The Jersey City news., 1906-05-04
WOMEN'S CLUB
CLOSES SEASON
Over One Hundred Members
Present At the Last Meet
ing Until Autumn
MRS. ELMER MOUNT PRESIDED
DRINKING FOUNTAIN TO BE
PLACED IN LITTLE ITALY
PARK IN MEMORY OF MRS.
BENso MRS. MULLINER' S
ADDRESS.

NSON- MRS. MULLINER' S
ADDRESS.
The final meeting of the season of the
Jersey City Women's Club took place
in Hasbrouck Hall yesterday afternoon.
1t was one Of the most interesting meet
ings that the club has thus far held
Over three hundred members were pres
ent. Mrs. Spencer Weart, president of
the club, presided. The social feature Of
the meeting was under the direction of
Mrs. Elmer Mount
Ihree propositions for membership
were referred to the executive commit
tee and four new members were elect
ed and welcomed into the folds of the
organization by the president. Miss
Mary Edge was selected to represent
Mrs. Weart at the meeting of the Cen
eral Federation of Woman's Clubs,
which will be held in st. Paul. MINI,
from May 30 to June 2. Ali members
of the club are eligible to attend the
convention.
The president, federation secretary
and Mrs. Samuel Drayton, Mrs. How
ard McSherry, Mrs. David A. Bishop,
Miss Myra Barlow wnl represent the
club at the State Federation of Wo-
mans Clubs, to be held Tuesday in
Metuchen. The alternates will be Mrs
Henry Harrison, Mrs George Bush
field, Mrs. Sweeney. Mrs. Robinson, Mrs.
Vreeland and Mrs. Low. The women
viii leave on the Bill a. m. train from
the Pennsylvania Roilroad
Following the vocal solos of Miss
Jessie Fenner and violin solos of Miss
Sadie L. Walker, of Montclair, a very
| interesting paper on Municipal Art
was read by Mrs Gabrielle Stewart
.Mnlliner, former secretary of the Nun
icipal Art Society of New York, and a
member of the New York Woman's
Bar Association. Mrs MuIliner said
among other matters of local interest
that the best way to make ely beauti-
full is by making it clean.
''If this is done interest in a city is
bound to grow, she added 1.-THE
streets of city show what kind of peo-
pie live in a city, too''
Mrs. Weart announced that she hoped
Mrs Mulliner would inspect closely the
streets of Jersey City ON her way to the
ferry and let the members know at some
future time what she thinks of the city
from their appearance.
Mrs. Erwin recited: "Mrs. Casey at
Progress sive Euchre Party" Mrs. Err
win made great hit.
It was decided to hold trolley ride
on the afternoon of May 26. The object
of the affair is to pay visit to the
clubhouse of the Orange Woman's Club
as per inyitat received from the Off
GERS and members of that organization.
Mrs. Frederick A. Hoar, chairman of
the Town Improvement Association, stat
ed that 5000 had been subscribed for the
erection of drinking fountain in Little
Italy Park in memory of Mrs. Mary
Hudspeth- Benson, and it was decided
that instead of an iron fountain to have
erected plain water drinking fountain
of stone. Mrs. Hoar stated that Mayor
Pagan told her he would see that base
BALL diamonds are laid out in the park
and that a shelter instead of trees. hm
and that a shelter instead of shade trees
is erected for the benefit Aof mothers and
their babes in the summer season. Mrs.
Hoar's report and the interest displayed
in the park matter by Mayor Pagan,
were applauded.