El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-27
Women's Organizations.

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The annual reports and election Of
/ officers for the Rescue Home associa-
/ ton Will be held Thursday afternoon
/ at o'clock, in the parlors of the First
/ Presbyterian church.
J Rev. o. j. Wade gave an address on
/ the study book, THE Laws of Our
/ Faith Tuesday afternoon at a meeting
! of the Aid and Missionary society of the
/ Calvary Houston Square Baptist church.
| Following this, the routine of business
/ was transacted.
An interesting meeting of the mis-
sionary class of the First Baptist
/ church was held Tuesday afternoon at
/ the Church. Mrs. William Graves con-
Quoted the mission study. a brief bust
: ness session was held a which Mrs. Ida
! Spain was elected secretary of the so
/ clety. a missionary library was started.
! each member contributing q book on .
missionary subject Among those pres
| ent were Mesdames j. +. Williams, p. II.
{ Brown, j. b. Sutton, G. P. Putnam, A D.
Stearns Ida Spain, William Graves.
/ Howard Thompson. A. A. Funk and
Miss Elizabeth Hall.
Mrs H. O. Darnall entertained the
members of division Z, Of the First
| Presbyterian church aid society, Tues
day afternoon at her home, on Brown
street The members brought their
/ sewing and, while they worked, planned
for an entertainment in the near future.
( The divisions are organized primarily
to promote tue social side and to get
/ the church members better acquainted
with one another. Each OF the divisions
contributes 50 a month to the general
fund of the church to relieve cases OF
needy persons among the church mem
bers. An ice course was served by the
hostess during the afternoon.
Stewardship was discussed by the
members of the Woman's Missionary
society of Trinity Methodist church
Tuesday afternoon in the church par
lors. Mrs. Hubert NJ. Smith and Mrs.
G. L. Jones were in charge of the pro-
gram and talked on the days topic
Mrs Smith read the scripture lesson
Mrs. G. B. oliver and Mrs. G. L. Jones
led in prayer. The occasion was also
pledge day. the pledge cards being IN
the shape Of the letter "P.' The pledges
were for the support of the Virginia h.
Johnson home in Dallas, Texas, and the
Methodist Girls school Miss Emma
Hoffman and Mrs. J. c. Griffith sang
duet, Cast Thy Bread Upon the Wa
ters" Mrs. Adine T. owen accOmpa-
MED them on the piano. Mrs Mary
Webb was the hostess OF the afternoon
The original story program of the
literary department of the WOmans
club was held Tuesday night in the
auditorium of the High school Mrs
w L FoXWOrth, the chairman of the
department, gave brief talk, telling
of the purpose of the contest to slim
ulate original work among FL Pasc
people, and said that by next year she
hoped the department would be able
to give a prize for the best stories and /
poems, instead of, as at this time, as
signing them first, second and third
places of merit and honorable mention
Mrs. FoXwOrth then turned the meet
Mrs. S. J. FennelL Mrs. FenneI read
the following list OF awards:
In poetry, first place. Thy Motive
by c. H. Ashton; second, "Sambo's
Christmas Prayer by Mrs. T. W. Nea-
lon: third, Compensation by Mrs T.
c. Phillips; honorable mention, "Out
on the Farm" and 'Benediction,' by C.
H. Ashton
First place in the short stories con-
test was won by Miss Kathleen Marie
Barton, on the story, The Coming OF
the Sonora" second place, "Her Vic
tory" by Mrs. T. c. Phillips; third,
The Legacy" by Mrs. Stanley Bevani
honorable mention. THE Perfect Tone,
by Mrs. Kathleen I. WOrrel, and
"Oneiotta: Princess Of Isleta,' by Mrs
George Tilton.
Miss Gail Leamaster's- essay on
George ElliOtt's humor won first place
in the school sketches. Second place
was won by Miss Nancy Edwards, with
the story, Jimmy and the Big Green
Picket" third, "Our Ranch" by Miss
Opal Garrett. and honorable mention by
Miss Margaret Powers on "a Bear
Story"
The program opened with the singing
of Kathleen Mavourneen," by II. 4.
Rosenstein. For encore he sang My
Love is Like a Red Red Rose" Miss
Annie StOlaroff played his piano &C
compartment
Mrs. Phillips read her poem. "Compen-
satiOn," and later in the program her
story, Her victory
Mrs. a. P. Averill read Mr.. Ashton's
poem, Thy Motive
Miss Gail Leamaster read her essay
on George Elliott
Miss Nancy Edwards read her story,
Jimmy and the Big Green Pickle"
Mrs Hal T. Christie read Miss Bar
tons story, The coming of the SenO-
ra." and Mrs. T. w. Nealon's poem,
'Sambo's Christmas Prayer" 4
Between the stories, Mrs. J. J. Tyn-
dali sang Ben Bolt" accompanied on
the piano by Mrs. J. NJ Richmond.
Miss Della Rosenstein sang Because
I Love You So" accompanied by Mrs.
Richmond.
Laurie and for encore sang VIII o.
the Wisp." T.. r. Koch played her pi-
anO accompaniment.
Mrs. D. v Fennessy played two violin
selections, an aria by G. 3. PergOles,
composed between 1710 and 1886. and
German. dance, by Won Dittersdorff,
composed between 1879 and 1893 Mrs
w. R. Brown played her piano accom-
paniment.
At the close of the program Mrs.
Fennell announced the original pro-
gram of the music department of the
club for February and the art depart
ment original exhibit in March, and re-
quested any El PasOans who composed
or painted to contribute their work to
these departments. There was a good
attendance.
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