The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-11-04
Society gopies.

IRIS mas been fdlneI an On HNS
Jersey City feminine club world, though
there have been a number Of other soclai
events to nj in the void. But then ING
average Jersey City woman neensu
rest even from club meetings, WHICH,
while restful in the minority, became e.
ceedingiy tiresome in the majority or 80
cess. both physically and mentally. Eyer
since the first week In October clue "o1h-
en- have been constantly on the go. Tnes
began with October 4. when ODD Nolubes
opened their season. Then on October .,
cana the srst Woman' Club social meet
ing. oyer Friday, Saturday and sunday,
October s. 7 and 5, the women rested, ~
preparation for the ensuing week couiu
be called resting, and began again On
Monday holding meetings on OCTOBER D
10. IL ION which date there we're no iess
than three Odd Volumes, Ramplers anu
Women's Club Literature Department
and Il, then came preparations Ior Ing
Club breakfast on Saturday, OCTOBER ~
a rest over Sunday, and the women Meie
at it again on Monday, when the faonie
Department threw open its doors
The week beginning with OCTOBER 10
however. was very quiet, the ooo soa-
unes. on October IS and the Woman :
Club Education Department on OCTOBER
10. being the only club meetings OF mote.
The following week brought the Federa-
lion Curb convention at Atlantic City, 1or
which a number of the delegates started
ant on wednesday, October q, not re-
turning until Saturday, October q.
4 glance at this, the calendar for one
month must convince the most casual
- - 1naruaf4a IF not over
vhelming power the club woman is fast
becoming. She Is ubiquitous, ana mas a.
ready undertaken to solve every propAeni
under the sun, from the servant eiri 70
the politician.
Speaking of the servant girl question
It is a curious fact that with due respect
to the hundreds of conferences netd up
on the subject, to say nothing OF olumes
and yolumes from that fluent rival to the
sword, the pen, woman land man, 100,
for that matter when he designs to stoop
so low). is still just where she was at the
beginning, while the servant girl has
and is, constantly advancing In asserting
her authority and demands The aver
age domestic is. according to the average
housekeeper worth less than ever before,
and vet she ,"who rules the world,
through rocking the cradle, at least, must
pay her (the domestic) more. Truly 1t Is
a pronlem, mathematical, social, mental
and physical.
Perhaps, after all, though, the servant
demand more because the mistress de-
mands more. It Is one of the natural
outgrowths of the club movement Inc
club woman of today cannot be the
PrecilIa of old. She cannot devote herself
to the Glasses and the masses" and at
the same time to the home. She may be
a typical h-ousekeeper, wife n mother,
with all this broadening of soul, heart
and MIND, but her typicainess must con-
sist In good management in being bic
first to choose and then to train from
among the .'masses'' whose problems she
is settling, some one capable of running
her establishment in her absence. For
such a choice she must naturally expect
to pay a little more, giving + cry care
and consideration such a bargain de-
serves.
Today there are so many industries open
to women (due TO this womanly move
ment). and with the ever improving sys-
tenn of education they are able to MI
them. that the servant girl is sinking into
oblivion. Even without much education,
the girl of today is able TO find employ
ment in the factory, where her hour are
from seven or eight to six, where she
knows Just what she has to do, and there
are no small children TO annoy. her
evenings are all free, and with the in
stitutions now in operation for the work
ing girl, her board is within her means
After all. the servant girl is as much
a part of emancipated evolution as the
club woman herself, and the latter Is not
altogether blameless in the matter, either.
What the woman of today demands Is an
educated housekeeper-a new demand Gre
ated by the cIubwoman-a philanthropist
to look after phi1anthropist's children
"
There were but two club meetings this
week. in the feminine world of Jersey
city. that held by the Odd Volumes on
Wednesday. and the held by the Wom-
ans Club on Thursday. The latter was
known as ssMusic Day" and was the
first Of the kin the club has ever held
Under direction Of the chairman, Mrs.
Garwood Ferris, the programme proved
a success. It was a change from the
usual routine meeting OF the club, where
the greater part of the afternoon is de-
voted to the reading of papers, and the
lesser TO music, in that matters were
reversed and proved most restfully inter
esting. Restful because it was a change,
not because there were any less papers
That the Woman's Club is gallantly
recognized by man as a power in Jersey
CITY cannot be denied after the letters
received by hat organization from
various city officials with regard to town
Improvement. Sometime ago the Woman'i
Club wrote letters to these Office holders
thanking them for their assistance il
helping the club to clean the streets.
In reply Mayor Hoos writes:-"I feel
however. that the city officials did nj
more h their duty" and thanks tn
club in return for its kindness"
Mr.. Robert Davis says:-"It is pleasure
able to know that such slight assistance
as we have been able to render has me
with the appreciation OF your club"
Contractor Henry Byrne modestly re
plies:-~I can say candidly that the Jer
sey City woman's Club, and especial,
Mrs. Hudspefh-Benson deserves credit TO
the clean condition of the city during tn
mast summer I have only done my dut,
for which l am paid"
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