El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-02-19
Women's Club Reception For
This Week: a Literary Event

The principal social event of the
coming week will be the colonial re-
ception to be given by the Woman
club Tuesday afternoon from TO
o'clock. for which Mrs. W. c. Davis has
rendered the use OF her residence. lII5
Montana street.
Mrs A ". Foster. chairman of tha
social committee, and her assistants
are planning a number Of unique 1ea-
lures. and the affair is looked for
ward TO with keenest interest Each
club member will be entitled to the
privilege OF bringing one guest and
additional guests may be invited by
paving so cents TO cover expenses In
Cured, and notifying Mrs Frank Tur-
ner, of the social committee
The receiving line will be headed by
Mrs. ]. d. Love, the president, and fol-
lowed by the past presidents in their
order 1t is hoped that Mrs. w W.
Mills. of Austin. viii be in attendance
Mrs. Mills was one Of the charter
members, and the first president OF
the club Many of the women will, In
their colonial costumes, represent some
of the famous characters of we olden
times making the affair picturesque
in the extreme. One of the chief at
fractions will be the Betsy Ross room.
which viii be decorated with many
flags Mrs William n S. Judd, as
Betsy Ross. will preside at the punch
bowl.
The officers of the club, and depart
ments will act as special hostesses.
while all other club members will con-
stitute themselves a committee TO assist
In entertaining. A string 0rchestra
will be in attendance throughout the
afternoon and vocal selections will be
given by some of the best talent in the
city. The affair will terminate with
two fancy dances, a minuet and Vir-
ginia reel.
The monthly meeting of the Letters
and Arts department. held Wednesday
afternoon. was devoted to a study or
four of Americas foremost women IN
art and letters.
The current events, which is always
one of the most interesting features
OF the department meetings, was In
charge of Mrs w NJ Peticolas, and
wEs we'll carried out. The report or
the critic brought to the notice or the
members a number of words commonly
mispronOunced. The report OF the
critic is looked forward to with inter-
est at each meeting
The paper, Three of Our Greatest
Women Writer'S by Mrs. VIII l. wat
son. was very well written, and showed
very earnest study of the characters
and lives of the writer's chosen, ana
keen analysis of their works
Three of Our Greatest Women Art
lists. by Miss Jennie Potter, tod Oh
the success and ability Of American
women in art. Alice Barber stephens
Mary Hallock Foote and Jessie WILCOX
Smith were the names chosen from
large list. The point was made ina
women excel in one standpoint, ana
that is in depicting the character Oh
the subject, this being the peculiarly
feminine characteristic-life in the
concrete being ever near to the "o-
mans hand thus giving to her art
atmosphere" that quality that all
artists so eagerly seek.
Mrs. J. w. Lorentzen won her audl-
ence completely in her brilliant ana
very original paper on Martha WASH
ington-Mrs. Taft-A Contrast one
pictured the first presidents wire III
this day and age, and imagined MrS,
Taft, with all her splendid educational
advantages and modern thought piaceu
in the narrow. restricted life Oh the
colonies. Character. resulting from en-
vironment, was the keynote OIL the
paper
An article by Ebert Hubbard on mrs.
Ella Starr Young, superintendent or
public schools in Chicago, was very
much enjoyed This was read by Mrs
w H. Winter.
The meeting for March will take up