Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-10-01

u = RS. JOSIAH EVANS CoWLES of Los
IN III Angeles, president Of the General Fed
AH Grafton of Womens1 clubs, will be
WI guest of honor at the opening meeting
\ - of the Omaha Womans club Monday
Mrs. Cowles is en- route to the state
federation convention which opens in Hastings Tues
day. Mrs. Cowles arrives Monday morning and
will be entertained informally at breakfast by Mrs;
F. H. Cole, General Federation chairman of civil
service reform Mrs. H. L. Keefe OF Walthill, for
merly recording secretary for the General Fedora
ton, will come in to spend the day and will be an
other guest of Mrs, Cole.
At noon there will be luncheon at the Fontenelle
for Mrs Cowles when those present will be the
board of directors and past presidents of the Omaha
Womans club, as well presidents Of all the fedef
sd eSbs in hs city Y, Tbs party .n he
at 2:30 o'clock. Greetings will be extended by Mrs.
Cole; Mrs. S. S, Caldwell president Of the Tuesday
Morning Musical club Mrs. w. G. Ure for the Fine
Arts Society Mrs. Harvey Newbranch, for the As
ISOLATION Of Collegiate Alumnae; Mrs. John Yeiser.
for Dundee; Mrs o. S. Brooks, for Benson; Mrs. P.
J. Farrell, for South Omaha Womans clubs, and
Mrs. R. l. Frantz for the Woman's club of the
Railway Mail Service. Then comes the address of
Mrs. Cowles Mrs. Florence Baser-Palmer will
sing.
reception will follow between the hours of
and 6, when bevy of young girls will assist i'll
serving Mrs. E. M Syfert president Of the Omaha
Womans club, gives small dinner at the Fonte-
nellie for Mrs. Cowles and Tuesday morning she
leaves with the local delegation for the Hastings
meeting.
Department meetings will follow close upon the
Omaha Woman's club opening meeting. The first
meeting of the oratory department will be held
Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock in the club rooms
at the Metropolitan building. Following the bust
ness meeting Miss Amy Woodruff, the Director will
discourse on correct breathing, demonstrated with
exercises Children of Earth" by Alice Brown,
will provide the program for the literature depart
ments program Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock
at the Metropolitan building. Mrs. c. L. >Hempel
Iltll utua The urttl, fha II
FRANKLIN Shotwe.
The home economics section will not meet on
Thursday of this week because of the Ak-Sar-Ben
attractions scheduled for that day. The next meet
ing will be held in two weeks. The new department
OF the Womans club whose work is devoted to par
lainentary practice will begin its class work Octo
,ber II at $50 p in the east parlor of the Metro
Poiitan hall. ANY club members who wish to enroll
III tins department may do so at that time.
Art, current topics, music, philosophy and ethics
ana political and social science departments will hold
tneir nrst gatherings next week. ~.
South Omaha Woman's club had planned its
opening meeting reception at the home of Mrs. J.
w. koutsky, Tor Tuesday OF this week. but owing 10
the Ak-Sar-Ben festivities, as we'll as the fact that
the president and delegates will be in attendance at
the state federation meeting, the reception has been
postponed until October II. The literature depart
ment however, will hold its first meeting October
10 at Library hall
Both the Omaha Story Tellers' league and Major
Revolution, open their club season Saturday The
Story Telers will have luncheon at the CONNER
cia club that day, followed by one-minute story
from each member. The stories will probably be Of
grand OPERA since that is to be the years topic.
The Daughters will be entertained at an informal
reception musicale at the home of Mrs E. G, Ell
bridge Saturday afternoon. short business meet
ing will be held and the yearbooks will be ready for
distribution. -
The Association OF Collegiate Alumnae will have
no departmental meetings this week. but the drama
section will come together Thursday October u.
feature of the coming convention OF the
Nebraska Federation OF Womens Clubs at Hast
ngs will be the get-together meeting of state chair
men at dinner Wednesday evening at the Clarke
hotel. An Omaha woman, Mrs. X. r. j. Edhom.
state health chairman will be toastmistress at the
dinner, when Mrs. Cowles will be guest of honor.
and two other Omaha women Mrs. F. H. Cole and
Mrs, G. w. Hayes, whose departments are schol-
lrships and legislation will also respond to toasts.
The gathering arranged by Mrs. w. H. Orris,
state industrial chairman and Mrs. Edholm The
state president Mrs J. N. Paul. and the vice presi-
dent, Mrs. George Beels, will talk Other speakers
and their subjects are:
additional Club News on Page seven)