Jamaica Plain Tuesday Club Meeting Minutes

Guest Night. Jan. 5, 1926.

The annual Guest Night of the Tuesday Club, was held January fifth, at Eliot Hall. At half past seven, an informal reception was held in the outer hall, Mrs. Rees assisted by Mrs. Charles H. Adams, Mrs. Charles H. Souther Mrs. Mrs. Ethelbert V. Grabill Albert W. Goodnow, and Mrs. George E. Seabury, welcoming the Club members and their friends. The entertainment began at eight, Mrs. Rees speaking a few words of greeting, inspiring, witty and wise, and introducing Mrs. Mabel Barstow, who conducted a fifteen minute "Community Sing", assisted by Mr. Charles Henderson at the piano. After this, Mrs. John Dane, Chairman of the Hospitality Committee, presented Major Vivian Gilbert, who spoke on "The Romance of the Last Crusade". Major Gilbert is an Englishman, and at the outbreak of the Great War was an actor, playing in New York. He returned to England, and after a short service in France, was sent to Egypt, and was with General Allenby at the time Jerusalem was delivered from the hands, of the Turks. This was the "Last Crusade", and it was a tale thrillingly told. The analogy to the old Crusade, the exact

repetition of ancient Biblical warfare, in the identical, unchanged country of the Old Testament, the fulfillment of the prophecy that Jerusalem would fall when the Nile should flow into Palestine, were only a few of the incredible facts that made up the story. So completely did Major Gilbert enthrall his audience, that it seemed like a bit of Eastern magic, to find oneself, at the close of the lecture, in Eliot Hall, going down to the supper room. Mrs. Frank B. Lawler was head usher, for the evening, assisted by Mrs. Malcolm Rees, Mrs. Howard Shipley, Mrs. John Brodie, Mrs. August Haffenreffer, Mrs. Robert Myers, Mrs. Winthrop Adams, Miss Marie Lins, Mrs. Andrew Marshall, Mrs. Arthur F. [Nagro], Mrs. Edward G. Post and Mrs. Griswold Tyng.

Respectfully submitted,

Lucy E. Henderson, Rec. Sec.

Executive Board. Jan. 8, 1926.

The regular meeting of the Executive Board was held on January eighth, at the LoringGreenough House. In the absence of the President, the meeting was in charge of the first Vice President, Mrs. John Dane. Those present were Miss Perry, Mrs. Eldridge, Mrs. Coe, Mrs. Dillaby, Miss George, Mrs. Goodnow, Miss Homes, Mrs. Baker, Mrs. Webb, Miss Gilbert, Mrs. Seabury, Mrs. Goggin, Miss Howard, Mrs. Grabill, Mrs. Henderson.

The secretary's and treasurer's reports were read and accepted, the latter showing a balance of $1704.55 for the Tuesday Club and $4784.61 for the Loring-Greenough Fund.

Miss Perry read the following names for reinstatement, Mrs. William F. Rice, Mrs. Nathan Haskill Dole and Mrs. J. L. Gebhardt. These were accepted and placed on the waiting list.

A request from Miss Bowditch, asking that Miss Lane of the Faulkner Hospital, be allowed about three quarters of an hour

at some club meeting, to present the needs of the Hospital, brought up an interesting discussion. No action was taken, but the opinion seemed to be that if one speaker from an outside charity be allowed, even ten minutes, that others would claim the same privilege, that the Club would be overrun, and that it would be impossible to discriminate without making enemies. In the specific case of Miss Lane, it was decided to leave it to the discretion of the President.

It was decided that tea-tickets be sold to Club members at the rate of three for a dollar. These may be used by Club members for their guests, but strangers must pay the usual price of fifty cents. The tickets are to be sold in the Gift Shop. It was voted that the appropriation for Guest Night be increased from $200 to $250. It was suggested that Guest tickets be increased from $.85 to a dollar, but no action was taken.

Adjournment followed.

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.

Current Events. Jan. 19, 1926.

The third meeting of the Current Events Class, Mrs. Charles H. Williams, Chairman, was held January nineteenth, at the Loring-Greenough House. Mrs. Gilson devoted the greater part of the time, to a survey of our own Congressional conflict in Washington, over the World Court and the Tax bill, later commenting on the Rubler situation with Mr. Hoover's suggestions of Commerical Repraisals, and ending with an account of the counterfeiting scheme in Hungary, and a reference to the Countess Karolyi and exclusion from the United States. Adjournment followed.

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

Current Events. Feb. 2, 1926

The fourth meeting of the Current Events Department, Mrs. Charles H. Williams, Chairman, was held at the LoringGreenough House, February second. Mrs. Gilson gave a resume of the entrance of the United Sates into the World Court, discussing the seven reservations seperately, and showing the attitude of England and France. In closing, she gave a brief summary of the political situation in Mexico, the conditions in relation to the Eastern Chinese Railway, and the Shanghai Riot. There weas a large attendance, and much regret was expressed, that this was Mrs. Bilson's last talk of the season. 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

words of character that Dr. Osler set as a standard for himself, and constantly suggested for his students, "imperturabibility", and "equanimity", while a favorite quotation from Macbeth, "The flighty purpose never is o'ertook, unless the deed go with it", was another constant spur to endeavor. Evidence of this was shown by Dr. Osler's book, "Principles and Practice of Medicine". Written in 1889. Dr. Osler was constantly revising it, and was working on the ninth version at the time of his death in 1919. Although taken so seriosuly by the general public, Dr. Osler's suggestion of "suicide at sixty", was simply a facetious remark, inspired by reading two books of fiction, dealing with the humorous possibilities of such a course. When called to account, however Dr. Osler did advocate "rest" after sixty, for those able to indluge in that luxury. Dr. Osler lived to be seventy, but the last ten years, although bringing him the honor of the baronetcy in recognition of his splendid work in Canada and Oxford, brought him also the tragedy of the death of his only son in the World War. To have gone at