New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-29
What the Women's Clubs
Are Doing

The May convention Of the New YORK
City Federation, Mrs. John Francis
yawqer. president. will be held in the
Grand Ballroom Of the Hotel Aston on
Nav 4. with two sessions, one begin
ming at 10 a. m. and the other
2. m. The programme will be directed
by the patriotic. philanthropic and civic
committees, assisted by the muric
clubs. The Rev. John II. Wiley, Ph. d.
S. I'D, of Pittsburgh, will give the IN
vocation. The following speakers Will
be heard: Rear Admiral Bradley Allen
Fiske. representing the United States
navy; Major Reynold Webo Wilcox'
representing the United States army;
Miss Mary Wood, legislation; DR.. W.
w. Bellinger, of St. Agnes's Church.
philanthropy; Cyrus Townsend Brady
Americanization; Alice Fischer Har-
court will present Sidney Drew and
Richard Bennett, Nine. de Rivera will
introduce the subject of prison re-
form and the following speakers; Mrs.
Mortimer Menken, night courts; Mrs
! Carlos Born, domestic relations COURTS
Myrtle Fish, probation, and Miss
Powell, lie at Valencia.
The City Federation will do its bit
for National Baby Week on May at
the Hotel Aston, when an all-day meet
! ing, with luncheon between sessions,
will be served. The day will be under
the auspices of the committees on
2 hygiene, education, playground ana
child welfare. DR.. NJ. +. Scudder, OF
the Scudder School, will illustrate play
ground work with a model playground
electrically lighted Henry Parsons
will exhibit miniature garden, DR..
Stitt. of the Board Of Education, and
DR.. johann Leo and Mrs. Roy Fletchcr
will speak; Dina Hope Chester will give
/ chidren's stories and there will be eX-
preston dancing by children; Nine.
Won Klcnner will speak on music for
( children and lullabys in different Ian
guages will be sung by the composer;
DR.. Haven Emerson, Health Commits
sioner, will talk on infantile paralysis
and Mrs. William Sunday will be honor
guest at the luncheon. The meeting
will be held in the North Ballroom.
The annual meeting of the st. Cath
crime Welfare Association was held on
+, Thursday of last week, and the follow
ing members were elected to Office for
the year: Miss Sara McPikc, presi-
dent; Mrs. Anna Sands O'Shes, vice
president; Miss Catherine Grace HO-
gan, treasurer; Miss Frances Gallogly
corresponding secretary; Miss Jo-
sephine Morey, financial secretary;
Miss Margaret f. Hector, recording
secretary; Miss Marian I. Dempsey and
Miss Mary Frances Hogan, members at
large. The following were elected
chairmen of committees: Miss Wini-
fred Sullivan, legal; Mrs. Catherine
Cahill, public meetings.; Miss Katherine
Hoarn, ways and means, and Miss Lille
McGlade, membership.
Reports of a special committee on
rlans for war service will be submitted
at the meeting to be held Thursday,
May II, and plans will be completed
for the public meeting to be held in
the school hall of St. Agnes's, East
Forty third Street, on Friday, May 25,
at which the Rev. Father Bedford will
be the principal speaker.
The New Workers, Mrs. Charles X.
Mills, president, held their final meet
ing of the season on Friday last at the
Hotel Aston. The following members
were elected to the club: Mrs. j.
Parker Pray, Miss Gladys Pray. Mrs.
Royal Copeland, Mrs. Phillip C.
Boreum. Mrs. Carrie Raybold, Mrs. Nor
bert Bachman, Mrs. J. R. Megrue, Mrs.
C. Sheperd, Miss Elizabeth O'Brien and
Mrs. Wood Reynolds.
A social hour was held after the
business meeting, during which Mrs.
Royal Copeland told of the work being
done by the Flower Hospital during the
war, and Miss NJ. L. When talked on
the war work women could do at home.
Miss E. Marguerite White sang a group
Of English songs.
The card party to be held on April 80
at the Hotel Aston for the benefit of
the New Workers. booth of the Actors
Fund Fair promises to be we'll attended,
according to the reports of the chair
men, Mrs. Charles r. Perkins and Mrs.
Edward Fritts.
The third and last concert, to be held
at the Hotel Aston on Tuesday evening,
May s, promises to be one of the most
brilliant affairs ever given by the Mo-
Fart Society. Caruso will sing. The
other artists will be Miss Claire Lii
liam Peteler, soprano, and the Mozart
Society Choral, which will be heard in
a number of new selections. Carl Hahn
will be the conductor. Richard Bar
thelemey will accompany Caruso and
Charles Gilbert Spross will accompany
the choral.
The New York Chapter of the Alum
na Association OF st. Joseph's Col
lege, Emmitsburg, Nd, held its ninth
semi-annual meeting at the home OF
the Misses Stewart, 1885 Concourse,
New York City, on Wednesday, April