The Jersey City news., 1901-12-31
At MRS. HOUGH'S
Mrs. Bowen Gives Personal
"reminiscences Of Charles
Dudley Warner

The Woman's Club Literature Depart
ment held special meeting and social
afternoon yesterday at the residence OF
Mrs. George r. Hough, No. 10 Crescent
avenue. The programme was both lite
rary and musical There were the usual
number of papers on Charles Dudley
Warner, The essayist, studied. and sew
eral delightful solos were given by Miss
Nettie Hellerman
Miss Ada b. Fuller opened the pro
gramne with Biographical sketch Of
Warner. after which Miss I.i1lian Full
ler read a very clever review of Being
a Roy," written by Miss Clara Ince.
Being a Boy was really a review OF
Mr. Warmers own early days, ard Miss
Ince picked out all the witty sayings that
came III scraps short enough for the OF
caslon The boys life was very like
wonian's--it was one perpetual waiting Oh
cthers, but John, the hero of the book.
had a genius for combining pleasure
with business and the time he could con-
sumo en- ten minute errand was arnaz-
ing. There was no living thing so slow
as bov on an errand. John was. not
without his sentiments. for number OF
love. tokens PASSED between him and his
little ssirl sweetheart in the form of notes
enclosing locks of hair. They all fore
hnde death with an intense desire 10.
leave hair enough this side Of the grave
Miss Iace also reviewed the sleen apple
episode where the goodslittle bod died.not
from eating green apples but from his
longing for them, and all his little green
apple eating nlaymates cried al the fu-
neral and were sorry for. what they had
done.
How shot a bear. was read and read
we'll BY Miss Margaret Lacey, and Mrs.
Mary e. Bowen gave the paper Of the az
Dudley Warner.
Mrs. Bowen was personally acquainted
with Mr.. Warner, and she was able to
give many unpublished sayings OF the
essayist, as we'll as a very good descrip-
tion of his homeypn Literary Lawn, next
door to Mark Twain. Warner, she said
was the conversationalist Of the day
He was refined and spoke with great
breadth of sympathy
s.When he could not praise" continued
she. she did not censure. His humor was
incessant. 1t illumined his life and the
lives Of those around him. His humor
was not like Mark Twain's. It did not.
flash out
Mrs. Bowen said she had known and
corresponded with Mr.. Warner twenty
years prior to his DEATH year ago last
October Once when she spoke to him of
his resuming the coffee habit, he replied
aYou see, I found was getting in
the habit Of doing without it, and
wouldn't be slave to habit.
Miss Hellerman sang between the pa
pers. She has rich contralto voice and
her selections were all charmingly rem
dered. They were:-@Love Is Bubble,
Mighty Like Rose and Who'll Buy
MY Lavender " Miss Mayo played piano
solos. At the conclusion Of the pro-
gramme refreshments were served and
general social followed.
Among those present were Mrs. George
r. Hough Miss A. d Fuller. Miss Mar
garet Lacey, Miss Weber, Mrs James
McKelvey. Mrs. ]. A. Dear, Mrs. Dean,
Mrs j. NJ. G Thomas. Mrs. =. n. Pratt.
Miss Burniston, Mrs. e. n Davis, Mrs.
Mary Bowen Miss Lillian Fuller Mrs.
Spencer Weart Mrs. Robert Gray. Mrs.
John Hilton Mrs. George Toffey Mrs.
r. X. Green. Mrs. M. e. Schwarz, Mrs.
w Turner. Mrs a. 2. Newbury Miss
Frances Corbett, Miss Ethel Cameron.
Miss Mabel Roger. Miss Mayo. Miss cof-
fin. Mrs. Henry Harrison. Mrs. Keating
and Mrs. Hughes