Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-04
XOhEN'S CLUB IN
THEIR NEW HONE
Model Quarters In the Patter-
son Building Occupied For
First Time Wednesday
CLOSE OF THE CALENDAR YEAR
Years Work Shown to Have Been Most
Satisfactory in Every Respect-Mrs.
Hargrave Delivers Farewell Address
as President, and Mrs. Greene, New
President, Is introduced.

The Marshalltown Women's Club
day afternoon it's new home in the Pat
terson building on West Main street
between First asm Second. The MEM
bers have been looking forward with
!anttcipations of pleasure to the oc-
cupancy of the new club home, and the
satisfaction expressed Wednesday at
its elegant appointments showed that
the fondest hopes of all had been re-
allied The club is now probably as
nicely situated as any women's club In
the state, and next season expects the
pleasure of entertaining it's friends in
many ways.
Wednesday was the closing day Of
the calendar year and was devoted
largely to the hearing of reports from
the different officers, committees and
departments, all of which showed that
much good work had been done. and
that the club had accomplished all that
1t had set out to do at the beginning OF
the year. The increase in membership
has been most satisfactory.
sad feature of the afternoon was
the farewell address of Mrs. F. w. Har-
grave, the retiring president, who has
served the club two years and who is
now to take up her residence at Cedar
Rapids. 1t was considered fitting
tribute on the part of the club to her
to allow her to dedicate the new rooms.
the securing of which she was most
instrumental. A beautiful bouquet OF
pearl roses was given Mrs. Hargrave
on behalf of the club by Mrs. C. Fl. Z.
introduced as the president for the
coming year, and addressed the club
briefly.
The new suit of rooms occupied by
the Wonen's Club are located on the
fourth floor of the building. They are
not. as yet, quite complete in all their
appointments, but will be in very
short time. They are most commodious
and convenient and present TO the eye
harmonious color effect.
The rooms number four and have
been fitted up especially for the use of
the club. They occupy the rear OF the
fourth floor and consist of the audience
or club room, which Is the entire width
of the rear of the building, the parlor,
cloak room, and kitchen. The side
walls of the first are decorated
in pink, with pronounced lavender
tinge watch shades gradually into Law
ender on the edges of the cell
ing. The center is done in yellow. The
wainscoating is in n dark red, while
the chair rail and outer panels of the
ceilings nre trimmed in gold. The ros-
trum occupies the west side of the
room. The parlor is reached from this
room thru large doorless opening.
and its walls are of pink, with a yell
low ceiling. An immense mirror oc-
cuppies q portion of the east wall, ex-
tending almost from floor to ceiling
From the parlor doors are entrances to
both the kitchen and cloak room. The
former, which is on the right. is
equipped with gas range and other APP
purtenances necessary to cooking. The
cloak room contains toilet apartment.
The walls of both kitchen and toilet
room are in empire red, with grey
ceilings