The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-02-07

president of the national Florence
C%rittenton Home association. is en-
u 10 Los Angeles where she viii
ne engaged for some time In work fol
the organization. A tour of inspection
was enjoyed by the visitors, who were
delighted with some of the innovation:
recently introduced. Among these are
the acquisition of a rolling bed fol
very Young infants. designed to hold
several b babies. Another great need has
been filled, the enclosing of the sur
porch Tor the children and as heat IL
provided the little tots live out on this
west balcony most of the time. The
through personal efforts of Miss Top
ping. II superintendent, and was ac-
cumulatcd a little at a time, as was
the money for the infants bed.
Mrs. Freeman Possesses a most in
teresting personality. Her work has
been largely In New York city, where
rescue work is carried on on a very
large scale. She told of many personal
experiences and of visits made to the
saloons, dance halls and dives of the
great city. 1t will be interesting to
Crfttcnton nome workers to know that
Mrs. Freeman expressed herself as
wholly satisfied with the progress
made by tho North Dakota home and
was pleased beyond expression with
the status of the home throughout the
state and with the splendid new hos
pttal equipment. She has found here
great enthusiasm and faithfulnesS to
the ideals of the founder of the mis-
sion and she further stated that in
th% short time in which work has been
active i'll this territory results were
comparatively greater than in any
other cid h had visited in the west.
PENNSYLVANIA possesses more Critten-
ton homes than any other state in the
union. there being seven and Mrs.
Freeman said she did not know wheth-
er it Was because the charitable spirit
was more active or whether there was
more crime to contribute toward these
results. Mrs. Freeman is a oma of
wide experience and exceptional Gull
turc u her visit here was greatly
enjoyed.
h members of the jamestown Mu-
steal club at their meeting Saturday at
the home of Mrs. c.. S. Buck. unani-
mously endorsed the plan to have the
jamestown high schools qualify as ono
of the agricultural high schools Of the
state. To do. SO makes it necessary
that the schools complete and extend
tho present domestic science depart
nlent. which the ladies believe can be
made n of the most important de-
partnents of the city schools. A mo-
ton to this effect was unanimously
adopted by the club. The jamestown
Wednesday club also endorsed the
plan.
Grand Forks is making an cndeavor
to quality as one of the agricultural
high school of the state hut one of
the principal things they have to con-
tend with is the difficulty in secur-
inc ton Nrn IF c{s II, $40 e.
h farm experiments that is within
a mile of the high school. The board
and people of Grand Forks arc i'm fa-
vor of the project if it can he carried
through.
The executive officers of the New
England society Of Fargo who COM
price the committee of arrangements
for the annual dinner will meet this
afternoon at h Y. NJ. c. a. at 4:30
Tor htc purpose of deciding on the
date and place of the yearly dinner.
Those who comprise the committee
are as follows: President. f. L. Laid.
agricultural college: secretary, Mrs. w.
j. Clapp. Fargo; historian, Mrs. r. F.
Spaldins, Fargo: and the vice presi-
dents of the different states: Maine,
President Weld. Moorhead and Mrs.
Abby Best. Fargo. New Hampshire,
George E. Perley. Moorhead. Mrs. Ho-
bart of Cummings, n. D.: Vermont,
Prof. +. e. Smith. Wahpeton, Mrs.
Crawford. Wahpcton: Massachusetts,
+. II; Wilder. Fargo. Mrs. r.. A.
Beard. Fargo; Rhode Island, Prof.
Ince and Miss Simmons of the A. c.;
Connecticut. S. G. Comstock, Moor
head and Mrs. A.. NJ. Baker, Fargo.
Plans for next years work and two
Very good papers on Spanish art m
ployed the attention of the Minot Art
club members on Saturday afternoon
when they held a regular meeting at
the Commercial club apartments.
The program committee had al
lady outlined a program for next
year and it was accepted almost
unanimously. The outline includes the
study of lace making. the weaving of
rugs and tapestries as related to art,
basketry. potteries. pewtry and many
other of the useful and Industrial arts.
The evolution of each art and the
lives Of the people who have evolved
them will probably be taken up in
connection with the study and sevaral
programs dealing with social and eco
nomic problems will also be given at
intervals throughout the wear. The
club was never more enthusiastic over
its work and next year promises to be
an experimenting n in its history.
Mrs. Newlove presented a very in
tefesting paper upon the life and work
of h Nalasquez. a noted Spanish art
list. She CAV a history of his early
life. the development Of his talent
and recognition in the art galleries.
She concluded with a description of
his masterpieces. Don Barthazar
Carlos" and Pope Innocent"
Mrs. Rhea continued the Spanish
program with another fine paper upon
the life of Murillo and a description
to poverty and at the g Of % was
meet the pressing needs of daily ex-
~ market n painted pictures which
we're demanded by the class of pur-
chasers ~frequenting this place-pic.
lures of varied and brilliant colors
and careless as to correctness of de-
sign.
His most celebrated pictures treat
of religious subjects and mingle ideal
ism and realism and a richness of
coloring which has seldom been at
tanned by n painter. Among them
are h Immaculate Conception"
Children of the She'll" The Holy
Family" with Saint Elizabeth and
the Vision of Saint Anthony" Mrs.
Rhea's descriptions were illustrated
with a group of large reproductions of
his great masterpieces.