The Jersey City news., 1899-12-16
Society Topics.
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These are harvest days for the woman
shopper, not so much for what she reaps
as for what she sows. This is the age
Of club women-women who would reyo-
lutionize the world in theory at least.
and now they have the chance to put
that theory to the practical test as a.
no other season of the year. The good
shopper is not she who spends the ieast
money for the most goods, either IN quar-
ity or quantity but she who knows wnat
she is buying, and with this knowledge
comes an awful responsibility. the true
club woman. she who lives for the bet
terment of others, must know where now
and under what circumstances the article
she buys was made, as well as wnal II
should cost in comparison with What II
does cost She must buy nothing maue
in the sweat shop, and she must puy
nothing made under circumstances IN
Noncompliance with the factory laws
nothing made by children under age, noun
ing made under unhealthy surroundings,
and nothing for which the producer IS
improperly paid if she would discourase
pauperism, filth and vice. Therefore, sne
should be educated as to the cost Of the
raw material the cost to the manuLac-
turer and pay given his employees
In buying white goods all this is pro-
tected by the Consumers League, and the
sbopper has only to look for the stamp;
bnt even here comes the terrible heart
pang of paying perhaps little more,
while the non-club woman snatches up
bargain before the club woman's very
ewes. while in the case of goods unpro-
tected by the League the responsibility
is simply awful. Truly, the life Of a club
woman Is hardi
Notwithstanding the fact that it IS the
week before Christmas the Woman
club has arranged to hold four depart
ment meetings within the next five days,
only excluding Sunday from its pro-
gramme.
On Monday it is to be the Home De-
partment under Miss NJ Louise Edge, in
Hasbrouck Institute, when Home Decor
ations for Children will be the subject
of a paper by Miss Leila Kinds, and rs
1t Right to Teach Children the Myth of
Santa Claus?' the subject of second
discourse by Mrs. Willard Fisk.
On Tuesday there is to be the regular
monthly meeting of the Music Depart
ment, under Mrs. Garwood Ferris, when
Mrs. G. w Cleritew will read paper
on Church Music"
wednesday, December 20, was the day
booked for a meeting of the Literature
Department, when Miss Lillian E. Fuller
was to deliver a paper on Florence, and
Mrs. A. ]. Newbury another on 'Archi-
tects, Sculpters and Painters Of the Early
Renaissance"
The Literature Department, however,
has accepted an invitation from the Ram
blers to attend lecture on Buddhism
to be given by the Rev. Charles Herr.
D. D., under their auspices, on that date
in Hasbrouck Institute, therefore the lit
erature meeting will be omitted.
On Thursday, December q, the club is
to meet for education. when Power
Through Repose'' will be the subject of
a paper by Miss Lillian e. Fuller, with
Schools to follow
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This programme leaves but two days Of
to prepare for Christmas Friday and Sat
urday. Only two days in which to do
the belated shopping, planning and cook
ing for Christmas Day, not to mention
the getting even business of the aver
age recipient of unexpected presentsi It
is really awful to think ola case of the
club versus Christmasl
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club work, for, while there is no meeting
booked for that day, these busy women
will, as last year, give the youngsters
of the Free kindergarten a Christmas
tree, with dolls, toys and goodies, and
are at present busy with preparations
s.&
Last Tuesday marked another Town I'M
provement meeting. On this occasion
Mrs. William D. Edwards delivered an
address or, as she called it, "a Talk"
setting forth a number of rules which
Jersey City would do well to follow One
of these suggestions was that the system
of using galvanized ash cans be adopted,
thus doing away with the disorderly ap-
pearance of old coal scuttles dish pans,
tin kettles and any number of other un-
seem1y articles of household utensils
along the sidewalk on ash barrel day.
Another was that ashes should be emp
tied prior to eight o'clock in the morning,
as is the custom in some of the European
cities. comparison with which as set forth
by Mrs. Edwards talk was enough to
make Jersey City hang her head in
shame.
Mrs Edwards whole paper went to
show that the Town Improvement has
still much to do and cannot afford to
rest upon its oars
Speaking Of the Town Improvement,
Jersey City, no doubt, owing to the strong
winds. is at present in pretty bad con-
ditfon as regards her streets. Papers lit
ter the streets in every direction and no
body seems to care. Where are the paper
laws. especially against the circular nuis-
snce, and where are the women?
There were three things learned at the
Odd Volume meeting of Wednesday last,
held at the residence of Mrs. Frank Ste
vens, Clifford avenue, and those three
things pertained to the three authors
studied, Grove. "Groepp'' and 'Hender-
SON. The first named is considered one
Of the greatest musical directors in the
world, the second is a, great musical critic
of Philadelphia, and the third a great
musical critic of New York. What the
odd Volumes however. did not discover