The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-02-04
CLUB NOTES

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The Roosevelt NeIghborhood club
will meet tomorrow afternoon at AIS
at the Roosevelt school and all ladies
present. DR.. w. r. Addison will give
q ak on The Use and Care of the
Teeth, in Relation to, Good Health.
There will be the usual social time and
refreshments.
The Fortnightly club held an inter-
esting meeting yesterday afternoon at
the Civic Centre n Club house and
splendid programme. Mrs. Minard
read a paper On Socialism in the Home
which disclosed some new ideas in re-
gard to socialism and covered most
belief. showing how the s~ocialistic
standard would relieve the home from
many of the problems which are now
before the home. Mr.. Ballou gave a
treating the subject In an original and
comprehensive manner. He advanced
! some new and surprising ideas and
spoke from the standpoint Of the gem
n surroundings, with the fact of the
uncertainties, growth and changes of
people in mind. Mr.. Ballou dealt broad-
ly with the subject and the club lad
les greatly appreciated his paper.
Miss Curtis, an English lady who is
in the city for a short time, gave a
short ak on the women's clubs in
England. h stated that they were
not similar to h American women's
clubs, but we're more On the order of
a center to which the ladies congre-
gated for social purposes and not for
improvement and study. She outlined
q day in an English home which was
exceedingly interesting,
The Study Club held a very ~instruc-
tive n enjoyable meeting yesterday
L ~ 49,. 49, E.- ~
Simmons of Eighth avenue south. Mrs.
Emerson Smith gave an interesting
talk on Potteries which brought out
some new facts and Mrs. Stewart read
on Weaving and the Textile Arts. A
communication from Mrs. Hubbell, a
member of the club who is spending
q year in the east was read by Mrs.
the guest OF her daughter, Mrs. Fiske
in Washington, D. c.. In her letter
Mrs. Hubbell told of the government of
the District of Columbia and of her
visit to the senate, n the capitol, and
the club ladies were most pleased to
| learn of her delightful visit and OF the
interesting things at the capital.
Miss Bertha Erdman, head of the
nurses training department. at the
state university, n Miss Minnie Mel
son of Valley City, president of the
| North Dakota Federation of Women's
1 CIuDS, were n6nu6OIlGIy nOuOECu III LIS
bon last week by the Woman's club of
that city and the following account is
taken from The Lisbon Press: Friday
at noon the h~ospitable home OF Mrs.
c. w. Hammelton was the scene OF gay
festivity, the occasion being a luncheon
rendered by the Woman's club of Lis
bon to Misses Minnie Nelson of Valley
City and Bertha Erdman of Grand
Forks. Attractive tables were laid in
the dining room and parIor. The dec
orations were white carnations and
fern leaves, suggestive of h colors
OF the state federation OF clubs, Of
which Miss Nelson is the president. A
delicious repast prepared by the club
members was gracefully served by
Misses Grace Hammelton, Jennie Marsh.
Marjorie Taylor n Inez Jones. AT
the conclusion of the repast the guests
adjourned to the reception hall and
were favored with a few appropriate
remarks by Miss Nelson, who suggest
ed a number of practical ways in which
the local club should benefit Lisbon and
vicinity. The endowment fund was dis
cussed and the ladies decided that each
one would earn a sum of money to be
applied on this fund. At the first meet
ing In April these sums are to be
placed in the treasury and each mem.
Der must tell her experience In earn
ing her portion. This promises to bt
a very interesting meeting. At tht
dispersed, each expressing her pleas
ure at being able to participate in such
a delightful and profitable function and
extending to Misses Nelson and Erd.
man a cordial invitation to revisit thu
city.
The Washington N~eighborhood c1uI
will meet tomorrow evening at tn,
washington school and the programme
will be a playlet offered by the Eu
phonia Literary society of the Fargo
college. The cast will be composed d
the Misses Emery, Krantz and Boics
and Messrs. Carpenter. Titus an
Ecker. They will present an origina