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Newspaper

The Indianapolis Journal

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Sep 01, 1901

Page

8

City Women Clubs Outline Social and Literary Work in Indianapolis

The Indianapolis women's clubs publish broad season programs marking expanded public presence. Highlights include debates on art, architecture, sociology, and education plus extensive guest days and member-led discussions aimed at city improvement and school board advocacy.

Club schedule listing guest topics and officers

A detailed calendar of club meetings from October to May listing speakers and topics such as Music as a Social Factor Native Customs of Mexicans and Their Relations to Other Americans Prescott the Historian of Mexico Current Events Humor and Pathos of Dickens Modern English Writers Review of a Noted Book Aaron Burr Our Modern Novelists Patriotism in Women Old Glory in the Land of the Oppressed Literature in Germany and Russian Literature What Is Education The Pan American Exhibition A Man's Share in Primitive Culture Turkish Women of Today Victorian day The Greatness of Queen Victoria and a reception naming officers and officers' titles.

Cassel Metz de Vore Fox Norris Hart Wright Wilhhelmina Wilkins Siberia Morrison Ellis Burkit Seibert Lincoln McClure Baker Washington City McClu J. Gary A. N. Fowles Moffet Mary Calkins C. M. Cross Albert Johnson Dean Cravens Joseph Hunter Creighton George Galvin Jeffries Hunter Elizabeth Powell Queen Victoria Banning C. W. Harvey J. G. Kingsbury J. EB. 43Riggs J. T. Layman James Banning J. L. Hunter

Club Officers Plan Seasonal Readings and Recitations

The program lists Officers President Stella Wilder and others, with members Baker Thompson Wardwell Metz Gebauer Ellis Fox De Vore Wilkins. From Sept to Dec members schedule quotations from Scott and Eliot, poems by Riley and Twain, readings on William Cullen Bryant and Henry Drum, current events, music, and holiday notices.

Stella Wilder Alice Baker Helen Thompson Anna Wardwell Fred Metz E. H. Gebauer H. R. Ellis W. A. Fox Ada G. de Vore Carrie Wilkins Hart Walter Scott Burkit Morrison William Cullen Bryant Wardwell Henry Drum de Vore Fox Kerch Mesdames Sethert Thompson Wildes Ellis Metz Norris Wright McClure George Eliot Are Wilkins Mark Twain Blil Nye Baker

Women’s Club Programs and Music Schedule List

A chronology of monthly programs featuring conversations and music led by members such as Mrs. Howell Clarker Mrs. Emily Fletcher and Mrs. Walker. Notable entries include topics like The Men of 1848 Oberammergau and The Eternal Light of Rosegger with dates from October to May and participant lists.

Howell Clarker Nuremburg Emily Fletcher C. M. Walker Louis Burckhardt Henrietta Goldschmidt Auguste Schmidt Helen Lange Lina Morgenstern James T. Eaglesfield Frederick Francke Clemens Vonnegut, Jr Bertha Test Emil Wulschner F. P. Rush Rosegger William Haerle Segur Oberammergau Henry Severin, Sr T. Wagner Louis Hollweg

Reading Circle Club Calendar Highlights Activities

A historical club program list shows monthly sessions with presidents and officers, guest days, responses from notable authors, and music. Notable participants include Mrs. Addie Deitch Frank, Mrs. Lulu Moran, Mrs. Phoebe Reed, and Mrs. Nell Alexander. The items cover biographies, poetry, essays, readings, and seasonal events through June 11 picnic.

Addie Dietch Frank Lulu B. Moran Phoebe Reed Nell Alexander Margaret Gore George Bartholomew Our Club Addie Deitch Frank Ella Billings William Cullen Bryant Gordon Elia Billings Lulu Moran Nannie Fontaine Agnes Hobbs Nettleeeeee Society Nell Alexand Carrie Eastburn California Emma Hanna Enterprise Armenia Pinchon Mary Alexander Shakspeare Washington Phoebe Ene Ellen MccBane Hulda Stout Sadie Beck Julia Rohan Anna Tessen Hannah Woodworth Nellie Wampler Nettie Rinker Harriet Beecher Stow Helen Hunt Jackson R. A. Deitch Irene Scudder

Friday Afternoon Reading Club Schedule Highlights

A calendar of Friday meetings from Oct to Mar lists hosts, music, readings, and talks. Activities include salutatory poems, selections from Fanny Fern, Victor Hugo, and Tolstoy, plus discussions on De Lesseps, Cuba, and women. Roles span Mrs. Hutson to Mrs. Spahr.

