The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-10
. Womens' Clubs !
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club enjoyed an interesting meeting
Saturday. T'en members responded to
the roll by giving interesting and
bright little anecdotes of Linco(n's life.
The papers presented were Home
Lille of Womcn in Russia" by Mrs. Jul
Illus Weinrebe. "Nihilism and, the Spy
system in Russia" by Mrs. A. NJ. Hard
away In the absence of Mrs. Harda-
way. Mrs. J.. j. Lyman read the paper
the selected topic by Mrs. ID. A.
Dinnic dealt with Pure Clothes" Too
much cannot he said of Mrs. Dinnie'
paper. which was an earncst appeal to
the women to protect themselves and
their merchants from the fraudulent
methods practiced by manufacturers.
While pure foods and other methods
of sanitation have become topics Of
common interest to all: progressive and
we'll meaning merchants and buyers.
very little has been said of pure
clothes. When we wish to purchase
an article labeled ''all wool" silk or
"Hnen." we must abide by the mer-
chants word for its quality. while he.
in turn, has only the manufacturers
statement. there being no law to pro-
Itect either the merchant or the Gus
tomer. Investigation has shown how
many frauds are constantly placed on
the market. of which adulterated silks
and ribbons are the most
We would he surprised to- know how
many ribbons and silks are weighted
with metallic salts, with orders from
the manufacturers to weigh the arti-
Giles. and the presence of such salts
is very hard t" detect. even with the
use of a microscope. Mrs. Dinnie
brought to light an interesting in
stance. where in the laboratory of a
New York college an article marked
I"all WOOL was examined and 1t was
found to contain no wool. 1t was re-
turned marked Twice or sleeps
back" meaning that worn wool gar
ments had been into that
J piece of cloth. a sure test of whether
cloth is linen or cotton. Mrs. Dinnia
stated, is to burn the goods. the linen
making gray ashes. and the cotton
black ashes. Over $500. 900. 900 is
spent in our nation annually for tex
tile goods. of which at least eighty
five per cent is purchased ny the wo-
men. Should not the wornen feel il
their duty to educate themselves in
these frauds and so know what is be.
ing purchased: Mrs. Dinnie's paper
5 furnished admirable material for dis
: cussion. and she had command Of hel
audience from the beginning.
, The Woman's club of Bottinea,
sent Il trunk full of clothing. towels
[etc.. to the Crittendon home at Fargo
e this week as a contribution to the gooe
work done by that institution. The la.
: dies of h club wish to. acknowledge
: the kind assistance of several ladies
C not members of their organization, il
c making UP the package.
The Lisbon Woman's club met Will
Mrs. G. W. Hammelton Saturday
j. Mesdames Allison and Hammelton he
IS ing hostesses. Eighteen member
answered to roll call with curren
events. The study of the life an
works OF: Miss Mary N Murfee. who's
dock, was led by Mrs. Walter Curtis
who gave an outline Of her life ant
birthplace. with extracts from son
IS of her works such as THE DANCING
: Party at Harrison Coves." from TIL
S Tennessee Mountains" Miss Grace
o Allen also gave a brief sketch from
one of her works.
Partial arrangements We're made fol
o club study next year: they also decid
: ed to hold the semi-mon,hly meeting.
o in new quarters. instead of meeting
n the several homes.
The ". G. T. U. of Calvin. offer.
va Sc prize 4" the eighth grade schoo
9 pupil of Cavalier county who writes
. the best essay on why Business Mer
. Demand Abstinence on the Part o
: Their Employees" and this essay viii
5 he sent to the national organization
c to compete with ESSAYS from other 10,
;. '~calities for IL prize of $50. There 1:
!. also another prize for the lower grades
: Pupils competing for the Calvin prize
e will send their essays to Mrs. Johr
Porter before April 1. the contest be
: ing now open.
! The Walhalla Literary club held
its regular meeting at the homo OF
: Mrs. c. ". Andrews. \ splendid pro.
!, gram vas given. Il piano solo was
! rendered by Mrs. c. w. Scott. Miss
. Griffin read an interesting paper or