Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-03-18

3:45 p. M, while that OF the Tuesday
Morning Musical club Is scheduled
for April 3 and the Omaha Woman's
club proper for April 10. Depart
mental elections also take place next
month.
OF the large women's organizations
which have already named their new
sets OF officers, there are the Drama
league, the Social Settlement and the
Young Women's Christian associa-
ton.
A popular member OF the executive
committee OF the Fine Arts society is
mentioned as the most probable can
didate and that Mrs. Ward Burgess
will continue as chairman OF the ex-
hibition committee next year is more
welcome news, especially in view OF
\ the fact that next year the society
will devote itself more fully to bring
ing art exhibits to Omaha, rather than
! extensive lecture series. Besides the
800 paintings in the Franco-Belgian
exhibit which will be shown here
about April 20 under the direction OF
Mrs. Burgess. many pieces OF sculp-
ture will also be exhibited.
Mrs. Frederick H. Cole, General
Federation chairman Of civil service
reform, will attend the council meet
ing at New Orleans, April 9 to IA. En-
route south Mrs. Cole will stop in
Chicago to attend sessions OF the Civil
| Service Reform association, on invi-
tation of the president, William B.
Hale.
Mrs. L. J. Healey will report the
second district convention of the Ne
braska Federation OF Women's Clubs
held in Omaha Thursday, during the
business session OF the Omaha Wom-
ans club, Monday at 2:30 o'clock at
METROPOLITAN club house. The open
program which follows will be given
by the political and social science de-
partmcnt, headed by Mrs. c. w.
Hayes.
Karl F. Adams, principal Of the
High School of Commerce, will tell
about an anti-cigaret club in his
school and Arthur L. Weatherly Of
Lincoln on "The Menace Of Compul-
sorry Military Education in Schools
Mrs. E. A. Weathers and George
Compton will sing, with Miss Amanda
| Tebbins as accompanist.
OF special interest this week in the
Woman's club is the big club lunch
con which will be held Wednesday
at / o'clock at the Blackstone and for
which Mrs. c. A. Sherwood, chairman
of the house and home committee,
will receive reservations until Tues
day noon.
Mrs. Mary I. Crcigh, the vice
president, reports the other interest
ing feature with regard to the junior
members Of the club who have been
asked to work for the scholarship
fund. In this interest they will have
an afternoon OF song and story at the
home OF Mrs. Edward Phelan, Friday,
at 2:30 o'clock. All club members
have been invited to this meeting and
fee OF rs cents will be charged
The patronesses for the affair will be
Mesdames r. Fl. Cole, F. ]. Birss,
Mary !. Creigh, c. L. Hempel, Thorn
as Brown and Miss Euphemia john
son.
Extemporaneous talks will be con-
tinued BY the oratory department,
Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock. The
parliamentary practice class meets
the same day at 2:30 o'clock. when
the subject for study will be MO
TONS" the motion to be amended be-
ing the following: "All subsidiary
incidental and privileged motions will
be applied to the principle motion,
which is, that the leader of the par
liamentary law department appoint
committee TO confer with the mayor
and the city commissioners in regard
Ito cleaning up the down town dis