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MRS. DRAPER SMITH OF OMAHA IS PRESIDENT

State Federation of Woman's Clubs Elect Her to Act for the Coming Year

Mrs. Elia W. Lebingier of This City Is Corresponding Secretary- Mrs. Peattie's Talk.

Special Dispactch to the world-Herald.

Wayne, Neb., Oct. 10-The following Woman's club federation officers have been declared elected fro the ensuing year.

President Mrs. Draper Smith, Omaha; vice president, Mrs. Wunnue Durland, Norfolk; recording secretary, Miss Nineite Mcarn, Fremont; Corresponding secretary. Mrs. Ella W. Lobingler, Omha ; reasurer, Mrs. Gerorce Cross, Fairbury; auditor, Mrs. H. M. Bushnell, Lincoln: librarian. Mrs. Belle M. Stoutenbrough, Plattsmouth.

The convention convened in special business session at 10:30. The vote was taken at once. While waiting for the count, greetings were read form the Iowa federation. The report of the comittie on library extentionwas then read by the chairman. Mrs. Stoutenborough, who stated that the library bill originated by the federation was passed bu the state legislature creating a state library board and that this is the first state having suck a bill originated by woman in which the women have no represenative on the board.

Mrs. Stoutenbrough also read a request from the Stat university that the library of the federation be turned over to them. A motion wa made to that effect and after spirited discussion carried.

ON HOUSE ECONOMICS

The department of household economics then took charge of the meeting. Mrs. Baker of Norfolk presiding. She have a report of the house economic work in the state [?] great work interest and giving great credit to Mrs. MacMurcphy and Mrs. Pugh for inspiration and assistance. An excellent program was carried out by Mrs. Stuele of Fairbairy. Mrs. McMillan of Norfolk and Prof. Rosa Bouton of Lincoln.

Business was then resumed and the following delegates elcted to attend the [bolonnial] which meets in Los Angles next July: Mrs Mathewson of Wakefield, Mrs Bushnell of Lincoln, Mrs. Cross of Fairbury, Mrs. Stoutenbrough of Plattsmouth, Mrs. Pile of Wayne, Mrs. Langworthy of Seward, Mrs. Draper Smith of Omaha and Mrs. Burland of Norfolk.

The new officers were inaugurated amid great enthusiasm.

At the evening session Rev. C. S. Harrison of York delivered an able address on the "Practical and Aesthetic Value of Forestry," after which Mrs. Elia W. Peattie of Chiacago was introduved and held the audience in delighted interst for an hour.

MRS. PEATTIE'S PAPER

Mrs. Peattie's paper had for its subject : The Trend of Americal Social Life," and it deals with society in the general, rather than its specific and fashionable sense.

The inability of the country to sustain its ideals of equality was touched upon and the different forces that work for democracy were considered. Mrs. Peattie said American social life started out with the postulate and all men were born free and equal, and to this there is only one objection: that it is not true. In the boyhood of the nation we believed it; not in the perfect of swaffering adolescence we have discovered that there a number of persons who are not equal to tough we have of course yet to find any to whom we are not equal. That dull disovery remains no doubt for the lack-luster days of our national maturity.

A number of humorous ancedetes followed, illustrating the speaker's meaning concering the soryant class. Mrs. Peattie said "We say down in the cities that the servant class is quite established and demarked nowadays but we are wrong. No servant class has yet been established in America which is content to remain such. There are always ways down which the most menial may look and at the end of which also places of dreams." Concerning caste the speaker said an English lady visiting the country for the frist time asked me the other day if it was trye that we had not caste, American caste, I said is something like the mist on the mountain side-it looks as if it were there when you see it from a distance, but as you draw closer to it it becomes impalpable, or can be felt only by a light chill which pervades your body but to which you presently become accustomed."

TYRANNY OF EQUALITY

Mrs. Peattie called the tendency of trades unions the "tyranny of equality." She said women did not gracitate to wards these unions becasue they are distinctively individual. She said "America is the [friodndilest?] nation in the world; the American spirit is in league to protec the country fro caste. There being no entail on property, a man must have inqenulity and industry to keep properly eanred fro him by his father."

The speaker said: "We Americans do not want a settled social life: we have it pussling and progressive like euchre." The speaker declared the faults of America were those of youth which is perhaps its own apology. It was becasue of our youth that our Columbian exposition excelled in beauty the expositions of older countries. We were humble before beauyy; knelt at her feet; asked her blessing. She said our flag was run up first above the city of Pekin after the slege-not because we had any right before the other powers, but becasue our boys thought it would be good to have it first. That the exuberance of our your hurried us into out late wars.

Mrs. Peattie made a plea to club women for loyalty to each other and to the great work before them to aavoid criticism of each other and work togehter for the end in view. Mrs. Peattie said in conclusion the American is an optimsit; gay, bright and fucile of intellect, yet not a scholar; oratorical and eager, but seldom profound. A man of action, the captin of commerce; the inventor but above all the world's jack of all trades who whistles definatly as he works. In society he is prodigal, hospitable, inclusive, slightly timid, a trifle bored, not unscornful of etiquette and not beyond the notion if he be an honest and intelligent man, he of necessity, be a gentleman.

Thus closed the seventh annual convention of Nebraska Federation of Woman's clubs.