Nelle S. Hutson Sarah B. Gilbert Fanny Fern Anna B. Hobbs Sallie C. H. Haskell Missouri F. Woodward Lizzie V. Spahr Augusta W. Paver Timothy Titcomb Carrie Halpin Victor Hugo Mary Rice Addie C Engle Carrie W. Hester Ida 8 MecBride Ida S. McBride Lina M. Tie Ida R. Pursell Ella C. Zaring Helen Ensley Grant Melissa Caylor M. Agnes Sherfey Arminda Moore Lee Tolstoi Louise B. Twiname Sarah R. Gilbert Carrie W. Hoster Nettie New M. F. Woodward

Women club programs span years of talks and readings

A long list details monthly events for a women’s club and Boys' Club Pleasant Evenings, featuring readings, music, world events discussions, and guest evenings. Names include Arminda Moore, Dorothea Ross, Elia Zaring, Mary Rice, Ella McBride, Hitt, Temple, Heaton, Breeding, Montieue, McConnaughey, and many others with topics from Clara Barton to Halloween origins and Indiana writers.

Arminda Moore Ruskin Mr. Hadley Nettle New Mary Rice Louis Agaseiz Thesta A. Oa Ida Pursell Dorothea A. Ross Sallie C. H. Haskell Helen Ensley Mellie S. Hutson Romaine R. Armstrong Lizzie V. Spahr Louise B Twiname Mary J. Hadley Agnes Hitt Sarah B. Gilbert Rhoda E. Temple J. B. Montieue Frank Heaton David McConnaughey John Heaton Harry Rowley Minger Monticue W. FE. Mattox Miss Temple Hatfield F. Heaton Roach Dee Edward Hatfield J. Heaton James Breeding Montieue Samuel Roach McConnaughey Fred Minger Mattox Indiana Breeding Harvey Hatered John Harvey J.B. Montieue Clara Barton The Red Cross Society Omen Decoration Day Rowley

October to December Club Hostesses and Readings Schedule

The list details club events from October through December with hostesses and themes. Oct 2 President's Day with Mrs J W McGrew and assistants. Oct 11 quotations from Midsummer Night's Dream and First Novelist Arthur Mervyn. Oct 21 hostesses and readings including As You Like It and Washington Irving. Nov 7 studies from Romeo and Juliet Maurice Thompson and others. Nov 11 City Legends and The Child's Home Life. Dec 5 guest evening with hostess Mrs B

J. W. McGrew C. Roberson J. F. Benham C. Edwards W. S. Hoss C. Sheridan Arthur Mervyn W. H. Wheeler Charles Roberson K. Armstrong J. Roberson Edwards

Community club lecture and reading schedule

An archival list details hostess duties and quotations for monthly meetings from January to May, including readings from Shakespeare, Emerson, Hawthorne, and Dickens figures. It also notes guest evenings, Philharmonic String Quartet appearances, organ and artists recitals, miscellaneous programs, and the annual business meeting led by various club members.

Philharmonic String Quartet

Alfred Millennial and Living Issues Club Schedule

A sequence of club meetings from Oct to June lists speakers and topics such as The Anglo-Saxon Spirit, Finance in Fiction, Living Issues discussion, and The Potentiality of the Stage. Participants include Mrs. Katherine L. Dorsey, Miss Anna Spann, Mrs. May Wright Sewall, and others, with dates from Oct 4 to June 6 and an annual report.

Edward Daniels Charles Martindale Miss Coughlen The Alfred Millennial Katherine L. Dorsey Horace McKay Anna Spann Scot Butler Hellas C. F. Sayles F. H. Blackledge May Wright Sewall Henry D. Pierce H. A Edson O. B. Jameson Anna Nicholas A. F. Potts Eliza G. Wiley Mary Dean James T. Eaglesfield J. D. For- Test F. W. Chislett H. L. Beveridge B.D. Walcott L. A. Cox V. K. Hendricks J. H. Holliday H. L. van Hoff Bonn Nannie L. Newcomer J. N. Carey Herder H. CC. Martin George C. Hitt Mazzini W. L. Elder Machiavelli A. P. Spruance A. B. Wells G. G. Tanner Europe Marie Ritzinger P. H. Clifford

Women’s club program schedule through spring

A long list details monthly meetings led by various hostesses from Sept down to April. Guests discuss responses to Poe Shakespeare Lowell and others, with conversations on literature, music, art, moral themes, and disease of society, including noted speakers and performances.

