The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-07
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The Womlan's GLIB has held It's last
meeting snd. the members may now rest
from their laboss until October next An.
that is. with the exception Of a few com
mittees who have special tasks on manu.
such as that suh-s oraraittee OF the Literal
ture Committee. that has the publication.
OF Mrs. Harriet Phillips Eaton's book on
..Hlstoric Sites in Jersey City to see TO.
The Executive Committee has a ie"
things TO see about and the Education
Committee. boo. has a task on hand
The Wornan's Club is a peculiar insti-
tuition. On it devolves so many functions.
social and otherwise. that ore wonders
what was Cons in the days before the
Woman-s Club. Is a Free Kindergarten
needed?-go 10 the woEaan's II to have
it started. Is there need of garments for
invalids in hospitals and inmates oil m
stitutions-the Philanthropie Committee
of that club viii supply ii. is it desired
to awaken interest in matters for the pup
lie welfare. such as keeping the streets
clean and looking after garbage narrets-
the Town improvement Committee s'uaies
the case and boldly brings it before the
Woman's Club and incidentally the nus
bands and brothers. Then the Literature
1O1flIEflttCCt III q A4CS1tst
and there is no excuse for any woman
TO be behind the times. She can spend
an hour and a bali once in two weeks
listening to interesting papers and come
away perfectly competent to discuss the
Cuban question, the relative merits OF
Dewey. Sampson n Schley, the attitude
OF the President, OF Congress and of the
Cabinet. and argEe Peace at any price
or jingofsm. Husbands are no longer
bothered with What does contraband OF
war meana' what is a jingo?1 Who
is Godkin2" why did we send Dewey
to the Philippine Islands instead of to
Cuba % and Where is Matanzasg the
Woman's Club member goes to the club
with these questions and returns able to
tell her husband all the points he doesn't
know.
And the club has still anothe function
and an important one. It is fast becom-
ing the centre of SOCIAL life. 1t does away
with the nAHessity OF making calls. For
merry one had to call on ones ~neighbors
to keep upran acquaintance. Now 1t IS
unnecessary TO make formal calls. One
has only to wait till the first Thursday
in the month and there, at the club meet
ing. one can make all the usual inquiries
much more satisfactorily. The entertain
ments. too. which the club gives are social
events.
And the club has still another function
held and there are no more of these pleas
ant gatherings till fall. Many inquiries
as to the urnrne whereabouts of the
members were, made and there were
numerous farewells and Il suppose |
shan't see you again till fair was heard
on all sides. With the last OF the
oman Cub comes the first of sum
mer and relaxation. Already energies nave
begun TO flag and ere long the usual sum-
mer quiet win be upon Us.
The much talked of breakfast of the
Womanss Club has not come to pass. 1t
was a brave idea that of giving a break
fast and some of the more conservative
members thought it too big a thing for
the club to handle. But it was not for
that reason that the breakfast was given
IN. Mrs. Scudder is still unable to attend
ANYTHING Of the kin and the members
preferred waiting until the fall, when she
might preside.
The members of the club are now dis
cussing giving in the fall a gigantic far
for the benefit of the building fund One
hundred dollars has been set aside for the
lot and the ladies think they can make a
vast sum to add TO it if they give a fair.
The Philanthropic Committee of the
Woman's Club. after its last meeting,
went on a girlish lark to Snake Hill last
Monday. Some of the ladies said they
wished to visit what might possibly be
their future home. There were thirteen
who went. eleven members of the COM
mittee and the two vice presidents of the
club. They went of course to inspect the
buildings and management and see what
the condition of affairs was, and, Incl
dentally. also. of course, they had lots Of
fun. Each lady was locked in turn in
the dark cell and had all the thrills ac-
companying it. For the time being the
Philanthropic Committee owned Snake
Hall and they were allowed to do and see
to their hearts content. And if the dignl
fed matrons had been a lot of school girls
they couldn't have made better use of the
freedom or asked more questions
The Womanss Club now has a club
choir. 1t consists of eight ladies brave
enough to face their sisters as a musical
organization. For it takes some bravery,
you know, to say you think you know
how to sing and then stand up before
your friends and let them decide if you
do. The eight though were equal to the
task and serene in the knowledge of a
duty nobly performed sweetly sang their
choruses. The choir will be one of the
features next year.
It is 2 well known fact that women
are fond of uniforms, but 1t isn't often
that men will admit it. They generally
look with scorn on all wearers of it-un-
less they happen to be possessors of that
way to a woman's heart. Blu there were
found Tuesday night three young men
who were willing to openly ayow their
prediction for that manly garb. 1t was
at the presentation of ssOur Regiment"
by the Florence Dramatic Society, for
the benefit of the Peoples Palace Day
Nursery. Three men in the cast should
be provided with uniforms. But sad to
relate the. costumes didn't come and these
young men were in a dreadful state of
mind. They sent "supesv all through the
city on a search for uniforms that
couldn't be found. for orders had been
issued to the Fourth Regiment forbidding