Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-06-05
Art Club Racenlicn.

About seventy five of the club women of gu,
town were last evening the guests of the ,num
bers of the Art Cab at one OF The most enjoy
abe s"cia! events OF the season The reception
"as held at the home of ills Idsecomb, corner
of Thi7d and Superior streets The eight lit
crary and musical socie.ies which compose the
club lite ot our town w.le fully represented
most OF the organi1 .tions beiRg represented in
the entirety. The pleasant weather brought
o"s the daint;est OF summer itumes, which
added to the charm of TIE occasion and most
thoroughly rcfutsd the orcc accepted notion
that woman who strives after the int sllectual
must of necessity be dowly in dress and "a
sloven in appearance. A more attractive, in
tere'tin3 and we'll d:ossel asscmblase of ladies
1T would be hard to imagine. Every rrepara-
tion had been made for the comfort and pleas
ure of the guests The air was sweet with the
prefnmc of roses, golden glow and syrinsia
the large rooms afforded ample space for all
and obyiatsd all sense of being crowded elcc.
tric fans reduced the Temperature to n delight
fui degree and the cordial welcome OF the en-
tertainors sent warm glow in the h, ,.lts of all
Pale pink roses with their deep green foliage
vi the leading feature in the floral dccol;sions
in the parlors, the library was transformed into
a bower of ~ and violet, the alcove was 1,
perfect coy coiacr with ita fc,tooning of a. !
pssasus studded with purple yiole.s, gleat boz
qnets of the flowers added their charm.
and over a fell the soft glow OF the candles in
silver can9cabla.
The chief feature of the evening was n talk
NJ IN he History Of All g.yen by Mrs Jennie
Kcyscr, president of the AIT department of the
Women's Clubs OF Omnl',, Mrs kcyscr han
died her topic in IN en- \, infor al manner.
pre- anting Her idess in happY conversational
style cntll.ly III from any OF the objcctona
fe.tnes wlich 50 oiten c,eep into the manners
oi peisol| who lec. e an audience. There
are 40 phases in the study of the history of
ana id Ms heysss "the one is to I'd to our
own culture, the otAe- I La hb,c to help others.
The study of tlie gre 1t things done by others
must of ncces ity awaken gr, : thoughts in
our hearts and minds. y N heyser id the
study Of ar, was not + nut ~ 8 .lession of
the law of the beau, = implanted by the great
a -st in the heart OF even the hnmbl, Il. Che
spoke OF the study of the Or :cb.d in mt
lea " or vcca for cllid nntu..,
and de rmnation TO dsvelop HIT nature FOR
the highest aud best
IN Addressing he u moro gen, ally al
Clnb women the speak u uiged 4 1t more thor
ongh work be done ii st idy ID, presented the
. Vantage which ,mci .eom going slowly over
any ground Ken up by the Clubs Ms Key
and her address enjoy l.by ~ who hcard.her
Aft the address, Mrs Robinson and Mi Cw-
ems gave Ney.ns Me.oly OPP Z, in piano aud
violin duet the company demanded an enc ore
which asa'so hrG't y appreciated. Afi,r an
Introduction OF all the IL li,5 to Mrs. X eystr
Miss Blanche Warner, Miss Nellie Nc(iayren
Miss Della Harris Miss Mab!c Wilson aud Miss
Matte White attending. AS the guests left the
dining room each was presented with cursuge
bnouet OF violets the flower of the Ant Club. A
little time was spent in pleasant converse ard
discussing the topic of the evenings address
and then the delightful company wa, over but
not The effects of it. We are sure, and everyone
who was there will always retain pleasant
thoughts of the very successful claiming cv'n.
ing given by the Art Clnb
The clubs represented were IN orde, Of or
s;niastion, The Students Club, Tho Mn Ce,
fury Club Treble Olcf, Scnpor Fidois, Eur
opcan Travel Club. AIT Club, Twentieth Cen
tnry Club, Political Science Club