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NEBRASKA WOMAN'S CLUB'S WORK IN EIGHT YEARS, TOLD BY MEMBER

By Ella B. Lobingier.

The recent successful meeting of the Nebraska Federation of Women's clubs, held at, Colimbus, has aroused and intensified popular interest in the work fo this organization, and may are questioning what the federation stands for and what it has actually accomplished since its organization in Omaha eight years ago

The Omaha Woman's club was the active agentin the initation of the sate federation. On November 25, through Mrs. Z. T. Lindswy, chairman of state correspondence for the general federatio of women's clubs, the club sent out invitations to a convention to be held in Omaha on December 11 and 12, to organize a state federation There were present at this convention thrity-nine delegates and nineteen visiting club women. An interesting program had been prepared, Mrs. F. F. Ford, Msr Elia Peatie and Augusta Chaplin, D. D, then of Omaha and Mrs Laura Scammon of Kansas City and Mrs Laura Woodford of Weeping Water being the speakers

At the close of the convention ten clubs jouned the federation as oharter memebers, the nineteenth Centuty club, Kearny, woman's club, Lincoln; Junior Sorosis club, Lincoln, Womans club. Omaha: History and Art club, Sweard, Nineteenth Century club, Aurora.

The federation now numbers 100 clubs, with a membership approaching 4000 Its watchwords are co-operation and harmony. All portions of the state have been represented in the choice of officers and committes The presidents thus far have been Mrs. James H. Canfield and Mrs. A. W. Field of Lincoln; Mrs Belle M. Stoutenborough of Plattsmouth. Mrs. S. C. Langworthy of Seward Mrs W. L. Apperson, Techumseh; Mrs Draper Smith, Omaha; Mrs. W. E. Page, Syracuse. The annual meetings have been held in widely different sections Lincoln, Fremont Beatrice, Omaha, York, Wayne and Columbus, each in turn claming the honor. The attendance at these fathering has stradily grown until at the Columbus meeting there were in attendance from outside towns officers, speakers, delegates and visitors to the number of 250.

The work of the federation is in charge of the executive board composed of the officers, the directory composed of club presidents and the following standing committees. Art, civic, educational, household economics, industrial music, and library extension and the reciprocity bureau This bureau furnishes manuscripts on practical subjects contrubuted by the members in the different parts of the sates, and is a lecture bureau as well.

In summing up results one is confronted with the impossibility of reducing to statistics what after all are some of the greatest benefits The unification of interests, widening of horizons and consqyent increase of tolerance and layalty towards one another are among the best. In enumeratin definite tangible results, the law passed through co-operatino with the Nebraska Library and Teachers associatin stand out pre-eminent

NEBRASKA WOMAN'S CLUB'S WORK IN EIGHT YEARS, TOLD BY MEMBER

By Ella B. Lobingier.