Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-09-25
.NON[N'@ GLIB MEETS
Initial Session Of Year in Nature
OF Big Reception Wednesday
Afternoon
CLUB ENTERTAINs MANY GUESTS
Women Of the Upper Iowa Conference
Among the visitors-List of Commits
tees Having the Affairs in Charge
Miss Brenneck Talks on Land of the
Midnight Sun"

Miss Brenneck Talks on Land Of the
Midnight Sum-"
Despite the superabundance of mois-
ture in the atmosphere on Wednesday
afternoon, the opening function of the
Women's Club for the year 1929 at
which the officers of the club enter
tanned the members and their guests.
the teachers of the city and the wives OF
visiting ministers in attendance at the
Upper Iowa conference, might be
termed an undampened success.
Upon entering the members and their
guests found themselves ushered into
the spacious reception hall, genial with
warmth, light and happy voices, and
verdant with profusion OF palms,
ferns and ported plants-a beautiful
rarlor, for into such had the busy
brains and deft fingers of the decorate
ing committee transformed the usually
somber club room, made hOme-like with
it's rugs and restful. cosy corners filled
with luxurious pillows, its vases of au-
tumn flowers and dainty bits of needle
work, and skillful arrangement every
where of the clubs colors, yellow and
white.
"A committee, composed of the off,
GERS Of the club, received the guests OF
the day and attending members. Once
within the hall all formality was laid
aside and the company divided itself
into little knots and groups. where
many old acquaintance We're renewed
and new ones formed. Miss Rachel
Cannon and Mesdames w. H. Burrows,
j. L. Williams, E. Cornell. NJ. S. Nc
Farland. Delano T. Smith and e. Lee
greatly promoted the sociability of the
afternoon by meeting and introducing
strangers.
At o'clock the assembled company
was called to order by the president,
Mrs. Hargrave, who announced the first
number of the literary program, a vocal
solo by Miss Edna Baughman. Miss
Baughman. accompanied on the piano
by Mrs. Van Zandt, favored the audi
ence with "a Romany Spring" by Elsie
Horrocks, and responded to hearty
encore with Jessie Gaynors "Humpty
Dumpty."
Miss Nellie Brennecke, who has but
recently returned from a trip to Nor
way. The Land of the Midnight Sur"
delighted her audience with an account
of her journey there, and vivid de-
scription of the inhabitants of Norway,
their quaint dress. manners and GUS
toms. and curious little huts and boats.
To view the glorious spectacle, the mid
night sun, was the object in view for
which the trip was taken. From a
rocky promontory on North Cape this
spectacle was viewed. On
a convenient table for the inspection of
the company Miss Brennecke had
placed many curios from this far-off
land of Norway. The shoes of the Lap
lander, views of the midnight sun and
the dress of the people, fish knives. thim-
bles, fancy boxes and rich embroideries
We're among these curiosities. The club
is much indebted to Miss Brennecke for
this contribution to the pleasure of the
afternoon.
The next number on the program was
a reading by Miss Pearyl Harris. Much
to the pleasure and entertainment of
the audience, Miss Harris read F. Hop
kinson Smiths story, 1.-The One-Legged
Goose"
Miss Lferle, accompanied on the pi-
ano by Mrs. Charles Whitehead, closed
the program with violin solo, Hearth
and Flowers" by Theo N. Tobani. Miss
Lierle's musical talent is greatly appre-
ciated by the membership Of the club.
and her appearance as member OF the
club is anticipated with much pleas
ure
AT the conclusion of the program the
guests We're invited to partake Of re-
freshments. The north side of the hall
was screened off into a dining room,
and here again the club colors pre-
vailed. The long table, having fruit
piece as a center adornment, gay with
autumn flowers, club favors and fes-
toons of smilaX, and brilliantly lighted
with candles and candelabra, formed a
spectacle that might have belonged to
fairyland. The color scheme was car
ried out in the refreshments.
In dainty little booth at the south
end of the hall coffee was served.
The decorating committee was COM
posed of Mrs. r. S. Hynds. chairman;
assisted by Mrs. Lloyd Maxwell and
Mrs. f. G. Pierce. The refreshment and
table committee was composed OF Mrs.
May F. Montgomery, assisted by Mes
danes r. G. Pierce, Harry Sloan Will
lam Furbush, ]. d. Palmer. w. III.
Thompson, N. VanZandt and the Misses
Pauline Grumme and Mae Sherman.
The committee at the coffee table was
Mrs. H. A. Hurd, chairman, assisted by
Miss Lierle and Mrs. Lloyd MAXWELL.
Miss Florence Harris presided at the
water table.
The next meeting, which Is under the
auspices of the home and education de-
partment, will be held on Oct. s. This
will be an evening meeting. to which
the teachers of the city are to be in
vited. Superintendent William I. Crane
will lecture on that occasion.
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