The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-10-16
AFTER BREAKFAST
Speeches, Poetry and Music,
at Woman's Clubs Fifth
Anniversary Saturday.
MRS. HOLLAND 4 PLAYWRIGHT
Faustina and the Devil in the
Twentieth Century-Other
Addresses.

There was only one fault with the
Woman's u breakfast, and tnat
amounted almost to a virtue, the pro-
gramme was just a little too long. There
were fourteen after dinner speeches. bar
ring music, poetry and introductions, put
like the breakfast itself. it was all worth
at least the tasting. enhanced by the
pretty decorations and arrangements as
recorded in Saturdays News"
Mrs. Scudder, as president, made the
opening address. bidding all a hearty well
come in the following Words
'Tn the clock tower of Venice two
bronze vulcans strike on a huge bell the
numbers of the hours as they go flying
by. On the same piazza over the door OF
grand old st. Marks are four bronze
horses, which at the command of emf
perors nave made extensive Journeys 4
do not know that the bronze figures in
the clock tower have ever left the nigh
position in the Campanile overlooking the
Adriatic, but had I the power I would
speak the imperial word this morning and
bid them cross the ocean and strike for
us in clear sonorous tones, one-two-l
three-four-hye-for the Jersey City
Woman's Club is five years old today.
And these five years have been most
happy. useful years moulding US into
ripper womanhood and a broader culture.
Hundreds of hours each year we have
spent in mental Improvement. for social
fellowship Is but a small part of our club
life. the entree which gives relish to our
intellectual feast. And now we are to en-
ter upon the sixth year OF club life to-
gether. and we have invited our friends
to our birthday party. I would that L
could make welcome as bright and cleo
tric as the one that sparkled over the
Pennsylvania Railroad arch for Admiral
Dewey, but surely you do realize the
warmth of it and see the heartiness of 1t
In our glad faces
Mrs. Scudder here told a story of a
minister whose guests stayed too long
and who one morning prayed, 20 Lord
bless these friends that go from our house
today"
sOur petition this morning" continued
the president, is of an opposite char.
aeter, for your visit Is all too short. and
our prayer Is. @. Lord. bless the friends
who have come today and may they be
prospered in all their club work.
Close upon Mrs. Scudder's heels came
Mrs. E. E. Williamson, president of the
State Federation. who responded to a
toast on Freedom from Self-Develop-
nent.' After paying tribute to Mrs.
Scudder and the club in general, Mrs. Viii
Hanson told the women of how free they
had become. but emphatically warned
them to be careful of their freedom.
.Freedom," said she, .is a great subject
for women. / believe freedom has be-
lonscd TO woman from the very founda-l
ton of earth. in a certain way. Think
of how free Eve wasi She was allowed
to pick the apple, and it has been thrown
at US ever since. But we are not to be
radical. We are not to be aggressive,
except where we think 1t is right. AS
club women we must be careful how we
use this freedom. We Will not eat the
apple and tantaIize the men, but do all
we can to make our brothers feel we are
going hand in ham with them in this
freedom
The next speaker introduced was Mrs.
Fannie l. Helmuth, president of the New
York Federation, who represented 2T5
clubs, with a membership of over n, 600,
and carried nearly the whole weight (em-
blematie) upon a broad white satin rib
bon, reaching from shoulder to waist.
Helmuth is a poet, and especially for this
occasion wrote the following verses ON
Dewey
A dewy air enshrouds the town.
Tine dewy leaves are turning brown,
A single word n5ats up and down,
Dewey.
| When Jersey calls. the clubs appear.
To show the world r woman's sphere
And point the proper course to steer,
Do We?
| We've sworn III rank and riches are
To equal fellowship no bar,
Thai we love merit greater far,
Do we?
The daily press declares. ~forsoothi
We prize our bonnet more than truth
And Banker constantly for youth.
Do we?
We ought each wear a decent gown
That only to our shoes comes down
And not attempt to sweep the town.
Do we?
when foiled in some most cherished plan
We ought to take it like a man,
Which few of US at present Ear
De we?
When scandal spits its petty spite
And throws DER character its blight,
We always should defend the right
! We should avoid all hurtful things,
/ The cover word that deeply stings,
| And often heartful sorrow brings.
DO we?
Tor woman's veal, both far and wide,
We should by our example guide
Those Who their trust in us confide.
Do we?
! There's one who saw his duty clear,
Mid shot and shell, from far and neal,
1 And did it for his country dear
Dewey
Following the poem came a musical Sc
lection. "Gypsy Life by the Glee Club,
with tambourine and triangle a~cccmpani-
anent, the latter by Mrs. John Headden,
third
Mrs. Cynthia MISSIONER Alden, President
Of the Tribune Sunshine Club, responded
to women on the Other Side" Saying
s.since the weight OF the whole British
Empire rests on the shoulders Of one
woman, may be it is not surprising that
every English woman dignity seems
bowed by the weight of centuries. Any
how the weight OF centuries' isn't much
to one who has sought to buy goods in
the swell stores of London from sales
women In black satin gowns, en-train,
who would surely ssget come up with by
a trolley car If they were to try peddling
In Brooklyn or Philadelphia.
"Then followed q y description Of the