The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-12-24


next week Instead Of Monday of next, or
the week following, as is the case Win
The Ladies' Afternoon Musical" s'rhe
Current Topics Glass" THE Horseback
Club and a few others. 1t would be en-
tirely out of the question for any club 70
hold a meeting on either the day dnlver-
sally celebrated as Christmas or New
Years. when. according to calender, tnese
brightest holidays of the whole year must
needs come on Sunday. The ODD Vol
umes should congratulate themselves Up
on their good luck. rather than upon any
foresight in the matter, for three years
hence, unless that club changes the time
of its weekly meeting, it will be in the
same boat with the Monday Clubs Of 1875,
only in the case of the latter the post
ponement will have to lapse over the noil-
day period of two years instead of one,
Christmas, 1899. falling or. Monday With
all due respect to the Odd Volumes,
Every dog has his day. even in club
world.
The Odd Volumes programme for We'd
nesday next at the residence of Mrs. r.
B. Merrill, No, 81 Glenweod avenue. will
consist of one paper upon the subject
of electricity, written and delivered by
Mrs. Ward Dunn. with the usual social
hour and dainty Refreshments TO toiiow-
Arrangements are being made for the
big mass meeting of the Literature Com
mittee OF the Woman's Club on January
IS. when Miss Cecilia Gaines is TO lee
ture on .Women Novelists. This lee
ture has been given before, but it is con-
sidered one of Miss Gaines's best efforts
in the lecture line, and well worth a sec
ond hearing. ever to those who were for
tunate enough to be present at the time
Miss Gaines first presented the discourse
to the public, and. as it at an out
of-town affair, those fortunate ones who
win again hear her on the same subject
are few.
For this occasion special invitations viii
be issued to the Executive Boards of the
Woman's Club and State Federation, as
well as to the Odd Volumes, Rambleis.
Open Hand, and Travellers Clubs. also
TO the Boonten I'll and a few other out
of-town organizations. The lecture will
be held in Hasbrouck Hall at $50 p NJ,
and will be a social as well as an in
tellectual eveRt, even to the serving of
refreshments.
Lieutenant William Bristow has return
ed, on a furlough, from South Carolina,
where he is quartered with his regiment.
and will spend the holidays at his home
in this city.
The younger set is glad to welcome Mr..
Eugene Batchelar. who is home from Cor
nell for the holiday season, once more TO
its midst. Mr.. Batchelar is one OF the
leaders in this set. and has been greatly
missed during his studies at Cornell. lie
returns to college duties after New
Tears.
Mrs. John A. Walker is again in town,
returned from her Florida trip,
and is busy making arrangements for the
next meeting of the Woman's Club,
which falls on January 5, and is Lftera-
ture Day, Mrs. Walker being chairman Of
the Literature Committee.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. Butler, Of No. 55S Sum
nit avenue. will spend about six weeks
on a western tour, California being one
of their destinations. They viii start
about January Z.
-.
The younger set will hold its second
assembly dance in Phillips Hall next
Wednesday evening, December %. As the
date set for the third dance, February 10.
falls on Ash Wednesday, it has been
thought expedient to make a change from
February Is to February /, therefore the
third ance will be held on the first We'd