
national suffrage and ant-suffrage conventions in
Washington, which the principal events in
national woman's cubdom during the last week, but
word has received of the signal recognition of
local woman by her election vice president of
the National Anti-suffrage society-Mrs Edward
Porter Peck.
Attention has also been called to another woman
prominent in local clubdom. If you held as many
offices in women's organizations there letters
in the alphabet, perhaps you would hesitate about
launching into the editorial field by getting out
official organ fo- society nationwide in its scope,
to say nothing of writing the history organiza
ton almost quarter of century old. Not SO Mrs.
Edward johnson, one of the best known Omaha
clubwomen.
The first issue of "The Evangel" which is to
be the official of the west central district of
the womans American Baptist Foreign Missionary
society. embracing the states of Kansas. Iowa and
Nebraska is just off the press edited by Mrs John
son. Both the dedication and a poem, "A Message
from Our Chairman" by Mrs. Johnson,
feature of the first issue and have received
gratulatory notices from Mrs Helen Barrett Mont
gomery of Rochester, N Y, the national president.
who is also author of the study books in by the
foreign missionary societies throughout the coun-
try. Mrs. Montgomery of the stellar at
fractions arranged for the last Summer School of
Missions, which abandoned account of the
BILLY" Sunday meetings. Mrs. Johnsons poem
sung at Lincoln the other day to the tune of
"Greenland's Icy Mountains"
Mrs. Johnson's other venture, the compilation Of
history of the Omaha Woman's club will be ready
for publication about the first of the year The
work was begun during Mrs. C. W. Hayes admins
tration.
Here few offices, but only a few of those
held by Mrs. Johnson and offices whose duties she
performs in a most efficient, capable manner Last
week Mrs. Johnson reelected president of the
Old Peoples Home association, she is secretary OF
the Young Women's Christian association board OF
directors. vice president of the Tri-City Baptist
Quarterly, secretary of the Woman's Missionary So
ciety of the First Baptist church and chairman of
the board well as home administration vice pres
dent OF the west central district of the Womans
American Baptist Foreign Missionary society. which
office places Mrs. Johnson on the national board
chairman of the parliamentary practice department
of the Douglas county Woman's Christian Temper
snce union, to say nothing of being past president
and holding innumerable offices in the Omaha
woman clup'
Two new endeavOrs will be launched by the
two largest womens clubs in the city, directly
after New Years. The Omaha Woman's club will
open its soup kitchen at the Train school, where
for 1 cent, hot, nourishing lunch will be pro-
vided the children. Mrs. NJ. H. Nelson and her
committee, including Mesdames E. NJ. Syfert f.
J. Burnett, F. H. Cole, Edward Phelan f. w Car
michael, H. c. Sumney and Miss Eunice Ensor,
director of social extension work in the public
rchools, are most enthusiastic the successful
outlook for the work
A definite beginning of the vocational guild
ence work, which the Association of Collegiate
Alumni expects to direct. was made this last
week, when committee, including Miss Elizabeth
Brenizer, leader of this section of the organza-
ton; Miss Ethel Turkey. of the prime movers
in the work. and Miss Jessie Towne, dean of girls
at the Central High school, waited on the educa-
uonal committee of the Board of Education and
asked desk space in the board rooms This will
obviously be of value in carrying on the work.
Valuable ideas how to pursue their plan OF
work were left with local women by Prof Frank
NJ. Leavitt Of Chicago vocational guidance expert
who was in Omaha for the State Teachers conven-
ton.