St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-05-04
WOMAN,S CLUB NOTES.

The annual meeting of the Afternoon
Study club of Barton was held with Mrs.
Pierce. Nineteen were present. Roll call
was responded to with current events.
The officers elected for the ensuing year:
President, Mrs. Jennie Hubbard; vice
president, Mrs. Ida Cutler secretary and
treasurer, Mrs. ]. A. Pearson; program
committee, Mrs. Seaver, Mrs. Thompson
and Mrs. Mossman. Music committee,
Mrs. Mcclellan and Mrs. Pierce; flower
committee, Mrs. Murkland Music was
furnished by Mrs. Pierce and Mrs. Bus
well.
The last regular meeting of the Wom-
ans Literary Club of Barton was held
April 20, with Mrs. Batchelder. 1t was
a musical evening and the following pro-
gram was rendered: Violion solo, Mrs.
Nichols; trio, Mrs. Stannard, Mrs. Batch
elder and Mrs. Wright; solo, Mrs. Wright t;
solo, Mrs. Batchelder.
The Philomatheans of Rutland held
their last meeting before the annual
meeting at the home of Mrs. J. E. Thorn
son, when four papers were read. This
meeting concluded the study of THE
Dominion OF Canada" which has been
occupying the society throughout the
winter. After the roll-call, to which the
members responded with quotations
from Canadian authors, papers were
read as follows: Canadian Authors, :"
Mrs. F. E. Sturdevant; Charles Sang
kerr" Mrs. B. V. Farr; "W. H. Drum
mond," Mrs. Thomson. According to
the scheme, the annual meeting will be
held May 5, with a roll call and review
of the years work.
Mrs. Emily P. S. Moor of Rutland, a
prominent woman in local and state club
work was elected at the National D. A.
R. congress at Washington, D. c., as
one of the nine vice-presidents general.
Friends in Council of Windsor met in the
Runnemede rooms, Wednesday afternoon,
April 20, with the following program !:
Responses, Helpful Hints; instrumental
solo, Irving Cabot; Essentials and Nom
Essentials of Home Making, Mrs. Alice
Evarts; The Home, it's Artistic Possibili-
ties, Mrs: Echterbecker; instrumental
solo, Irving Cabot; Woman's War on
the White Plague, Mrs. Lettie Hayden.
Concerning the good work done by
Miss Lindgren at Brattleboro the Ran
dolph Herald and News says: 1.-The anti
expectoration crusade of the Brattleboro
Woman's club has received a new impet-
us from the clever idea of Miss Alice
Lindgren, the nurse in charge of the fight
against tuberculosis in BrattleborO.
Signs having lost their salutary effect,
Miss Lindgren has armed herself with a
piece of brilliant red chalk and, on her
trips about town, wherever she finds
that anyone has expectorated on the side
walk, she makes big red mark about
the spot. Such a course pursued i'll Ran
dolph would chalk the whole town red If
the first red marks were not washed
away by copious ejectious of tobacco
juice before the last street had been
completely ringed Conspicuous brand
ing of the expectorators might prove a
more powerful remedy for the evil, and
the ladies could follow the rule laid down
for charity and let the good work begin
at home. Still, some doubt is entertained
as to the certain success of any method
against this peculiarly masculine habit.
which is even more highly priced and
more generally exercised than the right
to vote. 1t is an old and significant
phrasing which describes a boy as the
splitting image of his father.