The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1906-02-09
Mrs. A. ]. Newbury's Adj
dress At the Organization
Of a New Woman's Club
Tn Newark
SOMETHING COMES FIRST
MOTHER OF LITTLE CHILDREN
HAS NO PLACE OUTSIDE HOME
TACT is NECESSARY WHEN
DEALING WITH MEN.

Federation of Women's Clubs, made a
strong stand against too much club life
for women, and against club life at all
when it interfered with woman's proper
care of her home, before a group Of wo-
men who have partially organized the
East Side Woman's Club, in the assem-
bly, hall of the Neighborhood House 555
Market street, Newark. Mrs. Newhury
was telling them some ways in which
they would be able to use their influence,
as club, for the betterment Of the city
and its dependent children, when she re-
markell
'sI do not believe in a woman being a
club member when she has little children,
or when her attendance on club duties
viii interfere in any way with her home.
1t is my belief that with little ones in
the house woman should give most, il
not all, of her time to them.
but when, women have brought their
children up, and have no longer anxiety
about them, then / think it is her right
and her duty to care for the interests of
other children, to be interested In her
city, in educational matters, in all things
for the benefit Of her town and her State
The fine things about the club are that 1t
brings us all so closely together; that it
brings together women Of all interests,
representing all religious denominations,
all classes"
Mrs. Newbury asked the women pres
ent to go before manufacturers and brew
ers in this city who send their merchan-
disc to Jersey City by wagon, to COM
plain that many of the drivers are in the
habit of selling the feed for the horses in
fstead Of giving it to them at noon She
said that these facts had come to the at
| tention of the Jersey City S. p. @. A.,
| and that it felt the matter should be at
tended to from this city. She did not
mention specific firms, but stated that the
majority of the drivers made regular
practise of depriving the horses of their
food for the few cents it might bring, the
horses thus not getting anything to eat
until their return to Newark at night.
Mrs. Newbury also urged the women
to be careful in the Endorsement of bills
sent to them for their approval.
"For instance" she said most of the
clubs throughout the State have indorsed
forestry bill, asking for an appropria-
tion of $125,00 for forest reservation,
and just the other day a club member
told me that her husband, who is a law
yer, had said that was just 50 much
more for the grafters.'
'I'm in favor of having home depart
ments in the clubs, where. all sorts of
things relating to the home can be dis
cussed, like foods and health.
women have learned, in this club
work Mrs. Newbury went on, sto exer-
else tact in dealing with them en-. They
have found that men don't like to be
nagged at the city hall any better than
they like being nagged at home 80 we
don't do it. Men are very approachable
if you go at them in the right way, and
we in Jersey City have found them usu-
ally quite ready to help us when we want
something done or undone for the good
of the city,
The speaker cited the instances of the
establishment in her home city of the
MARY Benson Park, in Little Italy, the
abolition of junk dealers bells, the sta
tioning Of man at the junction" to
keep the street clear OF papers. all done
after the Woman's Club had started the
movements.
Mrs. Algernon t. Sweeney, temporary
chairman of the club, outlined the plan
for the organization. It was formed, she
said, for higher social relations, for civic
improvement, and neighborhood better
ment, and was planned to discuss farm
gardens for the children in the East Side,
music in the afternoons in the parks, to
help the agitation for anew park on the
East Side, for model Fairgrounds. with
outdoor gymnasium; for recreation
pier, for a sterilized milk dispensary, for
cleaner streets and better pavements, and
for more and better bath-houses.
1t was decided TO meet fortnightly on
Tuesday afternoons. The election OF the
officers ana adoption of a constitution
was postponed until later meeting.
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