The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-03-06
WONAN's CLUB COLUMN

Women here Tuesday afternoon and
Wednesday morning, in response to
the call of the president, Mrs. Will
liam Hooker, of Ocala,. The board
members present were Mrs. Hooker,
president; Mrs. Charles A. Cay, vice
president of the federation, Tallahas-
ee: Mrs. w. s. Jenning, chairman de-
partment of education, also president
of the Springfield Improvement AS
ISOLATION, of Jacksonville; Dr. Ellen
Lowell Stevens, chairman department
of health, Jacksonville; Mrs. Frank
T.. Jennings, chairman department Of
Legislation, Jacksonville; Miss Louise
lC. Meigs, president of the Woman"s
Club of Jacksonville, which has the
largest membership of any club in the
federation; and Mrs. William B..
Young, secretary to the general fed
Grafton.
Reports were made to the board by
the chairman of the various depart
ments, The most important work be-
fore the board at this meeting was
the revision of the constitution and
bylaws of the federation, which will
be presented for the consideration of
the next federation convention to be
held at Lakeland in November.
While here the members of the ex-
ecutive board of the federation were
the guests of the department of home
economics of the Florida State Col
lege for Women. The various depart
ments of the college assisted in the
entertainment of the visiting mem
bers of the board.
There was arranged in the
domestic art department an exhibit
of work done by its students. There
were on exhibit needlework of all
kinds done by the young ladies', beau
tiful evening dresses, handsome coat
suits, exquisite evening wraps, and
dainty embroidery and other hand
work. The display presented the
skilled work and taste of artists. In
making these articles of apparel the
visitor was shown requirements made
upon the young ladies in the way of
keeping itemized accounts of every
piece of material that went into the
costume as a part of it's total cost.
And these accounts showed a cost of
only few dollars for a handsome
evening gown or coat suit that would
have, had it been purchased outright
cost forty or fifty dollars. 1t is the
idea, it was stated, in this department
as well as others of the home eco
omics department to teach economy
among the young ladies as well as
to develop artistic tastes.
On Tuesday evening the visitors
were served with a delicious dinner
in the dining room of the home eco
Monies department as a further dem
onstration of the skill gained by the
young ladies taking these courses of
the college curriculum. AS in the re-
quired art department, the ladies, as
II was then shown, are required
to keep itemized statements of the
cost of dinners prepared And it was
marvellous to note the low cost of an
elaborate five or six-course dinner
that the young ladies were able to
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system they are taught in their prepa-
ration. 1t might be interesting to say
here that it was shown that such din
ners had been prepared and served
by the students for a cost of less than
nifty cents per guest, such dinners as
would cost two or three dollars at a
well appointed RESTAURANT
The dinner served the club mem
bers on Tuesday evening was espec-
tally fine. 1t was planed by Miss
Forsythe and Miss Elizabeth Park
hill, who were assisted by members
OF the second year class in it's
preparation and service. The quests
OF this dinner, besides the members
Of the executive board, we're DR.. and
Mrs. Conradi and Miss Harris of the
college, Mrs. Park Trammell and Mrs.
William A. Hooker of Tallahassee.
The members of the senior class,
who are now studying household man.
agement, had review in the table
service, when they assisted in the
entertainment of the board members
by serving breakfast.
one section of the first year class
served their first luncheon on We'd
nesday.
Mrs. Hooker. Mrs. Young and Mrs.
Frank Z. Jennings left Wednesday
afternoon for visit to the state in
dustrial school for boys. at Mariana.
They returned Thursday afternoon to
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