The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-13
MEN ARE ALL RIGHT

PraCIlCal.
The New Jersey State Federation of
! Women's Clubs met yesterday in the Park
Avenue Baptist Church of Plainfield dor
its spring meeting. The Jersey City dele
| cation was unusually strong. The
Woman's Club, the Odd Volumes and the
Ramblers were well represented. Mrs
A. J.. Newbury. Mrs. George w. CleriheW,
Mrs. Spencer Weart, Mrs. Harry B. Day,
Miss Cecilia Gaines, Miss Allenette Frost,
Mrs. Joseph A. Dear, Mrs. Mark Miller,
Mrs. George Hough, Miss Ada Fuller,
Mrs. Frank Pearson. Mrs. John P. Leach,
Mrs. Philip Greene, Mrs. Harry Louder
bough, Mrs. Brice Collard, Mrs. John
Hilton, Mrs. Marcus -Higginbotham, Mrs.
Frank Cavelli, Mrs. E. F. G. Young, Mrs.
James Robottem, Mrs. Frank Stevens,
Miss Louise, Edge, Miss Harriet Hartnett,
Miss Irene Phillips, Miss Nellie Holbrook,
Mrs. James Noe, Mrs. Joseph d. Bedle
and Mrs. Drayton were among the ladies
who met in the Central waiting room, in
| time for the $40 train. The cerise adg
of the Woman's Club, the violet of the
Odd Volumes and the orange of the
| Rambler were to be seen in every direc-
ton and almost everyone wore also a red.
whit and blu ribbon or a tiny American
flag. The programmes for the meeting.
| which the corresponding secretary, Miss
i Ada Fuller, distributed on the train, had
on the back ar American flag and the
song The Red, White and Blue" A
great deal of attention was given In the
cnaoobo- ~ Az tsJor,e In hl,7a >
Miss Cecilia Gaines, the President of
the State Federation, presided. The open
ing prayer was made by Mrs. Fanny
Crosby, the blind poet and author of
Sunday chool hymns. The audience then
rose and sang 1.-THE Star Spangled Ban
ner-" The large church was packed from
| platform to door and many were standing
lathe rear. 1t became necessary later
to open the doors into the Sunday school
room.
Mrs. Florence Howe Hall made the adj
dress of welcome. She said she was very
glad to welcome the Federation to plain
field and deemed it ar honor. She men
toned the numerous clubs in the town,
among which lisa Woman's Benevolent
Progressive Whist Society. There isl
she said, "a Male Library which, how
ever. the women use. It has been sug-
gested that the word male be stricken
out. But now that our boys in blue are
doing such excellent work. I say, add
and female and never strike out male
Miss Gaines in response said:-eThis
spring meeting is one of enjoyment. We
don't want to improve all the time. /
must say just a word above the progress
ct the Federation since the Camden meet
i n a4N In xD4Jl 1o tyn fha $40 aEa. r.
IS always an event, you know, when you
publish your first book. We have pub
lished ours, the year book. Some clubs
little afraid of the Federation, 1t has such
| g big sound. 1t is not my policy to urge.
They will soon come. There is a fine field
ladies-a fine field! We all notice. that
there are times when the machinery
seems oiled and bills slip through. Edu-
cational bills DON'T go so smoothly. We
cry.
"A dear lady said to me the othef day
We J. women Ea,l are T doing fine work but how
our men all over the country are enlist
ing in a war which has no profit.i in it we
needn't be afraid of our men. Men are
the fighters and women the civilizers.
And nothing has done more for the pro-
gress of civilization than the Women's
Clubs.
Miss Fuller said there are now in the
State Federation, seventy-two clubs.
flve nay peen admitted and one dropped
silce tnS iasr IneesiI, When lneTe We're
iAty-eisnt. Two OF lhe, new cIuos nave
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