New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-12-21
DOINGS AT THE CLUBS.

Co-equal principle of nature. and both men and
women are eligible for membership and Office This
association was formed for the purpose or studying
and discussing the questions and events OF the day
| which more largely concern the comfort welfare
| and progress of society.
| Many Of the lectures far have been on phio-
sophical and scientific subjects and well illustrated
| The lecture Friday evening was given by I.
| Commerford Martin Editor OF THE Electrical Engi-
| necr" The Utilization OF Niagara.
An account was given OF the means employed to
| obtain mechanical power and electrical current
from the great cataract ana was ,S "a ~
over one hundred lantern slides depicting the ans
and all the features Of the work . ,oo ,
The membership of this club is limited to loo ana ,
the list is full Any one in the future desrous Oh
1onns must hdvs hlS AftnrndV vernon DAVIS
is isS presidenf: Dr. katherine & Townsend vice
president: Miss ~ f. Merington recording score
tary Miss NJ MonIor' Pubic ee
| ings held on the third Friday OF each month III
| No. ISL Lenox-ave.
The graduates OF the Misses I.ockwood's CoNes'-
ate School, for Girls. In Mount Vernon. organized an
alumnse association in the early fall of this year
The school has been in existence only twelve years.
| but the number OF graduates is large The object
OF the association is to promote the interests or the
] Lockwood Collegiate School and 10 maintain a
! spirit OF fellowship among its graduates Meetings
be held in January April ana scp' Inn, e.
| commencement week. Besides these regular guar
LII =, lsast twice year The oiicers OF the
ass"rjr ton are. President Miss Annie Brincker-
hoN. ,,~e-pre ,ident Miss Helen Gay: secretary.
nMUj n., Naripn Iockhart: treasurer Miss Louise
! Miller The school numbers among rs "inmhae
some Of the Nassar College aiumnae
"rarnous Unmarried Women tho subjec'
discussed at the last regular meeting OF the
! Women's Friday Night cub. OF Mount vernon
! Mary Lyon Florence Nightingale. Jean ingelow ana
| Phoebe and Alice Carey received most attention.
ana short sketches of their lives were read by an
! fereut members The subject VII! be continue" 81
| the next meeting
The Scrbblers' club Of Buffalo. IS an organina-
ton OF professional and amateur writer's proo"o!
the best known OF the latter being Anna Catherine
Green formerly Of Brooklyn. Many OF Inc PROBES
SIGNALS represent, Buffalo dailies. while the anna
| tours are women Of social rank and connected WIN
| various phanthroplc. educational and charitable
| organizations This frat~rnizng o. talent Is pro-
ductive Of much good. the amateurs b"lhs J"S' NV
| kind OF friends required by young women employed
In newspaper work. for. while many or the ia''ci
have Covered their standard OF rehnsn eS
preston. others cannot resist the t""p'"''" ~
write smart things al any cost , 800 o,.o~
Such club as the ScriDblers gives an oppo'
iunity for the women OF leisure ana "rdi.n ai,u
ship 20 combine their influence and provide sa'e,
guard by their friendship for those VINO may hr,u
grateful affection shown BY the yonhs'r "s'no,iS
toward thos" whose influence mas been n n,n
! TO them OF the most successihl RETIRING
their achievements rather to the guidance OF some
, friendly and eminent literary woman than to the
possession OF native talent. 49,,
| The scrbRlers are wthou, aims other than
1h art s %i provdns funds
Increases they expec, TO- find larger field for work
! They have no permanent quarters ana heeu nom
! narIor in anv OF the leading city hotels. Their meet
ings are held fornghily. ana tHeif Pros'am NM,
cover a most interesting variety OF SUBJECTS anus
| ing well as instructive.
| The Women's Educationa and Industrial Union
of Buffalo owns one OF the largest and finest build
| I'M in he RI
| The european Committee Home and Society
met on Tuesday afternoon. December u. al o'clock
| q, the home OF the chairman Mrs. Daniel r. Will
| con No 1s4 Rodney-st. BROOKLYN. Mrs Andrew
| Jacobs a member OF the Board OF Education and OF
| the Brooklyn Woman's club read paper on How
| IN Obtain the Greatest Amount or Comfort FOR In
| mates of the Home with the Least EXPENDITURE
| Tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock there will bs
| = meeting OF the IIurd Amateur Orchestra at the
| residence OF Miss Hurd. No. 502 Bedford-ave..
! BROOKLYN. This orchestra. which Is composed Of
Young society women Of the nelghborhood Ia con
| ducted by Miss Elizabeth Iiurd. The young ladies
mcei for mutual Improvement and play at enter
tanments given for the benefit OF charity. The or
chesira has been organized for two or three years
| and is composed OF the following ladies' First and
| Williams Eta Baldwin. Bessie IIollister, Grace
'SMnnaoiins-The Misses Adele Bookstaver Bla-
zina amadr nd Ene Saso RANKIN"
Cello Miss Minna Brown. Pianist. Mrs Olive
| Il. Washbur1i.
Tho Chelsea Womans Club. OF Boston held its
Inc, meeting In It's quarters at Low Hall. last
week Miss Helena r. Goessman. daughter OF Pro-
| lessor Goessman OF Amherst College. and CORE
| snondinr secretary OF the Amherst Woman's Club,
Prod The paper OF the day. her subject being The
Christian Woman in Society. Historically and
Ethicaily Considered" An especial thought
hroI,eht out by MISC Goessman was that THE
wom9n type If in sense the result OF "A broad
ened sphere but the sequence expected where
the primal cuIture-that Of the homes impcr-
feet
The last meeting OF The Massachusetts State Fed
Grafton OF Clubs. in Haverh. is said 10 have been
ono Of the strongest and mos helpful meetings Il;
has ever held. Interesting papers were read by
,,rs Frederick G. Nathan. Mrs. Charles G. Ames
c.an,uel r Hubbar I'd. OF North End Mission: Presi-
-, Capen Of Tufts College. DR.. Durgin. OF the
pneton Health Department. and Joshua Atwood
20 ,be Poston Street Department The members
y, ~ ,re uayerhi Literary .'3ion added much 10
~ success and pleasure OF the meeting by hci:
hospitality
>,o,bors' meetings are held regularly on Tuesday
- FRIDAY afternoons at tn Convent Of the Help
- 10 III East Eighty -slvth-st. Mothers
,.,,e cd that they may learn with the materials
49,, .re Given TO them. TO cothe Themselves ard
..hatr little ones The time OF needlework Is en-
,'twened by reading. familiar instruction and sing.
nv hooks are loaned from the library. and twice