The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-07
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The first meeting of the Crocus IJiII
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 number Of blackboard illus
trations. Myopia, or short sightedness,
he said, was tae result of modern civil
cation. Statisticsqshow that only IA per
cent of the nu1iis in the primary depart-
ments are she sighted, but in the high
er grades the percentage increases re-
markably. Badly lighted school roorns.
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 until1 he 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 sigh1 edncss
may be inherited. DR.. Lewis said that
the eyes of oscEool. 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
The annual meeting of the Woman's
Home and Foreign Missionary Society of
the Central Park M. +. church was held
yesterday afternoon in the church par
lors. The following officers were elected:
President, Mrs. F.. j. LongIey; vice pres.
idents Mrs. ] H. Shephard. Mrs. l. A
Williams, Mrs. J A. Sabin and Mrs j.
c. QuimbY; recording secretary, Miss L.
Morrison; corresponding secretary and
mite box superintendent. Miss Emily Tos-
teVin. Japan was selected as the sub.
iect for the next three months study
Mrs. Longley, Mrs. Sabin ana Mrs. Shep-
hard were named as the programme com
nlittee. The society will meet during the
winter at the homes of the members
: The. December meeting will be held at
the home of Miss Morrison OH Canada
street.
An assembly-will be given Friday even
ing at Woodruff hall, Merriam Park.
under the auspices of the Misses Halo.
way.
The Unity Euehre club met with Mrs
Flick Monday afternoon. Favors were
won by Mrs. NJ H. Flood, Mrs. s. T.,
Brearley, Mrs ]. c. Heron. Mrs II. c.
Scha ba c6er, Mrs. P. H Floodv.. The
club will meet next with Mrs. J. G.
Heron.
Miss Van Hoven! will go to ST. Cloud the
latter part of this week, where She will
be one of the attendants at the linden
berg-Rosenbergergn9p tuals.
Invitations have been received in St
Paul for the wedding of Miss Alma Lin
A Lindenberg OF St cloud. to Mr.
George L. RoSenhPrser, also of that CITY.
The wedding viii take place Tuesday,
Nov. 10.
The ST Paul missions class held its
opening meeting, of the year yesterday
afternoon at Christ church The women
of the Church Of ST. John the Evangelist
. had charge of the meeting The subject
for the afternooag was China Inter
esting papers were read by Mrs. e w.
Peet, on THE Religions in China:'' by
Mrs. Denis Folletti on American Missions
in China and tb MRS. Fernald on 'FRe-
elected seeretaryai The next meeting viii
be held the firsfpTuesday in December.
The womn of ST Clements church will
have charge
Miss Nellie Malloy, eldest daughter of
Mr. and Mrs Hugh MalloX, and Edward
]. Quinn of OwatonIla. were married yes
terday morning at 10 o. clock at st Mary
Catholic. church Rev. Father O'SulliEan
assistant pastor of the church, performed
the ceremony Miss Margaret Malloy
the brides sister, was maid of honor
and VIM Quinn, the groom S brother
was best maa. wedding breakfast