The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-10-15
The FEAST OF REASON. 'e.I |. WINTER PROGRAMME
Woman's Club Breakfast To-
day at the Jersey City
Club House---The
Speakers.

The fact that the Woman's Club
held its breakfast today instead Of
at its close, last May, is purely aeci-
dental, and it is due to Mrs. John i.
Scudder, alone, thai the ladies' Of that
club did not follow the Odd Volumes
suit in thus ending their season. Had it
not been for her illness the feast would
| never have been postponed. Now, how
enough to attend, but has arranged the
greater part Of the programme
The Jersey City club house, where this
feast of feasts was held. was very pref
THY decorated with flags. plants, flowers,
etc. OF course the breakfast had to be
pink, as the ladies feel the club cannot
AFFORD to waste the badges, etc, now on
hand. by changing the color, and 50 must
wait till age, dirt, or loss, settles the
question for them. But even a pink
breakfast can be made a very attractive
and interesting affair In fact. for teas
and luncheons that seems to be the fay-
ored of all shades. The table certainly
looked very pretty with its vases and
bowls of pink flowers and green leaves.
About one hundred and fifty ladies sat
down to this feast. There would have
been more, but at a breakfast the caterer
sometimes limits the number. OF these
there were several guests of note. Mostly
ladies who had entertained the club at
some previous date. Mrs. e. J. William
son. president of the Women's Civic Fed
Grafton in Elizabeth; Mrs. Henry Taylor,
president of the Woman's League, of
Newark; Miss yermilye, Of 3nglewood;
Mrs. Field and Mrs. Perkins, were all
shown this mark of courtesy. Besides
these were the ladies who contributed to
the intellectual feast with toasts.
Mrs. Scudder had planned a novel SUR
prise. It was what she termed a .sciub
bouquet and after the social hour
which lasted from twelve to one. variou
members of the club as they took their
places at the table were given a flower
from this bouquet, which they analysed,
making each part symbolic of the Won
ans Club. 1t was really surprising To
note how many symbols each lady got out
of her individual flower in the space of
two minutes, the allotted time. To Mrs.
A. J. Newbury fell the club ~carnation,
to Mrs. John A. Waller, the heliotrope;
to Mrs. Spencer Weart, the daisy; to Mrs.
Marvin, the mignonette; to Miss A. 3
Meyers, the dahlia; to Miss Katharine
Grower. the violet; to Mrs. George w.
Case, the red rose; to Mrs. Frank Hall,
the white rose, and to Mrs. DIR. De Hart,
the chrysanthemum. The following toasts
were also responded to:-Miss Cornelia
Bradford, of Whittier House, on "Ro-
nance and Realities. Mrs. Dennison.
yice-Presiden of Sorosis, on How to Be
Happy Though a Club Woman; Miss
Cecilia Gaines, on Denver Echoes;
Mrs. S. Westover Alden. of the New
York Tribune on Women and the
Press; Mrs. JAM Pierce, also of the
Tribune" on women in the War; Miss
Mary VI. Worstell, of st. Nicholas on
"The Humorous Side of Editorial Life;
Mrs. Luther E. shirm, of Bath Beach. L.
T., on IAN Ideal Breakfast and Mrs. ].
D. Bedle represented the Colonial Danes.
Music was furnished by the .tWoman's
Glee Club and by Prof. Theodore Arm
heiter, VINO rendered a solo. and who was
the only man present