The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-01-15

| ship OF fourteen tnOuSanQ with q
fund of SO, 900 and permanent
headquarters, which were pur-
chased by a subscription fund two
years ago.
The object Of the Association is
mutual cooperation and sympathy
among women. The Union rooms,
at 80 Boylston street, are open day
and evening to all women, whether
members or not.
Here may be found o Library and
Reading Room, with daily papers
and magazines.
An Agency Of Direction gives in
formation il regard TO localities,
lectures, schools, places Of enter
tainment, boarding places for wom-
en-, etc
The Educational Department has
a committee which provides lectures
and classes, also an Art and Liter
allure Committee which provides es-
says every Tuesday afternoon, the
tickets being free to members.
The Industrial Department has
for sale useful, fancy and decorative
work.
A Food Department furnishes
home made bread, cake, pastry and
all kinds Of food of the choicest
quality
The Employment Department reg
listers names OF book-keepers, stem
ographers, teachers of languages
and music, copyists, governesscs,
matrons, nurses, seamstresses, etc.
The Employment Bureau only re
tains in its charge what is termed
the department OF ''higher service !;
domestic service having been
dropped for the present for lack Of
room and because there are SO
many avenues through which that
need may be supplied.
The Protective Committee inves-
tigates complaints Of dues unjustly
withheld from working women.
The Befriending Committee
strives to make known to all wom-
en-, especially those having no homes
Of their own, the advantages offered
them by the Union, where may be
found women with ready sympathy
to befriend and guide in all possible
and helpful ways This Committee
has charge of visiting the sick.
At the lunch room simple food,
daintily prepared, and including
the usual lunch menu, can always
be had at moderate prices and
women with their own lunches are
welcome. Lunch hours are from II
to 3.
The Moral and Spiritual Develop
ment Committee has charge of the
Sunday afternoon meetings, held
from October to May. Essays and
sermons entirely unsectarian are
given, and are followed by a free
discussion.
Mothers meetings and Talks with
Young Girls are conducted by emf
nent women.
There are daily classes, conduct
ed by competent teachers, including
the following subjects Physical
culture, book keeping, stenography,
music, sketching, oil and china
painting, water colors, elocution,
French, German, English, Penman-
ship, Botany, Industrial Drawing,
Dressmaking, Millinery, sewing and
button holes, embroidery.
In order to accommodate those
who are occupied during the day,
seven Of these are evening classes,
five are practically free to members
of the Union, and four are put at
ST 90 per term Of ten weeks thus
placing the best instruction within
the reach of all.
Among the topics selected by the
Lecture Committee for one winter s
work we find the following:
English Rhetoric, Famous Won
en-, Workmen in Utopia, Oliver
Wendell Holmes, Readings from his
own writings.
Among the names of women who
have ministered to the spiritual
needs Of their fellow women on Sun
day afternoons are Mrs. Julia
Ward Howe, Mrs. Julia NJ. Cenag
nos, Mrs. Ednah D. Cheney, Mrs.
Kate Gannett Wells, Mrs. Kate
Tannatt Woods, Mrs. Mary A. Liv-
ermore, Mrs. James T. Fields, Mrs.
Abby Morton Diaz. Several Tues
day afternoons were devoted res
pectively to Michael Angelo, by
Mrs. E. d. Cheney Mozart, by
Mrs. Hazeltine The Critical Fac
ulty in Art, by Hon. Mellen Cham
berlain Influence, by Mrs. Cenag
nos. Music was the theme Of the
Rev. R. W. Alger. Rev. Geo. W.
Cooke talked of Browning. Rev.
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