The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-03
SOCIETY AND LAW
Miss PhilbIook Tells the
Woman's Club Women
Should Know Their
Rights,
EDUCATION TRAVELFoR CHILDREN
Mrs. Hunts Musical - Luncheon
Club "send Oifs-society
Notes.
EDUCATION TRAVELF0R CHILDREN

The Weman's Club held its regular open
meeting yesterday afternoon in the club
house, Belmont avenue. 1t had been
suggested that each member bring a u
and saucer as a holiday present and soon
the table set apart for them was covered
with the DAINTY pieces, for almost every
member appeared carrying a small
bundle containing u cup and saucer. Only
one accident occurred. One lady dropped
her gift on the car track and nicked the
saucer.
Miss Gaines, after the roll call of the
members, said the most fitting thing
seemed TO wish the club individually
and collectively a happy New Year. She
called the attention of the club to the
holiday issue of the club paper of which
She was proud, and referred to the ar
ticle written by Miss Burdick on the
Educational Value of the Free Public
Library,
Only two special reports were heard,
as the reports are now given only at the
private meetings. Mrs. Day of the Re-
ception Committee said a reception would
be held in the latter part of January
or first of February. Mrs. Neil aid for
the Committee on the Amendments to
the Constitution, they proposed that n
member of a committee who was absent
from three regular meetings without
sending a good excuse to the chairman
would be dropped from the committee;
that the Executive Committee should
hereafter be composed of the chairmen of
each committee; that five of this COM
mittee shall constitute a quorum, and
that thirty club members shall consts-
t9te q quorum: Miss Gaines appointed
Mrs. Hough, Miss Welsh and Mrs. Hinds
as Nominating Committee.
A requeSt from the Everett Woman's
Club, asking for a volume from the Jer-
sey City Woman's Club, was read and it
was decided to send the volume. Mrs.
Condict, Mrs. Miles and Miss Fuller
were appointed a committee to select the
volume. AT the suggestion of Miss
Gaines three committees were added TO
The list, art, music and literature. Mrs.
man nal1o 81 the Mnsie c Was appoin Mre. H aaaasT
Harrison temporary chairman of the. Art
Committee, and the Literature Committee
Miss Jessie Marvin then played shubert's
Miss Mary. Philbrook., q member Of
WHY w Women mHni'A'i Should Study Law
She said:-"The question, should women
study law, has been v~ariously answer
state of human progress it is as innpor-
tant as would be any other question of
education At the present, time the law
gives women many privileges and i'm
poses upon her certain obligations re-
specting them. T is the duty Of women
as W Of & he = pr msn re ieaf the nav iaw q AFFORDS hF 3
them. A woman may, with few excep-
tions, make any manner Of contract,
her conduct in any Of these capacities
unless she becomes familiar with the
laws az relating to them M - The J law ags Of # con- fn.
foundations of humanity. A woman
a a9sbana g pn5ee she also IS eR What n rig hfs
her husband has in her property. The
restrictions a married wornan is under
be known to every woman so that she
may make proper distribution of her
property at her death. The rights Of
be familiar. Then, too, the law Of di-
x9ass, Of ahe eoa ssasaslaoal RRhl aesst j. alI iO
his essay on the study of law, more
than a century ago, declared a knowl-
ffbsra = c Ct t. ss ssss Miss P r pooku w aaa
lures upon laW = the woman's club.
Miss Hunter, accompanied by Mrs;
Lyle sang a nocturne and "Entreaty."
5aFd;-"T wish to speak on travel as a
means of education to our children. II
tfdVeilHS were now as QlfHcult. as IL
were a century g comparatively few
people could be educated in this way. /
read not long ago this bit of advice Civ
en- by ones who in 1920 was to make a
Journey:-'Take a bed and pillows, a
n ppe ok and to eat with, as 2 f medicine
scarcely find a washstand in any room
inf Germany SUCH exceptional advan-
tages as we now have give our chill
dren a magnificent opportunity fol, edu-
give children a h~aphaZard education,
but very early there Should be a def
mite plan for their education, and travel
should be an important factor In their
res Of mothers who educated their chill
dren by travel. One. lived in Boston
n used to tell her children the stories
Of the landing Of the Pilgrims and Paul
Revere's Ride. afterwards taking them
to VISIT the spots Of interest The other
dran the different Kinds Of vessels and
the flags of the nations. Mrs. Scudder
SUGGESTED that mgthsrs living n Ter
st. Pauls.- historic Wall street, Wash
ington's Headquarters at Morristown,
the hattlehelds Of Trenton and Mon
mouth. and the death place Of Alexan-
the story connected with the place.
Mrs; scudder closed by telling the story
of the. peasant in Stratford-on-Avon
who tod irving that Shakespeare wrote
ignorance may The children Of our land
be delivered: and may the parents be
sufficiently Interested in them to give
them educative travel"
The subject prepared for the discussion
Doctrine Should be Upheld in the ven-
czuela Question" Mrs. Condict will omen
tho discussion in the affirmative, and DIR.