The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-02-23
WOMAN'S CLUB CELEBRATES
WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY.

| WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY.
A very delightful meeting was that
OF the Woman's Club Thursday when
Mrs. L. S. Amsden, of Atlanta, chair
man of State Junior Civics gave a
| talk to the club and their invited
guests, the Ocilla Woman's club.
y special program of entertaining
selections before and after the adj
dress consisted of music by quar-
tette composed of Misses Rhea Wise,
| nellie Frazer, nellie Averitte and Hell
en- Matthews, Miss Matthews accom-
panying the singers on the guitar.
Their selections were group of ne
gro songs. group of Irish songs,
and MT. Vernon Bells" Miss Mar
garet Pope Thurmond, in Martha
Washington costume gave charming
| rendition of Little Miss Martha
Washington" and Mrs. Alvin Thur
mond also was at her best in the sell
ectioh The Dead Pussycat" and LII
Somtim", accompanied on piano by
Mrs. Duard Jackson. Mrs. S. G. Pry-
or. ST., introduced Mrs. Amsden who
held the undivided attention of her
hearers. Mrs. Amsden paid a most
beautiful tribute to the day. the man
IN whose honor we celebrate that dav
and most of all to the flag, "our flag"
as she called it. She stated:
1--WE of the South love the Confed-
crate flag, but we revere this flag.
our flag. under whose protection we
live at this most critical time in our
history" She then turned to the sub
Ject of her talk, Junior Civics," giving
practical outline on work among
children of the city, the organization
OF children's clubs, etc, in beautifvig
and keeping tidy the homes. yards.
and streets in which they live. Mrs.
Amsden is very entertaining speak
er and although some of her sugges-
tons were along the same lines that
the club has already tried, she put
everything before her hearers in such
a happy way that they felt new en-
thusiasm to clean up" and keep
cleaned up"
The social part OF the afternoon was
under the direction of Mrs. G.. F.
Kicker, Miss nellie Frazer and Mrs. c.
NJ. Wise, and bevy of beautiful wo-
men with powdered hair. beauty pat
ches and quaint old fashioned gowns
who met the guests at the top of the
stairs and uShered them into the au-
ditorium where the flags and ferns UNI
der the artistic touch of Mrs. T. NJ.
Griffin, proclaimed the anniversary of
the celebrated patriot George Wash
ington. The many flags were loaned
for the afternoon by the w. r. C.'s.
Twenty ladies from Ocilla were pres
ent and after the program the young
ladies of the club and several matrons
gowned in beautiful Colonial cos
tunes served tea and sandwiches and
red and white minis from a table in
the center of the room. This table
was unusual inasmuch as it held an
elegant silver service priced as an
heirloom i'll the family of the presi-
dent Of the club. A crystal basket of
Gala lilies presented by Mrs. J. B.
Wall and Mrs. w. r. Parsons added
beauty to the table. The ladies in
costumes were Mesdames S. G. Pryor,
Sr., G. E. Kicker, c. NJ Wise. Marcus
Luke, G. Williams, R. M. Pryor, D. Z.
Jackson, A. H. Thurmond, c. A. Holt
zendorff, Denmark, l. M. Griffin, Mis-
scs nellie Frazer, Rhea Wise, Helen
Osborne, nellie Averitte, Helen Mat
thews, Maude Glover
The annual book shower in. charge
of Mrs. Denmark and Mrs. Montague
was held in the library and fourteen
books and small cash collection was
receiv The latter was so small il
is suggested that members who did
not find it convenient to contribute
at this time may do 50 at any time
Each guest of Ocilla was presented
with small silk flag.