Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-18

~ of the year. remeeting after the
holidays and getting together on
plans and work that porteno
unusual activities in the spring. Many
of the clubs have new officers, and IL
is expected that new life Will, be IN
fused into the efforts Of the women
interested in civic. philanthropic and
educational work in the state.
The Atlanta Womans club met
Monday with renewed enthusiasm
after several weeks OF vacation. aho
Mrs. Spencer Atkinson. chairman OF
the educational committee. announced
the coming Of Miss Mildred Euther-
ford. of Athens. who will address the
club January % on The Part Geor-
eia Took in the Making Of the Ma
lion" This lecture will be given un-
Ger the auspices Of the educational
committee OF the Woman's CUB,
which is perhaps the largest commit
lee in club work in the State, num-
herring over SO members, MISS hu .
,herford is well known in the line OF
historical lectures and writings, nav
ing written many valuable books, ana
lectured to distinguished bodles Oh
men and women at the national cap
itaI and to college students IN many
of the Southern states. ,
The Registered Nurses Assocla'lop
held an election OF officers Wednes-
dsv and the Atlanta Chapter d. A.
r. also elected new officers, MIS-. Us
good Wynn having completed her
term as regent OF the chapter.
The Home for lncurables Will give
a dramatic reading, with the Rev. w
". MenmingeT AS the aitr3cNon. MF'
Memminger viii read 'Enoch Ar
den" and Miss Stillwell will accom-
PAW his reading with appropriate
music This entertainments is Tor the
purpose of raising money to bulld
chute for the inmates Of the Home
for Incurables, and will be given at
the Georgian Terrace.
The Atlanta Suffrage League hello
an election Of officers Wednesday aft
ernoon, at which the following were
elected: President, Mrs. Francis
Whlteside; vice president, Mrs. AL
bert Howell. Sr.; recording secretary,
Mrs. Margaret Gardner. treasurer,
Mrs. Eugene Mitchell. corresponding
secretary. Miss Aurelia Roach; audi
tor. Miss Hardin.
Delegates to the annual state con-
vention. ID. A r., TO be held In Macon
the middle of February, are being
elected all over the State. II has been
estimated that nearly 1000 Daughters
of the American Revolution VIII as
semble for conference at that time.
This state convention VIII appoint
delegates to the national congress
which will be held at Washington
u. c., in March.
Other clubs are electing ofi1cers, an'
others stin have interesting plans and
projects to be carried out
Mrs Thomas Peters and Mrs. Joseph
Derry were winners OF the prizes OF
fered by the United Daughters OF ms
Confederacy for securing the greatest
number of members to the society dur
ing the year 1913, The prizes were
beautiful pins. made TO represent gola
wreaths encircling "a Confederate nag
enameled In red and white.
The pins were presented at the last
meeting of the Daughters by Mrs. VIII
liams Mccarthy, president OF the so
ciety.
The recent election OF Mrs. A. B. Hun,
of Savannah, to the presidency OF the
Savannah Chapter, United Daughters
of the Confederacy, has given general
satisfaction inasmuch as Mrs hun mas
efficiently served the chapter IN the
same capacity before, and Is a woman
widely esteemed by the Daughters OF
the Confederacv all over the state
The Savannah Chapter has more thsn
200 members, which makes II the Iars-
est body OF organized women IN that
city The work OF the chapter has been
largely educational and memorial. the
following institutions having benented
nv the income OF the chapter: the TIA =
bun Gap School, Barlow Memorial
Dormitory, Winnie Davis Memorial
Hall, state Normal Industrial School at
Athens, Barlow Educational Fund and
other schools, colleges ana Conleder-
ate monuments. The Savannah Chap-
ter IL at present working toward tho
Of rha nj sufficiently
large and comfortable TO house It's en-
tire membership when meetings OF I'M
portance are held. The new building
viii occupy a site opposite the Confed-
The officers Of the Savannah Chapter
are: President, Mrs A. b. Hull; trsi
vice PRESIDENT Mrs. n, h. Harrison; sec
ond vice president Mrs. c: K, WOODS:
third vice president, Mrs, Elisabeth NJ,
Johnson treasurer Mrs. J. NJ. Falk;
recording secretary Miss Latham
registrar, Mrs. George w. Lamar MIS-
torian, Miss Saussy. on the memorial
chairman; Mrs. Joseph Thompson, Miss
Emma Wilkins. Mrs Il. A Smith. Miss
Saussy. Miss Boulineau and Mrs. T. +.
Wright
The Atlanta Womans Club held It's
FIRST meeting OF the new year Monday
afternoon at the clubhouse In Baker
street Mrs A. p, Coles, president OF
the club, presided. Among the speak
ers were Mrs Anna Fletcher OF Eng
land, who told OF the suffrage move
ment In her country and Mrs. Harper,
of Athens.
The members OF the club were asked
to cooperate with the blind asylum in
This city in getting the brooms. made
at the factory OF that institution. on
. the market u. +. Burknight head OF
the factory, spoke before the club.
Mrs. Hamilton, who regarded as
authority on parliamentary rule and
political science made rNe principal
speech of the afternoon, in which she
advocated commission government as
better form Of government than that
IN use in Atlanta now, Ii was an
nounced by the president that 5000 had
been realized ON the sales OF Red Cross
stamps during the recent sales.
Miss Elisabeth McCauley. who re
rently returned from Panama. will en-
terrain few OF her friends at Pan
anna evening at an early date at her
apartment in West Peachtree street
Miss McCauleY is an extensively trav-
eled woman and has accumulated many
Interesting trophies on her trips abroad
Her literary work has been along
travel lines. covering interesting rem
iniscences OF her visits to England, Italy
Spain, Germany and other foreign coun
tries,
There is a guest book at tho Sign OF
the Wrens Nest that shows enrolled
the names OF distinguished men and