The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-05-22

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Improvement Associations. particular,
in the West-where. in Minnesota alone
forty-five out OF the eighty-hve feder.
ated clubs OF that state have united
I'm concentrated effort toward the Inn
provement OF their respective towns
This is forward movement which de.
serves especial commendation for the
need has been seen and club wom,S
have been prompt TO apply the remedy
In recent article on Women's Clubs
Miss Bertha Damaris Knobe, that
bright western club woman observes
mat Nowadays when every woman IN
the world is supposed 10 get out heI
biggest broom To ''clean up" IL Is In
tcTesting To know what club women
are doing I'm that broader out-of- doors
housekeeping OF Village Improvement"
somebody plainly observed one day
continues Miss knobe), that Uncle
sam was running his premises on bach
elor principles. Inasmuch as his ma
tional helpmeet is the Goddess OF Lib
! erty, who does nothing but pose on her
pedestal, 1t was suggested that these
should be practical Aunt Sam TO give
| the Womanly touches 10 our towns.
| Since there is no Aunt SAM the club
women have assumed these house
| wifely responsibilities I'm hundreds of
hamlets. They are industriously sweep
| ing the streets. cutting down the weeds.
\ planting. shade trees, opening up parks
| lin short. by such attractive improve
| ments, keeping dirt collecting commune
tiles from literally getting lin the
| dumps
The interest i'm indoor club gather
ings and literary programmes Ian
cuisines these long delightful afternoons
and the fascination OF that larger out
| vr-door club life Is decidedly i'm thu
ascendant. With the passing of an
other week all save two or three OF our
Rhode Island Women's Clubs, shall
have closed their club season.
Several interesting meetings have oc-
Cured during the week just closed.
First-the Mothers Club--on Mondey
afternoon departed from the usual
meeting FOR discussion at the Manual
Training School and journeyed to the
Sockanosset school. where several
hours were spent most delightfully."- and
prohtably, In inspecting the methods of
instruction and discipline employed at
that institution.
Upon arrival at the school the men,
Ders OF the club were warmly welcomed
by superintendent Eastman, who con-
Quoted them to the chapel where for
mai exercises were held. the entire
school and a number of its officers be-
ing PRESENT.
The president of the club, Mrs. Sam.
n. bullock, was called upon and ad-
dfessed the boys I'm particularly an.
propriate and pleasing manner. She
was followed by Mrs II. w. Foster the
vice-president OF the club and by Mrs.
n. &. Salandri, the secretary, Miss A.
IL. Marlatt the founder of the Mothers
Club. also made brief remarks. when
the boys were dismissed and Chaplain
Nutting and Deputy Superintendent
Butterlield described. most interesting
ly, the daily home life of the school.
tour of irsra"t'on af fhe several
cottages and various departments cf
the school followed the general exer-
cises.
Although the Ardirhebiah Club closed
IT'S season the last Tuesday in April. a
special meeting was called To convene
at the residence of Mrs. Charles A.
Russell, on Elmwood avenue on Tues
DAY, May 10th. The study OF parlia-
mentary law has been on important ad-
Junct TO the work of the club during
the past season and some questions and |
work pertaining to this study were left |
unfinished; hence the necessity of hold !
ing the extra meeting The Ardirhe- |
biah club will hold field day some
time during the month of June, at the |
residence of Mrs. Albert X. Greene. at |
they will the guests |
of Mrs. Greene and Mrs. Nellie B.
Pettis.
The Coventry WOman's club held a |
meeting full of interest and work at
the club rooms i'm Anthony on Wednes-
day afternoon. May IL. This meeting
was particularly members meeting
and four interesting papers were read
The first paper. entitled Revolutionary
Heroes was by Mrs. Helen Tyler In
his connection she dwelt briefly upon
those noble names OF Revolutionary
history viz: Washington. Nathaniel
ireene, Gen. Warren, Israel Putnam.
Anthony Wayne. Ethan Allen, Gen.
stark and Lafayette. In speaking OF
he heroism of American women, Mrs.
Tyler continued: The women of
american were not one step behind the
men In bravery and patriotic spirit:
hey not only encouraged their hus-
'ands and sons by brave words, but
'ften acted the part OF messengers I'm
xpeditions OF trust and secrecy. Two
'rave women whose husbands were i'm |
he army disguised themselves i'm the
fess OF men and captured two British
oldiers compelled them to give up the
nessages they were carrying and bore
hem To Gen. Greene. whose camp vas
lose BY such noble hearted women |
8 Mrs. Elizabeth Steel who gave |
'reene the two. bags OF silver helped
ur men to keep up heart to the end.
We all know the story OF Moll Pitcher
- she was carrying the water to her
usband. who was an artillery man.
he saw him fall and heard the com
iand to remove the piece from the :
eld. She dropped her pail hastened I,
, the common and with great skill per-
,rmed her husbands duty. Congress
oted her a sergeant's warrant with '
alf pay through life" {
The second paper OF the afternoon 7
as an entertaining cleverly written 1
udy in natural history by Miss Myra b
nthOny. In her paper Miss Anthony ! n
,nsidercd only the most familiar OBJ T
cts In natural history leaving. AS she :
Id, the classification and minute de- u
riptlOn OF the animate ana inanimate y
'jects ir nature To the broader realm n
the student in natural history. In , Il
ginning her paper the writer called ! e
tsntion 20 the fact that 10 would take d
ars rather than the few moments al | G.
ted hrr to give even a brief descrip- V
,u of the most familiar objects under ! h
p title of natural history. Continu- | n
". she said: "At this season when h