The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-01
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be the same, but a number or the resi-
dents will not return this year. Those VINO
spent the greater part OF the winter al
the settlement last year were:-Miss
Loaise G. Farrant, Miss Carolyn A. Pad
dock, Miss Natalie Stohr. Miss Mary Phil
brook, Miss Elizabeth Barbour. Miss julia
Bronis, Miss Margaret Landon, MISS
Esther E.. Burdick and Miss Angelina
Stohr. DR.. Florence De Hart was a resi-
dent for a short time. as were Miss julia
Ludlow of East Orange, Miss Frances
Knowlton of New York, Miss Mary
Palmer of Boston, and Miss Elizabeth
Drummond of New Brunswick.
There are at present bu three resi-
dents, Miss Elizabeth Barbour, Miss
Angelina Stohr and Miss Eleanor M. Wood
Of Montclalr. Miss Barbour has charge
of the Kindergarten n Miss Stohr acts
as her assistant. Miss Wood who mas
been since Whittier House opened a semi
resident worker, that is one who spends
one or more nights at the louise VIII
stay as a resident this year. She VIII
assist Miss Bradford In her general work
and will attend to the details of the rou-
tine. Miss Wood is a graduate of Welles-
ley College. Miss Barbour is a graduate
of the Albany School forsKindergartners.
1t is as vet uncertain if Miss Margaret
Landon, q graduate of Brown University,
will be a resident this year. Miss Louise
Farrant, a graduate of Barnard College,
and professor of Latin and Greek in High
School, will not BE a resident this winter.
DR.. Florence De Hart. though continuing
the work in the dispensary, will no longer
be a resident. Miss Carolyn PADDOCK,
who conducted the Cornelia Club and the
elocution class last summer, became Mrs.
Pratt and is now living in New York city.
Miss Philbrook is not at present a resi-
dent n it is not yet decided II she VIII
spend the winter at the settlement. she
will continue to act as president of the
Lincoln Club. Miss Julia Bronis, the
trained nurse of the settlement, is now
living in Newark. 1t is possible that sne
NAV return for a time. Miss Esther E.
Burdick, Librarian of the City Library,
will not be a resident. While at Whittier
House last winter Miss Burdick organized
a sub-station of the Public Library. She
will continue to superintend it.
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Though Miss Bradford. the Head WORK
er has not yet returned from her vacation,
the work of the Whittier House is gong
IN All ummer the Cornelia and Lincoln
,Cl,1hs have met and they are continuing
The Penny Provident Bank has been open
once a week this ummer, as has the
library. Next week both of these
branches Will open regularly. The Pen
nv Proyident Bank will be open to re-
eeive deposits Monday, Tuesday, Wednes-
day and Thursday nights from seven 70
eight. The Library will be open at the
same hour on Tuesday. Wednesday ana
Thursday nights.
rrhe Kindergarten was open Wednesday
with a good number of pupils. Tomor-
row afternoon at 2:30 Miss Van Wrinkle
will open the sewing class. Tuesday even
ing. October 5, Miss Degaden will open
the class in dressmaking. The dancing
class will meet Monday evening, October
il. Miss Elizabeth w. Cruttehden OF
Montclair will teach. She has taught
the class three years. The art class
taught by Miss Elizabeth Hunt, will meet
Friday night, October 5. The other CLUBS
and class will begin to hold meetings very
soon
The various cOHlIlltlcCS u 49, 49,
City Woman's Club are preparing lot me
opening meeting next Thursday by meet
ing and planning the work for the coming
year. The Town improvement Commit
tee which has charge of the programme
for next Thursday, met two weeks ago
The Philanthropic Committee met yester-
day at the residence Of its Chairman, MRS.
Brice.Collard, Clinton avenue. The com
mittee maintained a free kindergarten
last wear at the Grand street Junction,
and also had charge of a working girls
eluh. Both of these departments will be
discontinued. There was a large NUMBER
of the members of the committee preseht.
They voted to dispense with the Kinder
earten because there is now one at Scnooi
No. IA. but five blocks distant from the
location of that maintained by the COM
n.ittee. The plain object of the commit
tee in establishing the kindergarten was
to attract the attention of the Board OF
Education to the necessity of having suen
departments in the public schools. That
object has evidently been accomplished.
Mrs. Justus Slater, who has had charge
of the Working Girls Club, resigned. The
members nave expressed their willingness
TO Join one of the Whittier House clubs,
and so the Philanthropic Committee viii
give up the club.
The committee decided to meet once a
fortnight to make garments for ~institu-
tions of the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Garwood Ferris. Miss Isa-
belle Ferris and the Misses Ferris have
returned from Orde Island, where they
spent the ummer.
Miss Ida Greaves is visiting Mrs. Sid
ney Adams.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew ]. Post and their
little son return today from Avon, where
they have spent the summer. Visiting
them at Avon were Mrs. Posts aunt and
cousins, Mrs. Briggs. Miss Clara Briggs
and Miss Maggie Briggs Of Philadelphia
Mr.. and Mrs. M. F. Frame. Mrs.
| Fletcher, Miss Edna Frame and Mr.
Fletcher Frame returned his week from
Orange. They had a cottage there for
the season.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. w. Kingsland have re-
opened their new acme on Montgomery
street, opposite Van Worst Park, former
ly occupied by DR.. and Mrs. Burdette
| Post-Craig. Mr.. and Mrs. Kingsland
| have spent the summer at their country
place.