The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-12-16

lseiSentsfsgR of the com
munity at large. There have been many
aspirants for the place filed by the late
Mrs. Erminnie Smith. under whose
regime all the great people came to Jer-
sey City. drank coffee and consumed
chickens salad like ordinary mortals, and
flushed by expressing their views on
every known subject before the Aesthetic
; Society.s There were always twelve
Daughters of the Aesthetic, all of whom
We're lifted so far as literary ability went.
TO carry on the salon. but the moving
power that kept this brilliant company in
harmony ceased to be with the hemor-
rhage that seized Mrs. Smith
At a Sorosis meeting and was but
the beginning of the illness that
terminated her life. The Daughters were
originally Miss Celie Gaines, Miss Alice
Hamblin. Miss Emile G~roesbeck. Miss
Annie Hornig, Miss George WEIGH, Miss
Addie Helm, Miss Mary Jewett, Miss
Florence Newton, Miss 1mogen Kennel,
Miss Clair Bunce and Miss Louise Hornig.
OF these Miss Hornig is how Mrs. Daniel
Bowley. residing on Vaudeville avenue;
Miss Annie Hornig we all know as Mrs.
f. II. Molten. the contralto of DR.. Brett's
church choir, the petite JGgotte, the
gentle GermGine of the Amateur Oper-
a;ic Association. Miss Mary Jewett is
also numbered among the matrons and
lives III DdhOtd. MISS IDlOg6u hGDESl
resides on ~CommunipaW avenue aud
Interests herself in literary as well as
society matters, Miss Claire Bunce
is the daughter of Oliver G. Bunce,
author of that popular little
brochure "Don't," that ran through edi-
tion after edition. and set the style for all
succeeding social didactics. Miss Bunce
is now writing tor the NeW York Press
and for magazines. Miss Celie Gaines,
of Emory street. has been for some time
on the staff of the Home Journal, and
her Memory Picture. read at Il reception
of the Odd Volumes, Of which she is
President, has recently seen the light in
the Christian Union. where it created
quite Il sensation o literary critics.
for the simple directness of its style and
The purity of its diction.
ESTHETIC MAIDS.
Among the later daughters are: Miss
Ella Marie Dudley, now on the editorial
in B~ensonhurst; Miss Gertrude
Dudley, now of New City Miss
Nettie Helme, now Mrs. John
Herbert of this city. Miss Bessie Jewett
row residing on Kensington avenue, Miss
Lydia Jefries, now Mrs. Henry Firth
Wood, the famous recitationist, aud Miss
Leone Busch, who studied music in Ger
many, became a piano virtuosin and Ma
dame Brant, and made q triumphal tour
Of the country. The writer, then in the
pinafore stage, rejoiced in The honor of
being the youngest member OF the Es-
thetic Society, which numbered more
than five hundred and answered Impair
TALLY 10 Mrs. Smiths calls for the WV
andiere of the Asthetic Regiment" and
the Granddaughter of the Asthetic."
The Odd Volumes is IL no sense the
successor or the Asthetic Society, al
was a bright particular sta of the older
organization, and another Asthetic
Daughter. Miss Anna Adriance is on its
roll. 1t studies instead of appearing in
public. lis members. are all chosen from
social as well as literary circles. and it
aims to keep itself within itself for the
good of all concerned. Mrs. Harriet
Eaton of Pavonia avenue, one of the most
prominent members, has been working
on a History of the North American In
dians. which, however will never meet
with a publisher. as ishe has finally de-
cided to keep it for home and Odd Vol
umes purposes. 1t was the resume of a
series OF lectures on the subject delivered
before the club.
H~AsBRoUCK's RAMBLERs.
'fThe Rambler is an organization of
HasbroucK alumnae. It has Two Presi,
dents, Miss Amelia Meyers and Miss
Florence Park, who conduct alternately.
1t ranbles over literature, history. art
and architec5ure; dips into poetry and
basks in the light of English prose. Once
year it makes a pilgrimage to some spot
famous for its literary, historic or Legend
ary interest, as the vicinity of Irvlngss
SLEEPY Hollow" or Poe's house at Ford
ham.
Mrs. Ledingham's history class at the
North Baptist Church deserves to be de-
scribed here. 1t would be hard to get
through a literary winter in jersey City
without Mrs. Ledingham. Formerly Pho
lessor of English literature in Wells Col
lege, where Mrs. Cleveland was edu-
Gated, uniting to profound erud1tion a
gracious, interesting style OF discourse,
she is equally delightful whether she
treats of La Refine Blarche or England's
Bloody Mary, Marie Antoinette or Young
Loehinvar. This years topic is spain.
Mrs. Hannah Cairns is much interested
in This class, as are a large number of
aides in lower Jersey City and the vicin-
1ty OF Hamilton Park. IL meets ON Tues
day evenings.
OUR HISTORY STUDENTS.
"Our History Class" composed of
young people of the Heights, meets
weekly at the residences of members and
discusses the worlds doings. Papers are
read by previously selected members and
a general discussion follows. There is IL
regular conrse Of study, and an amount
of interest manifested such as no euchre
club CT dancing class ever knew.
The officers are:-Mr. William j..
Underhill, President; Mr.. j.. Bodman,
Secretary; Mr.. Adna Underhili, Treas
urer, pro TEN. The members are tie
Misses Mabel Rod9ef. Nellie,
Susan and Anna Coffin, Agnes
Sweeney, Nellie Woodward, Margaret
and Emma Hub r, Helen T..
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