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The officers for 1906-07 are: Mrs. Carrie Miller, president; Mrs. Irene Kitselman, vice president ; Mrs. Etta Griffith, recording secretary ; Mrs. Ida Watson, corresponding secretary ; Mrs. Ella Cropper, treasurer.
Athenaeum Club.
The Athenaeum Club, which was organized at Muncie February 28, 1894, for "the social and intellectual advancement" of its members, has, while accomplishing this purpose, directed its labors to other worthy objects and has more than once made its influence felt in civic improvement. Each of the twenty-five members resolved to beautify her own home and maintain the best possible sanitary conditions, this being worth while not only for the individual benefit derived but as an example to others. This club also tried to secure enforcement of the anti-spitting ordinance, and among other things has contributed pictures for schoolroom decoration and money to the manual training fund and the free kindergarten.
The members longest connected with the club are :
Mrs. Ida Watson, Mrs. Bertha McElfresh, Mrs. Minnie P. Bennett, Mrs. Harriett Maggs, Mrs. Nellie Hayler, Mrs. Elizabeth Hickson, Mrs. Katherine Jones, Mrs. Lora Witz. The officers for 1906-07 are: President, Mrs. Lora Witz; vice president, Mrs. Leota Botkin; recording secretary, Mrs. Cora Norris; corresponding secretary, Mrs. Katherine Jones ; teasurer, Mrs. Blanche Cox.
Culture Club.
The Culture Club of Muncie was organized at the liome of Mrs. Tina K. Mann, November 11, 1902, and joined the county federation in 1904 and the state federation in 1905. "We band ourselves together for the sake of intellectual and social improvement," is the purpose expressed in the con- stitution. The original members of the club include Mrs. Belle Crandall, Mrs. Mary Gorton, Mrs. Kate O. Gleason, Mrs. Lucy S. Hoppes, Mrs. Tina K. Mann, Mrs. Virgie Shaw, Mrs. Ada Williams, Mrs. Catherine Crandall. Originating in a visiting club, the mothers bringing their children to the meeting place, the scope and plan of the club were enlarged until it is now a purely literary club, with a special course of study for the year's work. Once each year the husbands and children are entertained. A fee of ten cents semi-monthly is assessed, the amount being used to purchase books.
The officers of the club for the club year just passed are :
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President, Mrs. Lucy S. Hoppes ; vice president, Mrs. Ada Williams; recording secretary, Mrs. Fay Sproatt Murray; corresponding secretary, Mrs. Arena Kirkpatrick; treasurer, Mrs. Harriet Maggs; librarian, Mrs. Florence Blease.
Monday Afternoon Club.
A reading circle, that met for the first time February 8, 1892, at the home of Mrs. N. B. Hine, was later changed to the Monday Afternoon Club, which for a number of years has been one of the progressive woman's organizations of Muncie. Besides Mrs. Hine five other ladies were present at the first meeting, thus becoming the charter members ; namely, Mrs. Har- riet Kemper, Mrs. Elizabeth Long, Mrs. Catharine Johnson, Mrs. Mary E. Maring and Mrs. Susan Moore. These six first organized for the purpose of reading United States history. September 19, 1892, they decided to in- crease the membership to 12, and the following November 18 limited it to 15. The circle had fifteen members at the time it became a club, and eight of the fifteen are still on the roll book. The club has not yet lost a member by death. Besides its regular program work, the club has been interested in civic improvement and education. The manual training fund has received five dollars each year during the last five from this club, and a picture in the Lincoln schoolhouse was also donated by this club.
Mrs. Harriet Kemper was the first president, elected September 19, 1892, and Mrs. Susan Moore secretary. These served three months until the constitution was adopted. The following have been members since 1893: Mrs. Harriett Kemper, Mrs. Elizabeth Long, Mrs. Mary E. Maring, Mrs. Suc H. Moore, Mrs. Arabella Winans, Mrs. Lucretia Roads, Mrs. Laura Heath, Mrs. Zula M. Valentine. These names were on the first program printed and they are members of the club, at this writing. The present offi- cers arc: President, Mrs. Zula M. Valentine; vice president, Laura Shirk ; secretary-treasurer, Katharine Kessler ; corresponding secretary, Mrs. Mar- tha Long; literary committee, Mrs. Alice Meeks, Mrs. Mary Moore Youse, Mrs. Olive Roberts.
