New-York tribune., 1902-01-20

These are busy days for the cubwoman who
hves on the other side of the Hudson. Every week
there are many meetings, and the members of the
different organizations IN number OF cities and
towns planning public improvements and indi-
yidual culture by means Of lectures and talks
There are over one hundred clubs in New-Jersey
most Of which belong to the State Federation.
and every one Of which has some special object
ali wide awake and active.
The members of the Executive Board of the
State Federation were delightfully."- entertained
last week by Mrs. Charles B. Yardey. their hon
ey Pg an a a % her nome IN EaTf @ s ace The ne
Montcair in the early part Of May, and as usual.
The woman's Club Of EngIewood. had a social
day recently, when Miss Hefert OF New-York
City. entertained them This club is actively inter
ested in the preservation of the Palisades and it
Chiefly through the effort Of their former president
state gn was caed lea t6e tn de%a 81 {ae
going on there
Several Of the clubs in Jersey City have adopted
the suggestion Of the reciprocity department of
the General Federation. and at the gatherings Of
these societies members from other clubs are the
; ;spe1hsrS, among those to md this kind Of club
that city. Russia is the special study for the win
Mrs. James clark Of over the Feacups' Of Ella
Deth. ana Mrs D A. Bishop, OF the Jersey City
The little town OF Caldwell. up in the mountains
back Of Newark. has been fully walked up this
winter by the efforts of the clubwomen toward
village Improvement. Cans for refuse have been
placed on the street corners the village green has
been graded, and in the spring flowers will be
planted on it. Perhaps the best work done by this
me iunos 10 make the improvement possible 1t
5alen into disrepute and was dirty and unkempt
~. "%oiIe4 % vance 70 give childrens entertain
n The club was willing TO have her child appear
began right there. It was cleaned, painted, and
E@sneIaIly @ s ren9Fated and now IT is not only fit
3 nave recognlzed the fact and some excellent shows
The Working Girls Club. of Newark, recently
changed its name. and hereafter will be known as
the Woman's Club. Of Newark.
Mrs Hugh Reid Griffin and Mrs Mattox, the two
members Of the Society of American Women In
London. who have been honored so much this win
Ter 6y the club women in this vicinity, were
ig HGISy eIecIed honorary members of the Jersey
q reception was given in their honor.
Following its usual course Sesame. of Newark
Is having series Of afternoon lectures again this
of the Nineteenth Century" Darwin having been
The subject OF the last tax.
In an interesting paper concerning the develop
m mt Of woman in Germany and her influence on
uae thought Of that land. bright cIubwoman of
Ae@-Jersey said recently that the German woman
Is 1,rSr waxing up and like many of her sisters in
instead Of the old one Whose am 70"
The Pen and Point Circle, of Caldwell, has
adopted new plan of study this winter-at every
alternate meeting some well known lecturer is
asked 10 speak to the club. other meetings In the
month being devoted 10 home study and papers by
Inc members; A recent lecturer before this club
vas Ernest n crosby, VINO gave a charming
description Of a visit to Tolstoy
Miss Helen Dawes Brown, Of Barnard coIIeee
VIII lecture the members OF the Coeea clnb
OF Jersey City, and their friends on Janusrv "a
Mrs Philip Carpenter a prominent member ~
eorosis and the Womans Press Club of New
ork, will be the speaker at the meeting Of the
literature department. of the jersey City womans
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