El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-25
Women's ORGANIZATIONS

The Alta Vista Embroidery and
/ Crochet club met at the home Of Mrs.
! John Reese, on .Estrella street, Wednes-
! day afternoon at o'clock. The after
noon was pleasantly spent in CONVEX
] sation and fancy work. Mrs Reese
served a tamale supper, assisted by
/ Miss Ethel Shearer. The guests of the
CLUB were Mrs. A. Lovett, Mrs. G. ST.
monson. Mrs. c. r. Shearer and Misses
Ethel and Florence Shearer. Those
present were Mrs W. .. Olsen, Mrs.
Fred II. DOugherty, Mrs. T. +. Taylor,
Mrs. W. c. Smith. Miss Edith Taylor,
Mrs II. A Wilson, Mrs. n c. Flint
Miss Florence Shearer, Miss Ethel
/ Shearer. Mrs. c. SimOnson, Mr.. and Mrs
John Reese. Mrs. W. O. Olsen will en-
terrain the club on March s.
The women's missionary union OF the
churches of the city held its regular
meeting Thursday afternoon in the
First Baptist church. Mrs. l. j. Ayers,
the vice president presided in the alb
( sence of the president, Mrs. W. II.
Pickles. Mrs D. NJ. Smith and Mrs. A.
NJ. Walthall led the opening prayers.
Mrs. Tom Lea, the secretary, gave the
minutes of the last meeting. short
business session was held. Miss Julia
Pool played several piano solos. In
response to the roll call Of the churches
the members answered with scripture
texts. r. r. Jones, assistant principal
Of the high school. talked in an inter
esting way upon the probable effect or
the present European war on the mis-
sions among the Moslems. Miss Ma
thilde Moses spoke OF the work of the
Chicago Training school for deacon
esses and missionaries. Mrs. J. A. Pot
ter outlined the program OF prepared
ness of the National Red Cross society
and urged the cooperation Of all the
women of the city in joining the Red
Cross society and carrying on the work
OF preparing bandages and hospital sup
plies for our army and navy. Mrs paul
Heermans announced the work Of the
Laymen's Missionary convention. which
meets the first week in March. Mrs.
G. a. Thumm spoke Of the travellers
aid tea, which will be given this at
ternoon by the travellers aid committee
of the Y. w c. A Mrs J. F. Williams
gave the closing prayer
The Eel Paso Equal Franchise league
met Thursday afternoon in the cham
Der Of commerce Mrs. $. J. Fennell,
the president, presided. Mrs. Alma J.
Cox read the secretary's minutes. Mrs.
Horace 4. Lay gave the treasurer's re-
port Miss A Louise Dietrich gave the
corresponding secretary's report. Mrs.
B. F. Jenkins as general chairman of
the Save the Babies week. reported the
progress Of the work. Mrs. s. S. Baker,
chairman Of the baby garments commit
tee, reported the work Of her commit
tees. Miss Louise Dietrich reported
that the Graduate Nurses association
VIII conduct a demonstration OF the
preparation OF OaDy IOOdS ana OLner
things pertaining TO babies welfare
every day during the Save the Babies
week, If a suitable room could be Sc
cured for this purpose. The food would
be prepared by groups of girls from
the domestic science cooking classes
Of the public schools. Mrs. J. A. Pot
ter. chairman of the supply committee
of the FL PasO chapter Of the National
Red Cross society, spoke on the neces-
sary preparedness program OF the ma
tional society in inauguratinE a plan
Of making bandage and hospital sup
plies sufficient to care for the army
OF the United States in its present size.
A large number Of the members present
Joined the Red Cross society after the
meeting was over. Following the bust
ness. there was an informal program, /
which, as the meeting was the social /
meeting Of the month. was humorous F!
in nature. Miss Anne Weeks gave a
clever negro monolog on suffrage !
called why Women Can't Vote" Nine /
little children from the Sunshine So
ciety day nursery sang "Tipperary' /
and recited a little poem in praise OF f.
the American flag. Miss Katherine J
Griffith recited The Revolt OF Mother