The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-07
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The first meeting of the Croeus IJilI
Mothers club was held yesterday, after
noon at the Y. M. =. A. About thirty
women We're in attendance. The pro-
gramme for the afternoon consisted of
an address delivered Ey DR.. j. Davidson
Lewis on the Care of the Eye DIR.
Lewis gave a number Of blackboard illus.
trations NIyopia, or short sightedness,
he said, was tae result of modern civil
cation Statistics show that only IA per
cent of the pupils in the primary DEPART
ments are she sighted but in the high
er grades the percentage increases re-
markably Badly lighted school rooras.
too long periods of study and too much
writing are the chief causes of the in
crease.
The speaker said that a child should
not be sent to Kindergarten or to school
of any kind until9he was seven years of
age. During that time the physical body
alone should be developed More than
half the inmates of institutions for the
blind were afflicted with diseases Of the
eye that could have been cured had they
been taken in the early stages. Short
sightedness. IS no. more hereditary said
the speaker, than is tuberculosis
although tendencies. to short sight ednGss
may be inherited. DR.. Lewis said that
the eyes of ssckoola children should be
examined once during the year anyway
He said that with the permission of the
school board he would be willing to make
such an examination free of charge. the
only cost to the child being the lens for
which he would write out an order
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The annual meeting of the 'Woman's
Home and Foreign Missionary Society of
the Central Park M. h. church was held
yesterday afternoon in the church par
Tors. The following officers were elected:
Mr- Il L. rlfNxy.
idents, Mrs. ]. H. Sheppard, Mrs L. A.
Williams, Mrs. ] A. Sabin and Mrs j.
c. Quinlby; recording secretary, Miss L.
Morrison; corresponding secretary and
mite box superintendent. Miss Emily Tos-
tevin. Japan" was selected as the sub.
ject for the next three months study
Mrs. Longley. Mrs. Sabin ana Mrs. Shep-
hard were named as tlleprogramr1e com
p1ittee. The society will meet during tho
winter at the homes of the members
(. The, December meeting will be held al
the home of Miss Morrison on Canada
street
An assembly will be given Friday even
ing at Woodbury. hall, Merriam Park,
under the auspices Of the Misses Halo.
way.
The Unity Euehre club met with Mrs.
Flick Monday afternoon. Favors were
D.. II L.
Brearley, Mrs. ]. c. Heron. Mrs. Il G.
Scha ba cker Mrs. P. H FIoodv..- The
club will meet next with Mrs. j. c.
Heron.
Miss Van Hoverl Will go to St Clo,,5 tba
latter part of this week, where she will
be one of the attendants at the linden
berg-kosenbergerg1n Hptuals.-
Invitations have been received in St
Paul for the wedding of Miss Alma Lin
EenDllrG lU of
A. Lindenberg, OF Sit. Cloud to- Mr..
George L. RoSenberger, also of that citv.
The wedding Will take place TUESDAY.
Nov. IS.
The ST. Paul missions class held its
opening meeting of the year YESTERDAY
afternoon at Christ a'hurch. The women
of the Church Of ST. John the EVANGELIST
had charge of the meeting; The subject
for. the afternoons was China, Inter-
esting papers Were read by Mrs. r. w.
Mrs. Denis Foiletti on American Missions
in China, and bF Mrs. FernaId Aon 'fRe-
suits of the Work. = Mrs Oirastead wa :
elected seeretarys1 The next meeting will
be held the firsfBTuesday In December
The womn of st. Clements church will
have charge.
Miss Nellie Malloy, eldest daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Mallo4. and Edward
terday morning at 10 O. clock at St Mary's
Catholic. church Rev Father O'Sullivar,
! assistant pastor of the church. performed
the ceremony Miss Margaret Malloy
the brides sister, was maid of honor,
and Wm Quinn > the groom s BROTHER,