El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-07
Women's Organizations

The Alta Vista Embroidery and
Crochet club met Wednesday afternoon
at 2 o'clock at the home OF Mrs. W. E.
Dawson, on Rayner street. The after
noon was pleasantly spent in CONVERSE
ton and fancy work. The rooms were
decorated in pink carnations. A buffet
luncheon was served by the hostess,
Miss Edith Taylor assisting. Those
present were Mrs Fred II. Dougherty,
Mrs W o. Olsen. Mrs. =. +. Taylor,
Mrs W. c. Smith. Miss Edith Taylor.
Mrs. H. A. Wilson, Miss Clint Oldum,
and Mrs. W. Z. Jones. a new member
Of the club.
Mrs. Eva Penny entertained the
Women's Bible class of Trinity Metho-
dist church, Thursday afternoon, at her
home on Rio Grande street The mem
bers brought their fancy work and
while they sewed, enjoyed a phOno-
graph concert A flower contest was
PLAYED An ice course was served by
the hostess, assisted by her daughter.
Mrs. A. W. Blinebry and Mrs. II. p.
danes G. /. Jones, Ross Il. Bryan, L.
T. Trotti, f. r. Cole, e. L. Guerry. VI.
L. Towner, E, D. Moore, II. P. Jackson,
Toe Battle and A. W. Blinebry. Miss
Lizzie Roberts and little Frances Bline-
bry and Lillian Moore.
The Highland Park branch OF the
missionary society of the Westminster
PRESBYTERIAN church met Thursday
afternoon at the home OF Mrs. Z. B.
Elfers 1910 Alabama street A talk on
the work for the present year was led
nv Mrs J. II. Logan and followed by
General discussion. Mrs E. r. GiIchrlst
gave an interesting talk on the early
history of the Westminster Presby
terian church. Refreshments were
served by the hostess. There were
present Mesdames NJ B. Hamilton. r.
r Gilchrist c. W. Peale, W. L
IL, n
f. Tannehill. Z. T. Lowman. L l. Rob
inson. $ NJ James. J. H. Hamilton. Z
A. J. Seldom. and J. II. Newton
The Missionary society OF the Alta
Vista Methodist church met THURSDAY
afternoon for its monthly business
meeting at the church. The scripture
lesson was read by Mrs C. X. Camp
bell. who also made the opening prayer
for the sick. Mrs. H. n. Miller sang,
accompanied by Mrs. J. p. Burton. The
routine reports OF the officers for the
past quarter were read. During this
time 122 visits were made and 10 new
members were added to the society.
At the beginning OF the quarter the
society was divided into three circles
and at the close OF the quarter the
circle raising the largest sum of money
during that time was to be entertained
by the two other circles. The Wes-
leyan circle, OF which Mrs. ". H. Kess-
Ter is the chairman. was announced as
the winner and will be entertained in
the near future. The meeting closed
with prayer.
Current events in suffrage were dis
cussed at the regular weekly meeting
OF the FL PasO Equal Franchise league
Thursday afternoon in the chamber of
commerce. An article on the milestOnes
in the woman movement" by Dorothy
Dix, was read by Miss Lula PREFER.
Mrs. George Clements read an article
from a Virginia newspaper describing
the scene in the Virginia house OF dele
gates when the bill to make the Uni
versity Of Virginia a cOeducatiOnal in
stitution, granting equal educational
opportunities to women was defeated
after a bitter fight and the legislators
who had defeated the bill expressed
their triumph in a wild demonstration.
Miss r NJ Augur reviewed the career
Of DR.. Elizabeth Blackwell and DR.. En-
lily Blackwell, the first women I'm his
tory to gain admittance to a medical
institution and become physicians. Mrs.
B. F. jenkins read an argument for
women's recognition. written 400 years
conducted by Mrs. s J. Fennell, fol-
Of the society will be held next Thurs
day afternoon.
Mrs Charles Seldom and Mrs Charles
circle five Of the aid society Of the
First Methodist Episcopal church.
Thursday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. Seldom on Bliss street. The pro-
gram opened with a short devotional
service. Following this a brief bust
ness meeting was held. The usual