St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-03-23
WOMAN'S CLUB NOTES.
A Collect for Club Women.

Copies OF the following, printed on an
attractive card, have been presented the
Rutland Woman's club. by one of it's
members:
Keep us, o God, from pettiness; let US
be large in thought, in word, in deed.
Let US be done with fault finding and
leave off selfseeking. May we put away
all pretense and meet each other face to
face-without selfpity and without
prejudice. May we be never hasty in
judgment and always generous. Let us
take time TO grow calm, serene, gentle.
Teach US to put into action. our better
impulses, straightforward and unafraid.
Grant that we may realize it is the little
things that create differences; that in the
big things of life we are at one And
may we strive to touch and to know the
great, common woman -heart of us ALL
and, Q Lord God, let us forget not to be
kind Mary Stuart.
The Altrurian club of Springfield held
its annual musicale last week at the
home of Mrs. Walter w. Slack. The
meeting was in charge of Miss Pearl H.
Richmond, and the following program
was carried out: Piano solo. Miss Hat
tie Young; vocal duet, Mrs. A. FL.
Stearns, Mrs. Eugene Randall; solo,
Edward Miller; reading, Miss Neyhart;
Altrurian Quartet, Mrs. Stearns, Mrs.
Locke, Miss Hall, Mrs. Randall; piano
duet, Miss Tidd, Mrs. Slack; vocal solo,
Mrs. Arthur Fl. Stearns; duet, Messrs.
| Miller and Slack; reading, Mrs. Bennett;
Altrurian Quartet; piano solo, Miss
| Young. very pleasant evening was
! spent. The club is making plans for a
| bazaar to be held in the near future
proceeds of which will go for some public
benefit.
An entertainment at the Autonoe
| Club of ST. Adams, last week was in
charge of Mrs. Walter R. Eastman and
includ two guessing contests. Miss
! Mabel A. Ellis won the prize for guessing
the largest number of books represented
and Miss Harriet S. butcher won the
quotation contest.
A joint meeting of the Pierian anc
Hypatia clubs of Waterbury, was held
| Friday evening. The club members
accompanied by guests, went to the Inr
at $50 for supper, after which the party
Hospital for the Insane. The addres:
was given by Hon. j., A. DeBoer o
Montpelier.
The March meeting of the Montpe1iel
Woman's Club. was held Wednesday
evening in Kellogg-Hubbard Library
Hall, and was largely attended, Mrs. 6
E. Smile presiding. Miss Rebeccs
Wright and Mrs. K. L. C1eaves opened
the program with delightful piano duet:
and Miss Alice Folsom, accompanied by
Mrs. Cleaves. rendered two pleasing
vocal solos. 1t was announced that thu
charter membership was AL. Th'
speaker was Miss Rhoda M. White
dean of women at MiddIebury College
whose subject was, "Woman's Clubs
and Civic Improvements
The Afternoon Study Club of Barton
met M arch 10 with Mrs. Mary Murk
land. Roll call, second section. Quee
Epitaphs; paper, Geography ant
Government of South America Mrs
Ellen Miles; reading. Santiago, tn
Metropolis OF Andes" music; five minut'
papers, Massachusetts. Rhode Island
and Connecticut; as Mrs. Emily Bald
win, whose name was down for read
ing, has not yet returned from he
California vacation, and Mrs. Anna
Maria Foster, whose name is on tn
program also. has gone on the journe,
to that bourne from which there is M
return, their places were supplied b.
other members. In the six years tina
have elapsed since the organization O
the club, four names are already Inscrib
ed in the memorial list, and three more
Mrs. Flanders, Mrs. Connor and Mrs
Foster, are awaiting the issue of tn
next program.