The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-04
ODD VOLUME BREAKFAST
Arrangements Made at Mrs.
E. F. G. Young's Yester-
day to Hold Annual
Feast May l8--
The Press.

Mrs. E. F. C. Young entertained the
Odd Volumes yesterday afternoon at her
residence, Boulevard and Glenwood ave-
nue.. 1t was the regular meeting of the
club and there was considerable business
to be transacted owing to the near APP
proach of the club breakfast, which has
been fixed for Thursday, May Is, at the
Carteret Clubhouse.
The decorations for this occasion will.
of course, consist of the club color, violet.
with palms, and the natural emblem of
modesty and club flower, the violet. Miss
Katharine Grower has charge of the
decorations, Mrs. George Case of the ar
rangements, Mrs. Henry ". Condict will
receive the guests, Mrs. Harry Day will
attend to the floral decorations, Mrs.
John Headden third, has charge of the
musical programme. Among the guests
of honor will be Mrs. E. E. Williamson,
State Federation president. of Elizabeth;
Mrs. Gustav Becker, Mrs. Alice May
Scudder, Miss A. B. Meyers, Miss Louise
Farrant, Mrs. Chittendon of New York,
and Mrs. Taylor and Mrs. Walker of the
Wednesday Afternoon Club of Englewood,
all of whom will probably respond to
$4,000 go NN1~$ - OAAS " "a wv "a NAAS
Odd Volume members.
This with an acceptance by the club of
Mrs. E. F. C. Yeung's invitation to att
tend the State Federation meeting at
Rutherford, via special trolley, and the
appointing of Miss Katharine Grower
and Miss Buffet to act as regular dele-
gates on that occasion, closed the BUSH
ness session.
Following the business meeting came
the regular afternoons programme on
THE Press" Miss Sherwood was the
first speaker. Her paper dealt greatly
with statistics, showing some excellent
research work interestingly wrought. she
spoke of the advance in the newspaper
world during the nineteenth century and
Its influence IN the public.
Mrs. Welsh, of "Harpers Bazaar" was
the guest of honor, and also spoke On
1.-THE Press" limiting her paper more to
anything else. She called particular at
tention to the fact that while the ma
jority of papers have a regular WON
ans Column" wherein woman who is
great deal out of a galvanized tea ket-
tle'' or "a spool and a few yards Of
dry goods" the more effective work Of
| woman, such as articles on Miss Gould's
work, goes outside. The woman's coi-
ann, she said, was mans invention.
She also spoke of the worldwide infiu-
ence of the press and the changes in ar
engagements. the various departments ard
inventions in the press during the past
century. espec ally the Hoe press.
Miss Burdick gave a paper on the Free
Public Library" She said that the free
| library was the child of the Nineteenth
century and that prior to 1900 such an
Institution did not exist. She spoke of
the Congressional Library, built in 1906,
which was destroyed. fourteen years laser
by fire. and again started in connections
with Jefferson's library of 1000 volumes,
only to be destroyed a second time by the
same element. At present, she said. it
contained over 100, 600 volumes. She
also spoke of the historical libraries and
their great value, the college and mercan-
tile libraries. New jersey was mentioned
as one of the first States to start a Ii
brary-in 1874.
Mrs. Hartshorn, of Short Hills, and Mrs.
| Butler, of the Wednesday Afternoon Club,
Montclair, also made brief congratulatory
addresses. AT the conclusion of the pro-
gramm refreshments were served.
Among the guests entertained by the
club were Mrs. William Bumsted, Mrs.
| Throckmorton, Mrs. George Smith, Mrs.
Ed. Young, Mrs. George Wilson, Mrs.
| Peter Sipp Van Wrinkle, Miss Bijou
| Shipman, Mrs. Charles Appleby and Mrs.
The next meeting will be held May
II, at the residence of Mrs. Henry "
ligious Progress will be the subject UNI
der discussion. Miss Doremus will read
a paper on Practical Theosophy,' and
| Miss Doremus will read her postponed
paper on 1.-THE Protection of Children"
After this there will be but one more
| meeting and the breakfast.
Among the members present were
| Mrs. E. F. C. Young, Miss Adriance, Mrs.
r. o. Babbitt. Miss Bowen. Miss Buffet,
Mrs. Cornelius Brett. Mrs. Frank Cavalli,
Mrs! H. v. Condict. Miss Grower. Mrs. A.
Denniston. Miss Doremus, Miss CECILIA
Gaines. Mrs. John Headden third, Mrs.
Robert Lyle, Mrs. Grace Marshall. Mrs.
H. B. Merrill, Miss Helen Noble, Miss
pitcher, Mrs. William Pierson. Mrs.
| James Robottom. Miss Sherwood, Mrs.
| Howard Slater, Miss Spier, Miss Burdick,
Mrs. John A. Walker and Mrs. Harry
| Dav