Passion Play and Club Notes From Literary Circles

A detailed ledger of meetings and hosts for a women’s literary club year. Sessions cover Browning, Washington, Jane Austen, Dickens, George Eliot, and Japanese art. Officers elected include President G. M. Henderson and secretaries A. M. Roberts and A. Lewis. Monthly hostesses and topics span literature, politics, art, and foreign influence, concluding with a June picnic.

C. L. Eastburn Adah Harriet Kilman Valentine Leonard Browning Mary Q. Burnet C. W. Gorsuch J. Ho Orndor Greeta G. Moore Lillian Moore Washington Mary E. Leonard May Aufderheide G. M. Henderson Mary I. Kramer Gertrude Goodhart Alta M. Roberts Annie A. Lewis W. M. Stevenson

Community women program schedule lists lectures and guests

Oct to May meeting calendar details guest speakers and topics on literature music and history led by Mrs. Stubbs Furnas Evans Nordyke and others with open days and roll calls using titles like Queen Victoria Shakespeare and Thomas Moore and featuring readers and pen portraits of authors and journalists.

J. H. Stubbs Queen Victoria H. M. Hadley J. G. McDowell Shakespeare William Shakespeare M. I. Kramer Portia Ralph Morgan J. J. Brown Brown M. C. Kendall Willard Evans F. F. McCrea Robert Adams Edward Selvage Indiana Evans Richardson Rowntree F. F W. N. Wilson Jesse Kellys Eresias Charles Nordyke W. P. Soewell A. T. Coate Thomas Moore Rowland Evans J. H. Furnas J. G. Mac Dowell R. W. Furnas

Meeting notes of ladies club program listings

A sequence of meeting dates and guest speakers for the club year is listed. Topics include biographies and historical subjects such as Lost Colony of Roanoke Bonnie Prince Charlie Denmark's Connection and Russia in Central Asia. Multiple presenters are named alongside their hosts and dates from October to June.

R. W. Cathcart John W Roanoke Sey A. R. Hale Henry Coe FF. McCrea Alice Finch W. D. Pratt Holland J. 0. Henderson F. F. McCrea Wilhelmina Flora Jones Java E. Perkins Allison Maxwell Denmark D. L. Wood A. N. Dwyer Russia Central Asia John W. Jones CN. Thompson

Amateur Music Club Plans Ninth Year Program in 1892

The Amateurs, pupil musicians under Max Leckner, prepare a nine year program of music history and Browning readings. Schedule spans October to May with monthly meetings at various member homes, featuring lectures on ancient and medieval music, church music, polyphony, and Browning’s The Ring and the Book.

Max Leckner Leckner North Pennsylvania Street Miss Moore North East Street Lillian E. Moore Adam South East Street Alice M. Hapin Ida Vaughan Edith Dockweller Miss Williams North Meridian Street Lillie J. Adam Richardson College Avenue England Nellie Welshans Miss Butler Park Avenue B. A. Richardson Welshans Emily McDowell Herron North Alabama Street

Long History of Meetings and Programs Listed for Club

The document lists dozens of club meetings and guest days spanning autumn through spring. Members like Mrs. Masters Mrs. Robison and Mrs. Perry Hester lead programs on social settlements Tolstoi Dutch pottery and Russian Christmas customs with numerous discussions recitations and musical interludes.

