Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-11-07
Society Notes

day afternoon at the meeting of the
Tuesday Study Circle of the Woman's
Club, held at the home Of Mrs. c. +.
Sims. on Third avenue The meeting
was held at $3.50 instead OF 2:30 in
order that the ladies' could attend the
funeral OF Mrs c. +. Petit, one of the
members of the department. Mrs. l.
l. Hanna read "a very interesting pa
per on the life and work OF Bret Hart
and read review and extracts from
his book, The Luck Of Roaring
Camp"
The next meeting Of the Tuesday
Study Circle will be held next Tues
day, November l6 at the home OF
Mrs. Sims at which time Mrs A. NJ
/ kile will conduct study OF the works
of Henry James, and his book. The
! Portrait of Lady" The date of the
meeting was moved forward one week
because OF the club meeting ON the
10th. for the reports OF the delegates
! to the state federation meeting.
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About twelve ladies living in one
neighborhood in center Ottawa have
formed a circle of the Red Cross and
meet TWO evenings each week for Red
Cross sewing The ladies spend a
very enjoyable evening in this man
ner. and lot of Red Cross sewing that
might not otherwise be accomplished
Is turned out at each meeting. These
4 circles should be formed in every
neighborhOOd in the city, for more ar.
ticles, especially machne-made arti-
cles, are needed by the soldiers at
once, and If the ladies of Ottawa form
into circles for evening work the ship
ments of articles made by the local
Red Cross will grow larger by leaps
! and bounds. The next meeting Of the
Center Ottawa NeighborhOOd Circle
will be held Friday evening at the
home of Miss Louise Grove on Wash.
ngton street
masquerade dancing party will be
given at the Willis dancing academy
next Tuesday evening, November IL,
at . o'clock A full orchestra. with
Joseph Reardon at the saxophone, will
; furnish the music.
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The Ladies' Auxiliary OF the A. o.
IA. Will have card party and dance
tonight al SchaeferS hall Cards will
be played until 10 o'clock and dane
ing will begin at 10 and lats until mid
night. Hentrich's orchestra will fur
nish the music The profits from this
dancing party will be donated to the
soldiers at the front.
!. The ladies of the FIRST Methods
. church will hold an all day meetin!
(. Friday, November 9th at the home o
Mrs. Clarence Watts in South Ottawa
township. The day will be spent il
working on articles for the Decembe
bazaar. A picnic lunch will be serve,
AT noon. Each lady is requested t
bring her own lunch.
: Today's registration at the cour
house has been coming in steady al
day. Most of the women registering
: today registered as unpaid housekeer
ers. andsregistered for Red Cross Wort
as a side line, Tomorrow the womel
: OF north Ottawa will register Th
/ registrars are not supposed to be nd
titled except thru the columns of thu
II daily newspapers, and any women az
; pointed is supposed to serve This /
a government registration and tn
registrars are not answerable to an
local person or organization. but t
the federal government The wor
. Of registrar is compulsory and an
IL woman appointed is supposed to serv
during the day she is appointed tol
Z The registrars for tomorrow will b
u Mesdames Hilton, officer Of the day, L
Il G. Weaver 0. h. Brockett. Lorenz
4 Leland, Selar Peltier, Ferriter. Elw
cellars and Misses Barbara l.ohmue
Ter, Katherine Sinnott and Ma
Weeks.
There will be an informal dancin
= party at the Boat Club tonight Thi
dance will take the place of the al
~ nual Halloween party and all men
Il bers of the club and their ladies ar
e invited to attend
The West Side Bible class will NEE
:, with Mrs. Howard. Thursday. Nov. II
;, instead of tomorrow afternoon. A
error was made in the announcemer
at the last meeting.
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a large attendance was present 8
! The Amateur Musical Club Novembe
meeting yesterday afternoon at tn
s. home OF Mrs. B f. Lincoln A stud
~ of American music and composer
r. was made. The program of musici
II. selections for the afternoon was a
ns follows:
g. Piano, (a) "Czardas." CD "ldyle
of fiat" (MacDowelU Miss Vida Been
H. Voive, la) "The Plant" (Mal
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