The Jersey City news., 1899-12-19
CHILDREN AND HOME.
Discussed by Club Womer
Yesterday in Hasbrouck
Institute.

There were two papers at yesterday 5
meeting of the Woman's Club Home De-
partment, held in room No. l, Hasbrouek
Institute, besides a number of excellent
and well tested receipts. it now being
a part of each programme that ladies
come prepared with note book and pencil
for the purpose of copying ways and
means of making dainty dishes Yester-
days programme included receipts for
orange ice coffee raisin puffs and one
or two others.
3 The first paper was by Miss Leila
Kinds. 1t was on Home Decorations for
Children and owing to the time of year.
partook of the Christmas spirit Miss
Kinds started off by reviewing the sub
dren,g to .sChfldren for Home Decora-
tion." which she said seemed more prac-
teal She then spoke of the child cul-
ture problem, now SO universal. Chill
dren,'' said she, Should be indulged and
granted, in reason, all we can give them.
do not believe in taking for the child
the small room and putting into it all
the odds and ends of furniture not want
ed by any one else
The speaker then went on to give de-
scription of what child's room should
be. both the girls and boys said she
have ideas of their own and these, she
thought should be carried out as far as
possible Miss Kinds also dwelt upon the
Importance of allowing the child it's own
friends with freedom of its own home
From here she passed on to the decora-
tions of the home for Christmas with the
seasons green's. and concluded her paper
with an extract from Longfellow s
"Children's Hour"
Following this was discussion on the
subject in which all sided with Miss
Kinds, and Miss Willard Fisk read the
second paper on rs it right to teach
children the myth of Santa Claus?'' de-
Gliding the question emphaticaHy in the
affirmative. She pictured Christmas with
its millions of children waiting in expec-
tation of Santa Claus visit, and said it
would be pity to destroy that expecta-
tion. Another argument used in favor Of
the delusion was that it threw halo of
mystery round Christmas that could not
well be removed without destroying a
great part of its beauty.
There is enough of the prosaic in life, =
said she, and we are all better for a little
child world play is all in all. Why make
the child live in real world when with
touch of imagination its life can be
made so pleasant
Mrs. Fisk also concluded her paper with
a poem. Eugene Fields sGingham Dog
and Calico Cat" as illustrative of a child's
world Leave children in their cloud land
as long as possible" said she. they will
have to come out soon enough"
OF course the USUAL discussion followed
this paper, the ladies as a whole agreeing
with Mrs Fisk, though the question was
raised as to how many children of the
present day really believed in the Myth
of Santa CIaus.n
Miss Edge concluded the programme
with a clipping from one Of the New
York papers. telling of society, The
Household Economic Association, which
had presented to eight domestics eight
twenty-dollar gold pieces as a reward of
merit for remaining with one mistress
two years, the domestics having been re-
commended by the association Miss
Edge thought it might be a good thing
to start something of the kind in Jersey
City.
The next meeting, booked for January
15 will be Guest Day. This will be
held at the residence Of the chairman.
Miss M Louise Edge, No. 80 Wayne
street, though the date is subject to-
change. For this occasion an unusually
Interesting programme is being arranged
Mrs Holcomb Will read a paper on
what the New Woman Does in the