Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 101, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 March 1918 — MEETING OF LITERARY CLUB [ARTICLE]

MEETING OF LITERARY CLUB

Red Cross Christmas Seals Committee Appointed. At the formal opening exercises of the Ladies’ Literary club Friday afternoon the presiding officer, Mrs. J. B. Fleming, appointed a standing committee to attend to the future work relating to the sale of Red Cross Christmas seals. A communication announcing the district federation meeting at Hammond on April 4, was read by Mrs. W. H. Parkinson, the corresponding secretary. Mesdames J. D. Allman and G. E. Murray and Mrs. Clara Andrus were selected as delegates to the convention, add 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-pres-ident, Mrs. F. H. Hemphill; treasurer, Mrs. J. B. Fleming; secretary, Mrs. W. L. Bott. Mesda.tnes C. E. Prior and Errett Graham were received Into the membership of the club. Mrs. J., A. Dunlap gave the first subject on the program, “South America and the Schoolhouse,’’ in which jshe explained in a comprehensive way the schools of our southern neighbor and made evident the resemblance of the educational systems to that of out own country, even to the existence of a compulsory educational law. A well drawn word picture of “The Paris of South America, Lima,” and also an interesting description of the Harvard astronomical observatory at Arequipa, were given by Mrs. H. E. Hartley. Mrs. A. H. Hopkins 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 been done by our 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. Hopkins in dealing with her subject, “From Coffee Bean to Coffee Cup." Mrs. G. E. Murray explained clearly the referendum' and recall in the Political Quiz, and the various women’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. xx