The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-25
THE CLUBS REPORT.
When They Started, What
They Are Called, How
They Grew, and What
They Do.
ODDITIES OF NAME AND PURPOSE
Interesting Morning Session Of the
Women's Convention at Belle
vile Church, Newark.
ODDITIES OF NAME AND PURPOSE
Special to the Jersey cttu Nsaes.


NEWARK, Oct. 25, 1SS5.-This mornings
session of the Convention of Women's
Clubs at the Belleville Congregational
Church was opened with prayer by the
Rev. Phebe A. Hanaford. The delegate
from the Travellers Club of Roseville
wished to read her report early. so Mrs.
Yardley called upon the six Newark
clubs to give their reports. The Trav-
ellers' Club of Roseville have journeyed
in their meetings through Great Britain
and have gone on zig-zag journey
through the Continent. This year they
study the United States and are spend
ing a great deal of time in Washington,
trying to find out what the New Jersey
Senators are doing.
The delegate from the Philitscipoma
endeavored to account and apologize for
the long name. She said the word rep
resented philosophy. literature, science.
poetry, oratory, music and art, the initial
letters of each word being used.
The Ray Palmer Club of Newark has
been organized four years and has forty
members. The work is largely literary.
The Saturday Night Club of Newark
has twelve members, and has papers ON
topics of general interest.
The Current Topics Club of Newark
study questions of the day.
The Sesame Club of Newark was organ
lied in 1895, with the development of its
members as its object.
OUR OWN WOMEN'S CLUB.
After the Newark Club had given their
reports the clubs omitted yesterday
were heard. The Jersey iCty Women's
Club was organized in 1894 and has now
100 members. 1t has a Womens Ex-
change cooking classes, and a Working
Girls Club
The Rambler Club, of Jersey City, was
organized in 1889, has 80 me--s.sers and de-
votes itself to history. literatur, .-ld art.
The Charlotte Emerson Brown ~.ub
was formed from the waiting list of the
Orange Womens Club, and is modelled
upon the plan of that club.
The Fortnightly Club, of East Orange.
has fifty members and studies Germany
this year.
The Haddon Fortnightly Club. of Had
donfeld, is a literary club, but works
for reform when needed.
The Fortnightly J4slnts, of Madison,
at first Jaunted here. ,ere ana egeTy7 geTs
to a more systematic s.11y. Their
minutes are a special feature a. their
meetings, being given to difrerei-- i-'sri-
The Half Hour Reading Club, of Mer
chantville has library which they
hope soon to start as a free town IL
The Current News Club. of Morris
town, was organized in 1893. and as its
name suggests, studies the news OF the
The All Round Club, of Montclair, en-
deavors to discuss all subjects.
The Clio Club of Roselle, was organized
in 1894 and is studying art this year. 1t
is a literary club.
The Clio Jr., Of Roselle was founded
in hv he ma rirad sisters and danpf-
teT's of the Clos. The work is the same
as that of the Clos:
ganized in 1872. when there We're but two
other womens clubs in the East. There
are now three hundred members and
best is vet to be-
The Monday Afternoon Club, of Plain
field was organized in 1888. and has now
a. membership of 125. to which they are
The Rasores Club of Plainfield was or
=. - THE. THREE rs.
clair was organized in 1892 There. ars
Tea Topcs SpS once and p0@ TaK * 'nf Hatory aess
The Athenian Club of Railway is three
years OLD and does its work mainly by
The Woman's Club of Salem has 100
r has ;neetings once Waek ellas ana nuO boids
one hour sessions
The Isabella Club of Verona was organ
lied in Columbus year and was named
for Queen Isabella. The club has started
free public library in Verona and has
stood for all reforms III Verona.
The Filipa Club of Bayonne is a maga-
zine club. The men relatives of the club
are invited once a month to attend the
meetings.
Mrs. Sophie Chester Coursen read the
minutes of the meeting held in Orange
last fall when the New Jersey State
Federation was organized.
The roll of the delegates was called.
showing about two hundred delegates to
be present. Mrs. Tabor of the Cosmos
Club of Elizabeth. which has just been
admitted to the Federation. was elected
Recording Secretary, to fill the vacancy
made by the resignation of Mrs. Coursen.
Nominations were made by ballot for
directors, three for three years and two
for one year The Federation then ad-
journed for luncheon leaving the election
until the afternoon session.
A full report of yesterday afternoons