Magazine Club.
The Magazine Club, though now a member of the federation and a regularly organized woman's club, originated in a society whose object, in keeping with the name, was to subscribe for and circulate among the mem- bers as many magazines as there were members and to hold social meetings fortnightly. The second year, the subscriptions of the magazines were dis- continued and the club became a regularly organized literary society with its object the "social and intellectual advancement of women." Soon after- ward it joined the "Federated Club of Clubs of Muncie and Eighth Dis- trict" and helps in carrying on the work planned by that organization. One
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of the interesting events of the club activity is the social evening once a month in which the husbands of the members are included.
The Magazine Club was organized October 24, 1893, at the home of Mrs. C. C. Brown, 405 East Adams street. The charter members were: Mrs. Walter H. Ellis, Mrs. C. E. Crandall, Mrs. W. F. Maggs, Mrs. C. C. Brown, Mrs. Lee Coffeen, Mrs. Cary Reid, Mrs. Emmet Smith, Mrs. E. R. Peebles ; and among the very early members were Mrs. C. H. Church, Mrs. I. D. Stinson, Mrs. E. F. Tyler, Mrs. A. F. Hickman, Mrs. A. L. Harnott, Mrs. F. L. Dresser, Mrs. M. D. Miller, Miss Kittie Leach, Miss W. H. Sumption, Mrs. Charles F. Koontz, Miss Emma Lowman, and Mrs. J. R. Wick. The present officers are: Mrs. W. L. Holmes, president ; Mrs. E. J. Macomber, vice president; Mrs. F. U. Fudge, secretary-treasurer.
Round Table Club.
The Round Table was organized at the home of Mrs. James E. Durham in Muncie, February 22, 1894. Mrs. D. A. McLain, Mrs. C. L. Medsker, Mrs. E. Vatet, Mrs. S. M. Keiser, Miss Emma Wilcoxon are among those longest identified with the club's work. The officers for the current year are: Mrs. F. D. Haimbaugh, president; Mrs. A. W. Long, vice president; Miss Nettie Wood, secretary; Mrs. E. J. Macomber, treasurer.
Yorktown Woman's Club.
This progressive club, of twenty-four active members, meets semi- monthly in the respective homes of members for the study and discussion of programs prepared in the year book. For a number of years the club ยท has been a positive influence in the town life of Yorktown, and the scope of its work has never been limited by strictly literary and social ends. Social and intellectual advancement of the women and homes of the town and community is the stated purpose of the club, the work to be chiefly of an historical, literary and educational nature. In their efforts the members have recognized the necessity for their work to be guided by the higher spirit that does not come from intellect alone. It has been the ambition of this club to leave some marks of improvement in a practical form on the town. Some of these can be seen in the gift of a beautiful window of the M. E. Church ; also carefully selected pictures which adorn the walls of each room of the Union school, while the unconsummated plans of a public park are not the least of the club's outlook for future work. It has been the pleasure of the club members to entertain their families at the anniversary in Febru- ary, each year, also at "Halloween," a summer picnic, and at "Gentleman's Night" in April. In compliment of the latter on May 5, 1903, the gentle- men entertained at a "Ladies' Night" in the I. O. O. F. Hall, giving the most elaborate social function in the town's history.
The club was organized February 11, 1892, and was federated in 1899.
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The first meeting was held at the home of Mrs. Martha Flowers, where plans were made and the following persons (representing the charter mem- bers) elected officers: Mrs. Cynthia Paulin, Mrs. Elizabeth Matthe, Mrs. Minta Greer, Mrs. Emma Overmire, Mrs. Virena Colvin, Mrs. Mayme Warfel and Miss Melissa Helvic. Mrs. Paulin was elected president. The present officers are: Mrs. Lizzie Downing, president; Mrs. Ella Shirey, vice president ; Mrs. Rose Fowler, recording secretary ; Mrs. Mary William- son, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Helen Hensley, treasurer; the literary committee being Mrs. Mayme Warfel, Mrs. Effie Skillen and Mrs. Hester Warfel.
