Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-01-16

club will meet at the Lincoln hotel in
Lincoln Saturday. January 20, at 1890,
This club was formed in Omaha during
the last state teachers convention and
Miss Anna Tibbots of the Peru Normal
school is the president.
The New York City board. which has
in hand the entertainment Of the biennial
convention Of the General Federation OF
Women's Clubs, May % to June 2, this
week issued It's first bulletin OF In
formation. Twenty thousand women arc
expected TO be In attendance at this con
vention. Headquarters for the biennial
board have been established at the Hotel
Astor. where an office corps. headed by
Mrs william Grant Brown. the chair
man. ls on duty each day. The con-
vention proper will be held IN the spacious
Seventh Regiment srmory.
An Omaha girl. Miss Mary Higgins,
daughter Of Mrs. Annie oConnor Hig-
gins. Is winning much prominence i'm lie
east as a suffrage speaker Miss Higgins
gave an address on st. Paul and the
Women" IN New York last week. when
Mrs. Florence Kelley was the other
| speaker on the program. The toriner
/ Omaha girl also addressed suffrage
meeting at the home OF Mrs o. II. p
| Belmont. 4f
Miss Higgins, with Mrs. ST. John Duval
organized the first social settlement In
Richmont. Va, in connection with ST
Paurs old rectory. with which settle
ment she Is still connected. Just now
she Is taking a course in law lectures al
| Columbia college In New York city and
| will then return to Richmond. Miss
Higgins has been active in the suffrage
campaign In Virginia. touring the state
| with the president, Mrs, Valentine
|
The new officers OF Maiva White
shrine will be installed at the meeting
Thursday evening to be held at Masonic
temple. Rev. Carl Worden and his
mother. Mrs Worden, who were for
merly officers at Petoskey, Mich, win
be the installing officers. A social hour
will follow the meeting. Mrs. j. V.
Miller of South Side Is the new and Mrs.
c. Vincent, the retiring president OF the
White shrine.
The music section OF the Association Of
COLLEGIATE Alumnae will meet with tho
leader, Miss Elizabeth Fry, Monday
afternoon, at 4 o'clock. Instead of th'
usual program. there will be chorus
practice for the open program, which THU
section will present at the Februar,
meeting.
Miss Esther Thomas will tell the stor.
OF william Allen Whites ''song OF oui
Syrian Guest" and Miss Helen Thomas
will tell ''The Return of the Los
Charm" by Henry avn Dyke, wednes
day, when the story tellers league O
the Association OF Collegiate Alumna,
meets at the home OF Miss Mary Phil
iippi.
The Business Women's council wa!
favored with homemade luncheons Tues
day. furnished by the Lowe Avenul
Presbyterian church women. Miss LII.
Strong OF the Young Women Christian
association was speaker. The meeting
are held every Tuesday. from II 10 2. a
the court house, Seventeenth stree
entrance.
r The first public meeting OF the NJ
hraska Association Opposed to Woms
> Suffrage since the suffrage campaign 1
this state will De held at the homo OF II
/ president. Mrs. Edward Porter Peck. o
Monday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock. RI
{ ports OF the national anti-suffrage col
/. vention held recently in Washington. ]
A c.. will be given by the delegates. Mr.
\ Feok. Mrs. William Archibald Smith ar
Mrs Frank T. Hamilton.
+ Mrs, Thomas Brown will entertain q
}. Omaha Suffrage association at an afte
c noon tea Wednesday at her home. Is
= Writ street. Preceding this there W
e be business meeting. at which the raj
A ing OF funds will be discussed MeT
, bers who have teen collecting carp
rags TO be woven into rugs. the sale
which Is expected 20 bring money In
le the treasury, have been requested to bril-
= the balls 70 'his meeting Miss Myr'
le Brown will give piano selections and MI
!" Dorothy Brown will sing a group
. songs and Mrs. Elizabeth Higgins sui
IN van win talk on Preparedness.
John cowper Powys will give the 81
40 ond OF q series OF lectures before I
n Omaha Society OF Fine Arts. Friday
he 4 clock. at the Hotel Fontenelle. MA
m tiers OF the Grand Styie-Sha kespears
.. win be the subject OF his talk.
nj Thursday evening az the high schs
auditorium at els John Haynes Holm
OF New York win speak before Z
al Political Equality league on The Ma