The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-12-08
CLUB SOCIAL DAY
Bright Papers by Bright
Women on the Home at
at Yesterdays
Meeting.
MRS. BEDLE ON WASHINGTON
Told the Ladies All About the
Statue to Be Given France
Kitchen Garden
Drill,
MRS. BEDLE ON WASHINGTON

IN HaSbrouck HAL, was OF ifoie tHa-h
usual interest. It was devoted to the
home, and there were some excellent pa
pers and a goodly supply Of excellent
music.
The programme was in charge OF MISS
Louisa M. Edge. Chairman of the Home
Department, and certainly did her credit
First, however, the club held a short bust
ness session, in which the newly elected
members, Mrs. Herbert Ridley Stafford,
Mrs. Joseph H. Bumsted. Mrs. Wilson
Totten, Mrs. K. NJ. Morgan, Mrs. Grant
w. Thomas, Mrs. Maxwell Grierson, Mrs.
w. H. Dickinson, Mrs. James De Combs,
Mrs. Louis H. Broome, Mrs. F.. A. Geo
hard, Mrs. Zane e. Whitney, Mrs. George
Sherwood Mallory, Mrs. John S. Menagh
and Miss E. Sherwood, were welcomed.
There was a slight change made in the
constitution, making the word shall in
Article XII, read may and the Nominate
ing Committee, for the annual business
meeting and election of officers In
March. was appointed as follows:-Mrs.
Charles z. BROWNIE, Chairman; Mrs.
Henry E. Niese, Mrs. Mary S. Bowen,
Mrs. E.. w. butcher and Miss A.. Frost.
Letters of sympathy were directed to
be sent to the relatives of those members
who had passed away recently, Mrs. Wal
ter Rae. Mrs. r. w. Clark and Mrs. John
A. Walker.
The social programme was opened py
Miss Edge. who read a short sketch Of
what the House Department had done
thus far this fall. saying
THE Home Department. I am happy to
say. is able to report very satisfactory
progress. This year, the first year Of ac-
tice service, we have started in vigor-
ously and are accomplishing all that could
be expected. We have had two meetings.
1t the first one. realizing how detrimental
10 the happiness Of every home is the UNI
fortunate habit of worrying. we mentally
formed ourselves into the Don't Worry
Club If you want to see the result of a
Don't Worry Club in any community
call in upon us at any of our meetings,
Just to see every face wreathed in smiles
n joy beaming from every eye.
THE second meeting. Cook Book Day.
was one of the red letter days of the de-
partment. Beginning with a cup of coffee
we waded through the mysteries of cook
ing. up to the ideal heights of tortonis.
One member sadly lamented that five
O'Clock came so soon-we always adjourn
promptly at five, so as to be at home in
time to greet our husbands on their re-
turn from business, as all good wives
should. The lady in question said she
had brought an excellent recipe, an ideal
one. on How to Cook a Husband She
had copied it from the Greenfield Hill
Village Cook Book. 1t is short, clear and
to the point. and if the programme today
were not 50 full 1 would read it to you.
"Sipce then another recipe, How to
Pickle a Wife has been received through
the mail. Later we will wrestle a little
with the servant girl problem. The
Household Economic of New York has
established a new precedent, by opening
offices where domestic help can be OBJ
tanned at 20 cents an hour. Neither food
nor lodging are to be supplied. The first
day eighteen girls offered themselves for
such service, but the calls were very few.
1t takes a long time for a new departure
in n line of business to become thor
oughly understood and appreciated. Should
1t succeed the Home Department will i'm
mediately endeayor ito establish the same
in Jersey City
Here the Glee Club sang Water
Nymphs." and Miss Florence B. Clerihew
was then introduced.
Miss Clerihew read a paper on 1.-THE
Business Woman in the Home" in which
she argued that a business education bet
ter fitted a woman for the duties of wife
and mother. Every woman said she,
lis benefited by a business career. 1t
makes her more capable to manage her
home" and then went on to show in how
many ways the business career would
benefit the average woman
Following Miss Clerihew's paper came
an Exhibition in Good HOUSEKEEPING
arranged by Mrs. Scudder, and given BY
the member of the Peoples Palace Sun
shine Club. This drill was conducted by
twelve little girls, who, to set music and
rhyme, gave a kitchen garten exhibition
clothes, with miniature tubs, lines, clothes
and pins. all complete. Miss Bertha
Chamberlain is director of this CLUB and
John Seudder, Mrs. Budlong and Mrs.
Sleurith. The children did splendidly
Between this drill and the next paper,
by Mrs. Garwood Ferris, Miss Hellerman
Not" and Come Live With Me-
Music In the Home" was the subject
OF the paper by Mrs, Garwood Ferris,
ing which enters into our home life with
more pleasure than music. Where a child
had a talent for vocal music, Mrs. Ferris
thought that talent should not be put
under professional training Until the voice
had matured, but if a child showed talent
for music, either vocal or instrumental.
the speaker said 1t was the duty of both
parent and child to make the most Of thai
talent.
Mrs. Ferris further said that the art Of
accompanying a singer on the plane was
as much an art as the singing and must
be born in one-that many a sweet
songster was spoiled by the a~ccompanist.
At present, She said. this was fast beeom-
ing an art and there is now a special
course for the a-ccompanist as we'll as for
the other musical accomplishments.
The speaker concluded with a word to
the mothers, advising them to gather
their children about them for a few min
utes before tea when they are small and
sing some simple ditties. This custom,
She thought would grow, with the children
and as they grew up they would choose
more classical music.
Mrs. Joseph II. Gilmore sang 'For All
Eternity" and Mrs. Althea Randolph Be-
die, ex-President of tire Colonial Danes
and Regent of the Pau1us Hook Chapter
OF the D. A. r., was introduced.
Mrs. Bedle spoke In behalf OF the eQues-
TRAN statue OF George Washington to be
presented to France by the women of
America in return for or appreciation Ct
the Statue Of Liberty, presented by
she said, to solicit subscriptions. merely to
arouse a patriotic spirit IN the women Of
Jersey City. She read a circular de-
scribing the statue which by this time
has already been cast. 1t is mammoth
size. n less than $4,000 is needed 10
complete the statue. All this is being
done by an Incorporated eommittee Of
ladies', among whom appear the names of
Mrs. William Mckinley. Mrs. Hobart,