The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-05
So6ietr Topics.

their husbands to abstain from the cup,
white ribboners lifted up their sioseu
hands and gentle voices against the very
thoughts Of the club, while the stag par
ties were never mentioned above z
whisper. That time is passed. NOT that
men do not lave their clubs today. as
fifty years ago, but they are totaily
eclipsed. This is the age Of feminine
clubs. AS one OF the women at the Fed
Grafton across the water remarked the
other day. upon learning that our ma
tional bird was much larger in the femi-
nine than in the masculine sex, Ladies,
the American eagle is a hen. This dis
covery caused so much caekling that the
gavel had to be brought to bear upon
the subject in anything but a neniileo
manner before order was restored. An
other woman suggested that the ladies'
might follow he example of the CLUBS n
governing their domestic affairs per
Roberts rules, as this would DO away
with the necessity of the Not at home
policy. whereas Home in Secret Session
might be substituted, and in discharglhg
her maid a woman might also turn 20
her Roberts Rules just as her gfaha-
mother used to turn to Marion Hafiaha'
and say: Your term Of Office expires To-
morrow. You will kindly turn over the
gayel to your successor Club life Is
certainly essential to domestic bliss.
r, e women Of J4rsey City are going to
sweep the town. This does not apply to
a political election, alas. only because OF
woman's wrongs in suffrage, but to the
town Improvement committee of the
Woman's Club. They are going to have
clean streets If they do the work them
selves. SO they decided at their meefing
Thursday afternoon. But first these
women are going to apply to the Mayer,
and ask that the laws be enforced with
regard to tenants keeping clean their
cutters; that hucksters shall not be al
lowed to throw their waste material IN
the streets, and they are even going TO
teach the children not to litter the streets
with papers. They are going to apply
for a playground for the children and q
few more parks; in short. they are going
to make Jersey city a paradise on earth,
but when?
The Woman's Club is to have a class
on voice culture, so that half the pretty
things the ladies say from the platform
will not be lost on the audience, or tnat
the meetings will not partake SO mueh
the nature OF political affairs, though TINS
is really what the women are aiming at,
only a little basnful about -nnouncin II
at present, through cries Of Louder,
Louder"
This has been a week Of clubs. The
Ramblers, the odd Volumes and the
Woman's Club all chose this week TOT
their meetings. The Ranablers met Wed
nesday. as did the Odd Volumes, and the
Woman's Club met on Thursday. All
three of these meetings brought oaeK
echoes of the Elizabeth Federation, IN the
delegates reports, and strange TO relate
the most impressive part Of the pro-
erafnme In all three cases seemed TO be
the same. Nobody forgot to tell about
Mrs. Martha Moore Avery, of Boston,
who delivered a lecture on the labor
question. And perhaps Mrs. Avery her
self was not so much the attraction 10
his case, as her costume One woman
usually notes another's costume, but even
a man could not help taking notes on
Mrs. Avery's dress. Sha made a flowing
address, in lowing gown with flowing
sleeves. The dress itself was of a crushed
strawberry or old rose material made
Empire fashion,, with long angel sleeves
over inner sleeves of white lace, which
costume. though aestheticaly feminine,
added to Mrs. Avery's masculine appear
ance. if that were possible, rather sug- |
gesting q second Mary Walker. All this
seemed to impress the ladies in somewhat
Of a Iudicrous light, and yet she was a
typical club woman.
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The Ramblers at their meeting on We'd
nesday discussed the climatic influences
of the Russian temperature upon the
natives. This Ramblers is an excellent
training class for the Woman's Club
Here the young ladies are taught to use
their voices even without a voice culture
class, and to get over that terror of
speaking In public. which used to be 50
prevalent among the fair sex.
The next meeting viii take place Mo-
vember 16. when the young ladies will
study Russian government and Miss Page
will read a paper on Siberian exiles.
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The graduating class of the Jersey City
High School had its picture taken Thurs
day, on the steps of City Hall. and nearly
upset the equilibrium of that official
building. Every clerk from every Office
turned out TO see the chattering flock
OF pretty girls. and these young ladies
say they never felt SO uncomfortable in
all their lives. At last, after a long wait,
and it took considerable time after that,
the camera was ready to be snapped, but
somebody sauntered in. and 1t had to be
~resnapped. This time somebody must have
moved. so the photographer good natured
ly tried another shot, closed up his
camera and walked away.
Not to lose time, while once inside the
City Hall. the young ladies peeped round
all the corners, visited the various city
offices and met Mayor Hoos, who asked
them If they were interested in election
day. He was a little previous in this,
however, as the girls had not yet seen |
enough Of club life to be educated to the |
new woman standard, so they told him
they were only there because it gave
them q holiday. Then they thought they
would have some fun with Mr.. Hopkins. |
and t~eIephoned to the principal asking
for a half holiday to examine City Hall, |
and just as that gentleman was about to
send a bodyguard to bring back the class
Of 30, in marched the girls, all beaming
with satisfaction. took their seats and
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