Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-04-09

May were elected, as lollOWS. MISE
Eleanor Jenkinson, Mrs. j. Russ and
Mrs. M. Quigley; a~lternates, Mrs. Me-
LISA Colin, Miss Aughey and Miss
Campbell. The new club year
books are now ready for distribution.
Sorority whist.
Miss Helen f. Hanson entertained the
members of the Alpha Epsilon Sorority
at whist at her home, 141 Heller park
way, today. Bowls of daffodils were
scattered about the rooms Twenty
guests were present, among whom were
Miss Marie Pfeiffer, Miss Jane Horn,
Miss Dorothy Becker, Miss Florence
Bennette, Miss Laura Hayes, Miss
Helen Furman. Miss Gertrude Corbitt,
Mrs. George H. Furman, Miss Ethel
Toms, Miss Beth Tooke and Miss A.
Pickering Refreshments were served
at the close of the games.
Club Luncheon mt Mrs. GibsOn,s.
Twenty members and three guests as
sembled at the regular meeting OF the
Half Hour Reading Club held at the
home of Mrs. Frank Gibson, 120 North
Ninth street, today. The usual lunch
con, which is always a feature of the
meeting, was enjoyed, a delicious menu
being serve by the hostess. The table
was decorated with marguerites. A
literary program followed.
Curtomis Club to Lunch In New York.
At the regular meeting of the Curto-
mis- Literary Club, at the home Of Mrs.
August Merz, 1874 Thirteenth avenue,
yesterday, plans were made for u
luncheon to be given at the ST. Denis
Hotel. Manhattan, Friday afternoon,
April %. The afternoon of the same
day will be devoted to a trip to the
Metropolitan Museum of Art.
During the literary session a paper
on Luther Burbank and His Work.
written by Mrs. Seymour Tucker, of the
Ray Palmer Club, was read by Miss
Ellastine Seit@- Mrs. Thomas ]. Bissel.
made a plea for a safe and SANE Fourth
of July. Mrs. Halsey Smith read sew
eral chapters from a book of parlia-
mentary rules. Mrs. Walter Bruen the
president, occupied the chair. A social
hour, with refreshment, followed. The
table decorations were bowls of pan
sizes and green-shaded lights.
The annual election of officers will
TAX place at the next meeting at the
residence of Mrs. Edison Seitz, 81 Lin
coin Par
Irving Club Receives Two Members.
Two members, Mrs. Leonard H. Rob-
bins and Miss E. Higbie, of Irvington,
were received into the Irving Club at
the regular meeting at the home of
Mrs. Ella c. Engelberger, 104 Harrison
place, yesterday.
Mrs. Walter Chaplin Read was re-
elected president. Mrs. Nathaniel
Drake. the vice-president, and Mrs. L..
NJ. jenkins, the secretary, were also re-
elected. Mrs. F. H. Morrell resigned as
treasurer, and Mrs. Frank d. Holloway
was elected to take her place. Mrs.
Julia M. Brown was reelected corre-
spending secretary.
Miss Harriet Harrison, director of the
model kindergarten of the Normal and
Training School, told of her work. DR..
Ida F. Bruce presided. A social hour,
with refreshments, followed.
The next hostess will be Mrs. Frances
H. Morrell, of AZ Myrtle Irv-
ington. Miss Kate Louise Roberts will
talk on "What the Woman's Club
Ought to Do
Joint Committee Gets Another Room.
The joint committee on home
economy has received permission from
the Board of Education to use a room
in the Seventh Avenue School for the
teaching of classes Of Italian women in
the district. These classes will be or
gahized Immediately along lines similar
TO those in the local n-eighborhood
houses. Three more volunteer workers
were added to membership. A letter
from Miss Mary A. Bewley, instructor
in visiting nursing in the Presbyterian
Hospital. of New York, was read, in
which she highly recommended the
work of the committee.
Nursery Managers Hear DR.. Curtis.
Members of the local day nursery
boards and their friends listened to a
talk on Child Welfare by DR.. Henry
81 Curtis, of Boston and Washington.
in the Second Presbyterian Church yes
terday. DR.. Curtis stated his belief that
there was plenty of room for improve
ment upon the p~resent-day nursery
idea. He said that the day nursery now
in vogue separated mothers and chill
dren, and tended to young
mothers to go out and earn money and
leave their children to the care of the
nurseries.
"I think they have come near the cor
rect solution in Italy" he added; "thers