The Mary Martha Club of Delaware County.
The Mary Martha Club of Delaware County is composed almost en- tirely of the wives and daughters of farmers, the wives of the family phy- sicians and a few women living in the rural village of Selma. There is an article in the constitution prohibiting membership from an incorpo- rate city. The club was organized in 1891 through the efforts of Mrs. Frank Claypool, Mrs. William Truitt, and Mrs. Helen Young. There were seven charter members. The organization was effected one rainy, disagree- able March day at "Ole Homestead," the home of Mrs. Truitt, with three women present : Mrs. Claypool, Mrs. Truitt and Mrs. Helen Young. The second meeting was with Mrs. William Ribble and Mrs. Young at the "Pines." The daughters of the members of the M. M. Club are associate members until they attain the age of eighteen years. They then have the privilege of coming if they so desire into the club as working members.
The name, Mary Martha, was suggested, together with several others, and was taken from the Bible, Luke Chap. 10-41, "And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things. But one thing is needful: And Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her."
The first program was "Eminent Women of America." The second meeting considered "Eminent Men of America." The club then took up the geography of the United States. The programs are always miscella- neous as the Mary Martha belongs to both the Indiana Union of Literary Clubs, and the State Federation. Keeping in touch with this work, there- forc. the next year book will devote one meeting to home economics and one to manual training.
The Mary Martha is also a member of the county federation, and keeps in touch with the county clubs through the club notes that are pub- lished in the Muncie Star.
The club is popular as a social factor and it has been considered proper to limit it to thirty members when there was a membership of thirty-eight.
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With some the query might arise-Where do you get books? The Muncie Library is open to many of the members because they are city tax payers, and the club also has access to the traveling library. Magazines are pooled, so that the Mary Martha is a Magazine Club. The club motto is the "Actual and the Ideal." The object of this association was the "desire to obtain a higher degree of literary culture, a greater fund of knowledge, and a better appreciation of the dignity of womanhood."
The first president of the Mary Martha was Mrs. Emily L. Truitt. The second was Mrs. Sophia Gilbert Jump. The present officers are: President, Miss Luick; vice president, Mrs. Cecil; secretary and treasurer, Mrs. Fay Jump.
Woman's Club of Selma.
The Woman's Club of Selma was organized for literary and social purposes November 5, 1894, and during the subsequent thirteen years the club has become an active factor in town life. Among those who have been identified from the beginning or from early years of the club's existence may be mentioned Mrs. Hattie M. Black, Mrs. M. J. Orr, Mrs. Ella M. Clark, Mrs. Louisa M. Skiff, Mrs. Abbie M. Hollopeter, Mrs. May O. Sparks, Mrs. Kate A. Orr, Mrs. Saidie P. Good, Mrs. Margaret Kline, Mrs. Miriam P. Hervet, Mrs. Nelia Hill, Mrs. Naomi Dyer, Mrs. Anne E. Hoover, Mrs. Lizzie Felton, Mrs. Joanne Williams, Miss Mary Graham, Mrs. Jennie Sherwood, Mrs. Ozora Sherwood. The present officers are: President, Mrs. Bertha Pittenger ; vice president, Mrs. Luella Shroyer ; secretary and treasurer, Mrs. Anna Cunningham; assistant secretary, Miss Della Neel.
Twentieth Century Club of Albany.
Organized at the home of Mrs. N. R. Baker, November 26, 1900, the Twentieth Century Club has carried out yearly programs of social and literary interest, and has always stood ready to help in any good undertaking that concerned the welfare of the town. The oldest members of the club are: Mrs. Ida Buffington, Mrs. Christine Bosman, Mrs. Maud Hill. Mrs. Clara Long, Mrs. Maud Murphey, Mrs. Lena Marks, Mrs. Clara Huffman, Mrs. Aletha Poland, Mrs. Emma Robertson, Mrs. Candace Read, Mrs. Grace Wingate, Mrs. Orpha Wilson.
