Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-03-23
Federation of Women,s Clubs
PanningforB iennialMeetinq

Widespread interest is developing
i'll the plans for the coming biennial
convention OF the General Federation
OF Women'S Clubs, to be held in
New York City in May. Club women
everywhere are awakening to a real
ization of the significance which at
taches to the return of the Fedora
ton to the city of it's birth. after
tWentE.sixal4ay years a-- of phenomenal
growth in numbers and activities
Since the new year came in. the Lo
cal Board reports progress" daily
and is rapidly making up its schedule
OF arrangements for the eventful ten
| days between May % and June 8
On Tuesday, the 23rd, at ten sharp
the Board of Directors meets at the
Astor, in the room reserved for the
sole use OF the Board throughout the
convention. At one o'clock they ad
Journ for luncheon in College hall
The eleven department chairmen hold
preliminary conference in the af
| ternoon; not open to delegates, who
| will instead be welcomed by the New
Jersey State Federation at recep'
| ton at famous Stevens Institute, just
| across the Hudson.
On Wednesday morning, the bust.
est women in New York will be the
credentials committee in the Astor
Rose room. On tht day, also, the
local board inaugurates new policy
in convention history by giving a
luncheon to the state presidents. The
official opening in the huge drill hall
of the seventies" Armory, takes
place on Wednesday EVENING" for
NAL occasion upon which greetings
will be extended by men eminent in
city and state life.
The literature department plans a
luncheon for Monday, the 10Th, at the
Astor. where all similar functions will
be given. A remarkable series Of
conferences has been arranged by
this department, during which mod
ern fiction, the Bible. library extern
sion, pageantry and the drama will
each in turn be presented by special
lists we'll qualified to discuss these
subjects.
The art departments luncheon is
listed for Friday, the Goth, in the
East ball room. -Four hundred COW
ers will be laid, and it behooves
state charmen of art departments,
in the name of their committees, to
notify the Federation chairman how
many tickets they wish reserved.
This sage advice applies equally to
all prospective attendants of depart
ment luncheons and dinners. For ex-
ample, the home economics depart
ment has dinner on Thursday, the
9th, preceding the monster reception
of that evening at the Metropolitan
Museum of Art. This dinner provides
for three hundred guests, tickets,
$40 each, with thirty invitations is.
sued. Early applications to home
economics chairman are in order.
The evening of the Goth belongs to
the state presidents, who will use
Convention hall to present their rpro-
gram.
Two luncheons fill the noon hours
on Saturday, the 9th. The Conser-
walton department entertains two
hundred guests at s1.50 per cover.
The music department does not limit
the number of it's luncheon guests.
The public health committee waits
until Tuesday, the 30th, to give it's
dinner.
The hotels committee again urges
delegations and visiting club women
to secure reservations through the
chairman. Mrs. North Mclean. Bien-
NAL Board Rooms, Hotel Aston. Ho-
tells and boarding houses are all list
ed with her, and better accommoda-
lions and rates are assured than can
be obtained independently. Nothing
seems impossible to the Local Bien-
NAL Chairman and her colleagues.