MORNING SESSION

The convention convened this mornig at 9:30 in business session to consider the report of library committees and consider the Louisiana Purchase memorial. Owling to the rain and a meeting of state presidetns as a committee to nominate officers, the meeting was small and Mrs. Storutenborough, having the library report asked for posponement, as the master was of such importance, which was granted to her.

The report of the Louisiana Purchase memoral was read by Mrs. Jayne. Nebraska women were asked to assist in erecting somehwere in the Mississippi valley a memorial to suitably commomerate the purchase and the growth and work of the state comprised in the purchase. Suggestions were offered by the committe, which met at Kansas City, for that purpose. After some discussion all matters pertaining to the memorial were referred to the nominating commitee, composed of the presidents of the clubs belinging to the federation.

The constitution commitee reported several by-laws covering necessary changes relating to the new amendments taking affect next year.

Mrs. Smith then reminded the federation that this convention elected the delegates to the next biennial meeting of the general federation at Los Angles next spring. One matter to come before that conventin would be whetehr representation in the biennial conventions shall be by state federation or by clubs.

After a little discussion of this matter it was left to later meetings and Mrs. Peattie, the guest of honnor, who arrived last night, was asked by the president to speak to the convention. She came to the platfrom amid cheers and waving of handkerchiefs.

Mrs. Peattie congratulated the conventoin on its work in the direction of public libraries. She also inicated some preference for representation at the feneral federation of clubs, instead of sate federations, as taht would have a tendecy to strengthen and develop inexperienced women, instead of fostering the opposite tendency, to which state federation reprenation redered us liable that of sending the same strong, capable women year after year.

She also touched braodly on the question of colored represnetion. Mrs. Peattie's remarks were roundly applauded.

PAPERS PRESENTED

The session was then turned over to the program comitee, which gave an excellent program on industrial subjects, with Mrs. Amanda M. Edwards presiding. Papers were read by Nellie Elizabeth Cady of St. Pail on the Girl's Industrail school at Geneva and other state institutions by Mrs. Elizabeth Sisson, Norfolk, on the Nebraska Industrial home at Milford: by Mrs. M. D. Carey of seward on "Women and Children as Employes;" by Etta R. Holmes of Kearny on the "George Junior republic." Mrs. Presson of Milford being absent, Mrs. Snow of Columbus read her exvellent paper on "Parental Schools and Courds for Juvenile Offendors."

A special business meeting was then held at teh close of the program to receive the report of the nominating comittee.

MRS. DRAPER SMITH OF OMAHA IS PRESIDENT

State Federation of Woman's Clubs Elect Her to Act for the Coming Year

Mrs. Elia W. Lebingier of This City Is Corresponding Secretary- Mrs. Peattie's Talk.

Special Dispactch to the world-Herald.

Wayne, Neb., Oct. 10-The following Woman's club federation officers have been declared elected fro the ensuing year.

President Mrs. Draper Smith, Omaha; vice president, Mrs. Wunnue Durland, Norfolk; recording secretary, Miss Nineite Mcarn, Fremont; Corresponding secretary. Mrs. Ella W. Lobingler, Omha ; reasurer, Mrs. Gerorce Cross, Fairbury; auditor, Mrs. H. M. Bushnell, Lincoln: librarian. Mrs. Belle M. Stoutenbrough, Plattsmouth.

The convention convened in special business session at 10:30. The vote was taken at once. While waiting for the count, greetings were read form the Iowa federation. The report of the comittie on library extentionwas then read by the chairman. Mrs. Stoutenborough, who stated that the library bill originated by the federation was passed bu the state legislature creating a state library board and that this is the first state having suck a bill originated by woman in which the women have no represenative on the board.

Mrs. Stoutenbrough also read a request from the Stat university that the library of the federation be turned over to them. A motion wa made to that effect and after spirited discussion carried.

ON HOUSE ECONOMICS

The department of household economics then took charge of the meeting. Mrs. Baker of Norfolk presiding. She have a report of the house economic work in the state [?] great work interest and giving great credit to Mrs. MacMurcphy and Mrs. Pugh for inspiration and assistance. An excellent program was carried out by Mrs. Stuele of Fairbairy. Mrs. McMillan of Norfolk and Prof. Rosa Bouton of Lincoln.

Business was then resumed and the following delegates elcted to attend the [bolonnial] which meets in Los Angles next July: Mrs Mathewson of Wakefield, Mrs Bushnell of Lincoln, Mrs. Cross of Fairbury, Mrs. Stoutenbrough of Plattsmouth, Mrs. Pile of Wayne, Mrs. Langworthy of Seward, Mrs. Draper Smith of Omaha and Mrs. Burland of Norfolk.

The new officers were inaugurated amid great enthusiasm.

At the evening session Rev. C. S. Harrison of York delivered an able address on the "Practical and Aesthetic Value of Forestry," after which Mrs. Elia W. Peattie of Chiacago was introduved and held the audience in delighted interst for an hour.

MRS. PEATTIE'S PAPER

Mrs. Peattie's paper had for its subject : The Trend of Americal Social Life," and it deals with society in the general, rather than its specific and fashionable sense.

The inability of the country to sustain its ideals of equality was touched upon and the different forces that work for democracy were considered. Mrs. Peattie said American social life started out with the postulate and all men were born free and equal, and to this there is only one objection: that it is not true. In the boyhood of the nation we believed it; not in the perfect of swaffering adolescence we have discovered that there a number of persons who are not equal to tough we have of course yet to find any to whom we are not equal. That dull disovery remains no doubt for the lack-luster days of our national maturity.

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