Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-06
CLUB DOM
Sidelights On National
Club Women Now In
Session In Omaha.

we Will never DC aDle 10 TAX
cognizance of the part women.
clubs have taken in training womer
Tor broader citizenship and effective
leadership" said Mrs. Josiah Evans
Cowles of Los Angeles at the Fon
tene1le hotel Monday morning. Mrs
Cowles is serving her fourth veal
as president of the General FEEDER
arion of Women's Clubs. She is il
Omaha to preside at sessions of thu
general federation board, which
meets here from January GO.
1--WE can cite women's service ir
war activities as some indication o.
the value of clubs as training
| schools" continued Mrs. Cowles
"All over the country club womer
were found in executive phases Of
war work. Temporary and perma,
nent ehairnien were almost invaria,
| bly, chosen from club groups. And
now, though the clubs are not con-
cerned with partisan politics, the
leaders of women's organized polit,
ical groups, from state to state
where | GO, are prominent club
women. That is true in Nebraska
where Mrs M. D. Cameron, Mrs. H
T.. Keefe ard Mrs. :. G. Drake, well
known club women, have been chos-
en- by one Of the political parties tc
represent their state.
"Clubs have been cooperating
HEALTHY witt, municipalities through
cut the United States. They have
been of untold value in discouraged
communities In mining district
where business is at low ebb, for ex-
ample, it is usually the club women
who get together and say that their
children shall have educational ad-
vantages, libraries and civic oppor-
tunities. Tney were engaged IN
community service long before thot
term was used. Tie story of the
| library development in this country
| is woven IN and out through club
history. 49,.
When seen at Hotel Fontenelle
Monday morning, Mrs. Cowles was
wearing a tailored costume of black.
A brooch and jet beads were her
only ornaments. Club women &C
cord Mrs. Cowles great credit as a
mastery executive. "She thinks
rapidly and speaks quickly" says
Mrs. NJ. D. Cameron of Omaha,
land always says the right thing
at the right time
Mrs. Cowles spoke before the
Omaha Woman's club Monday aft
ernoon. Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday are crowded full of BUSH
ness sessions, except for a dinner
Wednesday evening which will be
social affair with many Nebraska
women in attendance in honor of
he federation visitors. :.
men are astonished to see how
much we get out of how little" said
Mrs. E. G. Denniston, director from
California, who is attending general
federation board meetings in Oma-
ha. Our dues are very SMALL Our
women work without salaries. An
unreasonable amount of voluntary
service is given the country over
by club women to their communi-
ties and mankind"
Mrs. Eugene B. Lawson, past
president of the Oklahoma Women's
clubs, and present director from that
state to the general federation, as
well as a member of the reorganiza-
ton committee, says there are 225
clubs in her state with a member
ship of 1000. How is Oklahoma
o:l?" she was asked. Coming up
and going up" was her quick reply.
Mrs. Mary I. Wood of New
Hampshire, corresponding secretary
for the general federation, voiced
approval of the Nebraska Federation
Bulletin. "You have made it
trade journal, and that is a real fed
Grafton need" she declared.
Don't try to do what New York
or some other place does" admon-
ished Mrs. John Shuttleworth OF
Shreveport, La. Look after local
needs of the present and near future.
That is 'ouah' motto" said this de-
lightful southern woman. "All the
parent-teachers' associations in
Louisiana are federated" she con-
tinued. Louisiana women are deep
ly interested in, community welfare"
Mrs. John D. Wilkinson Of Louis
lana, director-elect from that state,
is attending the board sessions as a
member of the reorganization COM
mittee. The committee, under lead
Eership of Mrs. Robert Burdette OF
California, held a meeting Sunday,
at which preliminaries were dis
cussed.