The Ocala evening star., 1915-04-19
Mrs. Jennings and Mrs. HansbrOugh
Heard at the Woman's Club

Heard at the Woman's Club
The club year is drawing to close,
just three more meetings. The pro-
grams have all been beneficial, some,
of course, more instructive and inter
esting than others; several have been
the occasion of men and women of
state and national prominence visit
ing Ocala, for the sole purpose of ad-
dressing the Woman's Club, but of
! all the meetings none has surpassed
in interest the one of last Saturday
when Mrs. Frank Jennings of Jack
sonvilIe and Mrs. John Hansbrough
of Tampa were the speakers.
On account of the prominence of
the two guests of honor, the ban of
closed doors to the public was lifted
and in response to the general invita-
ton nearly hundred ladies assem-
bled, in cluding representatives from
the Belleview and Williston Woman's
Clubs. Innumerable bowls of brilliant
nasturtiums, pansies, sweet peas and
violets lent their charm to beautify-
| ing the already attractive club.
| The meeting opened with a short
first number of the program was
given by Miss Rena Camp of Frank
lin, Va, an attractive visitor. Miss
Camp played without notes Webber's
Concerto in F. Minor, the second and
third movements Her beautiful rem
dition of the difficult selection proved
her mastery of the keyboard.
| Since the announcement three
weeks ago of the coming of Mrs.
Jennings and Mrs. Hansbrough, much
| interest has been displayed in club
circles and when the beloved presi-
dent of the Ocala club, Mrs. C. r. Ty-
dings, graciously introduced Mrs.
Hansbrough, the first speaker, she
| ascended the rostrum amid an ovation.
Mrs. Hansbrough has several times
been charming visitor in Ocala and
i the introduction was only in accord
ance with form, for her audience in
/ cluded acquaintances and friends
with only a few exceptions.
4 In acknowledging the introduction,
the speaker said she bore greetings
from the most conservative club in
i the state to the most progressive.
] Mrs. Hansbrough took for her sub
ject, "Woman's Place in the Sun" and
made tremendous plea for suffrage.
Her address was one of argument, as
we'll as humor, and so well did she
present the needs of the ballot, and
showed the fallacies in the reasons
generally aimed against equal suf-
frage, that the club voted unanimous
ly to send the paper to the federation
bureau of information to be read be-
fore all of the clubs in the state. The
speaker has an adorable stage man
ner.
| Following Mrs. Hansbrough, Mrs
E. III. Mote whom Ocala claims as one
of her most cultured women, though
she for the past few years has beer
a resident of Leesburg, sang "MS
Heart is Singing" and "There Little
Girl, Don't Cry" The quality of rea
music is unmistakable always, ever
to those who are not versed in it:
terms and tenique, hence Mrs. Mote'l
appearance is always a great treat
She was accompanied on the piano
by Mrs. D. E. McIver.
II Mrs. Jennings spoke next. She wa
introduced by Mrs. William Hooker
who availed herself of the opportunit!
to tell her co-workers of the recog
milton received by Mrs. Jennings, ex
legislative federation chairman am
present president of the Springfield
| Club, at the biennial in Chicago las
summer. Mrs. Jennings was one o
five speakers who addressed the bi
ennial, an honor never accorded
: Floridian before.
In beginning her address on "Wom
ems Club Work and Public Service, o
Social Service" she spoke of the ad
miration and respect the local clul
had won throughout the federation
by the delegates it had sent to variou
conventions. Mrs. Jennings enjoy
/ the distinction of being the ables
public speaker in the federation an
it was with great pleasure that he
audience heard her. She possesses
magnetic personality and a deliver,
that commands the undivided atten
ton of her hearers.
Recently the speaker has studie,
closely four great women: Ann Hut
Gibson organizer of the first woman
club in Boston in 1888; Margare
Brett, the first suffragette; Ann Jud
son, wife of the first missionary t.
India, and Emma Willard, the frs
woman to introduce a bill into an,
legislature. She told of their live
and of their martyrdom for the cause
they upheld. In concluding he
splendid speech, Mrs. Jennings urge
her hearers not to lose illusions, tina
nothing helped so much as hitchinl
ones aspirations to a bright sta
with a large orbit.
Seldom has club the opportunit
of having a biennial delegate NEE