The Jersey City news., 1899-10-21
& oeietp Topics.

woman's Club, with its divisions ana
eph-.7ivisi.ns IL in full swing, holding
high its sceptre and welding It's paraia-
n1entary gavel upon its responsive
bloclx with a force that tells. The eucnre
hall was set rolling by the LADIES'
Fr.uay Afternoon Club, two weeks ago.
and during the course OF the next SIX
d.5,,s several other shufflers of the cards
,nst 1secentions were ushered in on Mon
aav last with Mrs. Robert Carey AZ
uov,a.. and Mrs Augustine Elmendorr
viii follow suit on Monday next and Mon
day of the week following, October 70
and 30. while last evening witnessed the
nnening of musicales at Hasbrouck IN
stitnfe leaving but the first assembly
dance. which usually comes just before
Thanksgiving, to complete the list OF ai-
versions in which society so freely m
duiges itself.
But this leaves out one Of the promot-
ers Of. and necessary adjuncts to, society
feasting. Already have the appetzing
breakfast and satisfying luncheon reacn-
ed the more digestive reminiscent stage
the Woman,s Club breakfast OF last sat
urday and the luncheon rendered the ooo
Volumes by Mrs Holland of last Wed
nesaav. Both. to be sure, occurred AT
the same hour, one, or about one clocA'
Int that was matter of convenience on
the one hand and excuses the unconVen-
aoualfty Of the hour and misnomer IN
exceeding the twelve O'Clock breaklast
hour.
And now. If the Jersey City Golf CLUB
hut carries out it's custom OF teas III
onening its new clubhouse, society may
feel its duty we'll performed, its carnai
.appetite satisfied and ready to begin al
over again.
r,f bot1, social and artistic interest VIII
he q musicale to be held November z, at
the residence of Miss Lucy, Kent, SUM
init avenue and Astor place, unaer tns
ansnices of the Guild of the Holy Cross
Of 81 Johns P. E. Church. This concert
viii be conducted upon an unusually nlgh
artistic plane. some of the best New YORK
and home talent having been procured.
some of the artists will be:-Mr. Beyer-
I4ane. the famous New York 'celllst; Mr-
Emilin Agramonte, tenor, of DR.. Heoeh
Nawtou,s Church. New York; Miss Annie
lee another noted New York artistic ana
Mrs. John Bradley Tanner, among the
leading musical talent in this city. Mr;
p A. Huber also Of New York note VIII
act as pianist.
Reniuiscencing upon the Woman's Cluo
breakfast. where the favors were pliiA
,vintergreen hearts, bearing the lndlVAu-
,,al name of each member In white icing
mink ana white-like a wedding, probapiy
symbol of the more dainty, delicate fem
mine heart it would seem strange III
c1,,h Of all women. hearts should be given,
talran broken and eaten, though to eat
ones own heart is not 30 uncommon aIeer
all.
perhens more amusing than aught else
af that feast of women was the reeeptlon
Of a ioke-it was go unexpected Aafs'
cynthia Westover Alden was respohalns
~ toast on sWomen on the Other slde
ana wished she might tell the club the
s.hare trnth about low necked gowns =
there was a moments pause, look OF
s,,rnrise overspread Mrs. Alden's face
then somebody suddenly saw tnrough r.
sndulped in a burst of eilvery laughter
ana elub-like, they all found the point
After that they were on the alert, re-
soonaing not only with merrtment Due
with gloved applause.
Even Cold Spring has not thrown lne
WEI blanket over the women of Jersey
CITY in their appreciatiye enthusiasm OF
Mrs Cecilia Gaines Holland with the
club women she is a sort Of reverenced
r,uhlic property, and they are not going TO
lose her, Notwithstanding the fact' oc-
cording to Mrs. Scudder at the breakfast.
that she has gone over to Holland
Never can she forget that she was once
Miss Gaines-never will the club women
forget ft--at every social gathering at
which the Little President participates
she is reminded of the fact by pun IN
prose and poetry. Even Queen LaVinia
paled beside her when again at the ciuo
breakfast, she was referred TO as Inc
"Queen of Holland" while a page from
the Odd Volumes cleverly recalls her
Motherhood in poetry, which states that
the club sin losing keeps its Gaines, as
recorded in the account of the Odd Vol
umes outing in Thursdays edition OF
"The News"
Two more departments of the Woman's
Club have re-opened their doors during
the week. that known as the Home De
partment and the Educational Depart
Tnfnt. I1e FORMER, Ol WHICH 3AtsS A-ouAo1
NJ Edge is Chairman, held its first meet
ing on Monday afternoon and promises
to be one of the most useful ornamental
and womanly Subdivisions of that august
body, the Woman's Club.
From Mondays meeting It would ap
pear that in this department the women
are to learn three things-hrst how to
make an ideal home; second, how to make
an ideal self; third, how to make an ideal
cook. Surely under these circumstances
no husband can object TO one spoiled din
ner per month for this. If he does let
him glance at Mondays programme:
The meeting opened--Mrs. Newbury read
a paper on the Ideal Home'-A spot
where man. woman and child live in hap
by harrnony-Are not merely housed ac-
cording to the family purse. Then Miss
Edge read paper on How to Develop
a Perfect Physique" giving natural ways
and means to beautify face, skin, hair
and even reduce corpulency. Following
this was discussion as to the next
meeting, which will be Cook Book
Day" and for which number of those
present promise to contribute number
Of their favorite and well tried recipes.
The last department Of the Woman's
Club to open It's season is the Art De-