Omaha Writers in Story Tellers' Program
Woman's Club Plans to Study Art
Omaha Story Tellers' League.
Omaha Story Tellers' league program
has been completed and the
booklets for the year have been sent
out. Miss Emma Rosicky is president;
Mrs. Stephen Davies, vice president;
Miss Sarah Sanborne, secretary
and Miss Eleanor Nevin, treasurer.
The governing board includes the
above officers, besides Mrs. J.W. Metcalfe,
Mrs. C.W. Pollard and Miss
Kate Swartzlander. Mrs. Philip Welch,
Mrs. G.H. Payne and Miss Ruth
Thompson are members of the membership
committee.
The first meeting will be a luncheon
held at the Commercial club on Saturday,
October 9, with one-minute stories
by members.
American writers will be included
in this club's studies this winter.
Washington Irving is the first one selected,
and the program will be given
October 21, with Miss Emma Rosicky
as leader. Numbers will be given by
Miss Rosicky, Mrs. S.A. Davies, Miss
Eleanor Nevin and Miss Edith Haight.
Indian stories will be the topic of
the program given on November 4 by
Miss Isabel McMillan, leader, assisted
by Miss Emma Roberts, Mrs. Philip
Welch and Mrs. G.D. Rice. On November
18, Miss Josephine Grant will
be the leader of the program on Nathaniel
Hawthorne. Numbers will be
given by Miss Grant, Mrs. P.M. Pritchard,
Mrs. C.R. Hrdlicke and Miss
Eloise Hillis.
Christmas stories will be told at the
meeting on December 2, when Miss
Jeannette Newlean will be the leader.
She will be assisted by Miss Jennie
Redfield, Miss Kate Swartzlander and
Mrs. J.W. Metcalfe.
Miss Emma Rosicky will be the
leader of the meeting on January 6,
when she will be assisted by Miss
Eloise Hillis and Miss Ruth Thompson
in telling some stories from the
work of Louisa M. Alcott. Miss Sarah
Sanborne will also give a report of
the canvass regarding the succeeding
year's work.
On January 20, Hale and Poe will
be studies, and Mrs. C.W. Axtell will
be the leader. Stories will be told by
Mrs. Axtell. Mrs. M.T. Lawrence, Mrs.
G.H. Payne and Miss Margaret Hamilton.
Bible stories will be told on February
3. Mrs. E.L. Potter will be
the leader, and she will be assisted by
Mrs. E.G. Hampton, Mrs. C.S. Chittenden
and Miss Ethel Holmquist.
Miss Grace Hungerford will be the
leader of the program on fairy stories
which will be given on February 17.
Miss Hungerford will be assisted by
Mrs. C.W. Axtell, Miss Hermini
Blessing and Miss Eleanor Nevin.
Miss Ruth Thompson will be the
leader of the March 2 program on
Henry Van Dyke, and will be assisted
by Mrs. J.W Metcalfe, Mrs. G.D.
Rice and C.W. Pollard.
The program on March 16 and April
6 will include humorous stories. Mrs.
William Dox will be the leader of the
first program, and she will be assisted
by Mrs. M.T. Hamilton, Mrs. P.M.
Pritchard and Miss Josephine Grant.
Miss Margaret Hamilton will be the
leader of the April 6 meeting, and
she will be assisted by Miss Grace
Hungerford, Miss Sarah Sanborne and
Mrs. Philip Welch.
Southern stories will be told on
April 20, when Mrs. C.R. Hrdlicka
will be the leader, assisted by Miss
Emma Roberts, Miss Ethel Holmquist
and Miss Jennie Redfield.
Omaha writers will be taken up on
May 4. Mrs. E.G. Hampton, the
leader of the program, will give the
story of "Tarts." by Ella W. Peattie;
Miss Isabel McMillian will give "Madam
Mosquito," by Julia A. Swartz;
Mrs. C.W. Pollard will tell of
"Little Story of the Epiphany," by
Thomas J. Kelly, and Miss Jeannette
Newlean will give the story "In the
Switchyard," by Keene Abbott.
