The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-11-08
NEWARK JEALOUSY.
Miss Clara W. Green's Spite
full Attack on Jersey
City's Public
Schools.
WOMAN'S CLUB TAKES 1T UP
Superintendent Snyder Shows
That She Does Not Know
What She Is Talk
ing About.
Average Attendance and Money
Expended-Mr. Poland's
Queer Position.

The first open meeting of the woman 5
| Club was held yesterday afternoon in the
club house, Belmont avenue. After the
roll call and the reports of the Secretary
and Treasurer, Miss Gaines
that Miss Elnora Stockton Rousseau
would hold classes in physical culture
in the club house Friday afternoons.
The class for children will be held from
two to three O'Clock and for women, OF
all ages, from four until five. Miss
Gaines announced that Miss Heating had
something to say upon the question dis
cussed at the private meeting OF the
club. Miss Heating asked, rs there
such a thing a caste in social life?'
answered it in the affirmative, saying
there is the caste of education and that
everyone should strive to attain it.
EXCHANGE TEA.
Mrs. Augustus Creveling, for the Ex-
change Committee, announced that a
tea and sale of Christmas goods for the
benefit of the Exchange, will be held at
the home of Mrs. Spencer Weart in De-
cember.
Mrs. George W. Clerihew, for the Mem
bership Committee, announced that three
names had been proposed for member
ship. The question, Shall we adapt
our theories to the world as it is, or as
it should be?' was decided upon for the
discussion next month.
Miss Gaines that a Woman's
| Council will be held next Tuesday night
in honor OF Elizabeth Cady Stanton, whose
| eightieth birthday occurs then. The
| most noted women of this country and
Europe will be present to do Mrs. Stan
ton honor.
NIL $50 ~ 4J,A la1nrofnc 70 %h EnH-
GRAFTON of Clubs in Newark were heard.
Mrs. George w. Clerihew gave a short
| account of the meeting of the Fedora
tton and said the meeting was so de-
lightful that she felt indebted to the
club for sending her. She eulogized the
Newark clubs for their cordial hospital
ity. She said she thought the women
who had attended the meeting would be
SO proud of their State that they would
never be ashamed to register from New
Jersey. Mrs. Harold Rohrback said she
agreed with Mrs. Clerihew in all she
had said and that her personal exper-
fence of the meeting had been delightful.
She came away feeling glad and CRATE
ful she was a club woman. Mrs. M. F.
Hart, M. D., said she had not been a
| delegate, but she had attended the meet
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proud she was a woman.
TRAVELLING ART GALLERIES.
Mrs. Henry Harrison was asked to
give a report, but instead she used the
time allotted to her to speak of a plan
the Educational Committee v in view.
! They think of starting a travelling art
| gallery, the nucleus to be at Whittier
House. The idea is to give people who
cannot attend art galleries and who
have no good pictures of their W a
| chance of seeing pictures. No attemp.
will be made to have real paintings, but
reproductions, photographs and photo
gravures are solicited. These will not
| be framed, but will be mounted and will
have written upon them plainly the
| names of the picture and artist, and the
idea of the picture. The only r~estric-
ton made concerning these pictures is
that they shall be uplifting. Contributions
from club member and from the city in
general will be thankfully received.
MRS. MOFFETT'S TALK.
Mrs. Moffett, of the Photo Club of
New York, made q short address on
s.Women's Clubs She said after lis
| tening to SO much about New Jersey,
| she felt that she would be proud to be
! a New Jersey woman, but unfortunately
/ she lives in New York. She said her
| club, the Phalo, has been in existence
several years, and calls itself high up in
| literature, but it has not donc as much
good as the Jersey City club She tried
! to think of some of the names OF the
| papers they had had on scientific sub
jects, but they were all too long 10 re-
member. Mrs. Moffett spoke of the
| early clubs in Greece and OF the teach
| ings of Aspas;a, who tolI women to
| educate themselves and become 1t com
panions for their husbands and brothers.
She said she knew the next century
| would be greatly benefited by the wom-
| ans clubs of today.
MISS GREEN'S REMARKS.
Miss Clara woodward Green, princi-
/ pal of the Girls High School of Newark,
| read the paper on "Our Public Schools"
! which h had read at the Federation of
Clubs in Newark, and which was pub
| lished in 'tThe News in the account of
the Federation meeting. After speaking
/ of the faithfulness of the New Jersey
| teachers and the good work they were
| doing, Miss Green said:- .
stSixty per cent. of the teachers in the
| United States are women. Tn 1891, Eng
land sent to this country questions as
to the efficiency of women teachers The
questions werc:-Are they successful in
giving intellectual training and in main
| tanning discipline? And the W to
| both were in every case, Yes, equal to
men. In Some cities the Salaries of men
and women teachers are alike; in others
| men receive more salary for the same
| york. In New Jersey generally wom
en- receive sixty per cent. Of the salaries
received by men. n Jersey City they
| rece4Ye fifty per cent.