Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 57, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 March 1918 — LADIES’ LITERARY CLUB MEETING [ARTICLE]

LADIES’ LITERARY CLUB MEETING

At the formal opening exercises of the Ladies’ Literary club Friday afternoon the presiding officer, M!rs. J. B. Fleming, appointed a standing committee to attend to the future work relating to the sale of Red Cross Christmas stamps. A communication announcing the district federation meeting at Hammon! on April 4th was read by Mrs. W. H. Parkison, the corresponding secretary. Mesdames J. D. Allman and G. E. Murray and Mrs. Clara Andrus were selected as delegates to the convention and any others who can were urged to attend. The officers for the coming year were then elected as follows: President, Mrs. J. D. Allman; Vice-Presi-dent, Mrs. F. H. Hemphill; Treasurer, Mrs. J. B. Fleming; Secretary, Clara Andrus; Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. W. L. Bott. Mesdames C. E. Prior and Everett Graham were received into the membership of the club. Mrs. J. D. Dunlap gave the first subject on the programme, “South America and the Schoolhouse,” in which she explained in a comprehensive way the schools of our southern neighbor and made evident the resemblance of the educational system to that of our own country even to the existence of a compulsory educational law. A well' drawn word picture of “The Paris of South America, Lama.” and also an interesting description of the Harvard astronomical observatory at Arequippa was given by Mrs. H. E. Hartley. Mrs. A. H. Jlopkins voiced the sentiment of many of those present when she stated in her introductory remarks that she was amazed to learn how vast a country South America is both in resources and area, Brazil alone being, as large as our own country, and how little has seen done by oru own country to cultivate social or trade relations with our neighbor, there being no American steamship route to this country, while England has four. The various phases of the great coffee industry was well described by Mrs. Hdpkins in dealing with here subject, v “From Coffee Bean to Coffee Cup.” Mrs. G. E. Murray explained clearly the referendum and recall in the Political Quiz, and the various woihen’s war activities, that now occupy first place in the minds of all well informed and patriotic women, were mentioned and discussed, and the afternoon’s work was closed by the reading of the collect by Mrs. Jay Lamson. %