The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-19
Social Events
Speaker Secured
For Woman's Club
Il Noted Lecturer

10 Noted Lecturer
Earl Barnes, lecturer and author
Of several books. is to address the
Rock Island Woman's club 1t the
FIRST meeting Of the season Satur-
day afternoon 1t $50. He will
speak on "A Successful Failure"
Mr.. Barnes is considered one OF the
best speakers for the Philadelphia
forum, a most discriminating audi
ence at the lecture sponsored by the
forum group in Philadelphia never
firing of hearing the speaker. Re-
Gently he spoke in Brooklyn and
some six hundred persons were
turned away from the, lecture hall.
and an immediate date made for a
return date for the same lecture.
The speaker is an authority oh
sociological, historical and educa-
tional questions. For two years he
was professor. of history at the
of Indiana and fcA five
years at Leland Stanford univers-
ity. He is a lecturer for the Uni
versity of Chicago extension course.
and has been a public lecturer for
Is years. Besides bein ga fluent
speaker, Mr.. barnes is the author
OF several books, two Of which are.
"Women's Place in Modern Society"
and Where knowledge Fails"
PIT. A. to. Sponsor Fr0lic.
Longfellow Parent-Teachers' as
ISOLATION is to have a carnival to-
morrow night at the school. Var
ipus rooms will be used for the at
fractions, which will include the
usual booths and concessions. A
sketch is to be presented by the
teachers of the school as feature
of the evening. 1t is planned 20
make the affair frolic for the
young and old.
Second Christian Aid.
An all-day sewing was held yes
terday by the ladies' aid society OF
the Second Christian church. There
were q members present at the
session. A picnic dinner was serv-
ed at noon. The society will spon-
sor an all-day bake sale at Young &
McComb's store on Saturday morn
ing. The next meeting Of the aid
will be held Wednesday, Oct. Is, al
the church.
Aid to Meet.
The regular meeting of the ladies
aid society of Broadway Presbyter.
ian church will be held tomorrow
afternoon at the home of Mrs. ]. e
Ray, 1920 Twentieth street. The
meeting is called for 2 o'clock and
the members will work on articles
to be sold at the sale Dec,iS.
Z. c. Fisher Addresses PIT. A.
E. c. Fisher addressed the mem
bers of Franklin school parent
teachers association Tuesday aft
ernoon at the reguior meeting or
Junior High Schools" Mrs. H. E
Turnbaugh gave a report of thu
state meeting held last spring il
Chicago, and the children of tht
eighth grade sang. Orchestra Sc
lections and demonstration of gym
nasium work completed the afte-
Moons program. From 1870 unit
3 o'clock mothers spent visiting
the rooms in which they had chill
dren. At the conclusion of tn,
business session refreshments wer'
served by a committee. The mex
meeting will be held Nov. 81.
Dinner Dance for Miss Evans.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry F. Evans ant
F. H. French of Camp Mcclellan
Davenport, will entertain at ;
dinner-dance Saturday evening
Loot. IS, at Rock Island Arsena
Golf club. The affair is to intro
duce Mr. Evans sister, Miss Eliza
beth Evans of Philadelphia, VIII
will arrive next Friday for a visi
at her brothers home.
Moline MaFons Give Luncheon
' Bridge.
Mrs. ]. L. Oakleaf and Mrs. So
Hirsch of Moline are entertaining
tomorrow at luncheon-bridge a
the Terrace Gardens, Davenport
Luncheon will be served at o'clot
and the afternoon spent at game
of bridge. y
viii Undergo Inspection.
Barbara Frietchie tent, No. g.
Daughters of Veterans, will>under
60 the annual inspection tomorro,
afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Y. v
&c. A. parlors. All the officers ar
requested to gather at l o'clock
prepare for the inspection.
Second Division Meets
Mrs. Frank Marston, I'll Forty
third street, was hostess yesterda
afternoon to members of the fir,