Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1913-04-17
Portia Club Notes.

IL 50 generally SHOWN all over tn
city, many not waiting for Clean Vi
Day" for it might rain you know
Pleased too, that her effort is 81
Loyalty supported by the Commercial
club and city officers, and assured
by what has already been done thai
Friday will complete the work Sc
well begun and when Dame Bloom
arrives what will be prettier than
the clean wide shady streets of ou1
city? And this is only fore runner
of the Swat the Fly Campaign" that
will be started at the next meeting.
Get in line and use and spread the
knowledge of fighting the fly before
it makes its appearance This clean
ing up will help the fly committee
that will surely be appointed at the
next meeting. Begin to save clip
pings to give to this committee to
help in this warfare, traps, poisons,
and preventive measures, for in this
case ''an ounce of prevention is worth
a pound of cure"
After the final clean up work is
done it will rest with the council
to take measures to keep the city up
to the proper standard.
That the clean up day is insepara-
bly, connected with the Portia Club
was shown when one member laugh
ingly told how little boy with his
wagon full of cans, dumped the con
tents on her lawn, but manfully cart
ed them off again when shown his
mistake.
Still the club grows by leaps and
bounds, five new names being pre-
sented at the last meeting, as fol-
lows: Mesdames A Wells, Frank Fos-
ter, H. W. Kastens, Irwin Thurssoa
and Mrs. NJ D. Chandler.
Members of the Parliamentary
class were pleased to see Mrs. Nc
Glinchey again at her post as in
structor, and as many have Joined for
that especial purpose, let every mem
ber that has a book study UP on com
mittee work, and if you want book
phone 1913 black and you will get one.
About fifteen have books and this is
your chance While on her visit in
San Francisco, Mrs. McGlnchey was
guest at many different club meetings
in that city, and that added to her
already good store of parliamentary
law, means that the member that
misses a lesson, and the lesson is al
ways practical, that member is the
loser.
The program proper was short but
very interesting. Much credit is due
the program chairman, Mrs Muller
for securing such programs.
The music Tor the occasion was con
tributed by members of the club
and consisted of quartets by the fol-
lowing ladies', each of whom is al
well known vocalist of the city: Mrs.
Turner and Mrs. Riebeling, sopranos
and Mrs. Forbes and Mrs. Irwin
Thurston, contraltos. They also kind
ly responded to encore; Mrs. Nelson
accompanist
The club is fortunate in having
a member who might be called the
Bird Woman" and it would be no
misnomer. Mrs. Stamey the lady
referred to, had an excellent paper
on the Birds of Idaho, that shows |
she has lost no time, since leaving
the southern woods and birds, in get
ting acquainted with our birds and |
wild fowl She urged the members
to get out and hear the orioles love
song and gave few bird calls that
would be the envy of the small boy.
More will be heard of Mrs. Stam-
ey and her birds. Mark my guess.
Then other ladies told of places
of interest: Mrs. Sturdevant gave
an excellent description of Niagara
Falls, that was both entertaining and
instructive.
Mrs. White gave short descrip-
tion of Philadelphia touching on
many points of interest
Mrs. Shaw concluded the program
by very clever description CT Wash
ington, D. c., describing the plat of
the city, the capitol and principal
buildings.
The officers Of the club and the
federation officers and chairmen were
the recipients of an invitation to
an Idaho Luncheon Wednesday,
April 16 at 1900 from the Domestic
Science Department of p H. S. and
no doubt each one will accept and
herself lucky, as the fed
GRAFTON officers and ohairmen we're
treated to a like exhibit at Cald-
well last week. 1t will be pleasure
to see what our home girls can do.
Don't miss the lecture at the Com