The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-24
FEDERATED WOMEN
Great Gathering of Club
Delegates in Belleville
Congregational Church.
NEWARK's WARM WELCOME.
Reports and Speeches by Women
on Women's Work-Beautiful
Decorations.
Special to the Jersep city Meas.

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this morning in the Belleville Avenue
Congregations Church, this city. the
church is a very large one, and has a
larse audience room. The platform was
edged with palms and white po6ted
plants; the chancel was filed with PAINS
and on the wall, at the back OF the
platform, were gilt letters, IN j. >. r.,
twined about with ivy and bitter sweet.
Hanging from the ivy were two pfoau
streamers of satin ribbon, blue ana nuh'
the colors of the State Federation. ABOUT
the doors and the stained glass WINDOWS
were twined ivy and red berries. BIue
and buff satin ribbons were tied across
the aisles, half way down., marking the
place occupied by the delegates hach
delegate was given a bow OF due a41u
buff ribbon, which serves for hef ere
dentials.
The programmes have on them a copy
of the N. J. S. f. pin ana a sfaceiui
spray of lilies of the valley, the feu-
Grafton flower. The Newark ciups ehtei-
tanning the Federation are the Kay Fain-
err Club, the Travellers CLUB OF rose-
Vile, Current Topics CLUB, saeulaas
Night Club. Sesame and Pnlii.se
A LARGE ASSEMBLAGE.
n onurce, was well filed at the open
ing OF the CUufS1tiOA ~
and club members. The Rev. Antoinette
Brown blackwell, First Vice President OF
fhe STATE Federation, opened the c4nse-
ion with a The Rev, Phoebe a;
hanaford del,vered s the sai Ieic s'The mot
TO of our times is ARISE and
and the tendency. is TOWARDS rap rrass
OF ey saudionme m IN tni5 the eel very best ways
and the very best things l BID you We
come to this city and TO our neaT + W NJ
msps Clubs of Newark. Each and all
hid YOU a hearty welcome. we naSs
learned to love women more d toeefher as
mltTal helpers in the paths OF cuiture,
as earnest promoters OF each All we
have found by experience-some OF US ny
decades of varied experiencemthal 1ia ae
women are moral supports as Wen mnto as
mental supports, as well as mental hol1ts
and social delights in any coan anon ~
when they nave had a far cnancg ~
obey the Masters dfaTs i msn fhat Aey seeing
your good works may giorny so0A
i, Father who is in heaven, uouen so
: THE clubs which Newark women or so
heartily welcome today and tnelr M
clubs bask in a sunlignt Wht tha narf
perseverance and patlence on aecured as
thev nut aside the curtains OF p~reJuolce
and dispeiled the darkness of lgnor-
ance, all the while whispering y VIZ
man. great is thy faithr,
New Jersey is historic ground. Ray
fully now-as mockingly IN Gays g fnrs;p pg
AM and She was slow in deciding to
cast in her lot with those who preIerrea
Colonial rule, but She did sound the note
of freedom clear and sweet, ah6 Is tol.
evermore among the imm 4Sr so nsirte and
Daushters Of the Revolution. above her
floats the Star Spangled banner ana her
s sGd z fhe martyrs' bed Historic names
adorn the map of New Jersey, and her
y Temen Of e frahchis OF arb t am ensfG Tie fore re
most in good words and works today
Mrs. Hanaford spoke Of several noted
s.Club women are or should be sisters
in a very pleasant and helpful sense, and
Madam President. and all the members
of our State Federation, and to all our
guests. a cordial and sIsferly W bae3 sba
hand of Mrs. Yardley, the President OF
the State Federation.
Mrs; MARGARET Yardlsy n giving geo the
response that has come to me re ea1
shows eonclusively tina the object Of
the New Jersey State Federation, de-
Women's clubs q Of the State into com
m~unication for acquaintance. and mental
helpfulness.' is being fulfilled to the let
ter. When the convention was called,
General Federation, only eight more
State federated clubs. The need of some
cub women was sorely felt at the time
of the Columbian Exposition. Our State
n nhohfng ha then mh f the e lBs ogfg a al w se4tsp
of the club women. 1t would have been
the literary exhibit. for women's clubs
are driving rods to show where to find
We selected a flower for our emblem,
the lily of the valley. We have our own
pin, made from a design sent in by the
color or collars, if you choose. light blue
and buff, as BELTS the patriotic little
State where We're fought SO many of the
Revolutionary battles. and where the
Continental Army, in its blue and buff, SO
patiently journeyed. The Executive Com.
the Clubs to be- bound and pressryed as
ONE YEAR OF WORK.
The Recording Secretary, Mrs. Sophie
Chester Coursen, gave the report of the
organization of the State Federation in
Orange last year. There are thirty-five
twenty clubs as members.
The Corresponding Secretary, Mrs.
Laura G. c. Smith, said-rThere are no
longing to the Federation. Elizabeth has
seven clubs; Newark, six; Bayonne and
MontclaiF. each four, while Jersey City
and Plainfieid have three each. h
smallest club numbers eight, the largest
club is the Woman's Club of Orange,
numbering and limited to 300. The Jer-
sey City Woman's CLUB has the honor
of having the only clubhouse in the
State. Two clubs elect their officers by
reclamation, the remaining fifty by bal
Lot. Twenty-Five clubs have club flowers.
Twenty-three belong to the General Fed
GRAFTON. The oldest club is the Woman's
Club of Orange. organized in 1872.
Mrs. Mary e. Murnford, First Vic4
President of the General Federation, was
Introduced by Mrs. Yardley and gave the
greeting Of the General Federation to the
State Federation. She said she was
sorry for the delegates, because they had
to listen to her rather than the Presi-
dent. She asked the clubs to still give
allegiance to the General Federation,
even though they were members of the
State Federation
THREE MINUTE TALKS.
Three minute reports We're called for
from the several clubs. Filipa, of Bay
onne. did not respond. The clubs heard
from were the Arlington Woman's Lit
erary Club, the Athena, of Bayonne: the
Woman's Political and Social Advance
ment Club, of Bayonne; the Woman's
Musical and Literary Club, of Bayonne:
the Woman Literary Club, of Bound
Brook; the Woman's Club, of Camden;
the Wednesday Morning Club, OF. Craw-
ford: the Shrewsbury Reading Club. of
Eatontown; the Monday Morning Club,
of Elizabeth; the Over the Teacup. Club.
Elizabeth; the Ninety-two Club. of
Elizabeth; the Octagon Club, of Eliza
beth; the Shakespeare Club, of Eliza
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