The record-union., 1895-10-29
AN EVENING WELL SPENT.
Ninth Annual Meeting of the Califor-
MIA Alumni.
Toasts, Responses and Banquet
Officers Installed for the En-
suing Year.

The ninth annual meeting of the Cali
fornia Alumni, Chautauqua Literary
and Scientific Circle, was held Friday
evening, October 10Th, at the residence
of Mrs. A. S. Hopkins. This organ
| iZation of graduates of the &c. L. S.
c." started eight years ago with a mem
bership Of fifteen, but its members now
number thirty-siX.
| The President, T. w. Madeley,
who resides in Newcastle, could not be
present, and the meeting was therefore
opened by the Vice-President, Mrs. A
5. Hopkins, who also read the PreSi-
dents address, which was so character
istic of the writer that it almost seemed
| as if he were present and speaking in
person, and it was much enjoyed by all.
After the transa elton of the usual
business, reports of officers and com-
| mittees, reading of regrets from absent
members and the election of officers for
the ensuing year, an interesting pro-
gramme was presented.
MiSSCelia Rivett contributed a fine in
strumental solo, which was followed by
a humorous reading, we'll rendered, by
Miss NJ. B. Johnson. Miss Gussie Will
cox favored the company with a vocal
solo, after which George Purnell gave a
charming talk on 1.-TWO Days in and
About Washington" Mr. PurnelPs nu-
merous friends will remember that he
attended the convention of the Bap-
fist Young Peoples Union at Baltimore
! last summer and also visited Wash
ington and other Eastern cities His
description of what he saw in Washing
ton and at Mount Vernon, the home of
George Washington, was vivid and in
tereSting, and he might have talked
much longer without firing anyone
The programme was interspersed with
Chautauqua songs in which all joined
heartily, and was followed by a ban
quet spread in Mrs. Hopkins pleasant
dining room. The tables We're deco
rated in the carnival colors in honor of
Carnival Year" These colors in a
milder form appeared even in the ice
cream and candies which appealed to
the eye as well as to the palate
The toasts following the banquet con-
stituted the most pleasing feature of the
evenings entertainment. Miss Irene
Richardson responded to the toast Our
New Members" She heartily congratu-
lated them upon having completed the
four years course of readings in spite Of
the obstacles that abound in every busy
life, and gave them a kind welcome
This was followed by a toast on Bloom
erS" by Mr.. Purnell, who gave some very
startling information as to their origin
and antiquity. His remarks caused
much merriment, but contained also
some good sense and food for thought
Mr.. Noyes' response to the toast THE
! New Woman" was given in verse and
was much enjoyed. Miss Anna Woods
gave a most happy response to the toast
| The future of G. l.. S. c. in Sacra-
mento." She told of the reorganization
| of the Westminster Vincent Circle and
of the forming of the EpWorth Circle in
the SiXth-stree Methodist Episcopal
Church, and expressed the hope that
other churches might become inter-
ested in the Chautauqua course.
Miss Virna Woods toast, Our Gentle
men," was presented in very
thoughtful and scholarly manner.
Then followed some very sensible and
earnest talks on reading societies, Ii
braries, the new man, the new woman,
and other reform topics, in which Mrs
O. p. Willis, Mrs. F. c. Campbell, Mrs.
H. S. Davis and Mrs. c. T. Moves par,
ticipated.
Mrs. Willis, in an eloquent talk, eX-
pressed the opinion that it is Woman's
duty to vote and manifest an interest
in the welfare of the Nation; that size
could and should do this without neg
Letting home duties, and that the new
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together would bring about all the
much-needed reforms.
Mrs. Campbell related from personal
observation how she had seen men
commit selfish and ungentlemanly
acts, because their mothers, sisters and
| sweethearts allowed them such liber-
ties, and that if all women would stand
firm and froWn down everything that is
Objectionable in the manners an NOR
s,ic r. Z
hUence for good.
Miss Parrot, one of the librarians at
the City Library, did not want to talk
shop, but told what she knew about the
good that was being done by various lit
erary societies as evidenced by the in
creased demand for solid and instruct
/ i've literature.
There was nothing said that could Of
| fend the taste of even very conserva-
| tive people. In fact, Josiah ALIENS
| Wife, had she been there, would have
| found them quite "megum' enough to
| suit her practical views.
! The following newly elected officers
were then installed: President, Mrs A.
! S. Hopkins; First Vice President, Miss
| Anna Woods; Second Vice President,
Miss Nettie Hersum; Secretary, Mrs. f.
c. Campbell; Assistant Secretary and
Treasurer, Miss Celia Rivett
Votes of thanks were rendered the
! hostess, Mrs. Hopkins, and the retiring
officers and Executive Committee the
latter having arranged the feast of
reason" as we'll as that of more mate
| rial things After the closing song,
God be With You Till We Meet Again, -
| the alumni adjourned to meet again in
| October, 1896. All We're delighted with
| the evenings entertainment
SABIN AND COLE.