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tiC Aufipc1 VI SOCldl tNtilts, poAA o
out of town. crowded into the last two
weeks. 81 am so tired" groaned one OF
last weeks society bellies. 1 have been
to four card ard three receptions In four
days.. This is but a sample of a dozen
others.
Lent this year started in most obligingly
with a blizzard. The reaction upon So
ciety after so much gaity would have
been almost unbearable had 1t not been
for the fact that traffic was, to say the
least impracticable, even to women, II not
impossible. and even the few social
events booked for the week had either to
be postponed or were poorly attended,
with one or two exceptions, the Koonz-
Toffey wedding. which took place in the
Dutch Reformed Church on the eve OF
ST. Valentines Day. last Tuesday, Feb
ruary IA, the Woman's Club, Literature
Committee and a few odd euchres.
So
For the woman's Club this would have
been a red letter week but for the storm.
On Tuesday afternoon the first organized
meeting of the Town Improvement COM
mittee was held in room l. Hasbrouck IN
stitute, and the aides hit upon a plan ps
which to enforce the laws reiatihs -
clean streets. They will each nave a MT
tie note book in which to jot down I'M
emptied ash barrels and other pieces Oh
neglected duty on the part or the mare
street cleaning brigade, and woe oeeoe
the man who in emptying an ASH parrei
cverfows the contents He Will at once
be reported at headquarters.
1t might be well for the ladies to wear
some insignia lest a stranger-entering the
city on brigade day, and observing the Ut
tie note books in the hands of the "Jot-
ters'' might mistake it for one OF COOKS
tours. and think the women were taxing
notes on architecture.
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On wednesday the Literature Commit
tee met also in Room l, Hasbrouck lnsti-
tute and had an overftowing meeting.
This is doubtless the most sociable anu
interesting of all the Woman's Club COM
mittees. and is growing to such large pro-
portions that Room l will no longer hold
them They must nave either room four
or five. and it may be in the near future,
even the assembly room itself.
The next meeting will be guest day, at
the residence of Mrs. John A.. Walker,
No. 2o Montgomery street. on Wednes-
day, March l.
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For the remainder Of March the Litera-
ture Committee has arranged the pro-
gramme as follows:-March 10 will be
Scrap Book Day for the Department OF
Literature. The subject for discussion
will be. ssThe Development of the Maya
zine, and the paper will be given by Miss
Ada D. Fuller. THE School of Criticism
and "a Study of Ruskin'' are the topics
chosen for March 29.
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Reading for the Young was to nave
been the subject for discussion at the
meeting of the Woman's Club Educational
Committee last Thursday. But, alas. the
young must still remain in ignorance
as to what they shall read. as, owing to
the inclement weather. neither speaker
nor committee arrived, there was no
meeting. Doubtless Reading for the
Young will be taken up at next meeting,
March 16.
A young lady of this city who was to
be married in a few days recently ac-
companied a batch of her invitations to
the Jersey City Postoffice with the re-
quest to Please take great care of my
mail, as it is of vast importance" OF
course the Postofiee officials would have
been only too glad to comply with this
request had the prospective bride taken
the ~precaution to furnish each with a
sample of her ~penmanship.
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Mrs. E. F. c.. Young entertained the
Afternoon Euchre Club, one of the old
organizations of the kind in the city, at
her residence, Boulevard and Glenwood
avenue, Tuesday afternoon. The euchre
was called an hour earlier than usual in
order to dismiss in time for Miss Toffey's
wedding at half-past five.
Among those present WEEK.-MRS.. E. F.
c. Young, Mrs. Joseph D. Bedle, Mrs.
Warren Dixon, Mrs. William Mattocks,
Mrs. Minnie Lynn, Mrs. E. B. Kiersted,
Mrs. Livingston Clifford, Mrs. Howard
Bumsted, Mrs. Matthew C. Jenkins, Mrs.
George Wilkinson, Mrs. Walter Wilkinson,
Miss McBurney, Miss Emma Bishop, Mrs.
Hotchkiss, Mrs. Arthur Soper, Mrs.
John Headden, third, Mrs. J. T. Nc
Laughlin, Mrs. James B. Fielder, Mrs.
Schenck and Mrs. Edward Smith.
The next meeting win be held at the
residence of Mrs. Burdette Post Craig,
boulevard anu 1iEiIdAd dFcuuS, Rcp-
ruary a.
The next meeting of the Evening
Euchre Club will also be held at the resi-
dence of Mrs. Craig, February q.
dence of Mrs. Craig, February %. Among
the member of this club are Mr.. and
Mrs. J. E. Hulshizer, Jr, Judge and Mrs.
Bedle, Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Albeit, Miss
jackson, of Hoboken, Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Kinds, Mr.. and Mrs. Matthew
Jenkins, Mr.. and Mrs. Gudebrod, Mr.. and
Mrs. James B. Fielder, Mr.. and Mrs.
Herbert Scott, Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Sipp
Van Wrinkle. DR.. and Mrs. Craig, Mr..
and Mrs. Burniston, DR.. and Mrs. Wall
ter Wilkinson.
The last meeting of the Evening Euchr
Club until after Lent was held last Tues
lay, at the residence of Mrs. Rudolph
Roster, of Madison avenue. There were.
as usual, four prizes, the first of which
on the ladies' side was won by Mrs. D. E.
Manton and consisted of a silver crumb
tray and scraper. On the g~entlemen's
side the first prize went to Mr.. Lotherige,
and consisted of a cane with horn and
silver handle. The consolation prizes con
sisting of a jewelled buckle and belt and
etching Nvent to Mrs. and DR.. Blanchard,