The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-10-27
THE FEDERATION.
Second Days Session Opened
This Morning With Sew
enty-fve Clubs Re-
presented.
4 NEWSPAPER HOHAN'S ADVICE
Mrs. Alden Gives Club Women
Some Valuable Hints
Mrs. Newbury's
Address.

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ton and yesterdays sessions. New Jer-
sey's progressive women, representing
about 1D,O00 members and seventy-five diff
ferent clubs, gathered again in conference
at the Casino this morning, apparently
none the worse for wear.
Last nights reception was a most bril-
liant affair. 1t was given by the Research
Club at the Dennis Hotel. Mrs. Allen En-
dicott. President of the club. received, as
sisted BY nineteen other women, officers
| Club. All wore very pretty gowns, and
Mrs. Williamson stood next in line TO
Mrs. Endicott.
The greater part of the evening was de-
voted to introductions. Mrs. Ruth Hood
and Miss Hood. of the P~ennhurst, doing
| excellent duty In that line of entertaining
When every one of the four hundred pres
| emit seemed to know everybody else,
Judge Endicott, eseorting Mrs. William
son, led the way to the dining room. where
| everybody fingered until a late hour over
| the elaborate refreshments. Among the
| Jersey City women present were:-Mrs
| George w. Case, Miss Adriance, Mrs. G.
| L. Wright, Mrs. J.. C. Alpaugh, Miss Hell
en- Gennert, Mrs. G. j. Kennedy, Miss
| Cornelia Bradford. Mrs. A. j. Newbury,
DR.. M. J. De Hart. Mrs. John L. Scud-
! der, Mrs. @. w. Clerihew.
MORNING.
The Rev. Hanaford. who is a great
| favorite with the members of the FEEDER
alton. opened the morning session with
the invocation, after which there was an
| executive session, the roll was called and
three directors elected. Mrs. Jessie L.
| Crear read an interesting report on
Work of General Federation" and Mrs.
F. w. Kitchel, another on the Depart
ment of Literature" Then came reports
from the following clubs. which have
| Joined the Federation during the past
year:-New Jersey Division of the Sum
shine Society. which has a total member
| ship Of over 10, 600; the Daughters of the
Revolution; Irving Club, of I~ryington;
| Women's Club Of bennington; College
| Club, of Jersey City; Crawford Village
Improvement Association and Working
Girls Club Of Newark.
Miss Mary Philbrook reported for the
| College wemen's Club, OF which she is an
| honorary member saying that 1t had been
started during the year and had grown
rapidly, now having a membership OF
| about thirty young women of Jersey City
| who were college graduates, its object
being for mutual Improvement and to
promote feminine college sentiment in
Jersey City
Mrs. E. w. Newbury, vice president OF
the Jersey City Woman's Club and Chair
man Of State Town Improvement, read
| an interesting paper on that subject, In
which she said:-
THE first club Of which we have n
| knowledge was a social club, pure and
| simple-the mans club, which was, and Is,
but we trust by the power of woman's
influence, will not always be a pleasure
club. The first woman club had a some
| what similar object. Its members did not
| organized for intellectual culture for they
were women well developed intellectually.
In many cases tired brainworkers, who
felt the need the restful change thus
| Afforded. We do not wish to cast any
| reflection upon this early club, for we can
| appreciate the then existing obstacles for
| such an organization, but 1t is gratifying
to note that so long as this object alone,
| remained paramount, there was no nota-
| BILE increase in the number of woman's
clubs.'
Naturally enough, perhaps, self I'M
| provement clubs were first to follow
clubs for physical ard mental culture.
| but it was not until womanis sphere en-
| larged and her sympathies extended way
beyond self, that associations for pro-
| noting the public welfare came into ex-
istence.
True, woman mad long been interested
in reform movements. but She did not
| seem to realize that by the laws of ma
ture, physical well being must precede
the development of the higher virtues
| that Cleanliness is next to Goodness
by preceding instead of following 1t. as
many have taught. Women thought less of
| her need for mental and physical recre-
alton when she awoke to a knowledge of
| the needs Of Others. As a result of this
awakening we nave today a large number
| of T. I. AS. and ". I. AS. composed en-
tireIy Of women, who are purifying the
| social and, VIZ may say, the political con-
dition of their respective communities.
| Obedient to our constitution, they are es-
| tablishing justice, insuring domestic
tranquility and promoting the general
welfare.
They cooperate with city officials In
the care Of streets, in improving the san
ildTy COlfultlOu vi paotlO NitOl dlu
| other bubble buildings, preserving natural
beauties. planting trees, laying out parks
1 and Fairgrounds. beautifying unsightly
| railroad districts, and in many cases, es-
tablishing k-ndergartens, founding Ii
braries. encouraging art in public schools,
improving the condition Of women in fac
tories, as well as in a~lrnshouses and in
prison. a truly humanitarian work, and
we ask, Where will It end2' If rather we
inquire, Where should 1t begin?' I think
that every woman will promptly answer,
In the home 1t has been said, mo town
will be any cleaner than the majority Of
its citizens desire. The conditions repre-
sents the standard Of tidiness and re-
flnenent Of the majority of the people
who use the streets"
1.-THE health officer cannot compel clean
Illness in the home or he would prevent
the epidemic which has its outbreak in
the school, but its origin oftimes In the
neglected household. For this reason,
some Of our associations. notably the
civic Federation Of Elizabeth. after send
ing necessary aid to women who apply
to them upon the laws Of health. the
care and training Of children and the
care Of the home.
fsince the women Of Jersey City have
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