The last meeting will be held Saturday,
May 20, at the Fontenelle hotel.
It will be a luncheon, followed
by a business meeting, and Mrs.
George II Payne will tell the story of
the Fontenelles.
New Superintendents.
The new Douglas county superintendents
for the Woman's Christian
Temperance union recently selected,
include: Mrs. W.T. Graham, scientific
temperance; Mrs. John Blakre, evengelical;
Mrs. F.S. King, franchise;
Mrs. Harry Tavender, flower mission
and mercy and relief; Mrs. C.W. Alhquist,
jail and prisons; Mrs. Frances
Fallausbee, juvenile court and child
labor; Mrs. Alice Minnick, legislature;
Mrs. F.W. Butts, mothers' meetings;
Mrs. Edith Shimrock, medal contest;
Mrs. Edward Johnson, parliamentary
usage; Mrs. H.E. Longsteeth, peace
and arbitration; Miss Blanche Van
Kuran, press; Mrs. Frank Kocaine, social
meeting; Mrs. E. Noyes of Waterloo,
Sabbath observance; Mrs. Oswald,
Sunday schoolwork; Mrs. C.
Nichols of Valley, union signal and
crusaders and Mrs. E.H. Sullivan
purity.
Needlework Guild.
The Needlework Guild of America
will hold a Pacific coast conference
at San Francisco on
Monday, September 13, at the
Civic auditorium. It is the desire of
the national officers that all Omahans
or other members of this organization
who might happen to be in San Francisco
on that date, to attend the conference.
Mrs. J.J. Stubbs, president
of the Omaha branch, will give any
information about this conference that
Omahans wish to know.
U.S. Grant Woman's Relief Corps.
The U.S. Grant Woman's Relief
Corp will hold a meeting Tuesday
afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Memorial
ball.
Board Meeting.
There will be a meeting of the board
of trustees of the Old People's Home
on Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock at
the Young Woman's Christian association.
Washington County Convention.
Mrs. Fanny Manning and Mrs. J.M.
McKitrick of this city attended the
Washington County Woman's Christian
Temperance, union convention on
Thursday at Blair, Neb. Thirty-five
delegates were present. The time was
occupied in a discussion of soft drinks.
It also arranged at this meeting to
have a temperance mass meeting every
Sunday afternoon at Blair during the
temperance campaign.
Omaha Union.
The regular business meeting of the
Omaha Woman's Christian Temperance
union will be held Wednesday
morning from 9 to 10:30 o'clock at the
Young Men's Christian association.
Reports from the recent convention at
Elk City, Neb, will be given. Delegates
to the state convention, which
will be held September 21 at Grand
Island will be selected.
Scottish Rite Woman's Club.
The first meeting of the Scottish
Rite Woman's club will be a kensington
and this affair will be held at the
Scottish Rite cathedral Friday afternoon.
The hostess will be Mrs.
William Berry, Mrs. Z.D. Clarke and
Mrs. Frank Patton.
Club Luncheon.
The annual luncheon of the Omaha
Woman's club will be held Thursday
at the Happy Hollow club. Mrs. James
Liddell, chairman of the house and
home committee, has charge of the arrangements,
and reservations should
be made to her for this party.
Omaha Suffrage Association.
There were present thirty-five members
of the Omaha Suffrage association
at the picnic party given by that association
at Hanscom park on Wednesday
afternoon. Following the picnic
the first regular business meeting
since spring was held, and plans for
the winter were discussed. The rug
committee was appointed and Mrs. C.S.
Hartwick is the chairman with Mrs.
I. Conner, Mrs. Kenny, Mrs. Holly and
Mrs. E.H. Sullivan, her assistants. It
will be remembered that the members
of this association are going to sell
rag rugs this winter to hold their
funds.
