The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-10

SOCIETY RAMBLERS.
How Jersey City Women
Visit Places Famous
in History and
Literature.
TRIP TO EDGAR ALLAN POE'S HOUSE
What People Of Fashion Find to
Do in This Merry Month
of May.

A club which excites much interest in
Jersey City and has among its members
many society bellies is the Ramblers. 1t
is a woman's club, and no men are ad-
mitted within its precincts, except when
it is possible for them to be of service,
in such little things as showing lantern
posed of the girl graduates of Hasbrouck
institute, and has as honorary members
The organization, as a rule, studies, the
countries of the Old and New world as
taught In the books of well known al-
England and the meetings have been
delightful. The club has studied, not the
big cities alone. but many of the cut
Of Dickens and Sir Walter Scott. With
the aid of stereopticon views the clup
visited the old inns and taverns OF Lon
dol as described by Dickens: the resorts
of the Pickwick Club. and Oliver Twist s
old haunts, the old WINS Coffee House,
the tn m 2 dIgs p y , Of fam eastl men, Away ai.y
from London the club visited the fam
GUS colleges, among them Elton ana OK
some of them repaired and some in ruins.
Robsart and the Earl Of Leicester saw
the Castle of kenilworth as 1t STANDS
'01 LAST MEETING.
The last meeting OF the Ramplers
was held in the Science room of Has
Of the years work. There. were a num-
Der of beautiful pictures shown OF Eng
land, and among them was one OF Amy
Robsart and, the Earl of Leicester. The
members Of the Handlers have done
g gafdah lissr az MISS Torf Pa sais a near MSS snd aye sns
history his and the history Of its buildings.
Miss Park and Miss Myers have them
selve visited England and the places TO
which they have taken the Ramblers IN
their course Of study, md made the meet
leeo taaioss' Of their visits. 'ls'
The name of the "Ramblers" was given
the club because, of the, ramble which
the club to study some noted author or
some person well known to the world
and then in the spring Of the year ram.
the works Of washington Irving and the
places made, famous through his writ,
Tarrytown and the places of interest near
it. Last. year the ramble was to Red
, Bar 81 M Hbs Club 5hs mem meee eh BUT CHS YEAR ay
After some discussion it was decided to
Poe. it was. Of course. out Of the ,ques-
though the study this year had been Of
home was nearer Jersey City and there,
fore more accessible, SO IL was decided
- vis. The TRIP TO FoRDHAM.
The trip to Fordham will be very un,
romantic. as it is by way of the Third
Avenue Elevated Road to One Hundred
and Seventy-seventh street, and then a
trolley to Fordham, or on the New York
Central Railroad. Harlem Division, to
Fordham, from Forty-Second street. but
to a party Of gay girls off on a holiday
1t is possible to find even an everyday
trolley ride delightful.
In Fordham there is the advantage OF
having more than one point of interest.
In addition to the Poe Cottage there are:
The New York University. the Webb
Home and Academy for Shipbuilders, the
ST. Johns College. the old settlement Of
Brouxdale, Bronx Park, once the props rty
Of the Lorillards. the Lorillard Mansion
and. Park. which now belongs to New
With such a catalogue of notable places
the only fear liz that too much wI be
seen and thai the Ramplers will return
with the iuea that Pee was born in the
Lorillard mansion n Poe's Cottage is
the Webb FLome.
Among the members of the club are:-
Miss Park, Miss Myers, Miss Morris, Miss
WEIGH, Miss Miller. Miss Trott, Miss
Nellie Gould. Miss Jessie Fenner, Miss
Grace Toffey, Miss Maud Williams. Miss
Bessie Van Horne, Miss Anna KoonZ
Miss Eta Abernethy, Miss Gertrude
Bushield, Miss Hattie REYNOLDS. Miss
Gertrude Garland. Miss Pearl Brooke.
Miss Julia Reid. Miss May Shafer. Miss
/ Jessie Per Lee. Miss Anna Barden, Miss
Eleanore Wigeers and Miss Matte Wig