El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-20
Woman's Organization.

The regular monthly meeting of the
Robert E. Lee chapter Of the United
( Daughters of the COnfederacy Will be
] held Thursday afternoon at o'clock in
4 Trinity Methodist church.
The Adalante club of the Y. W. c. A,
will be in charge of the Vesper tea
/ Sunday afternoon at the !. ". G. A.
I Miss Gail Lane will talk on Forward
the motto of the club. 1t is to be a
/ 81 ecial message for those interested in
a greater y. W. c. A for Ell PasO.
The reading of the prize winning es-
says will be the principal feature of
/ the d. A. r. patriotic program to be
given Monday night at the High school
auditorium in celebration of George
( WashingtOn's birthday anniversary
Miss Gladys Buie, of the FL PaSO School
for Girls and Miss Mary Drown OF the
Lamar school, are the prize winners
( The medals viii be presented by Mrs.
Paul Atkinson. the regent of the chap
I Ter A patriotic program viii be given
i'm which the pupils of the various
schools viii take part and the High
school cadet corps will give the salute
to the flag. The program, which will
begin at s o'clock, is open to the public.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
union held its monthly meeting Friday
afternoon in the central rooms of the
Y. w. c. A. Mrs. Frances Roblee, the
president of the union, presided. Mrs.
NJ. T.. Peck read the scripture lesson
and led the devotional exercises. Mrs.
Horace A. Lay read the treasurer's re-
port Mrs. G. L Jones talked on state
wide prohibition. Mrs. NJ. r. Peck
talked on the effect that prohibition is
having on the Russian soldiers. Mrs.
NJ. c. Daniel talked on national prOhi-
bitiOn. Mrs. NJ. L. Strong spoke on
current events. a guessing contest
was held and Mrs e. L. Harris won the
prize Mrs. o. c. Coles gave the prize.
The next meeting will be held March
10 in the Y. W. c. A. rooms.
The mothers of the kindergarten chill
dren of the Rose Gregory HOuchen set
tement house, held their usual monthly
meeting Thursday afternoon at the set
Element house. A short business session
was held, then social time enjoyed.
The library, where the meeting was
held, was decorated with flags, apprO-
pirate for the coming anniversary of
WaShingtOn's birthday. Miss ErneStine
hurry, the kindergarten teacher, told !
the story of the cherry tree incident,
emphasizing the value of truthfulness
in children. In a drawing contest of the
cherry tree, Mrs. A. Vigil won the prize.
Refreshments were served. Little hatch
cts tied with red ribbons were given as
souvenirs to the mothers, of whom there
were 10 present Miss hurry was as
sisted in entertaining by Miss Elizabeth
Roe, Miss Emma Brandeberry and Miss
Adela Chavez, the officers of the Settle
ment house.
City parks and their planning will
De the discussion topic of the meeting
OF the art department of the Woman's
club W edneSday afternoon in the audi
forum of the high school Mrs. c. A.
Reinemund viii discuss parks as artis-
tic centers. Mrs. Horace A. Lay will
talk on parks as commercial asset (
and also on stimulating the apprecia-
ton of our public parks. Mrs. Claude I
Berry viii speak of the park systems
of the Pacific coast towns Mrs y. II. [
Pickles will talk on the parks about /
the nations capitol The talks of Mrs.
Berry and Mrs. Pickles will be illus
trated by stereopticon slides. Mrs. c. /
H. Campbell will talk on the expOsi- |
tiOn grounds at San Francisco. The
program will be in the charge Of Mrs. |
John F. Miller. During the program /
the chorus, led by Mrs Ralph NJ. Hen !
dersOn, will sing The Call by Mark !
Andrews