The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-12-01
INTERESTING PROGRAM
Woman's Club Enjoys Open Session
at the Y. M. C. A.

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Saturday afternoon at the Y. M. G.. A.
auditorium under the direction OF Mrs.
Charles B.Stull, chairman OF the Home
and Current Events Department, and
the Household Economics Department,
represented by their leader, Mrs. G.
Woodruff. The Board of Management
met at 2 o'clock and Immediately after
this meeting and before the COM
mencement of the program proper,
Mrs. j. G. Williams and Mrs. w. r.
Sterrett gave their reports as dele
gates to the state convention of Wom-
ans Clubs at Newton. Mrs. Williams
told of the trials and tribulations of
the trip to and from the city, and Mrs.
Sterrett gave an idea of the work &C
complished by the body Of women
present. The program proper opened
with a well rendered piano solo by
Mrs. Robert Grail, who adds much to
the melody of her selection by giving
it free of her musical score. 1t has
always been a query with us why it
was not just as necessary for a must
clan to be free from constant refer
ence to manuscript as it was for a
reader to have his selection commit
ted so that ne might devote his time
and talent to the rendition of the Sc
lection.
The next number on the program
was a paper, "The Inventions of Wom-
en-" read by Mrs. Charles Abrams,
and written by Mrs. Myrta Jeffrey, of
club through the Reciprocity Bureau.
The method of procedure being that
when any club hears M of its mem
bers read a paper which it considers
above the ordinary, the club has a
right to vote that it be sent to the
Reciprocity Bureau. The paper is
then listed in the Year Book of the
State Federation and different clubs
throughout the state choose the pa
pers they think they would like best,
relative to the subject to be treated
at the meeting, where the paper is to
be used, and apply to the Bureau for
the desired manuscript. The method
is very popular and out of the five pa
pers sent for by Mrs. Stull, but one
was p~rocurable, the rest already being
in use.
The next number on the program
was a very pretty vocal solo by Mrs.
Davies, which was appreciated by the
ladies'.
The event of the afternoon was an
Original Farce, written by mrs. Fanny
Stull and Mrs. c. Woodruff, the host
eses of the afternoon. 1t has for
some years been customary for the
Household Economics department to
furnish refreshments at the open
meeting of the Home and Current
Events department, of which they are
a part. This had grown decidedly
monotonous to the cooking class, and
this year an interesting change was
made. "Florence's First Dinner" was
the title of the little sketch, which
made the hit of the season. Flor
ence was a newly made wife, and on
the very day she, is to entertain her
husbands relatives, the cook is called
away from town, in the irresistible
manner that really seems to nave
become a part of cooks in general,
and Florence is thrown on her own
resources to get the dinner, and she
Is very new" when kitchen lore is to
be considered. Aunt Mary" drops in
to chat awhile, and the young wife
tells her troubles to the gentle lady,
who proceeds to give unlimited ad-
vice about the getting Of a meal. Her
directions are the kind that expert
enced workmen usually give to"fresh
help"-"Now take a pinch of this and
a handful of that and just a drop of
the other, and then of course you
must use your judgment" When
Aunt Mary left, the young cook was in
deeper trouble than ever and at last
gave up as utterly helpless.
The next scene is after the dinner
has become a thing of memory, and
n of the guests tells of the excellent
repast and wonders how Florence,
with all her inexperiences, could ever
cook so fine a meal. Florence then
appears and says she must tell the
truth about that dinner. She did not
cook it herself, but that she had things
in an awful mess when her frieno,
Mrs. Howard, came to her assistance,
and this introduces an opportunity
for Mrs. Howard to tell how she
made each and every dainty on the
menu and she then explains that she
learned how to make every one Of
them at the cooking class in the Oska-
loosa Woman's Club, and ends with an
invitation to all present to join the
class, that they may never find them
ewes Nin the ~predicament of Flor.
ence. All the parts were well taken,
and the sketch itself was bright in its
originality.
The cast follows:
Florence (the young wife) Lucille
Sewers.
Aunt Mary (who gives advice) Mrs.
Frank Glaze,