St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-03-16
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WOman's Club Notes.

A recent meeting of the Woman's Club
of North Thetford was held at the home
of Mrs. FL. B. Bracket. The subject for
the day was Famous Writer'S" and the
papers were as follows: Hawthorne, by
Mrs. George Howard; Longfellow, by
Mrs. Rodney Ware; and Whittier, by
Miss Drusilla Morris, and all were
excellent. The roll call furnished many
quotations from Longfellow. Musical
selections on the Victor were heard at in
tervals dnring the other exercises.
The Ladies' Fortnightly club of Hard
wick entertained the gentlemen at a
gentIemen's night. After the banquet a
postprandial program was rendered,
Mrs. F. T. Taylor presiding as toast
mistress. The first speaker, Mrs. d. l..
Mcclure, in response to the toast, The
Automobile" gave a description of the
growth of the disease, "automobilious-
ness and in a humorous vein spoke of
the great development of the machines of
the future. Walter A. Dutton used the
privilege of an after dinner speaker and
in snappy little talk kept as far as
possible from his subject, "Photo-
graphy." Mrs. Gertrude Bishop in
response to the toast, Woman
Suffrage" bid not acknowledge herself a
sufragette although she thought that
the women would make short work of
the liquor question. Mrs. Harriet
Couch In a remarkable flight of magma
ton looked into the future and described
an aerial voyage. Concerning "Electrici-
ty" DR.. Crane told number of funny
stories more or less apropos of the sub
ject. The program ended by a serious
discussion of "Wireless Telegraphy" by
Mrs. J. H. McLoud. Music for the
affair was furnished by the Pythian club
orchestra.
Miss Angelina Brooks is to give ~
lessons in botany under the auspices of
the Brattleboro, Woman's club.
Mrs. H. Josephine Hayward recently
entertained the Bellows Falls Woman's
Club with "The Story of Siegfried," the
legend of one of Wagner's most noted
music dramas.
At a February meeting the GAS You
Like 1t" club of Vergennes was enter
tanned by Mrs. L. F. Benton, Mrs. G. R.
Thorne. Mrs. J. A. Harrington and Mrs.
Cecil Benton. The following was the
program: Paper, Sargent and His
"a Portrait from Life,' Mrs. DAVIES;
paper, 1.-The Making of Modern Stained
Glass;" Miss McGovern; a sketch, 'The
Crystal Bowl" Mrs. Donnelly and Miss
Field
Despite the worst storm of the season
a goodly number of the members of the
Pierian Club, of Waterbury, with their
husbands. children and grandchildren.
gathered at the Knights of Pythias hall
to observe "Children's Evening" one
evening recently. Seventy people sat
down to a bountiful supper served in the
dining room by the officers of the club,
after which all repaired to the hall,
where the following program was
rendered and greatly enjoyed; Song,
Stephen Guptil; reading, Lillian Petty;
singing, small children: recitation,
Harold Campbell; music, violin and
piano, Mae and Harriet Boycs; piano
duet, Lena Anterior and Florence
Hatch; recitation, Ollie Somerville; song,
Charles Hatch. The remainder of the
evening was passed in singing, dancing
and promenading, for which music was
very kindly furnished by Mrs. F. E. At
kins. All returned to their homes feeling
amply repaid and declaring the first
"Children's Evening" of the Pierian Club
a decided success.