Mrs. E.H. Sullivan was appointed
chairman of the finance committee and
she was given the power to select her
own members. It was also decided at
this meeting to resume the afternoon
teas this winter, and in addition to
have a course of lectures, one to accompany
each tea party. The next
meeting will be September 15 at a
place to be selected later.
Child's Conversation League.
The members of the City Federation
of the Child's Conservation league
will hold the first meeting of the year
the first Monday in October or October
4, at a place to be announced later.
This September meeting has been omitted
owing to the fact that the meeting
falls on Labor day.
Daughters of 1812.
The Nebraska society of the United
States Daughters of 1812 will meet
Friday afternoon, September 10, at
the home of Mrs. O.A. Scott, 1922
Binney street.
Jewish Ladies' Relief Society.
The meeting of the Jewish Ladies'
society planned for September 7, has
been omitted on account of the holidays.
The next meeting will be held
October 5 at the Continental hall.
Art Department.
The members of the art department
of the Omaha Woman's club will study
Russian art this winter. The meetings
will be held on Thursday mornings
at 10 o'clock at the club rooms.
Mrs. C.J. Roberts is the leader of this
department, and her assistants are
Mrs. J.C. Hammond, Mrs. G.C. Bonner
and Mrs. A. O. Perterson. Mrs. W. S.
Heller is the secretary-treasurer. At
the first meeting which will be held
on October 14, the discussion will include
physical feature, climate, principal
rivers, cities, origin of the race and
the language of Russia, with a biography
of Peter, the Great.
Mrs. J.B. Adams will be the leader
of the meeting on October 28, which
will be devoted to the subject of Tumuli,
Kertch, Great Tomb of Koul-Oba,
Nikopal Vase, antiquities of Perm,
and silver antiquities. Mrs. J.W. Gill
will give a paper on "Siberia" and
"Siberian Antiquities."
On November 11 Mrs; G.B. Darr
will be the leader and Mrs. C.H. Mullin
will give a talk on "Home Life" in
Russia." The discussion will include
the introduction of Christianity and religious
art, the earliest churches and
the first stone church.
Miss Adelaide Stebbins will be leader
of the December 9 meeting on Russian
architecture, and a paper on St.
Petersburg: Churches, Monastries
and Cathedrals." Will be given by Mrs.
C.L. Hempel. The topic of the meeting
on January 13 when Mrs. J. G.
Hammon will be the leader, are the
cathedrals and monasteries of Kief and
the monastery of Lavra at Troitsa.
The Moscow churches and monasteries
and the great bell of Moscow
and the gates, towers, great palace and
treasury of Kremlin will be the topics
of the meeting on January 27, when
Mrs. A. O. Peterson will be the leader.
Mrs. W. E. Bingham will be the leader
of the meeting on February 10
when the study will include frescoes
and architectural sculptures and iconography
and iconostoas. Mrs. G. C.
Bonner will be the leader of the meeting
on February 24, and the topics will
include works of Russian artists in
paintings and sculpture, and "The
Hermitage." Mrs; W. O. Perry will give
a paper on "Museums."
The March 8 meeting will be under
the leadership of Mrs. Avery Lancaster
and the discussion will include
Tretlakoff Gallery with Repine, Jacoby,
Ivanhoff and Flavitski. The
Tretiakoff Gallery will also be studied
at the meeting on the March 23 when Mrs.
A.L. Fernald will be the leader, and
the additional topics will include Avazovski,
Bogoluboff, Verestebagin and
Munkasky.
Mrs. S.W. Heller will be the leader
of the meeting on April 6, the study of
illuminated manuscripts, embroideries,
metal work and industrial art. Mrs.
Robert Cowell will be the leader of the
last meeting on April 20, and the topic
will include Russian art in the United
States and a discussion of the Russia
of Today."
His Turn Coming
"Why do you go out rowing
man? He thinks it's funny to
boat."
"I've heard so," replied the [?]
girl. "I took a dislike to him the first
time I saw him, and I'm just dying an
excuse to hit him over the head with
an oar." --Washington Star.
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