The present officers are: President, Mrs. Anna Stright Bouslog; vice president, Mrs. Orpha Davis Wilson; recording secretary, Mrs. Candace Jones Read; corresponding secretary, Emma Moffett Barrett; treasurer, Mrs. Aletha Poland ; critic, Mrs. Florence Frushour.
Federate Club of Clubs.
While the individual woman's clubs have been promoting certain ob- jects within the scope of a single club's work, their efforts during the past ten years have been directed under federate organization to the accomplish-
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ment of some very broad ideals. In 1896 was organized the Federate Club of Clubs of Muncie and Delaware, embracing in this the woman's clubs of the county. At the annual meeting of June, 1902, in response to the wishes of several outside clubs, the constitution was changed so as to admit any club within the eighth congressional district, the name being changed to the Federate Club of Clubs of Muncie and the Eighth District.
During its history the Federation has interested itself in many move- ments that are concerned with the general welfare. Perhaps the general shirts to which the efforts of the Federation are directed may be called to improvement in civic affairs and better school advantages. In line with these purposes the Federation has interested itself .in the preserva- tion of shade trees, in the promotion of civic art, and in acting as the mouth- piece of public sentiment in claiming such advances in education as the in- troduction of physical culture in the schools. Almost its first practical work was school-room decoration, each club purchasing a picture or piece of statuary for some school.
The Federation claims the honor of having introduced manual training into the public schools. April 19, 1902, a special meeting for the discussion of this subject was held in the Muncie Baptist church, under the auspices of the Federation. Prof. A. J. Bean, who was an instructor in manual training in the Indianapolis schools, Prof. W. R. Snyder, of the Muncie city schools, T. F. Rose, president of the city school board, and Amos But- ler, secretary of the state board of charities, spoke in advocacy of manual training. Lack of funds prevented the immediate realization of any prac- tical plans, though the matter was kept before the public in newspaper dis- cussion. The Federation took the first effective step toward establishing manual training when, in June, 1902, it voted fifty dollars as a special fund to be set apart for this work. This amount was increased to one hundred dollars by individual gifts from Mrs. Emma C. Ball, Mrs. Martha Flowers and Mrs. Kate Patterson and the Art League. Mrs. Ida Watson as custo- dian of this fund was ordered to pay it to the first school in Delaware county that would use the money in maintaining a course of instruction in the manual arts. By gifts from three of the woman's clubs and from Mrs. Mary W. Spilker, the fund was increased to $135. The Congerville school was the first school to take advantage of the Federation's offer, and a class in wood-working under C. E. Brandon was begun in January, 1906, and a class in sewing by Miss Belle Thomas. The Lincoln and Garfield city schools later introduced the work, and manual training and domestic sci- ence are now popular features of the public school work. The Federation makes an annual contribution for this work, and also for the Free Kinder- garten.
The officers of the Federation for 1907 are: Mrs. Ida Watson, presi-
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dent; Mrs. Zula M. Valentine, recording secretary and club editor; Mrs. Bessie Blease Ross, financial secretary ; Miss Ruby Perkins, treasurer; Mrs. Luella Westlake, custodian of special fund.
Honorary Presidents-
Honorary Secretaries-
Mrs. Caroline J. McCulloch,
Miss Edith Love Drake,
Mrs. Lillian Holmes,
Mrs. Harriet W. Kitts.
Miss Nannie C. Love,
Mrs. Harrict Johnston,
Mrs. Rose Budd Stewart,
Mrs. Rose Budd Stewart,
Mrs. Kate Young Kessler,
Miss Jeannette C. Love,
Mrs. Rose S. Caldwell,
Mrs. M. Louise Cassady,
Miss Ida Ludlow,
Mrs. Martha Flowers,
Mrs. Emma Wood Ball,
Miss Maud Smith,
Miss Belle Thomas.
Paul Revere Chapter No. 317, Daughters of American Revolution.
