Evening journal., 1903-05-29

Mis- LEWIS Iilttf VI lnt lWtnlltln
Century Club, Of Smyrna, told of it's
doings. The members have been study
ing French history. and next season
expect to take up German. They meet /
every Monday night. They have had /
numerous lectures and three entertain
ments by the dramatic section. The /
club rooms are we'll furnished and the
club itself is a recognized power. The
colored people are trying to raise
enough money to buy a property for /
school purposes, so as to entitle them |
to an appropriation from the State, and |
the club has promised to give them $50 |
provided they raise the other $3.50 nee
essary to the purchase.
Wilmington Club.
Mrs. Lewis c. Vandegrift, president |
of the Wilmington New Century Club, |
the Oldest in the state, was one of the |
most interesting speakers of the day.
She said in looking over the years
work she felt best satisfied with the
work of three committees which had
interested the more passive members
of the club. She did not wish to de-
tract from the excellent work done by
the others but she was especially
pleased with that done by the Hospi-
talty Committee of which Mrs. Trump
is chairman. the club classes and the
reading section, of which Miss Mary A.
II. Mather is the director.
The Hospitality Committee gave
weekly teas following the Current
Events class, at which every member
was invited to pour tea or to assist in
serving. The club classes were pro-
ductive OF much interest, especially the
Art Glass. in which the clever intro
duction of notebook and blue prints
proved an incentive to work
The Reading Section. Mrs. Vande-
grft said, was one of the achieve
ments of the year. A number of top
les were given and anyone desiring to
read along a certain line sent in her
name and received list of books. At
the end of the month she sends i'm a
statement of what she has read, either
the number of books, or number Of
pages. There is no report to be made.
Once a month there is a Round Table,
which the members attend. One topic
is taken up and informally discussed,
and the impressions of the members
form very interesting chat.
one of the most important things,
said Mrs. Vandegrift, is keeping in
touch with other clubs. She told of re-
, ciprocity visits to Media and Philadel-
, phia clubs and of the charming paper
read by Mrs. Ridgely before the Will
mngton Club.
Miss Alice Hum, Miss Mary Shall
cross and Miss Grace Stevenson gave
brief reports respectively for the
: wyoming, the Middletown and the
FELTON, clubs.
b The last report of the afternoon was
T that of Mrs. c. c. Fulton, the corre-
! spending secretary. She reported a
= total OF twelve clubs, with member
p ship of about LOO. Two clubs, the
e Froebel, of Wilmington, and the Cur
I rent Events, of Delmar, had with
{ drawn. but there were two new ones
Viola and Canterbury to take their
- place. Mrs. Fulton also announced
! greetings from Mrs. Stevenson, the
I biennial president.
D There was not one prosy report IN
q the lot They were brief and breezy
q and to the point Greetings were ex-
pected from Mrs. Elizabeth Clarke
b Churchman, state Regent Of the
e Daughters Of the American Revolution
r and Mrs Caulk State president of tho
, Women's Christian Temperance Union
2 fraternal delegates. The latter was
- prevented by illness from attending
and Mrs. Churchman found it neces-
sary to be in Dover.
Lecture Recital at Night.
: There was no business session las
night. Instead, there was a lecture-re
cital by Mrs. Jessie Axtelle Colsten
! with Miss Mary Hutchin at the piano
l The following delightful program wal
[ given:
e Spring Song" ................Co .Coenei
% May Day" ..................W .Walthev
4 ITO the May Pole Haste Away"
e old Englisl
e Irish Folk Song ............F Foot
e welcome. Royal Charlie" Old Scotcl
d Bonnie Wee Thing" (Burns),
: Hope Kirl
y "All Thro' the Night. .... Old Welsl
"Hark, Harx the Lark" ...... Shuber
. "The Little Dustman" ....... .Brahm
I. THE Vow" .......... Meyer Helmun
e ''Knowest Thou That Fair Land?"
j. (Mignon) ..........-.. Thoma
o "The Woodpecker'' ............. Nevi
n "A 'sappointment" ........... Hoo
/. Japanese Love Song" "......... Thoma
The Danza" ............... .Chadwic
3 "Thou Art SO Like a Flower"
n Chadwic
e "The Lost Chord. ........... .Suliva
n Following the recital the members G
II the local club gave an enjoyable infor
il NAL reception to the officers OF tn
II Federation, the delegates and clu
IL members
other Wilmington members presen
n were: Mrs. Reginald V. Van Thumb
4, Mrs. William Webb Mrs. Jane
Is Clarkson, Mrs. A. ID. Warner and Mr.
l. John c. Robinson. Mrs. Warner, VIII
is reported for the State Education Com
It mittee this morning, came down on tn
st early train yesterday to arrange I'll
l. school exhibit. This aroused a gres
ID deal Of interest among the club womel
J. II included the work done in the lin
as Of drawing. paper work, etc. by pupil
ID Of the public schools in Wilmingto
le and down State towns. There ais
le was an exhibit of needle work an
cooking from the colored college