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February 5, 1918.

The Tuesday Club met on February 5, the coldest day of the season thus far, in lower Eliot Hall, with a fairly good attendance. After the reading of the records, the President read a letter from a Jamaica Plain boy serving with the army, expressing his appreciation of articles which had been sent him through the offices of the Special Aid Society.
Mr. Holland, Post-Master of the Jamaica Plain district, addressed the meeting for a few moments in behalf of the sale of war-savings stamps.
Mrs. Crawford in her talk on Current Events first sketched with some detail the careers of three interesting personalities of international prominence, -- Maria Bochkareva, leader of the "Battalion of Death", Lord Reding, and Joseph Caillaux. She then reviewed some of our domestic crises, such as the coal situation, the criticism and investigations of the different governmental departments, and the bill now pending for a war cabinet.
As one of the signs of the enormous changes taking place not only socially and politically but also in other directions, Mrs. Crawford gave a short exposition of the so-called "new" or "imagist" poetry, explaining its form and meaning.
Adjourned to February 12.

Margaret H Chadwell
Recording Secretary