The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-06-07
SOCIAL RAMBLlNGS
Women's Clubs Wind Up the
Winter Season in a
Pleasant Way.
ODD VOLUMES OPINION OF MAN
Ramblers Visit the Home of Poe
Keramic Art Clubs Charm
ing Exhibition.
ODD VOLUMES OPINION OF Man

with the hot weather comes the end
of fine club season and as each woman,s
| club closes an effort is made by its
| members to have the last of the season
| something to be remembered, something
| a little different from the usual routine
| meeting.
The Odd Volumes yesterday closed us
winters work with a breakfast gwen py
tho member to their friends. The break
fast was served in the audience room OF
| the Carteret Club. A long table STOOD
in the, centre of the room having at
| each end two small tables. Down the
centre of the table was laid a lavender
scarf and upon this was placed at inter
walls bowls of syringa and carnations.
At each place was a small souvenir IN
the shape of a volume bearing the
| name of the owner, and within it's covers
a landscape view painted by Mrs.
| pitcher. These were tied with lavender
ribbon, the club. color.
After the breakfast the guests seated
themselves about the room and. listened
| to some entertaining talks by Mrs. Ter
hune (Marion Harland). Mrs johnson
President of the Orange Woman's Clup'
| and Miss Cecilia Gaines.
MAYBE! MAYBE!
The subject of Mrs. T~erhune's remarks
| was:-s"The road to a mans heart; IS IL
| through his stomach" Mrs. Terhune
seemed to think it vas and she also sald
that the reason American women LOOK
ten years younger than did their grand
mothers. at their age. was that they are
| better fed and know more about cook
ing.
Mrs. johnson spoke of the Heroine OF
the Modern Novel."Mrs. Woods of Brook
lyn. formerly Miss Lydia Jeffries of this
CITY. gave several humorous selections.
Among them were THE Dead Pussy
and Whose Baby Am I?' Miss Nelson.
Mrs. Chambers and Miss Green sang. A
large basket of roses was presented the
Odd Volumes by the Woman's Club and
Mrs. E. F. C. Young presented Mrs. Ter
hume. Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Woods with
beautiful roses.
About seventy were present at the
breakfast. Among the members OF the
Odd Volumes were
Miss Gaines, President; Mrs. George
w. Case, vice-President; Miss Richie,
Secretary; Miss Annie Adriance, Treas
urer: Mrs. Beach. Mrs. Marshall. Mrs.
Edwards. Miss Harrison, Mrs. Meyers,
Mrs. Eaton, Miss Kate Spier, Mrs.
sterns. Mrs. Sherwood. Miss Buffet, Mrs.
q. Pangborn. Mrs. I. Rowbottom. Miss
Van Wrinkle. Mrs. Merrill. Mrs. +. Cav
ALI. Miss Noble. Miss CROWN, Mrs. G..
Brett. Mrs. Kimball, Mrs. MacBride,
Mrs. Dennison, Mrs. G. H. Slater, Mrs.
Hedder.
Among the guests week.-Mrs.. Apple
by. Mrs. Daniel Toffey, Mrs. E. F. c..
Young, Mrs. VIM. Bumsted. Mrs. P. J.
Koonz. Miss Shepard, Mrs. Dixon, Mrs.
Mackey. Mrs. vanderbeck, Mrs. O.. B.
Woodbridge, Newark: Mrs. Van Beuren,
Miss Runyon. New York; Miss Clara
Post. Mis-: Mary Haight. Mrs. Westcott,
Mrs. Tom Williams. Mrs. David Bum
sted, Mrs. Jackson. Mrs. Harry Day,
Mrs. George Wilson. Mrs. Crosby. Mrs.
H~artshorne. Mrs. Nelson, Mrs. Mac
Bride, Mrs. Justus Slater and Miss
PIuyn.
The Committee Of Arrangements were:
Beach and Miss Kate CROWN.
VISITED PoE's, COTTAGE.
Quite q different ending to the year. yss ass
brouck Institute, always end their years
work with a ramble to the house OF
place of interest. This year the ramble
was to the home of Edgar Allen Poe at
they met last Saturday. at the Grand
Central Depot in New York and took
the train to Fordham. They. visited the
Poe cottage. 1t is a small diney build,
possibly inspire poetic feeling. They
went through. the house, saw the room
which Poe had uln used ts ss has, st9dY' a and Ell
Lee breathed her last:
From Poe's cottage the Ranblers vent
to to,s the cot HsS C Of Mrs, Y y Saanfiful Ps snd
most poetic. It almost seems as If Poe
must have gone there for his inspira-
| allow herself TO s.be took" as two OF the
Ranbiers brought out, their -Kodaks
which once belonged 10 Poe. and told
story of HIS extreme poverty, the Ram
tvEssn Tnrdham md vonRers.
The Albany day boat brought the
Ramhlers home from Yonkers after they
day most pleasantly. On account Of tao
intense heat a number OF t p KaTabieTs
lid DID not fo,n 20 t hat these tbey w whe 3 aid 1e fp1i hon r..
afsR l ped1 nav bavin ageg am mnas thair r"pas@r
one valeaictorisn and nye alntatorians
The Jersey city Keram.c Art Clrh will
sshihitien to Se ; helsa il g 5 r..
| Of the rooms VIII be hung IN white and
the numerous small tables ,draped in
whate II order i to set st.o Of # the s16 nhiRa to w ths
have a table to herself upon which to
| display the china. For the use of the
guests a catalogue has been prepare
| which VIII be presented to each guest.
| The exhibits now number about 400. In
| addition to the china painted by the
club. Mr.. Charles Volkmar, undergiaze
| painter, Madame lie Prince, Mrs. Worth
| Osgood and Mrs. Frackelton will display
| some specimens of their work. but they
will not compete for the prizes. Mrs.
| from competits on. The competition is
| open to all active members of the Ker-
| afmic sClub and the prizes as they now
| stand are:-For the best landscape, a
| box Of mineral water colors;; for the best
| ,xhihit of roses, a set of minera colors;
or best exhibit of gold work, twelve
ooxes of gold. for most artistic
| Judges will be Nine. S.. e. La Prince,
iechnical china paintsr: Mr.. Charles
volkmar. colorist. and Mrs. Henescher,
sculptor.
morning. the nineteenth, and will be
reid morning and afternoon of the follow
ne days and Friday evening.
ALPHA SIGMA.
The Alpha Sigma. the girls society Of
| High School, held It's n spread"
his afternoon. "A spread" Is the most
delightful thing. known TO school girls
md means unlimited pickles and Ice
sream. The Alpha Sigrnas always invite
u III hnnn no no m pYY<h afd f1 fda SDrnrd and