The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-15
MEN And WOMEN.
Mrs. Yardley Tells About
the N. j. State Fedora
ton Of Women
Clubs.
OLD DUTCH SETTLERS PRESENT
Mrs, Williamson Tells the Guests
Of the Women's Club Women
Need MOI Vote.
OLD DUTCH SETTLERS PRESENT

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most brilliant and the most wholly de-
lightfui function Of the season. Every
thing which could possibly be done to
make the reception a charming gathering
was done and everything was admirably
cone. The programme and reception were
in the charge of Miss Cecilia Gaines,
President of the club, and the Reception
COMMITTEES, of which Mrs. Harry 3.
Day is chairman. The COMMITTEES, Mrs.
Westcott, Miss Kate Cowen, Miss Cleri-
new. Mrs. Pferson, Mfs9.9 Justus Slater,
Mrs. Willis o. Newcomb and Mrs. Spen-
Ger Weart, received the guests and
ushered them to seats. The ushering was
prettily done n was quite a pleasant
feature OF the evening. The ladies' wore
pink badges with Reception Commit
tee on them. and performed their duties
admirably. The lobby outside the audi
ence room was turned into a refreshment
room. A square table was used for the
coffee and was decorated in pink. Two
handsome silver candelabra with pink
candle shades We're on opposite corners
ana silver coffee urns were at the re-
naming corners. In the centre a cut
glass vase held a large bunch of grace
fully arranged pinks, and at the base of
the vase was a circle of coffee spoons.
Small dishes of pink candy and smilax
dR lit ldDIe COI0DIeIE0 the
decorations. The table holding the cups
and saucers had a screen of rose leaves
On the front, and the tall oak mantel,
leaves. 49,
The programme designated the enter
all the speakers were New Jersey pecIo.e
and spoke of New Jersey. When the
stage curtain was raised it disclosed an
aFtisticaIly arranged stage with groups
Of palms and bowls of pink roses. miss
Bessie Meeklem began the entertainment
with a ~saxophone solo, mon e Yer" Mr..
The Palms was given as an encore.
MISS Gaines then welcomed the guests,
especially the gentlemen, thanking them
annual reception the club had the Presi-
gent Of the United States with them, not
M. cleveland. but the General Federation
do one thing which men do not-have a
President In every State. and with them
they, had Margaret Yardley. the President
q u Inc NeW Jersey State Federation of
Mrs; Yardley said her subject was
Good Fellowship in Club Life and she
she thought It an example of good fell
lowship n a new departure when the
brothers open their doors to the women
the Jersey CITY Club. On the 10th Of
quarters again, this Sirrls the State State H Ehsns
made and broken. Mrs. Yardiey said
she would be unable to read ner paper,
as she had brought the wrong glasses.
the Federation. There are IS clubs
numbering. over 1000 women. The idea
of the Federation is for each club doing
another club along. IT stands for peace
inlpersonaf friendships. She hopes to see
the Same S club, ni but s she w Said She are sun n
posed women couldn't expect the men to
want them until the women know more;
Flower That Blooms" His selections
t Hsfa s sSaa aad h BE-. B BailTsad # has sl 4 ing
voice, and sings with sympathy and
f We q Ths next speaker was Mrs:
State Charities. Her subject was, what
Women Can Do for New Jersey, and
she said:L"I am going to speak TO the
do for this State of ours; of their duty
as CITIZENS. I am in a position to know
about 1t, to know more abut it thai any
for when a woman goes to WORK at a
thing she works from the bottom up.
The woman of today carries with her in
uses as IN P her hom mefE work. sRe RE Rhrln Mpman she of
today is not the new woman, but the true
woman. believe wonan's mission to-
a fuS tdhC her DIS IlucH TO THE tax
payers charities as to the home. Woman
IS nobler In the home than anywhere. I
firmly believe, but her power should not
remain there. Good mothers Should he
as interested in helping other peoples
children as their own. / phink every
where women should be active in the
school question.
The Orange Improvement Club has
done more for that city than any amount
or men who ever lived in Orange. The
women see what Is necessary to be done
ana linen go and dn If Tho tav-a axs
interest requires woman influence and
the time will come when every State,
county and city board will have women
Rig here in Jersey City women have
a great work to do. Some years ago,
mldn the p Of iss Of fs1 this city made an
to say Jersey City has the worst slums |
Of n place in the State. The land
lords ,n,,s are m. making tng from 20 70 50 per cent.
something to better their condition, for
NJ is ~ O. measure the fault of you
women II yoM ALLOW such conditions to |
for the good Of the Communities IN
which they are than any other force.
do the work that they have Started
out to do.
in New Jersey is the largest insane
asylum SYN ! put m in the world. TO the
must say that there are fewer women in
the State prisons thar in any other State.
~ diSu lFusl say tnere are more |
II Jail as FOUNDERS than in any
duty to perform. 1t Is not necessary to
to. the polls, or to vote, to do it:
your influence Is great. Each try to do
a little and good will Gomez
Mr.. Theodore Arnheiter ,played on the
Florence Howe Hail. c sHaairi nh St s Mrg;
Correspondence, followed with a pape
on 1.-THE Uses and Abuses of an Ordinary
Two Cent Stamp" She cited some of the
uses it could be put to and then named
some Of the things which people ask her
to write about and enclose a two-cent /
as a reward. Among these things
are to return an autograph with or with
an original sentiment; write a school
girls composition; tell a woman how to
arrange her parents golden wedding;
q syndicate article giving her views
OF love; tell q dear young man what to
wear as a wedding suit, which request
she did not answer, because she was
biography. of her mother. Julia Ward
Howe, and tell another man how to pro-
pose.
Miss Lucy Nelson sang ssThe Ring
by Hawley, and II Love My Love- by
P. Warren. Miss Adeline Sterling.
of the Englewood woman's
Club, read a paper on Things to be
historic battle grounds and Of the
well known bravery of J~erseymen, citing
the remark of a British officer, who
said In rs: seThese Jerseynen fight like
She said when she heard of
Yale and Harvard she felt like saying,
What's the matter With PRINCETON q
sar and Wellesley. Jersey Justice and
Jersey Palisades were mentioned, but
Miss Sterling thinks the latest thing to