Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-11-10
Twentieth Annual Meeting
Declared the Most Sue
cessful in History.
TO HEAR REPORTS
ABOUT EDUCATION
Many Papers and Talks VIII Be Made
Mt Sessions Today, Officers Will Be
Elected, and Convention Will
Then Adjourn.

Reports of committees and heads
Of sections formed the greater part Of
the business yeste, .iay at the fore
noon session of the twentieth annual
convention of the Arkansas Federal
ton of Women's clubs and a eionsid-
cradle amount of the discussion dur
ing the session was devoted to plans
for the next biennial convention Of the
General Federation of Womens clubs,
which is to be held at Hot Springs,
in May, 1918, and which will be made
the greatest and most suecessf@
gathering of that great organization
of women. # the women of Arkansas
can have their way about it.
In the afternoon. the delegates
were delighted in high degree, with
the Art exhibit, and the lecture on
Art by Mrs. Melville Johnston Of
Indiana, this taking place at the
Hauber theatre. which was packed to
the doors by the crowds of women
and some few men-whieFf gathered
to enjoy this important feature Of the
convention.
Delightful Reception.
! Following the Art session, the
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ception at the Davis Floral company's
establishment. The handsome quar-
tiers needed no decorations, the
flowers and plants heing already ar
tjstically placed. Miss Elsie Loomis
and Mrs. Lillian Mohle;' had d NUM-
her of local 1adies~to assist them IN
receiving their guests, and delicious
punch was served. Each of the visit
tors was given a handsome rosebud
as a souvenir Of the delightful OF
casion.
Automobiles were in waiting. ani
from the reception there started the
ride thru the city and over the rural
trunpikes, with visit to the Country
club for tea, during the later after
noon. The handsome clubhouse had
been attractively DECORATED, and the
scene as the several hundred women
enjoyed the outing was most delight
full to the eye.
: Crowd 1t Musicale.
The musicales at the Shrlners
temple last night, was as high class
musical entertainment as it has
ever been the good fortune Of Pine
Bluff people to enjoy, and the hall
spacious as it is, was not nearly large
enough to accommodate all those who
desired to hear it..
1t was remarked by number u
Pine Bluff men and women durihs
the evening that the experience, the
inability to house all who came tC
: enjoy the entertainment. was abots,
the best argument possible to give, IN
support Ct the movement for q fdts-
nicipal auditorium in Pine Bluff.
c The following program was caffiet
out:
: Quartet, Persian Garden" Miss
V Harrell, Mrs. j. r.. Core, Arthur Trip
, lett, Dolph Kastor. Mrs. J. I. Norris
:. accompanist.
y Vocal solo, 20 Mer Ouvre Tai (Lee
Delibes), Mrs. B. l.. Lyford OF Helena
Violin trio, "Ballate" (Fatinf). MISS
Headlee, Miss Farrar and Mrs. Nc
Clean. Miss Winnie Clegg, accom-
PIANIST.
Z Piano, ta) Love Dream" niszt
90 "March Wind" 0McDowelD; (c)
"Rigoletto Paraphfase'' (verdi-Liszt)
Mrs. Pratt Bacon of Texarkana.
g Vocal, (a) Damon" (Stange); 90
g 1.-THE World Is Full Of April (clough
!, Leighter); (c) "Villanuelle" OeAc
a uua). Miss Sarah Yancey Cline OF Lit
,. tie Rock. Miss Winnie Clegg, accom-
: Reading, King Robert of Sicily
CLongfellow), Miss Vashti King.
Violin, "Serenade Melancolle'
(Tschaikowsky) David Hausard O
Fayetteville.
Vocal. (a) Call of Rhada" (ScotD
CD "Elegy" tMassenet. Miss Lac,
Hearn Broadstreet. Miss Winnie
Clegg, accompanist.
Concerto (Chaminade). Henry
Doughty Tovey of Fayetteville. piano
Miss Louise Hall of Arkadelphia, sec
ond piano.
Chorus, Song of the Vikings,
(Eanning), Little Rock and Pine Blum
choruses, under direction of Miss
Lucy Hearn Broadstreet; Miss Win
nie Clegg. accompanist.
Meet Closes To-day.
The convention will close it's se'
sions today, following several reports
from committees and number o
talks, all on the very important sub
ject of education, in which the clu'
women everywhere. and especially II
Arkansas, are showing greater an
greater interest.
The program for the day is as fol
lows:
g a. m.-rnvoGatioE. Rev. FranA
Thompson.
sos a. m.-Music, Arkansas y,
Mrs. Barnett.
n 9:1O a. Minutes Music, piano
Miss Muriel Conger. Conway.
9:15 a. m-ResOlutions.
800 a. m.-Final report Of creden'
tial committee.
9:25 a. m.-RepUrt OF chairman q
education, Mrs. Frank Milwee.
Il $3.50 a. m-Report of endowee
scholarship. Mrs. Jack Bernhard.
9:35 a. Scholarship loan fund
Miss Vineyard. acting chairman.
$40 q. m.-Adidress, Equalization
Of Taxation Arkansas Redemption,
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