The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-10-11
ev ESTHER GRIFFIN WHITE.

One OF the notable events IN the so
cial and intellectual life of the town
was the celebration on Tuesday Of the
Quarter Centenary of the Tuesday At
termath, one of the leading women's
clubs of this city, whose members are
also active in the Indiana Federation
OF Women's Clubs, and whose influ-
ence has been potent in civic affairs
Mrs. Noah II, Hutton and Miss Mary
Wilcox were hostesses in their spa
cious home on South Twenty-6rst
street, one of the towns old family
mansions, which was ornamented with
a profusion of flowers. luncheon being
served at one O'Clock by Miss Moelk.
at small tables, decorated with ferns
and the scarlet saliva, to over eighty
present and former members of this
organization.
Later in the afternoon an interest
ing program of papers and music was
presented opened by Mrs Will Ear
hart. the We'll known contralto, who
sang Aud Lang Syne."
The Aftermath, as stated in these
columns a week or so since, was evol-
we'd from Reading Circle organized
by the members Of the Friends Mis-
sionary Society and hence THE At
termath, It's Early Years." by some of
the charter members, was one of the
most vital aspects of the afternoon s
procedure, Miss Lydia Burson, Mrs.
Frank Clark. Mrs. Erie Reynolds and
Mrs. Thomas Harrison, the latter now
resident in indianapolis, speaking
briefly but entertainingly concerning
the beginning of this club
They dwelt particularly on the influ-
ence of Mrs. Matte Curl Dennis, it's
first president, and the value of her
erudition and enthusiasm in the for
nation and continuation of the organ
ization and it's work, accentuating the
tribute to Mrs. Dennis which preceded
on the program read by Mrs. William
N. TruebIood
Mrs. Trueblood's memorial to this
gifted and remarkable woman was
touching and impressive, the speaker
emphasizing the beauty and simplicity
of her character, her devotion to the
highest social. intellectual and moral
ideals, her delicate humour, her inge-
nuous manner of imparting knowledge,
of the universally of her sympathies
and the catholicity of her learning. 1t
was pointed out that Mrs. Dennis had
made an irradicable impress on the
life of the community in all it's phases
and especially in arousing an inter-
oct ond 1iforS%uro opoorr hor
own sex which had had far-reaching
and beneficial results.
Miss Augusta Mering, of Indianapo-
lis, where she is member of the fac
ulty of the Manuel Training High
School and who was one of the most
prominent of the membership of the
Aftermath, followed with clever,
witty and brilliant paper on THE
Woman's Club as Weapon of De-
fense," Miss Mering taking the atti-
tude Of greatest liberality toward the
movement of votes for women" and
stating that many social reforms could
be accomplished by women if they had
the prestige of the franchise. In the
of this end the wom-
ans club would be telling fatcor.
Mrs. Robert L. Sackett, now of LAT
ayette, had for her subject "The Wom-
ans Club and The Home" stating, in
brief, that the former had been potent
in enlarging the sympathies of the lat
ter.
Mrs. F. w. Stephens, who followed
the accounts given of the earlier years
of the club with THE Aftermath, It's
Recent Work and It's Hopes for the Fu-
ture,' gave an interesting and ex-
haustive resume of the civic activities
of this organization, Mrs. Stephens be-
ing peculiarly fitted to do this from
the fact of her prominence in local civ
ic movements with which she has
been conspicuously identified of recent
years.
The concluding talk, THE Woman's
Club as Means of Culture" by Mrs.
NJ. F. Johnston, was a commentary up
on the avenues of mental activity Cd
ened to many women through the me-