New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-07


AND ATHENA CLUBS.
The Jersey City Woman's Club having a mem.
bership Of 200 the second largest In the stare Is
agitating warmly the project Of building ciuo'
house II is suggested by the chairman OF the
Building Committee, Clara s. Weart, that tine
money could be paid by members or outside friends.
but no club members rights should be Icssehe" ~
case she does subscribe to stock. shares Oh
stock should be issued at s. per share these shares
TO be paid for in five instruments as the CLUB may
require the cash"
The annual reception this year will be "a Colonial
supper" and promises to be OF unusual interest.
The committee and many of the guests VIII appear
in Colonial dress Historical tableaus and dancing
will make up the evenings programme
The club maintains a woman's exchange. Inc
philanthropic department. including the working
Girls. Club was established three years ago by
Miss Emma Martin then OF Jersey City. 1t Is now
under the management Of Mrs Justus Slater.
Glasses for cookery, dressmaking and physicai
culture and a class for the study OF stenography
will opened next week The same department
embraces the free kindergarten. Meetings are held
at ST. Andrews Hall.
The educational department includes the current
topics class and the parliamentary law class The
literature department meets fortnightly
The town improvement department has suggested
to the School Board the Importance OF new High
School building and has had scientific lectures
given before tho club on THE Publication OF
Water" The departments OF art and music COM
bine their work with that Of the Committee on
Literature.
Following are the committee chairmen: Mrs
Joseph A. Dear. Womans Exchange; Mrs John A.
Walker Literature; Mrs. Robert c. Lyle. Music;
Mrs Henry Harrison. Art; Mrs. Brce Coilard'
Phllanthrophy and Mrs. Harold Roorbach, Edu-
cation.
The officers of the club President. Miss
Cecilia Gaines; first vice-pres!dent, Mrs. George
W ClerIhew; second vce-pres!dent. Mrs. NJ. r.
De Hart NJ d. recording secretary. Mrs. a. D.
Newbury: corresponding secretary, Miss Ada DaV-
EXPORT Fuller. and treasurer, Mrs. SCION Palmer.
An interesting feature IS "Our Club outlook,
the bright newsy organ Of the association, edited
by Miss Ada Davenport Fuller. This publication
takes the place Of year book and IS OF much more
practical USE
The Jersey City Woman's Club was organized
through the influence OF Mrs. Florence howe man.
on February l6 1894
THE ODD VOLUMES CLUB
rb. Odd Volumes Club sprang out OF a group Of
intellectual girls who used to spend their Satur-
day afternoons with Mrs Emma Smith. woman
who became we'll known for her historical study or
the North American Indians. At that time-n'ne
years ago-there were no women's clubs In Jersey
City. Miss Cecilia Gaines, now president OF the
New-Jersey State Federation. was ohe OF the group
The odd Volumes Club had just seven members
AT first and the yearly dues were 80 cents apiece
The name taken from that OF famous ciuo
Of authors in London. The first year the men,
bers brought current fiction in paper bindings,
passed it from TO another. discussed 1t and
sometimes wrote papers on II. They always nm
ished their sessions with social meeting and sim.
pie refreshments.
The frst second and third years were given UP
to the study OF contemporaneous writer's. The
fourth year each member took her own pet Idea or
theme and worked It out into paper which was
enthusiastically discussed and as a grand finale at
the end OF the season the members competed FOR
prize. which was granted 10 the woman who wrote
the best paper on What Is the Monroe Doctrine?"
In the fifth year OF its existence the odd Volumes
Club studied America The sixth was given up
10 France tho seventh to the English essaysts the
eighth to Italy and the ninth-the present year-to
Holland.
The officers Of the club are Miss Cecilia Gaines
president: Mrs. Marcus Beach, vce-president; Miss
Jean Mcbride recording secretary; Miss Bowen.
corresponding secretary: Mrs. John Headden.
treasurer The active members are Miss Adriancc
Mrs r. O. Rabbit. Mrs. Marcus Beach. Miss
Bowen. Miss Buffet. Mrs; Cornelius Brett. Mrs
easS Miss crowcn Mrs
ton Miss Doremus. Mrs Ward Dunn Mr. George
Mrs Charles aries H. N HartshSrne Mrs joan Headden
Mrs Robert Lyle. Mrs Grace Marshall Miss Jean
MISS Helen 's Noble Miss Fiicher Mrs James
Kobotom Miss sherwood, Mrs Nh Howard VAR Sale,r
Mrs H. c. Wait and Mrs. J. L. Walker. The hon
orary members are Mrs. Il. +. I. Young, Mrs u. L:
a MsTM MAJ e si' Bu "a * TRANSFORM MID " '
Cosmos. prominent mems, club, will entertain the
odd Volumes the Hotel Washington in Jersey
City the night of February p
THE RAMBLER CLUBS WORK
Tho Rambler Club holds its fortnigh,ly meeting
at Hasbrouck Institute. Miss May Florence Park
and Miss Amelia B. Myers joint presidents and
! leaders by common consent. The club has been
discussing the language and literature of Spain
this winter and will continue to do SO until March
TO- when the topic will be changed TO Some Books
of the Day" The first subject to be taken up
will be a discussion OF the works of Anthony Hope
On May 8, the last literary meeting Of the year
there will Be given an interesting summary OF the
study OF Spain. illustrated.
The Rambler Clubs members are all graduates Of
Uasbrouck's, Discussion Is purely Informal but
every member is required to appear before the club
with a formal paper once a year.
The Rambler is charter member OF the New
Miss Park is a member OF Sorosis before which
body she read a paper on Education Day Miss
cution and Oratory at Philadelphia. Miss Bessie
G. Van Horne Is secretary ana treasurer. The
held. Florence Is. Clerihew. Edna Marion Edwards
Grace Loo SSms arTsOS Hate Hart Ha
Il G. Martin. AMELIA 3. Myers; Margaret Il. Page.
ertson Grace Toffey Bessie G. Van Horne, Eleo-
more L. Wggers, Matte l.. Wisgers, Maud WILL
Jams and Mrs. Arthur Brigham. The honorary
members Miss Elizabeth Batchelar and Miss
Grace +. Tompkns
THE ATHENA CLUB.
The Athena Club is 1--WE years old. II was founded
by its first president Mrs. Mary Close Seeseman
Until last year the members studied miscela neous
subjects, when 1t was proposed by Mrs Samuel
Myers that the club should its energies
on the study OF America This proposition pre-
vailed.
Mrs John II. Eadic was the clubs second pres!-
dent Last year the organization gave a largo re-
ception at the Newark Bay clubhouse. at Bayonne
At the Athena's business meetings some one
member is appointed to lead the conversation the
object being to encourage facility In extempo-
raneous speaking. When the roll Is called at tho