El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-02-20
Women,s Organizations

The regular monthly meeting Of the
Current Events and Literature depart
ment Of the WOman's club was held on
Wednesday afternoon In the assembly
hall Of Hotel PasO del NOrte- The
meeting was opened by the chairman,
Mrs A II LOOmis. The minutes Of
the last meeting were read by the sec
rotary, Mrs. s j. FennelI and ap-
proved
Mrs A p. Averiu, president Of the
club. read a letter from the chamber
Of commerce thanking the women OF
the club for entertaining the wives and
daughters Of the cattlemen last year
and avnrassfro- a desire that rhev
would assist this year
Mrs. A w. Foster announced the club
birthday luncheon, which viii be held
on March . at Hotel Paso del Norte.
Mrs. ". r. Brown spoke Of the
musical recital, under the. auspices OF
the WOmanS club which viii be given
on Monday night at the assembly hall
of Hotel PasO del NOrte by Miss Annie
Stolaroff, assisted by Harry Rosen-
Mrs. He'll Hale gave a splendid talk
on Back to the Country Movement,
and said; a few years ago the usual
hardships Of the farm made the CITY
look attractive to the boy and girl:
and that this was the reason OF MI
grafton to the city. But now there IS
equally as great migration from towns
to the country. she declared. The city
boys are students Of agriculture-they
go to the country as farmers ana Su-
perintendents Of farms and many oLher
occupations.
Miss Della Rosenstein sang delight
fully a selection from The Daughter
of the Regiment and yraciOusly re-
spOnded to an encore, accompanied by
Miss Annie StOlaroff.
Mrs II. T Bowie gave an tnstruc-
tive talk on Young women OF the
Rural Districts" and said: The real
rural awakening of the nation to the
needs of country life is OF recent date.
If there is better farming, there IS
better business and therefore better
I living. One great movement already
made is the establishing Of social cen
I ters in the rural districts to offset the
counter attractions Of the city. An
other is TO improve conditions OF the
country schools and TO make rural edu-
I cation an open door to the beauty and
worth Of farm life"
I Miss Josephine Wooten read an IN
/ teresting paper on The Irish Play"
! She said The irish play writer's have
! little sense Of drama and the PLAYERS
/ remain seated during the entire act"
/ Harry ROsenstein sang 'Cupid'S Sere-
/ made" and was accompanied by Miss
! Annie StolarOff
I The current events for the afternoon
/ were: The tragedies Of the South
] Pole By Mrs VIII l. Watson. The
/ Mexican Situation by Mrs. :. J. Fen
l nell. THE Balkan War" by Mrs stan
/ ley Bevan: Deprecated Art" by Mrs
The meeting then adjourned and a
/ directors meeting was. held Those
| taken into fun membership Of the club
l We're: Mrs. II. z. Jackson, J. g. Colley,
I Gertrude Ledbetter r NJ Dudley, Hell
I en- j Jackson, & %. 1OLLlut ana MISS anna
| SOrenson. The courtesies Of the club
I were extended to Miss Margaret Hitch
| cock and 1Iesdames Harriet Clark,
/ Rimo DOerr and Victor Raggio.
| DR.. c. T. Braden has named a com
| mittee Of three women to arrange for
I the organization Of a class in first aid,
/ home nursing and hygiene. Dr.. Braden
| is secretary of the Red Cross society IN
/ FL PasO and has named Dr. Alice P.
! Merchant. Mrs. Mary McKeuy and Miss
/ Alice O'Connor as the committee. ana
they will arrange with the national
/ association for the organization Of the
new work in Fl PasO.
The Shakspere club is meeting this
+ afternoon at the home of Mrs. olaf C.
Ellison in Highland Park
-
/ The juniors of the y. ". C. A. viii
/ be entertained on Saturday afternoon
! with a George Washington party at
I the central rooms from 2-30 until
I o'clock A program has been arranged
! and refreshments viii be served. The
! clubs and various classes Of the as
/ ISOLATION are busy making plans to
/ send the delegates TO the meeting at
( Estes Park. Colo, in August This
/ meeting IS one Of the summer confer
/ ence meetings and the principal tea-
! lures are Bible study and a lecture
| course. It is managed by the national
/ board with workers from the various
associations