Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-10-24

Mss Maria Fernandez entertained the
Tuesday Bridge Club at her home on Eliza
beth street yesterday afternoon at $3.50
o'clock. Miss Hortensc Nixon and Mrs. j.
!. Canales were guests of the club. The
regular members in attendance were Mes
danes E. s. Order, j. J. Fox. O. X. Mason.
A. Wayne Wood, Dave Fernandez, Y. J.
Camiade and Misses Mamie Browne. Petra
Champion and Magdalena Fernando.
.
The members of the Learners Club met
yesterday afternoon at the library. Prac-
lcelly the entire. membership was present
and after the brief business session an in
tcresting program on Prohibition was
carried ont.
The various papers were introduced by
Miss Dora Willingham. She gave IN in
tercsting outline of the work that has been
done by the prohibition advocates and also
of the evils that resulted because of a lack
of prohibitory measures.
Mrs. George Stell gave n history of the
" IT. It
days down to the present time. She touch
ed upon the scope of the movement. and
discussed the important position that it
holds in the modern world. how il started
as a very small issue, and how now it holds
the attention and interest Of people all
over the world.
"a paper on s'Prohibition in Politics.
was read by Mrs. G. S. CLANCY. A papp-
on prohibition in Texas" was read by
Miss Fannh Mullen. An Interesting article
upon the place prohibition holds in litera-
ture, was read from the Book News Month
" by Mrs. +. X. T. Howard.
l-Fwo recently elected members were wei
come into the club, Miss Martin and Mrs.
Emmett Dodd. The name of Mrs. David J.
Baker was presented and she was unan-
imously elected TO membership.
Next Tuesday the club will meet and
render a program on Modern Medicine
and Surgery" Miss Anna Kelly will be
the leader of next weeks program.
Yesterday afternoon the Self Culture
Club met at the home of Mrs. II. l.. Yates.
and rendered a program on Ante Bellum
Poets. Mrs. James A. Graham led the topic
pr Patriotic Songs" sunr fF-a .a0
The singing Of Tho Star Spanclcd Ban
ner' opened the programs Mrs. Y. L. Con
rad, substituting for an absent member.
Mrs. j. h Bull, gave a story on the writ
ing Of that famous poem and It's author.
Then Mrs. Conrad gave a comparison of
the two poems, "The Swamp Fox and
''The Marion Men,
Mrs. Harbert Davenport gave a descrip-
tive reading on t'The. Land of the South.
by Alexander b. Meek. This was very n
tercsting and much enjoyed. Mrs. y. L..
Yates gave an Interpretation of '.Thc
Bivouac Of the Dead.D This proved an en-
joyable number.
The next meeting viii be held at the home
of Mrs. f. p. Reynolds. Mrs. Harbert
Davenport will lead the next program.
The Fort Brown Officers Club i ar
ranging for a Halloween dance. TO be given
at the Fort Brown pavilion on Saturday
big social event at the post. The usual
Saturday night hop will be given this com
ing Saturday.
Miss. Una Young. who has been in the
east the past several weeks. i expected to
return home Monday.
Mis- Margfrct West, Miss Anahcl Ben
nett and Miss Lille Harvey will DC, On the
program of fhe Girls National Honor
Guard Halloween party, to re given on
Halloween eve. 4 costume dance will be
presented by Miss West, an interprctative
dance by Miss Bennett, and Miss Harvey
will sing.