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upon her. that the following day. would
be her twenty-fifth birthday. "pm glad
got told me-" said he. ''for l never call
GU ladies' after they are twenty-five"
"Ah." she replied. NOV / see that age
has its compeusattons."
PRAIsEiFoR U CLUBS.
Mrs Croiy dwelG upou The fact that the
idea seems the spirit of the times,
and that, whether we will or not. they
will be formed bywomen as by men. She
referred VITA praise to the clubs of Jersey
City, where, as she said, "You havess with
you the spirit Of Erminiue Smith" found.
ler of the Aesthetic Society. She dwelt
upon the responsibility Of the CLUB woman
as II missionary to break down the bonds
of caste. as Bombay Sorosis hal done in
India. and declared that whether our
idol were a brown stonef front, or a side
of the street, or an exalted social position.
ii IL separated US from our fellow men. 1t
was an idol. aud as such should BE- de-
stroyed. 1t was this Catholicity of senti-
ment that marked the true woman's
club, and made the only recognized aim
marks met with enthusiastic applause,
and inspired the President to call on the
Rev. Father Corrigan to give his views.
The reverend gentleman rose with the
statement that he had been 80 much in
the papers lately that he felt like keeping
in the background for a while. However
he was in sympathy with the for nation Of
womeu's clubs and trusted That there
would soon tie a Jersey City Sorosis. He
was about to organize a womAn's club In
HobOken-there were plenty of miudle
aged women there, and he would mix In
a few young ones. He had been much
interested i'll the story of the evolution of
a museum from a beer garden, and hoped
someone would try it i'll Hoboken-there
yr,,s nlnnfy of ynntnria1 . Hn nnnsnl a
newspaper story that represented Father
Corrigan as applying to st. Peter Tor adj
mission to Heaven, and moaning, wlen
refused, "Holy smoke. must | 60 pack co
Hoboken!" He affirmed tina all men and
women honestly trying TO lead upright
lives were me II bers OF he great Catholic
Church Universal He gave q glowing
tribute to women, aud declared til It u
true wife was one of the greatest bless
ings man could haye-and he thanked
the Lord he didn't have one, fer she
wouldn'6 let him talk SO long.
CLERGYMEN SPEAK.
This gave the ul-cu -Siou ii mora ami
mated turn. The Rev. Dr.. Brett. at the
other end of the table, told how mauy
fine clubs we nav now and what a liter
airy Mecca Jersey City was In the days of
Mrs. Erminnie a. Smith. He declared
that the definition of catholicism given
by Father Corrl2an could BE- taken by the
world, and walked Eloquent in saying
that il the club was to nelp
the church in breaking down the
bounds of sect and creed, then welcome
the club, whether for man or woman!
Rev. John l.. Scud,ier SAID that he be-
lleved in womeu's clubs. and that 1t was
all nonsense thai they would sup. liant
the home, BECAUSE, with 4 / wo.nau,
home would always come first. He CON-
plimentea the women of the East on til e
atmosphere Of culture with which they
surrounded tneir homes, and declared
that while the women of Jersey City
might lot all live in palaces, there was
material here for a club that should be
the equal OF any IN tbe world.
Mrs. Alice May Scudder did not see
why We should go TO New York for
everything good II why we shouldn't
have u Sorosis of oar own. Mrs. Harriet
Eaton, of the Odd Volumes, told of the
work lone by this club aud the place
it filed in the community. Mr.. john A.
Walker, of the Dixon CrucibIe Company.
told how they made six III pencils six
feet long and the diameter of a mans
arm Tor The New York Press Club dinner,
and how Channcey Depew had "swlped'
with quotatioas) one. aud how he
had written for its return to Jersey, and
had received instead a promise to make Il
speech in this city when called upon.
Mrs. George Case WAS asked to sneak. but
modestly replied thai she had no ideas,
but would have by the end of tile discus
sion. Mrs. W. Hunter Brown made a
little speech about the piano, which was
in a bad state OF tune and then another
upon it, q selection from Ma~sseneLis
"Cid." Miss Turner sang with her own
accompaniment a Meyer. Helmund bal.
lad. Miss Lamberton retaliated upon
Rev. Father Corrigan. who had Ia his
- a 49,. Iit,1os 80. ~ -.i.l
of her first recitation, by recitiug u story
of Il clever pastor who passed off Welsh
for Greek and was caught by one OF his
new couutrymen, and Rev. Father Cor.
rlgan laughed with as much enthusiasm
as the rest of the table and did not seem
to mind ''Deiug talked back TO-"
THE SURPRISE OF H EVENING.
Thenthe discussion was resumed, and
the surprise of the evening was exploded.
1t was the speech, the remarkable speech
of Lawyer Record. Viewed as a piece OF
sarcasm, it was something f1ue. Viewed
as an expression of opinion it savored OF
the doctrines of the Koran. He didn't
believe iu women's knowing anything,
anyway. He uidn't believe in clubs fol
them. Ii they want to know anything
.'let them ask us and wen tell them. y
He desired to add a general
negative to everything Mrs. Croiy had
sill. Then he sat down.
1t WAS rumored that he had tesn as
signed TO this task. by the committee,
who knew that he could talk ag liusl
any known thing, but Mrs. Croly di d
not know this, or care Ii she did. She
rose, made three remarks, sat down, and
il there were anything left of the g ,ntle.
ma save n large aud underlined grease
SPOT. it was not her fault. Every woman
present ma lie IA speech 10 her nsighbor,
and Mrs. Brown arose to remark that |
she were a man she would be willing to
bet that the speaker was a Democrat aud
a bachelor. The President replied that
she would have lost, as he is q Republi-
eau and a Mugwump, SO Mrs. Brown Iosi
the chance of fixing upOn him what she
evidently considered the Two most scath
ing epithets in Ter VOCABULARY.
Major 2. *. Paug5orn ~pronounce1 the
| yaledictory, after the excitement had
| subsided. and after a half hour of cnnver-
sation in the hall and dressing rooms
| the carr ages began TO drive away.
And if the project OF a Jersey City
| Sorosis has rot received q great big boom
| it is not due to any lack of effort on the
part of Cosmos. while If anything wers
| needed to Beep the memory mCosmos
green in the hearts of it's feminine friends
It would be supplied by this delightful
evening, the first time in Jersey City
where men ana women sat down TO .
public banquet together.
THE GUESTS.
Among the guests were.-Mr. S. w
| Cole, Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. Turner, Mr.
| Michael Murray, the Rev. j. L.. and Mis-
| Scudder. Mr.. c. r. Heike, Mr.. and Mrs
| Mr.. Gilbert Collins. Mr.. Prestly Nc.
| T,rrbJip Mr. uud Mrs Ganrua w (yaeo