This chapter of the D. A. R. was organized at the Kirby House, Janu- ary 19, 1897, the first set of officers being: Regent, Mrs. Elizabeth Kirby Heinsohn; vice regent, Mrs. Nannie Hemingray ; secretary, Mrs. Ella Ed- wards Durham ; treasurer, Mrs. Harriet Huston Neely; registrar, Miss Nan- nie C. Love. The principal objects of this national society may be stated as these:
To perpetuate the memory of the spirit of the men and women who achieved American Independence by protecting and acquiring historical spots and erecting monuments, encouraging historical research, and pub- lishing its results, preserving documents and relics. To foster true patriot- ism and love of country. Any woman may be eligible for membership who is descended from a man or woman who rendered material aid to the cause of American Independence; as a recognized patriot, a soldier, or sailor or civil officer.
The members of the chapter are as follows, cach name being followed by the name of the Revolutionary patriot from whom the member traces descent and on whose record her eligibility rests:
Mrs Martha Wysor Marsh, Henry Wysor, Sergeant.
Mrs. Elizabeth Kirby Heinsohn, John Gib- son.
J'rs. Arabella Winans, George Wall, Jr., Captain.
Mrs. Mary Winans Spilker, George Wall, Jr., Captain.
Mrs. Carrie Clark Mecks, John Bryant.
Mrs. Sarah Kemper Walterhouse, John Bryant.
Mrs. Judith Kemper Gillam, John Bryant. Mrs. Zerelda Walterhouso Stewart, John Bryant.
Mrs. Sarah Pierce Wildman, Peter ... Lieutenant and Captain.
Mrs. Harriet Huston Neely, John Huston. Mrs. Ella Edwards Durham, Ebenezer Ed- wards, Captain.
Mrs. Emma Wells Guffigan, John Grant, Soldier Boston Tea Party.
Mrs. Agnes Howo Jones, Selah Howe.
Miss Emily Howe, Selah Howe.
Mrs. Emma Wood Ball, Ephrnim Farrar, Ensign.
Mrs. Virginia Legett Ice, Ignatius Taylor, Captain; Henry Field, Lieutenant.
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Miss Emma B. Goodin.
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Miss Ida Ludlow, Cornelius Ludlow, Lieu- tenant Colonel.
Miss Emma Bello Goodin, William Con- nett.
Mrs. Cora Webb Morgan, Joshua Webb, Patriot.
Mrs. Anna Martin Fudge, Adam Martin, Captain.
Mrs. Mary Kneedler Munshower, George Shive.
Miss Oln Grace Davis, St. Leger Cowloy, Adjutant.
Mrs. Jennie Townsend Gray, John Town- send.
Mrs. Emeline Bradley Morgan, Timothy Bradley, Jr., Laban Morrell, Lieutenant. Mrs. Mabel Kennar Haymond, Thomas Curry.
Mrs. Josephine Campbell Kitselman, James Campbell.
Mrs. Ella Wintrode Griffith, Daniel Gray. Mrs. Eva Hageman Little, Benjamin Denris.
Mrs. Harriet Hogarty Wilson, Lieutenant Samuel Granger, Captain Joseph King and JJoseph Moss.
Mrs. Elizabeth Haymond Andrews, Major William Haymond.
Mrs. Edith Hill Mock, Lieutenant Tim. othy Church.
Mrs. Rose Budd Stewart, Samuel Sands. Mrs. Carrie Tennell Miller, Georgo Ton- nell. Sergeant.
Vre. Nellin A. W. Dill, John Reach, Zach- arish and Peter Norton, Daniel Brown. Wieg Pearle May Boord, James Tappan.
Mrs. Eva Fargo Sharpo, Jeremiah and simon Macon.
Mrs. Josephine Jones Van Nuys, Major David Page.
Mrs. Mary Tracy Mix, Roger Sherman, Patriot.
Miss Lillian Jackson, Abner Nixon.
Mrs. Edith Jackson Fisher, Abner Hixon. Mrs. Laura Jackson Mullenix, Abnor Hixon.
Mrs. Katherine Young Kessler, Robert Layne.
Mrs. Martha Ellis Ivins, Robert Layne, Eleazer Ellis.
Miss Nellie Jewett, John O'Ncile.
Mrs. Electa Chnso Murphy, Captain Phin- ens Castle.
Miss Lola Jackson, Andrew Ice.
Mrs. Ruby Harvey Riddle, Andrew Ice.
Mrs. Maude Dragstrom Crow, Samuel Lovejoy, William . Moss.
