The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-05-04
BEAUT|FY|NC CAIRO
Packed House at Woman's Club
Lectures
MAYOR PARSONS, couNclLMEN,
AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS
PRESENT-lNTER ESTlNG
PROGRAM.


signal achievement yesterday after
noon and evening at the Stafford Mem
orial Library building in the double
session of the club under the auspices
of the art department.
AS announced in yesterdays Bull
letin. both meetings were devoted
largely to the question of the civic
Improvement of streets, parks and
public places and papers by experts
on the subject and containing many
practical ideas were read by members
of the club and others.
Afternoon Meeting.
In the afternoon Practical Nature
Study and the Keynote or the Forces
try Problem" by Mrs. Cora s. Jones.
chairman Of the Massachusetts forces
try committee, was read by Mrs. Isa-
bella l.. Candee and paper on Out
door Art in Womans Clubs, prepared
by Mrs. E. r. Millspaugh, of Oh cage.
Twas rendered by Mrs. C. S. Hudson.
| A lafge number of club women attend
ed the afternoon program.
Hail Packed Last Night.
| The evening entertainment was
| made more general In character and
I addition to interesting discussions
ON the general subject of out door art
an excellent musical program was
given. Every seat in the auditorium
| and club room of the spacious library
| bu lding was occupied and an extreme
! W representative audience attentively
followed the excellent thoughts pre-
scented. Mrs. John NJ. Lansden. vice
| president of the club. presided and the
program was as follows:
Ladies' Chorus
(a)-The Lonely Rose. -. Hermes
i tb)-Swing Song. I. 4. i. ..Lohr
4 Mesdames Frank Reed, Rolla Spann
4 Anna r. Redman and David S. Lans
den and Misses Alice and Martha Hal
| liday, Lula and Jessie Miller, Effie ant
| Margaret Lansden, Nellie Fisher, Eva
Killer and Pearl HALEY. Accompanies
Miss Emma Lansden.
| Suggestions for improvement Asso
cations. Prof D. c. Simons, of Chica
go; read by Mrs. VIM N. Butler.
The Messenger, DeKoyen; Miss
Mayme Sarber.
A Plea for Landscape Gardening. b,
Bryan Lathrop; read by Prof CLYDE
Sloane.
Mr.. Lathrop's paper was supple
mented by fifty stereoptieon view
and paid especial attention to ire,
culture, showing perfect specimens 0
trees and illustrating the advantage
of care and attention to tree and shrul
life. The bad effects OF telegraph
wires and other objects de rimenta
to the appearance OF streets and park
was explained and practical sugges
tons for improvement in this respec
indicated.
Prof. Simons' Lecture.
Prof. Simons' lecture made stron,
plea for Improvement Associat ons a
! having a direct bearing on the ar
pearance and comfort Of the cities II
!, which they are located, Good under
grotind and surface drainage was stat
ed as a prime requisite and macadan
was mentioned as the most satisfac
tory residence street along whicl
covers and shrubs should be main
tanned Prof. S mons thinks nothing
. u more important than the preserya
, Jon Of natural scenery and says m
! planting will be half as good as tina
, nature does" He also deprecates ur
, slightly sign boards as disfguring ma
niral scenery and the injury to tree
and shrubs by smoke.
4 Mayor and counciImen Present. /,
: %Many of the organizations of tn
} city attended the evening meeting
intiud'ng Mayor Parsons and nun
Der OF counoilmen. the w c. r. u
the Womans Relief Corps and larg
number Of children from the publ
: schools.
: The lectures will next be sent b
! kenosha, Wis. where they will b
: given under the auspices of the loca
I Improvement association next Satul
I day evening.