Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-29

1 tended visit at washington, l.. Z.
They will be the guests of Mr.. Judge Z
brother. Lieutenant Thomas Judge of
Washington.
The members of the Golden star
Coffee Circle will meet tomorrow
afternoon at the homo of Mrs. George
Raddin, of 153 Chadwick avenue.
Harold NJ. Beam. of this city. has
| left for an extended "trip through the
| West. Mrs. Beam has taken up her
| residence with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Clark S. Comstock. of % Chest
nut street. Cast Orange during her
husbands absence.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert kuebler Of
DeC;raw avenue, will leave this Week
for a short trip to Washington, D. G..
ARRANGEMENTS are being completed
for an old-fashioned Halloween party
to be given Friday evening by the
members of the Woman's Club at
their club-rooms, a Hill street. Mrs.
William Kan2ler and Miss Lucy Hat
lam arc in charge Of the arrange
mcnts.
The enrolment of twenty five new
active and three associate members
at n business meeting OF the Con.
temporary Yesterday afternoon raised
its membership 10 l.25S. The meet
ing was held in the auditorium of the
Y. W. c. A.. at 53 Washington street,
and was followed by a civic art pro-
gram. \ revision of the bylaws was
proposed to make the dues payaple
May 10, instead of July l. Mrs, Galen
]. Perrett, a delegate to the state
Federation meeting at Nutley, gave
her report.
4 comprehensive review of the Tork
done bv the departments OF the CIVIC
art committee Was given by the vari-
Gus chairmen. Tie reports showed
that the committees have been busy
gathering data during the summer
and fall Mrs George Jenkinson
Holmes, chairman of the playground
department, spoke of the work done
BY Leonard J. Mason, secretary to the
Board of Playground commissioners,
in training his attendants and IN
working ont an excellent schedule for
work and play. She reviewed briefly
the backgrounds under the direction
of the Board of Education. the city
and the county, telling of the equip
nent contained in them and the work
done by the children.
Mrs William T. Burleigh, chair
man of the housing department. spoke
of the overcroWding in the tenement
districts and the inadequate inspec-
ton, Il result Of having twenty seven
inspectors In the entire State. while
there are 5000 tenemcnts in this city
alone. She spoke of the help it would
be to have a group of clubwomen as
assistant inspectors.
The history of the public bath from
its beginning to the present time was
traced in an interesting talk by Mrs.
Frederick e jacobson, former presi-
dent of the City Bath Association.
She spoke of the work Of the Newark
Public Bath Improvement Assocla
ton whose members, considering the
problem a scientific one 10 be ap-
preached in n scientific way. en-
gagged two experts to report on the
bathing conditions. Through these
experts the association was able 10
prove to the administration that the
baths were unsanitary and to secure
better conditions. She described the
Mont gomery street bath, where the
bathers a day since September had
been over 1000. she predicted that
the baths will now take their proper
place in the city's life since the or
dinance has been passed putting the
baths into the hands of the play
grounds board. She spoke of the need
of a laundry in connection with the
baths and of the possibility of adding
one to the Montgomery street bath.
Miss Miriam Glassner told of the
Junior Civic League started by her
in the Eighteenth Avenue School and
the good work done by the children
towards a city clean and beautiful
A certain number of children act as
inspectors and mark the others ac-
curding to their success in keeping
the halls, stairs and Yards of their
homes in good condition or in being
influential in having this done.
An interesting part of the after
program WAS the presentation
of awards to the school children for
good flower and vegetable gardens
kept during the summer. Miss Caro-
line Romer, chairman of the gardens
committee, said that 126 gardens had
been inspected and that the children
had shown Il keen interest in the
work. AS there were more good gar
dens than there were awards, a num-
Der OF the children received q box of
bulbs for the good work. The win
ners were:
Franklin Street School--Celia Nuss-
baum, flower; Donald Peck. vegetable.
Summer Avenue School-May Tozer,
ho8eT' Ian 4Nopie, no"ei anu veg
etable.
South Eighth Street School-Esther
Samuelson, vegetable; Hattie Dietz,
flower.
Ridge Street School-Madelene TULIP.
vegetable: Richard Kastner, vege-
table.
Eighteenth Avenue School-Mamie
Rech, vegetable; Title Weiss, flower;
Edward Lewandosky, mixed.
South Street School-Raphael Bar
rano, vegetable: George Root, vege-
ia bic.
Walnut Street School-Nora White,
vegetable.