Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-14
NEW CENTURY CLUB
a MEMBERS SING
Novel Feature of the Meeting
Held in the Clubhouse
Yesterday.

Community singing by the New Cen.
tury Club yesterday was a great success
and after a long business session, club
members rcloiccd IN some very beautiful
violin solos by Miss Edna +. Braddeld
and in singing such old familiar songs as
.'Star Spangled Banner" Yankee
Doodle" Men of Harlech," "Three
Blind Mice" and "Old Black joe" t.
Leslie Carpenter led the singing, and
there was piano accompaniment by Mrs.
p Huxley with violin obligato by Miss
Bradfcld.
Miss Bradfeld's selections were well
chosen, and represented national color and
the modern spirit. She began with
"Iegardc" by Wieniawski and "Canzo-
netta" by d Ambrosio, representing the
French-Flemish and the Italian schools,
then she gave an Irish melody, "a Gentle
Irish Maiden a Scotch air, ''Over the
Heather and concluded with two Indian
songs. From the Wigwam' and ITO the
Warrior" by Cecil Burleigh.
The business session included beside
Mrs HammItt talk on markets (prlnted
elScwherc) n number of committee re-
ports The club decided to invite the
State Federation to meet here In April
and left arrangements with the executive
committee.
Miss Mather reported that the first
soction of the "yovager's Library had
gone To the New Castle County Work
house There were 20 volumes IN the
consignment, and 20 will go out each
succeeding month until 100 shall have
gone The first School Museum that
the library committee is preparing is
ready 70 be launched and will start on a
round Of the county schools next week.
The tirst museum Is Japanese, and now
the committee desires to have articles
that Will make up an Egyptian museum.
They ask that the club members pos
sesslng ANYTHING that will inform children
on Egypt will if possible, donate IT for
The museum.
Mrs William F. Webb reported for the
entertainment committee that Earl Barnes
Will lecture al the club Thursday after
noon of next week on Ninety Years of
life Miss Janet Richards will give her
last lecture on March .. and Alfred
Moves will be here on March IA.
When Mrs Frederick Snyder reported
that 81 visitors had been at the House
keepers Center, 702 King street, club
members were evidently pleased with the
result of thrIr contribution toward food
conservation Mrs. Snyder announced a
good attendance ~ the demonstrations
and stated that, owing to the generosity
Of one member. the center will be kept
open two months longer 1t Will remain
closed the rest Of this week, and will open
again next Monday.
\ class in parliamentary law was An
nounccd by Mrs II p Ewes, chairman Of
club classes Ii viii be held once a week
during March, with Prof. +. ). Vaughn
of Delaware College for the first leader.
Sweaters and socks are needed by the
Twentieth Regiment of Engineers, In
foreStryservice in France, and club men,
bers were asked by Mrs. George I.
Brown chairman OF conservation, for
contributions OF money TO provide wool,
and knitters also are wanted. Foresters
are not taken care of by the Red Cross,
and for this reason the General Fedora
tion Of Women's Clubs has undertaken
to provide them with warm things. The
conservation committee of the club sent
20 Christmas boxes TO the forestcrs and
several very fine letters of thanks have
recently been received. The boxes arrived
very happily on Christmas night and were
very much appreciated
The club received an invitation from
the faculty OF the Wilmington High School
70 attend Patriotic Day. on February 20,
st 10 a m. when a Service Flag viii be
displayed and q Roll of Honor read.
Mrs f. T Negendank announced that
$ Chinese opera viii be given by the music
committee on April Is in the afternoon
Admission viii be charged and the pro-
eeeds viii be gwen To the Red Cross.