This chapter gave several hundred dollars to the fund for hospital sup- plies for the Spanish-American war, being third among the chapter con- tributors. About three hundred dollars has been given to the memorial Continental Hall at Washington. This year special efforts have been made to locate the graves of Revolutionary soldiers. Those located in this coun- try are Andrew Ice, Mt. Summit, William Whickcar, Strong Cemetery, Albany. The first military funeral in Muncie was in the court house and was that of the Revolutionary soldier, Suel Gilbert, buried in Beech Grove Cemetery. William Blount, Revolutionary soldier and founder of Blounts- . ville, was buried in Muncie on private ground, but his grave has been de- stroved. It is remembered by old settlers. Two "Real Daughters" have this year honored our chapter by becoming members of it, Mrs. Nancy Haver Reynolds and Mrs. Sarah Barkley, daughters of John Dennis, Revolutionary soldier.
ART, LITERATURE AND MUSIC.
In June, 1891, some one who evidently had made some close and dis- criminating observations in Muncie, contributed an article to the Chicago Herald, in which, after referring to the city's previous struggle for wealth and the material boom consequent on the discovery of gas, the writer con- tinues with the statement that Muncie has brought its less material improve- ments into line with its other achievements.
"So that," to quote the substance of the article, "one coming for the
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first time to Muncie seems to find a New England town-very busy and very wealthy on one side of its life; very pleasant and very graceful on the other. For instance, there is the Apollo Club, made up of forty men, whose musical entertainments are notable events in the town. Three times a year they give an entertainment, all the numbers being rendered by club members, and twice a year they give a "special," when they call to their assistance the best musical talent obtainable. They have in the past been favored by Mme. Josephine Chatterton, of Chicago, the harpist, and by Charles Abercrombie and Master Glenn Hall. The programs of the past have contained selections from Gounod, Werner, Abt, Handel, Haydn, etc.
"One of the results of this attention to music is the orchestra. Three years ago Muncie had no orchestra, and had to send abroad for all assist- ance of this kind.
"And the women have been in no wise idle. There is a "Ladies' Mat- ince Musicale," an association of workers who have devoted themselves so carefully to study that one of their concerts is a surprise-and a pleasant one. It is in this club of women that the ante-gas instruction is seen. Many of the members of the musicale were pupils in the public schools a few years ago, and learned there to tread the casy steps which have led up to excel- lence. In this work Miss Nannic Love has made Muncie her debtor, an obligation most cheerfully acknowledged on every hand. She is chairman of the executive committee of the State Music Teachers' Association and has succeeded in bringing to this city a three days' session of that body, the meeting to be held in June.
"There is also an 'Ethical Society' where feasts of reason are said to rule ; associations of medical men, and a perfect bevy of secret societies.
"But what pleased me most was the 'Woman's Club.' It was formed years ago under the leadership of Mrs. McRae, now occupying the chair of English literature at the Purdue University. It was started with the modest intention of 'learning something,' and that purpose has certainly been ac- complished. When Mrs. McRae departed for other fields Mrs. Carrie McCulloch was made president, an office she has since most faithfully filled."
It was about ten years ago, in 1898, that a writer for the Indianapolis News gave a similar resume of the organized movements for culture in the city. This correspondent, after mentioning the sudden growth of Mun- cie from town to city after 1886, speaks of Mrs. Edmunds, the first born in the town, who was still alive at that time, in proof of the fact that Muncie was still so young that its growth could be measured by a single lifetime. Though social life had been greatly extended, this writer notes the presence among the social leaders of the "old families," who had been here before the gas boom, calling such names as Neely, Patterson, Anthony, Winans,
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Little, Wachitell, Willard, McCulloch, Dragoo, Wysor, etc. The women's clubs and Federated Club. of Clubs were commended for their interest in city government and their activity in instituting and aiding reforms and promoting education and morals. This writer showed particular apprecia- tion of the Art League and Matinee Musicale, which had taken special fields of work, the former founded by students of J. O. Adams and William Forsyth, and the latter by Miss Nannie Love; also of the Players' Club, which had recently been organized for the promotion of dramatic art; and the free kindergarten association.
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