Masters E. J. Robison J. Perry Hester C. C. Rowlison Hull House Percy Johnson Margaret Cox May Kendall Hannah Wilmuth A. J. Clark Alice D. Moore Fremont Swain J. R. Francis Swain J. D. Johnson Tolstoi Charles McNaull Russia C. A. Paquette Galpin Hall Rumpler W. T. Jarvis F. C. Gardner A. D. Moore A. B. Philpott Kendall George Hodell Walter T. White N. G. Warth Holland Miss Cox J. P. Hoster Ollah Toph J. F. Yockey F. F. Mctrea Burns Dickey Michael Angelo Longfellow N. G. Worth Vittoria Corona E. C. Rumpler J. L. Mas

Bargain Sale on Fabrics In Store This Monday

Readily available new stock described as suitable for any room in the house. Fabrics range from 234 by 3 yards to 3 by 4 yards, with prices including 6.75, 8.50, 9.50, and 10.50. Available on the first floor and second floor windows are mentioned with a 4.00 to 7.50 price spread. Winter affordability highlighted.

Recitation and program notes for spring school events

A fragment lists recital participants Mrs Miller and Mrs Woodward with pieces Wilhelmina and Florence Nightingale. Activities include recitations, a book review, music, and a May 1 salutatory and valedictory by students Rhoads and Mya D Fisher, ending with The day we celebrate on May 15.

Anda Miller Wilhelmina W. W. Woodward E. Thompson Florence Nightingale E. Lawrence J. H. Edmonds C. EB. Weir L. C. Gein Rhoads Mya. D. Fisher

Indianapolis Club Officers and Sessions Detailed

The Indianapolis Club lists officers led by President Augustus Mason and Vice President Orange 6 Runels, with officers Brown F Hodges and Junius B Hurry as secretary and treasurer. Committee chairs include A. Bastian and Thomas C. oar, and a long slate of arrangements and social program speakers from October through June, featuring topics like natural rights, the Declaration of Independence, art, education, and notable figures such as Aaron Burr and Emerson. The Local Council officers are President Mrs Eliza A Blaker, Vice President at large Mrs Katherine JH Day, recording secretary Mrs W Theodore Barnes, corresponding secretary Mrs Wm J Cook, and treasurer Mrs Henry Kahn.

South Meridian Madison Avenue Edgar H. Evans Mra A. M. Ogle C. S. Eaglesfield T. C. Day Theresa Pierce D. W. Co L. L. Todd M. .H. Pritchard Elder William Jillson Alexander McPherson John L. Griffiths Voltaire Samuel Brash Eugene Thompson Mary Kahlo John Jones W. J. Richards Henry Coe E. J. Foster R. Hawkins Eddie Campbell J. H. Vajen Sarah Wilson Louisa Fletcher Mary Browning Butler Eleanor Smith C. M. Zener J. Cumming Smith J. H. Taylor J. J. Cover James Noel Adele Wallic Edgar Evans William Howe Germany L. B. Hopkins George Merritt Haree Rovers McGgilliard K. Butler Indianapolis Club Augustus Mason Orange 6 Runels A Brown F. Hodges Junius B John H. Hurry Orange 86 Nels Thomas C. Oar A. Bastian Charles E. Emm John L. Ketcham Ee Se Eee Co. Brown John S Dean Cis H. Gavish William P. Theone Arart Ma Coms Annance Edward Hodges Ha J. Milligan Charles R. Williams Alf E. Dickey Frederick B. Matson Athens Amr Agno Willitts A. Bastian George MacDonal Thomas John B. Elam C. N Noble C. Butle Aaron Burr Les Martinale Emerson Inc Louisiana Purchase Louis Howland John Fiske George E. Hume Charles E. Emmerich John R. Wilson Daniel W. Howe Lafayette F Alfred E. Dickey John H. Holiday Calvin N. Kendall Robert Louis Stevenson Hector Fuller John Philpot Curran Henry Co.Martin Hay Boot Butler Lincoln Charles W. Moores Hewitt H. Howland George C. J. B Mayne Eaertion Neoeay Orange Runnels United States Hugh H. Hanna May Wright Sewall International Council of Women Council Business Indianapolis Bible Society Woman's Exchange Woman's Opportunity D. F. Kennedy Over-the-Teacups Lab German Literary Club Tolstoi Lowe Carey Council Indiana Children's Home Society Flower Mission Alexander Johnson Boys’ Club Queen Esther Auxiliary K. G. Clark Bertha Ballard Home Association Kappa Alpha Theta Club Art Association Indianapolis Free Kindergarten Society Magazine Club Katherine Merrill Club The First Baptist Church Literary Club Criminology and the Church C. E. Bacon Conincts

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