The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-12-02
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on the occasion of the ohildren's Home
tea, last Saturday. there was a large pro-
portion Of the guests present VINO lrahAls
owned that as their first visit 70 =
Home. and seemed 10 have but nltie
eral Knowledge about il, and for the saAs
of those who might still be in ignorance
OF the objects, aims and history o. 'iis
institution a few facts regarolns Il "Ns
prove interesting.
1t is now thirty-hve years SINCE
nor of Jersey City's prominent citiAea<'
real,zing the need of a home Tor lrielu1
~ children. formed what was then
,ou, and has since been known as the
rhs,drsn,s Friend Society. Among these
cit;1ens appear the names Of John Arm
stronp Edward f.. C.. Young Charles =.
crasorv Alexander H Wallis, Mlcnaei
I,senau Elias B. Bishop, Jr.. BENJAMIN
2 clark. James Goosil. John Olendorl'
.John A. Kingebury, John W. sehaheA'
Theodore F. Randolph, Jacob R. Schuyler,
Abraham Hooley, Jr., John H. Carnes'
James A.. Williamson, AlfreaerlcA ?
Hatch. John owen Rouse, Joseph Colgate
Edgar B. Wakeman and Hampton a.
Coursen.
This society was Incorporated under Inc
laws Of New Jersey, March q, 1864, ana :
object can be best set forth IN Arncie :
Of the constitution, which reads
"T-he object Of this society shall be the
eetahlshment of a home for ~friendless
children: to promote the cause of virtue
and humanity: by disseminating correct
PRINCIPLES and by protecting the young
destitute and friendless from the wrong
suffering and moral ruin incident to their
condition.: also to. secure for homeless or
neglected children needful, mental, moral
ana religious instruction, and, as far as
practicable. give them the training they
uo,,la receive in the Christian family
rrbis law has been carried out TO the let
+sr and TO-DAY the Home. No. 1856 Glen
wood avenue. with it's inmates, stands as
a testimony. It has at present on Us
BOARD of Trustees:- Messrs. Charles D.
Ridgeway, President; John J. voorhees,
First Vice President; o h S. McMaster'
Second Vice President; George w Cohk-
lin. Treasurer; Albert Norris, Secretary;
e.. F. C. Young. John A. Walker, George
f.. Perkins. John H. Carnes, Elijah >.
Cowles, Charles Calvin Stimets, George
T Smith, Oliver Hazard Perry, James e.
Hulshizer, NJ. Murray, Henry E. Niese,
William B. jenkins. John J. Toffey.
Any person may become a member of
the society upon the payment of three
dollars annually, and thirty dollars will
buy a life membership. The Home is sup
ported by subscription.
Daring The past month there have been
about fifty Women's Club meeting of var
ious kinds, counting all the department
meetings of The Woman's Club, and not
one of the various euchre. whist or other
club gatherings of a purely social nature
unmixed with philanthropy or education.
This would seem a surprisingly large
number for Jersey city, and brings for
ward the question as to. whether the
club work is not being carried to excess
or whether it is beneficial to woman.
That the woman of today and the club
woman in particular, is broader in her
views, cannot be denied, and as to the
theory thai home must be neglected by
the club woman, in the club she may so
learn to econcmize her time that she need
neglect neither, while being educated for
both. That the club woman is less friv-
olous than the merely so called domestic
woman can be proven by her reading
alone, even in Jersey City, for in the dis
triets where club women are few the
books read are more of the light novel
character with very little use for science,
according to the Public Library statistics.
So
The woman's Club programme for
next week offers but three attractions, Glee
CLUB rehearsal on Tuesday afternoon, at
the residence of Mrs. Garwood Ferris. No
$40 Montgomery street; a meeting of the
Literature Department, and the regular
s,S6cial Club Day. in Hasbrouck Hail, on
Thursday afternoon.
The Literature Meeting for next week is
what is known as Guest Day., and will
be held at the residence of Mrs. John A.
Walker, No. 26o Montgomery street. For
this occasion a special programme has
been prepared. 1t consists CT a review Of
When Knighthood was in Flower" Ed
win Caskoden's new book, some music and
a reading or lecture of a literary descrip-
ton arranged for by Mrs. Walker her
self
These guest dayss' occur but twice in
the years programme, one about the mid
die and one at the end. They are always
CfL "a Liz lCS4AN4-AC u IN N4A@A Af~itt
AIRS. John A. Walker, who has entire
charge of the programme, usually asking
some outsider to speak. thus the name
sGuest Day. It is looked forward to by
The members Of the Literature Depart
ment as a sort of reunion or more proper
ly speaking a sociable, and never falls
short of its object in promoting socia-
bility.
For the "Club Social Day December
Z. in Hasbrouek Hall. at half past three.
Miss NJ Louise Edge, chairman of the
Home Department, announces the follow
ing programme
Glee, Water Nymphs,1 Smart; 1.-THE
Business Woman in the Home Miss
Clerihew; Leave ale Not Denza:
'come, Live with Me- Minnetti, Miss
Hellerman; Music in the Home Mrs.
Ferris; For All Eternity" Mascheroni,
Mrs. Joseph H. Gilmore; "A Novel and
Interesting Exhibition of Good House
keeping" Anon; violin solo, Sing, smile
and Slumber,'' Miss Harvie; Home,