The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-10-23
PLEASE REMOVE
YOUR HATS JARS
STATE CLUBWOMEN
Those Creations Were New, and
Mrs. Pattison's Request
Startles Hearers.
PROGRAM OF ESSEX CLUBS
APPROVED BY CONVENTION
War on BiIlb0ards Meets Favor.
Women Urged to Vote on
School Matters.

CONSERVATION struck the semi-annual
meeting of the New Jersey State Fed
Grafton of Women's Clubs in Glen
Ridge today, when Mrs. Frank Amber
Pattison. of Colonia, the president,
politely requested those present to re-
move their hats.
Many of those hats were brand-new
autumn creations. Also, many of them
had been purchased just in order that
their wearers might dazzle the eyes
of other federationites. A murnur
went through the assemblage of 450.
| They stared at Mrs. Pattison She
stared in return. At last a sigh went
up and about half of the women reluc-
family withdrew the. hatpins that con-
fined the creations to their heads. The
other half sat defiant Mrs Pattison,
seeing the light of battle in their eyes,
changed the subject and introduced the
speakers
In talk on "The Home" Miss NJ.
Adelaide Nutting, of the Teachers Col
lege, Columbia University, spoke
strongly on the need of better Sanlta-
tion in the homes Of the country, par
ticularly where cooking and eating were
concerned. Sne rather astounded the
club women when she declared that the
people of the middle and wealthy
classes ate too much and did too little.
| and that the poor folks ate not enough
and did too much. Miss Nutting COM
mended the work of Kaiser Wilhelm il,
giving women opportunities to better
equip themselvs in the matter OF home
training. She also approved Roose-
| velt's ideas on the subject
Miss Nutting urged the need of train
ing young mothers in the proper feed
! ing Of their infants, and to use their
! incomes to best advantage. She said
that the daughters of the future will
have to be taught chemistry economies,
ethics and biology and that women
could best benefit the home by combin-
ing to work in its interests.
Miss Martha Van Rensselaer,, of the
New York State College, In q talk on
Education for Girls" spoke of the
need of better economic training. She
said that of 11.156 families the average
income was $1,000 to $4,000, of which
women spent so per cent. Forty three
per cent went for food, Is per cent for
rent, 13 per cent. for clothes and per
cent. for light and heat. She declared
that these averages could be greatly
improved upon, and expressed the opin-
ion that the high schools of the country
should teach home economics from
practical standpoint. Miss Van Rens-
selaer added that conditions in the
German schools regarding this subject
were ideal
The Contemporary Club, of this city,
was received into the federation by
Mrs, Spencer Weart. chairman of the
department of organization.
The Rev. DR.. Thomas r. Slicer, of All
Souls Church, New York. was sched-
uled to talk before the closing of the
afternoon session on What Woman
Owes to the Place in Which She Lives"
The session did not begin until near
ly II o'clock. 1t opened with piano
solo by Mrs Francis Martin Hum
NELL of Glen Ridge, after the Rev. Ed
win A. White had offered the invo-
cation. Mrs. II. G. Cordley. of the
Woman's Club of Glen Ridge. and Giles
w. Mead, Mayor of the borough, made
addresses of welcome to which Mrs
Pattison gracefully responded.
Mrs Beatrice M. Stern, the new
chairman of Essex county, in direct |
talk told of the committees intention
to fight with energy for the removal of
"unbeautifuI bill ll-boards;' for the
building of plenty of public baths the
erection of more model flats and the
promoting of interest in COURSES in
modern letters She declared that be-
ginning January a series of lectures
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brary of Newark under the auspices of
the College Woman's Club of Newark
for the purpose of interesting non
club women in the clubs and the fed
GRAFTON, with the idea of adding to the
growth and strength of teh latter Her |
plan was approved.
Five-minute talks were given by the |
chairmen of federation departments. |
Mrs. G. B. Seabury, chairman of Civic !
and Town Improvement requested all |
of the clubs of each town to form civic |
committees, for the purpose of getting |
women OF their towns to vote on public
school questions. providing that the
town was small enough to come under |
the State law giving women the right
to vote on s,tch matters. Her idea was
applauded. but no vote was taken.
Mrs. E. S. Robinson, chairman OF the
forestry department, talked of that de-
partments work and objects. Mrs. |
Galen j. Perrett, of this city. discussed |
the work of the department. on art |
and Music" of which she is chairman
Mrs. W. e. Westcott, chairman of
Public Health earnestly requested
the federation members to exert their
energies in the tuberculosis fight. The
work of the legislative and civil service
department was briefly discussed by |
Mrs Edward y. Livingston and Mrs.
j. A. Maclary. Addresses by Mrs s. |
w. McClave, chairman of the educa-
tion and library department; Mrs. John
r. Schermerhorn, of the literature de-
partment: Mrs. Il. B. ShowelI. of the
reciprocity department, and Mrs G. E.
Davis, of the sociology department., fol-
lowed
Mrs Fl. M. N Pancoast, chairman OF
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