Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-08

Mabel Cronise Jones. Mrs. D. NJ
George Preston Mains. Miss Fannie
NJ. Eby, Mrs. Robert A. Lamberton
Mrs. John H. Weiss. Mrs. William
NJ. Hahn, Miss NJ. Caroline Weiss
! Mrs. d. S. Funk, Miss Mary Jen-
nings and Mrs. j. *. Smith.
Two-minute talks were given by
representatives of the industrial
clubs, as follows: r.. L. Q. NJ.
Miss Carrie Miller; Kresge Kom-
rade, Miss Clara Wallower; Bachelor
Girls, Mrs. Clara Wolfe; Blue Tri'
angle, Mrs. John Kuhn; Monito
Miss Mary Bechtel; High School
Miss Grace Peake.
The musical numbers were fur
nished by Miss Alice Decevee
pianist Miss Evelyn Cumbler, So
prano, and Miss Romayne Boyer
soprano.
The general secretary's report, by
Miss Ella NJ. Stitt, was as follows;
Though the clouds OF war hung
low over our country at the opening
of last year and it was prophesied
that we would have a very hard year
yet we have had one of the most sue
cessful in the history of the AS
sociation.
I'm no department has stone
been left unturned where we might
show forth the true spirit of pa
triotism. This will be shown when
reports of different departments are
read. We now have 1,465 members
of whom have done special war work
in this country and five of whom
are doing Association work In
France.
Religious Work
"In the religious department, Mrs
Jennings, chairman. there have been
many interesting meetings. Early
in the year, Mrs. Harold Baldwin
gave series of talks on War and
Women" These vesper services
were held at five o'clock on Sunday
evenings. The first subject was
"The Greater France" the second,
Safety in terms of Service" the
third, Comrades in Service" and
the last. Seeing Ourselves as others
see U.s." These talks described
graphically the work being done by
women in France, England, Russia
of each country was used in connec-
tion with the service. On February
f. Miss Seesholtz gave a talk al
vesper service to an audience of 100
high school girls. March 10, Miss
Newbold, a member of Irving Col
lege faculty gave the story "A Com
rade in White" which has q strong
spiritual message. March II, the
Kresge Club of the Bresge store had
charge of the meeting and furnished
special music. This was the first
vesper service under their auspices.
DR.. Bagnell gave fine talk. March
25th, Mrs. Menges, teacher of Span
ish had charge of the meeting. Miss
Cortez, secretary of Spanish speak
ing girls of Buenos Ayres, was the
speaker and made a strong appeal
for our assistance in the Buenos
Ayres work. This fall, We have had
interesting meetings conducted by
the different departments. The
average attendance during the year
was rs. During Lent, Mrs. John Y.
Boyd, gave six lectures on the book
of Genesis on six successive Monday
evening sand in the fall, she gave
four lectures on the book of Exodus.
This hall was filled to overfiowing
which showed that these Bible talks
were much appreciated. The re-
ligious work in the various clubs is
carried on by religious work COM
mittees.
Educational Department
(Miss Weiss, Chairman)
During the earlier part of the
year we had six Red Cross classes
every week. Two in telegraphy and
four in dietetics. There were five
other classes in Domestic Science
taught by Miss Muriel Warner and
in the fall the Domestic Science was
taught by Miss Helen Wallis. Dur
ing the year there was a total enroll
ment in Domestic Science of los.
Miss Watts reports that many kinds
of baskets haYa been made in tho