The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-20
Woman's Club Members Elk
hibited Ignorance of It's
Details-Mrs. 0sgood's
Lecture.

MTS. n. -. OSgOOQ OF Maine gave a
parliamentary law lecture and drill yester-
day to a large number of the members
of the Woman's Club at Hasbrouck Hall.
The lecture was under the auspices of
the Educational Committee of the
Woman's Club, of which Mrs. Harold
Rohrback is chairman. Before giving the
drill Mrs. Osgood talked of the theory of
parliamentary law. She said she did not
intend giving a lecture, but a lesson. She
explained the meaning and the uses of
motions dependent on subsidiary motions.
of Incidental questions and of privileged
questions. A presiding officer is the SER
want OF the club; she should preside, call
the assembly to order, present the busi-
ness. protect the minority, be impartial,
have tact. and Mr.. Reed adds, a good
presence. TIL gist of club constitutions,
Mrs. Osgood said, was contained in the
rules which her little niece of seven said
governed her club. The member were
enJoined to mind their own business and
the bosses were asked not to boss around
too much. Said Mrs. Osgood:-sThe floor
must not think, or at least it mustn't say
so. If You want to make a motion don't
say I think'-of course you do. or you
wouldn't have taken the floor, and don't
SoJ ~ SSl ~ liz I'll COURSE 1t does
or you wouldn't talk about it. Don't say
1 make a move or I make a notion
or I move you; you don't do either of
these; you might sometimes find it hard
to move the president. What you should
say is I move" Mrs. osgood then
asked the ladies to imagine that they had
received a call to be present at a meet
ing in the interests of correct dress. She
gave some instructions as to the method
Of procedure and then left the platform
AFTER saying the supposed call had been
signed by Mrs. Brett and that ii was
therefore her place to call the meeting
Mrs. Brett left her seat and walked IN
10 YRS osgood and said: What shall 1
Mrs. Osgood whispered to her and Mrs.
Brett then said, rapping on a chair with
ner ian: THE time having arrived for
winch this meeting was called, you will
please come TO order and nominate a tenn
Mrs Harrison, Mrs. Heating. Mrs.
aushing and Mrs. osgood were nominated
asa msre votea for in their order. Mrs.
Mrs, Brett then, after a whispered con-
suilatien with Mrs. Osgood, said: Il APP
p pond ~ Mfs, Rohrback to escort Mrs. Os-
q sign OF relief in her chair. Mrs. Os-
COCO was escorted to the platform and
sne made a short speech of thanks, allud-
Oh sue O00
Mrs Rohrback was then elected tenn
porary secretary. AS she merely smiled
ner recognition, Mrs. Osgood said: You
thanks" e speecn Of
oh, am l." said Mrs. Rohrback. 81
= you very much for the honor done
at home" my siasses
uo In that ease" said Mrs. osgood. ut
would be best to Decline"
MTS. RUhrDack 3pnlfpa5 ATr~ r~~----
vas slected and escorted to the platform
ana snoa me meeting was opened by Mrs. os-
anee Of m!'n a rev remarks on the import
motion of some kind be made in oydsr a q
nave a drill on motions. u .
dentsn; heating rose with Mrs. Presi-
MIS-, Chairman, if you please. Mrs.
A.ssSS. rss | am not President
ing. Il w w%ndiTman,4 amended Mrs. Keat-
oplease say I move" corrected Mrs.
= move, then, whether it is advisab,a
to shorten the skirts four inchess frnne
the ground for rainy weather. or whetber
we should do it all the time
practicable 'a said mre or a & motion is i'm
state a motion negatively, and always
put II as concisely as possible. Saw I
move ~so-and-so."
Mrs. Heating then stated her motion
= move we wear walking skirts four
INCHES Mrs from the ground"
xx% SCWDQf dlQ-l second IL
Newbury." ' mis
Mrs; Chairman. I second the notion
sag Mrs. Newbury.
Mrs. John A. Walker started TO ofyar
an amendment, and was called to order
by MRS; osgood, who said her amend
question had been stated. She stated tha
question. and Mrs. Walker amended the
motion by striking out the word -four
and inserting three"
Miss HorSley was next hoard fror,
She said:-"Mrs. Chairman. / move 70
mend the amendment by inserting the
words IN rainy weather."
1 am glad you said that" Mrs. Os-
GOOD SAID, as 1t serves to illustrate a
point. What you offer is not an amend
ment to the amendment but to the origi-
nal motion and cannot be entertained
til the amendment is disposed Of"
Mrs. Chairman
Mrs. Walker"
would it be an ~amendment to the
amendment if two were substituted for
them?"
st would"
The amendment. was lost, and Miss
Horsley introduced her s.rainy weather.
clause, which was amended by Mrs. G.
muddy weather was every bit as bad"
MS. Harrison said:..,I would like
.Mrsl y csai Please address wo,, The G ilsd
amend Again she was gently called
to order with the remark that an amend
ment to the amendment was already be-
fore the house and no more could be
entertained, though she might give no
tice of an amendment, which She did.
Are you ready for the question:
There was no response. and Mrs. Os-
COED put the question and then declared
the chair in doubt of the vote and called
for a vote by ~tellers. Mrs. Vail and
Mrs. Willard Fisk were appointed tellers
and We're stationed opposite each other
in the aisle, and those in favor of the
motion were told to walk between them.
This they did in double and TRIBE file,
SO that the tellers were uncertain as to
the vote There was a discrepancy in
the count, but the majority was so large
that Mrs. Osgood declared the amend
ment to the amendment carried. Then
the amended amendment and the amend
ed motion were voted for without further
discussion n were carried. A few
questions were asked Mrs. Osgood and
answered by her as to the meaning of
questions Of privilege and the right of a
President to attend committee meetings
and the proper mode of addressing a
woman President. After these questions
had been answered Mrs. Osgood said:-
IF there is no further business a mo-
ton to adjourn is in order" The mo-
ton was made and carried. and Mrs.
Osgood said, bringing her gayel down
with a rap IN the table, This meeting
Is declared adjourned"
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