The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-09
STATE FEDERATION
MAKES YEARS PLANS.
Delegates Are Chosen to
General Federation Meet
ing in Boston.

4 T A meeting of the board Oh
a managers of the New Jersey
- State Federation of Womens

q Il "A meeting OF lHe DVotU
a manager of the New Jersey
- State Federation of
Clubs in the Free Public Library yes
terday plans for the coming year were
discussed at length. The year book
committee consists of Miss M. Louise
| Edge, Mrs. Frank Cavalli and Miss j.
H. Morris. The new year book will be
mailed to clubs in September, at the
beginning Of the club season.
The program committee of the semi
| annual meeting of the federation, next
fall, will consist of Mrs. Edward h.
Livingston, of Elizabeth; Mrs. w. w.
Halsey, of Elizabeth; Mrs. Frank
Cavalli, of Jersey City, and Mrs. Jo-
scph M. Middleton, of Trenton. The
following members were appointed to
the biennial meeting of the general
i federation, to take place In Boston:
Mrs. Henry HOLSTER Dawson, the State
president; Mrs. Charles B. Yard1ey,
Mrs. Thomas S. Henry, the State vice.
president; Mrs. Henry N. Sayre, Miss
M. Louise Edge, Mrs. Spencer Weart
and Mrs. David Miller. The a~lternates
are Mrs. William Thayer Brown, of
East Orange; Mrs. A. c.. Fales, Mrs.
S. w. McClave. Mrs. III. o. Raven, DIR.
Mary d. Hussey. of East Orange, and
Mrs. Marius G. Belloni, of Glen Ridge.
The State headquarters for New Jer-
sey will be at Emerson College. Mrs.
Dawson and Mrs. Yardley will be at
the Vendome Hotel. Mrs. E.. S. Robin
son, State federation secretary to the
general federation, is a d~elegate-at-
large.
1t was decided to drop the word
palisades from the Department of
Forestry title.
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Philomateon Club member met yes
terday afternoons the home of Mrs.
BENJAMIN F. Umbach. % Summer
street, Orange, for the final meeting of
the season. Reports were read and
plans for the next year were discussed.
Mrs. William L. oRss. the president,
was presented with a cut-glass vase
filled with pink roses. She made u
graceful speech in acceptance. The
presentation speech was mad by Mrs.
A. p. Cooper. A social hour and re-
freshments followed the business ses-
sion. The decorative scheme was car
ried out in pink.
The final meeting of the season of
the Travellers Club of Roseville took
place at the home of Mrs. Prescott A.
Rumrill. SO Magnolia avenue, yester-
day, when the study of Central Amer
lea and South America was concluded.
Mrs. Henry A. Steuber gave
a paper on Spanish American
Women of Today and Yesterday
Travels Among the Great Andes of
the Equator" was the subject of a talk
by Mrs. John Contrell, and "a Van
ished Arcadia" was discussed by Mrs.
William p. Martin. Mrs. Edmund S.
&c. May read a paper on "Educational
Advantages of the Country" while
there were W. postponed papers
given, one by DR.. Augusta Madison
Keim on Forest Life of the Country"
and Lima, Valparaiso and Santiago"
by Miss Sophronia Anderson.
Songs were contributed by Miss Lii
liam Van Emburgh, Accompanied by
Mrs. F. NJ. Hall, n Mrs. Morris Barr
played a selection from Rubinstein.
Coffee, strawberries and cakes We're
served, the tables being decorated with
apple blossoms and white lilacs.
Mrs. Frederick a. Dudley, the presl-
dent, was in the chair.
Mrs. Morris Barr, chairman of the
program committee, reported that the
study of Spain would be taken Up next
year.
Mrs. r. r. White will lead the vesper
services at the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union in No. l hall, Null
berry street. at 4 o'clock tomorrow
afternoon. Mrs. Lillian Hughes, of the
Centenary NJ. e. Church. will be the
soloist at the evening service, at 7;45
o'clock. The evangelistic service will
be led by James Ward. A children's
service will be held Monday at 4
o'clock.
Sheriff Sommer was the speaker at
the ina literary meeting of the Ray
Palmer Club, held yesterday in Ruther-
ford Hall. West Park street. Sheriff
Sommer spoke upon THE Boy of the
Congested Sections" and made a
strong plea for clean places of amuse-
ment for the boys, who now either are
driven to the saloons or the cheap
theatres.
Miss Grace Bruen contributed vocal
solos, accompanied by Miss Florencek
V8inans, and roll call was responded ton
u With items of news from all over the
world. Mrs. Frank r. Smith PREF
sided. The club will hold its annuaHz
outing June 8, at the home of Mrs.
, Samuel H. White, of Porter plact
Montclair.
The Half Hour Reading Club is in
. session this Afternoon at the home of
DR.. Joanna, Castor Leary, 511 North
Broad street. Elizabeth. The usual
= economic luncheon preceded the liter
airy session. DR.. Leary was assisted by
Miss Kate CASTOR, of this city.
I A goodly sum was realized at the en-
: tertainment given by the members of
8 the Work n Win Club of the Young
Women's Christian Association in the
: parlors of the North Reformed Church
last night for the benefit of the Silver
Bay Fund. The parlors-were crowded
, in spite of the rain. a feature of the
evening was the reading of James
, Whitcomb Riley's IAN Old Sweetheart
l of Mine" Illustrated by a number of
, tableaux, in which about thirty menu
| bers of the club took part Vocal num-
, bers were sung by Miss Mabel Stock
, we'll and Miss Frederick McHard Sims,
and violin numbers were rendered by
J Edwin Wickenhoefer. accompanied by
. Miss Augusta Wolfe. A stock ex-
change" exhibit was held. during which
I members told of the various wares
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