Jamaica Plain Tuesday Club Meeting Minutes

Regular Meeting, Dec. 8, 1925.

The regular meeting of the Tuesday Club was held December eighth at the Unitarian Parish House and was opened by the President. The program for the afternoon was in charge of the Art Department, Mrs. Edwin F. Adams [added in pencil "Chairman"] and consisted of an illustrated lecture by Henry Warren Poor A. M. on the work of John Singer Sargent. Preceeding the Sargent pictures, however, Mr. Poor showed some beautifully colored slides of the Abbey paintings at the Boston Public Library, illustrating the Quest of the Holy Grail. These were followed by some of Whistler's masterpieces, Mr. Poor recalling in a few words the dominant and often tragic forces in the life of the artist. Finally, the Sargent paintings were shown, the wonderful portraits, the mural [added in pencil "decorations"] at the Public Library and the Art Museum, together with a fund of anecdote, giving the Club

a rare interpretation of the life and acheivment of John Singer Sargent. Adjournment followed. Respectfully submitted, Lucy E. Henderson, Rec. Sec.

Regular Meeting, Dec, 15, 1925

The regular meeting of the Tuesday Club was held December fifteenth at the Unitarian Parish House, and was opened by the President. After the reading of the secretary's report, Miss Mary Perry read the names of candidates for membership, who have been before the Club for one month. These were all accepted and placed on the waiting list. Miss Elizabeth J.* Beirstadt*, Mrs. Joseph Harriman, Mrs. W. N.* Hinckley Jr., Mrs. Frank James, Miss Anna S. Weld, Mrs. Alfred J. Guyon*, Mrs. Abiyah* A. Cahoon, Mrs. Timothy Leary. At the completion of the business, Mrs. Edric Eldridge, Chairman of the Music and Drama Committee, introduced Miss Claran and Thompron who gave a Costume Recital of Folk Songs. To a charming voice, Miss Thompson added clear ennunciation, exceptional pantomine and facial expression, so that she seemed to bring

the quaint folk, whose songs she sung, into actual being. Songs of the British Isles, Old French Songs, and Folk Songs of the South made up the program, the English ballad of "Hunting the Wren" and the French song of the drummer boys asking the kind for his daughter, only to reject her, being especially amusing. The Club also enjoyed the clever playing of Miss Mary Shaw Swan, who accompanied Miss Thompson. Adjournment followed,

Respectfully submitted, Lucy E. Henderson, Rec. Sec.

Christmas Eve, 1925.

On Chrismatas Eve, the LoringGreenough House, opened wide its doors, to welcome the Tuesday Club and its friends. The warm handclasp of our President, the lighted candles, the blazing hearthstones, the wealth of evergreen, the carol singers, the good cheer of the dining room, and the friendly faces, all combined to kindle the spirit of Christmas in the heart, and cement the feeling of friendship that is the basis of a Club's success. Mrs. Charles H. Curtis and Mrs. Robert Seaver had charge of the arrangement, and Mrs. Charles H. Adams, Mrs. Charles H. Souther, Mrs. Ethelbert V. Grabill, and Mrs. Albert W. Goodnow, presided over the punch and coffee, in the dining room.

Respectfully submitted, Lucy E. Henderson. Rec. Sec

Regular Meeting, Dec. 29, 1925.

The regular meeting of the Tuesday Club was held December twenty-ninth, at the Unitarian Parish House and was opened by the President. After the usual business, Mrs. Ethelbert V. Grabill, Chairman of the History and Travel Committee, introduced Professor Albery E. Bailey, of Boston Unviversity, who gave an illustrated lecture entitled "Cruising About", and considering the vast amount of territory covered, the title was an admirable one. After boarding the Steamer Lapland, we cruised to Madiera, then to Gibraltar, Algiers and Monte Carlo. From there we were to Constantinople, that city of seven mosques on seven hills, then to Athens and then to Palestine with its store of Biblical associations. How vividly we recalled the Sunday School of our childhood, as we were shown Jerusalem, the Mount of Olives, the ruins of Jericho, the River Jordan, Jacob's Well, Nazareth, The Sea of Galilee,

Damascus, and the original setting of the Twenty Third Psalm. Lastly we cruised to Egypt, along the Nile, stopping at Luxor, viewing the Valley of the Kings and the tomb of Tut-ankh-amen and ending our journey at Thebes. Upon our return, tea was served at the Loring-Greenough House. The tables were decorated with poinsettas and tall red candles, and the pourers were Mrs. B. F.* Appleby*, Mrs. W. B. Parker, Mrs. N. A.* Hazard and Mrs. J. A. Woodrough*.

Respectfully submitted, Lucy E. Henderson, Rec. Sec.

Regular Meeting. Jan.12, 1926.

The regular meeting of the Tuesday Club was held January twelfth at the Unitarian Parish House and was opened by the President. After the customary business, Miss Minnie A. Gilbert, Chairman of the Home Economics Department, introduced Miss Alice A. Kretschmar who spoke on "The Romance of Glass". Miss Kretschmar began with a technical description of the materials and methods employed in the making, blowing, cutting, etching, and gilding of glass, and showing many illustrative specimens. A hexagonal dish, with one side of plain glass, the other five showing the progressive stages of cutting was of particular interest. The finest gold incrusted glass was developed in Spain, the colored glass in Bohemia, while mirrors were introduced in France by Louis Quatorze, and to France, again, we are indebted for artificial pearls, and spun glass so delicate that it is woven into textiles. In America, the first glass

factory was established in Jamestown in 1608, for the making of window glass, bottles, and the various household articles of Sandwich glass, so coveted today. Beautiful pieces of glass were passed around, for closer inspection, comprising Venetian, Gold Incrusted Spanish, Bohemian, Clased Glass, a German Glass Decanter, Belgium Flush* Glass, an early English Witch Ball, and opalescent glass.

Adjournment followed, Respectfully submitted, Lucy E. Henderson, Rec. Sec.

Regular Meeting. Mar. 8, 1926.

In an endeavor to suit the convenience of Prof. Moritz of Harvard, the regular meeting of the Tuesday Club, was held on Monday March eighth, at the Unitarian Parish House. In spite of the change of day, however, Prof. Moritz found it impossible to keep his engagement, abandoning the Club to Fate at the eleventh hour. But Fate was kind, and when Mrs. Rees on opening the meeting presented and welcomed Miss Heloise Hersey, the prolonged applause testified to the satisfaction and pleasure of the Club. Miss Hersey's subject was "The Life of Dr. William Osler", by Dr. Harvey Cushing revieweing the book as only Miss Hersey can. Dr. Osler was born in Canada in 1849. The youngest of nine chiclren, in a parsonage, plain living and high thinking were his inevitable heritage. It is impossible to epitomize a life that Dr. Cushing found worthy of two volumes, but it is interesting to note two basic