The Jersey City news., 1899-02-11

15o1 Arch St, Phila. II is absolutely free.
gave the second of a series of 'At
Homes in which Jersey City was rep
resented. at her residence, No 4S East
sixtieth street New York
Mrs. John Wahl Queen will be "at
home. Mondays during February, at her
residence, No. 152 Academy street.
Mrs. serrell, of Plainfield, gave
luncheon in honor of Miss Jennie Toffey,
the bride of next Tuesday, at her resi-
denee, on Wednesday last, to which
members of the Luncheon Club were in
vited, among whom are Miss Jennie
Toffey, Miss Shafer Miss Grace Toffey,
Miss Per Lee, Mrs John Rowland Mrs.
Herbert Scott, Miss Clara Wilkinson and
Miss Jane Scott.
A farewell tea was given in honor of
Madame Annie Grey, the Scottish ballad
singer, Tuesday afternoon, by Mrs. David
A. Bishop, at her residence, Bergen and
Belmont avenues, in view of the fact that
Madame Grey, in company with her
mother, sails for Scotland today.
Major Pond gave another entertainment
to his friends last Thursday evening, at
his residence. No 800 Bergen avenue, in
which he introduced Mr.. Richard Dawson.
Probably the last society wedding be-
tween this and April will be that of Miss
Jennie Toffey to DIR. Albert E. Koonz, on
Tuesday, February IA, in DIR. Brett's
G.-1 n,1ff mill
follow the ceremony.
$50
With the cessation of social events next
week comes a busy time for the club
women. They will start the Lenten sea-
son well. Beginning with next Tuesday
and ending with Thursday there will be
no less than four committee meetings
next week in Hasbrouck Hall.
The first regular meeting of the Town
Improvement Committee, of which Mrs.
Hudspeth- Benson is chairman, will meet
Tuesday afternoon at half-past three, in
room J., Hasbrouck Institute Mrs. Ben
son now has a definite plan for keeping
the streets clean. 1t is the same as that
employed by the Town Improvement Com
mittee of Newark, wherein maps are
made of the city and it is divided in dis
tricts, each member of the committee
having in charge one of these districts.
The plan, on the surface, looks simple
enough. Each lady will be furnished with
long strip of paper on which whenever
she espies an ash barrel unemptied,
dirty gutter or dsorderly street in her
district she jots down the fact These
strips are handed to the chairman, who
in turn makes out a-report which is hand
ed to the Board of Street and Water
Commissioners, calling their attention to
these item of neglect. Another plan of
the committee is to hire men who will be
paid by the residents of the various
| streets in the better parts of the city con-
| -tributing nominal sum per week, the
| business of the men being to keep these
/ streets clean.
! The next meeting of the Literature
! Committee of the Womans Club falls on
! Ash Wednesday, February Is, when
Green, Froude and McCarthy's .Iistory
| of Our Times will be discussed.
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| There will be meeting of the Educa
| tional Committee of the Womans Club,
under the auspices of Mrs. William
| Marvin, in room 1, Hasbrouck Institute,
/ on Thursday afternoon, February 16, at
| half-past three, when the subject under
discussion will be- Reading for the
1 Young led by Miss Burdick.
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The spring meeting of the State
| Federation of Woman's Clubs, will this
year be held in Rutherford.
The Odd Volumes met Wednesday at
the residence of Mrs. Ward Dunn. on
| Kensington avenue, with an unusually
large attendance, and discussed "Evolu-
/ tion'' and Education. The next meet
/ ing will be held at the residence of Miss
4 Pitcher, February %, when "The Science
of Warfare, the Army and Navy, Arbitra-
tion and International Treaties" by Miss
/ Jean Mcbride and Mrs. A. Denniston, will
be the order of the day.
! The Ramblers will meet on Wednesday
| next. as usual in Hasbreuek Institute,
/ and spend an afternoon with Russian
authors, especially with Turgenef and
Tolstoi
Switzerland viii be visited by the
i Travellers Club next Wednesday even
4 ing, at the residence of Mrs. E. j. New
| bury No. 81 Clifton place. The language
money travelling expenses, passports, Gus
/ tom house, railroads, sdiligences, history
and statistics, will all be subjects for
| discussion.
! Mr. and Mrs. David T. Wurden, the
/ bride and groom of January %. have just
| returned from their wedding trip and are
4 residing at No 203 Summit avenue.
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The Kindergarten Glass at Whittier
House, under the direction Of Mrs. G.
| Howard Slater and Miss Jessie Perry, met
yesterday afternoon and had the second
of the course of lessons in miniature
housekeeping.