Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-01-15
What P Perth Amboy
Women Are Doing

Inc JOluL conference OIL L4le GlLs
literature and music department OF
the State Federation of Women
Clubs will take place in the Newark
Y.W.C.A. tomorrow morning at
1890 o'clock. The conference
promises to be one of great interest
and value. Addresses win be made
by the respective chairmen Of the
departments. Mrs. Aivoni r, Allen
Mrs. Oakley w. Cooke and Mrs. VIII
liam G. Hopper. Music will be pro-
vided by the Maplewood Women's
Club quartet. The Contemporary
Club OF Newark, the hostess clua.
has generously extended to all who
attend the conference, the privilege
of Carl Sandburg's Hour With
Poetry at Wallace Hall, in the
afternoon.
There will be a meeting of the
Parent-Teachers' Association of
School No. tomorrow afternoon at
$3.50 o'clock. Mrs. Arthur Gardner,
chairman of the Middlesex county
council OF the state Congress of
Mothers and Parent-Teachers' Asso-
citation will give an interesting talk
on the work of that organization.
Miss Claire Pfeiffer will entertain
promises to be most interesting and
it is hoped that many mothers will
attend.
The national headquarters for the
General Federation of Women's
Clubs opened their club house IN
! Washington last week with three
days meeting of the national board
| Of officers. Among the many mat
| ters discussed was the completion of
the fund of $4,000 to endow the
work at headquarters, one phase OF
which will keep the clubs at large
in close contact with operations in
congress. The federations will ask
each OF its forty-eight state branches
to establish fund to finance trips
to Washington for club women and
parties Of students for the purpose
of making acquaintance with the
machinery Of government.
| The general federation will push
the idea of the appointment of wo-
men in the embassies. An active
campaign for world friendliness will
be another undertaking of the gen.
eral federation, which Is allied with
eighteen organizations in foreign
countries. Plans are being made by
the board for it's annual confer
ence in Atlanta, Ca. in May. Mrs.
Arthur B. Proal. of Nutley, presi-
dent of the New Jersey State Fedora
ton, is attending the Washington
convention.
h Tonight the Women's City Demo
cratic Club will hold their card party
and dance in their club rooms over
the Strand theatre. The usual card
games will be in play and most at
tractive prizes will be awarded. Ex-
cellent music has been secured for
the dancing. Mrs NJ. Bracken, the
chairman, and her committee are
planning for large attendance.
The Ladies' Auxiliary OF the Y. NJ
II. A. will hold their regular meeting
in their clubrooms In Smith street
tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
at the close of the business session
ibridge will be played and refresh.
Iments will be served. All memberl
are urged to be present.
There will be no meeting of tht
lGirls' Club, as so many are attend
ing the Woman's Club guest night
this evening.
The civics department of the Wo
lman's Club are busy arranging twt
Iplays fer presentation in the Pres
!, lbyterian chapel, on Thursday after
noon, February S, for the benefi
OF the Community huuse. The char,
acters in both plays will be taken b.
club members and a most enjoyable
lafternoon is anticipated.
All preliminary arrangements
have been completed for the bridge
and tea to be held in the Hotel Mad.
ison on Wednesday, January "a, uu-
der the direction of the local Coun-
ell Of Jewish Women. Mrs. Barney
Avchen is chairman of the affair. As
there are limited number of tic
kets being sold, all those who intend
going should procure their ticket
from the chairman at once.
The Woman's Club will hold their
annual CUES: night in the high school
auditorium tonight. DR.. John Her.
man Randall of the Community
church In New York City will be the
speaker Of tine evening. His SUBJ
ject will be 1.-THE Science of Life a
A splendid musical program has
also been arranged. At the conclu-
sion of the program, dancing will
be enjoyed to music furnished by
Kenneth Martins orchestra. Each
member Is privileged to bring an un-
limited number of guests.
This meeting will also be open to
members on the waiting list. on pay
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