The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-03-06
CLUB NOTES

All of the active members of the
Fine Arts club are asked to meet at
the home of Mrs. Frank Thompson on
First avenue south Saturday afternoon
at 3 o'clock, when there will be an
election of officers.
The Study club met this week at the
home of Mrs. j.. H. Stickney on First
street north with IN unusually good
attendance. Mrs. Simmons took the pa
per which was to have been. given by
Mrs. Schwarz on the C~athedrals of
Italy. The subject is one of large pos
Sibilities n Mrs. Simmons handled It
well. Her paper showed thorough and
extensive research and she brought out
were especially appreciated by her aud
fence, Mrs. Frank Anders followed
Mrs. simmons with a paper on the Ca
thedrals of Germany, which while not
so numerous or grand as those of the
country who mothers Catholicism, are
very wonderful N interesting and
Mrs. Anders gave a very comprehens-
i've talk on these splendid examples of
architecture.
h Fargo Woman's club is sched-
uled to meet Friday at the Civic Centre
and Club house and the programme as
lows: Mrs. Foster will discuss Child
Labor; Mrs. j. l.. Angel will talk on
Old Age Pensions and Mrs. Pearson on
Death-Dealing Industries,
Perhaps one of the most interesting
meetings of the Nelghborhood club for
some time was that yesterday after
noon at the Roosevelt school of the
meetings of the Neighborhood club for
! fifty or sixty ladies were present n
as they arrived about 4:30 a delicious
lunch was served and the remainder
of the time was devoted to a talk and
demonstration by Mrs. 6. L. Martin,
who showed the ladies' how to test
various materials of dress goods. AS an
Illustration Mrs. Martin produced a
piece Of material which was supposed
to be all wool and for which the price
is $3.50 per yard at a local store. This
she tested n found that it was nine
tenths cotton with just a little wool
shoddy. Similar tests were made for
| silk n linen and for mercerized goods
and the process for the manufacture of
the latter was given with the state
ment that there is very little real mer-
cerized goods on he market, but some
very good limitations to those who dc
not know how to make tests, Mrs.
Martin told of the appearance of the
told how the limitations for silk, tin
and iron will not burn and that the
real silk fiber will burn with a bright
blaze and leave a soft fluffy ash. The
results of the meeting yesterday will
probably be q housewives league in
which it will be the endeavor to teach
the public how to test their own ma
terials and prevent them from paying
SA@NA SAAN WV &@ % ~NN
time was so thoroughly taken up yes
terday that no efin plans were
made, but the question will be brought
UP at a meeting of the Handicraft club
tomorrow evening at the schoolhouse
at 1880 and plans will be discussed at
the next meeting Of h club. The
/, league will probably be open to all OF
the women's club of b city and mel
as well as women will be given a
chance to learn how to purchase pure
wool materials. Announcement was
made of a meeting Of the Handicraft
the class in basketry will meet Mon
day evening at 1880 at the school.
Saturday afternoon was guest day
for the Jamestown Musical u AND
the members, each with an invited
guest, met at the beautiful home OF
Mrs. Niemeyer.a The guest OF honol
normal, who spoke to the club on
American Music, the study topic of the
club for this year. Mrs. Don Nierllng
opened the programme with a hne
/ piano solo, after which Mrs, Niemeyer
| favored those present with two vocal
| selections. Miss Amidone has long been
a favorite with the club, and her talk
on Saturday was most delightful Tor
| all present. Her protest against the
use of rag time n vaudeville music
was very strong, and h urged all
club women everywhere to oppose IL
and aim to educate all our young PEG
u A IL u JAZZ NAADN -AN@AS
eleyating and refining. She gave the
members glimpses of some of the great
musicians in New York city, VINO are
giving their time and talent to the
task of teaching and bringing to the
poorer classes the finest music. The
club president, Mrs. Peake, voiced the
sentiment of all present when n SAID
at the close that she had never beer
SO moved by a talk on music.
The Woman's Literary society al
Reeder held last weeks meeting a.
the schoolhouse aud the feature of the
programme was a debate on woman
suffrage. The school pupils provided
patriotic music for the evening m tht
question was, Resolved, That Mankind
Would Be Benefited by Woman SUI
frage. Miss Amy Kittleson, Mis-
Whfpple and Mrs. Steel upheld the al.
| firmatiye and the negative was argue
by Clarence Tweet, r.. Atkins n Fret
stevens. The judges gave the decis'
| ion to the Affirmative, the ladies put
ting up the strongest argument Luncf
| was served and the committee nameS
to arrange the programme for the mex
i meeting was Mrs. G, p. Lee, Mrs. o.
/ Erickson and Miss Blanche Maloney.
A Red Cross society was organfze'
at Devils Lake recently at the hom'
4 of Mrs. Albert M. Powell, with the fol
| lowing officers: President, Mrs. 4. 4
Mann; vice president, Mrs. Albert "a