Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-05-03
GREAT FIELD
HERE FOR A
WOMEN 'SCLUB
Mrs. F. A. Pattison Tells
Current Events Class Of
Big Opportunity For Them.
RECEPTION A BRILLIANT
SOCIAL EVENT


With Mrs Frank Amber Pattison,
president of the State Federation OF
Women's Clubs, and DR.. and Mrs
Louis Bevier, Of New Brunswick, the
guests Of honor, the Current Events
Glass completed its course of lectures
yesterday afternoon with a reception
held in the Parish House OF st. Pc
ter's Episcopal church, where all the
events have been held. There were
about 200 ladies present and the ses-
sions closed In delightful manner
Preceding the reception, which was
from to 6 o'clock, Mrs. Pattison
spoke on the work of women's clubs
and DR.. Bevier delivered his lecture
on current events. 1t was announced
by Mrs. Charles r. Fletcher that q
great majority of the members had
voted In favor of making the class a
permanent organization and, to fur
ther consider the matter, another
meeting of the class will be held next
Monday afternoon in the Parish
House. In the meantime the COM
mittee which has so successfully con
Quoted the course of lectures will
meet Thursday afternoon. Pledges
viii be sent to the members for their
signatures to assure their support.
Mrs. Pattison was introduced by
Mrs. Fletcher. She was enthusiastic
over the prospects of a club in this
city and spoke of the excellent oppor-
tunity for such an organization. She
said she would be glad to render any
assistance within her power in get
f1np hn pIt1h CT cd oh 1 A L.
clded TO have one. She expressed re-
gret that the business meeting to con-
slider this was not being held a week
earlier so that she could report the
outcome to the state federation,
which meets at Englewood Friday
and Saturday of this week.
Mrs. Pattison spoke particularly of
the great field for work for a wo-
mems club In this city. She referred
to the cosmopolitan population and
declared that in her opinion, sociol-
ogy would be an ideal study for such
q club. She said that culture in it's
highest sense meant not only learn
Ing, but to be able to make use OF
that learning in applying 1t for the
uplifting OF others, in civic better
ment and the general improvement of
surroundings. She said that a club
to be a success must do something,
have some object In view, and the
greatest work was that which lies
closest at home. She declared that
1t was mistake to take up various
topics for different meetings without
any thought Of congruIty. A club
should pick out line of work, study
the best methods to accomplish that
work, hear lectures pertaining there
to and otherwise develop the subject
IN its broadest sense.
A club, said Mrs. Pattison, might
work along with other civic organ
izations to accomplish some munich
pal Improvement or to carry on some
charitable work. She said she did
not believe very much In philan-
thropy, declaring that II there were
more women clubs and similar or
ganizations carrying on these differ
ent branches of work, there would
be need for little or no philanthropy
Mrs. Pattison ridiculed the idea
that club life was detrimental to the
home. She said that clubs helped
the home life, broadened it and made
IL hAOiC uSC1uA AOI EOOu.
When Mrs. Pattison had finished,
DR.. Bevier delivered his lecture. His
discourse was, as he announced it,
largely a resume of his previous lee
lures. He brought out that, after all,
there is really nothing new in this
world. What we are doing now was
done, in a measure, by the ancients,
only our culture and education today
is little more spread so that learn
Ing is not confined so much to a GER
tain class. DR.. Bevier referred to
the present as house-cleaning and
Landed the great work of Governor
Hughes at Albany. He said that
there was a great awakening
throughout the country in public af-
fairs due largely to Former President
Roosevelt and Governor Hughes. He
to Governor Hughes's ap-
pointment as justice of the United
States supreme court as the best that
could have been made.
Cannonism was explained and pen
5ions were also touched upon.
The reception which followed was
perhaps the greatest social event of
the season in this city. The decora-
lions were all in lavender and white.
Great clusters of wistaria predomi-
mated, while dogwood and 1ilacs add
I'd to the decorations. The audito-
.ium and the rooms downstairs were
with these flowers. Those
who received were Mrs Charles r.
Fletcher and Mrs. Frank Amber Pat
ison, Miss Mary e. Vaughan and
Mrs Louis Bevier and Mrs. A. G.
Clark and DR.. Louis Bevier. The
lshers wore lavender.ribbon and they
Jaw to 1t that everyone was present.
ID. The refreshments consisted of
ce cream and cake, the Ice cream be-
ng in small blocks OF lavender and