Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-01

At the meeting OF the Drama league
at the Young Women's Christian as
ISOLATION auditorium October 10 at
o'clock Miss Kate McHugh will de-
liver her lecture on THE Changing
English Stage and the Changing Eng
lish play which was prepared espe-
cially for delivery at the twenty-fifth
anniversary of club in Illinois which
Miss McHugh' organized. This meet
ing is open to everyone interested in
the drama. ..r
The regular meeting of the General
H. w. Lawton auxiliary to Camp Lee
Forby, United Spanish War Veterans,
will be held at Memorial hall Wednes-
lay afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Mrs. D. A. Foote will meet with the
leaders OF the city Bible classes at
the Young Mems Christian associa-
ton auditorium Monday afternoon at
2.30 o'clock.
Miss Eta S. Pickering, new gen.
eral secretary, will be the speaker at
the Bible and membership rally Of
the Young Women's Christian asso-
citation at today's vesper service. Miss
Grace Oddie is the hostess. The fol-
lowing course in Bible study has been
planned: Gospel Of john" Mrs. Mar
SHALL Woman Of Ancient Israel"
Miss Pickering; Gospel Of Mark"
Fundamentals of Biblical Knowl-
.dge," THE Prophet Jeremiah" and
A Maids Class, Miss .Erb.
Monday evening the big member
ship and educational rally will be held
At 7:30 p. m. 4
The West Side Women's Christian
Temperance union will hold its next
meeting Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock
at the home of Mrs. Grant Hayes,
Fifty-ninth and Erna avenue. Re-
ports of the state convention will be
read and final plans for the campaign
work will be discussed.
Miss Eta S. Pickering, the new
Young Women's Christian association
general secretary, will be the speaker
at the prayer meeting of the Business
Women's council Tuesday at the court
house. Luncheon will be served be-
tween the hours of II and 2.
Mu Sigma, the oldest study club in
the city, will devote the year to the
study of Shakespeare's works.
Twelfth Night" "Coriolanus," King
Lear" Tanning of the Shrew," King
Henry Nv" and "Cymbeline' are
among the plays which will be
studied. The opening meeting was
held Wednesday, the next is sched-
uled for October II.
The annual convention of the Maine
Federation Of Women's Clubs at
Kineo, September Is, endorsed the
principle Of woman suffrage.
Thirty-five State Federation Of
Women's Clubs, in addition to the
General Federation, have now de-
clared for equal suffrage.
Mrs. Paul Chamberlain of Chicago,
vice president of the Unitarian Wo-
mems Alliance of the western states,
will be the guest of Mrs; c. w. Rus
sell Monday and Tuesday of this
week. Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock,
at the home Of Mrs. John Mcdonald,
SIS North Thirty eighth street, Mrs.
Chamberlain will speak to local Uni
tartan women and their friends.
The local Vassar club has placed
on sale at Matthews book store tickets
for the lecture to be given by John
Cowper Powys Monday afternoon,
October 80, at o'clock at the Bran
deis theater. Mrs Arthur Guion is
president Of the Vassar alumnae here.
The purpose. is to raise money for
the Vassar endowment fund.
The Benson Woman's club met last
Thursday at the rooms in the city hall
for a study on Immigration" Five
new members were voted into the
club. :a -
Mrs. o. S. Brooks, who was re-
elected to the presidency, resigned on
account Of i'll health, the resignation
to take effect in two weeks.
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