MANCHESTER WOMAN’S CLUB 
Lecture — ‘‘Ideal Woman of the 
Twentieth Century 
The semi-monthly meeting of the 
Manchester Woman’s club was held 
Tuesday afternoon. In the absence 
of the president, the second vice- 
president, Mrs. G. S. Sinnicks, pre- 
sided the first part of the afternoon 
and Mrs. E. L. Rogers, the record- 
ing secretary, the latter part of the 
session. 
During the business meeting the 
announcement was made of three 
conventions. January 22d, there 
will be one at the Jamaica Plain 
Woman’s club; January 23d, at the 
New England Woman’s club, Bos- 
ton; Feb: 8, State Federation meet- 
ing at Park Street Church, Boston. 
It was voted to authorize the presi- 
dent to appoint delegates to these 
conventions. The following com- 
mittee was appointed for February 
to arrange some affair to raise 
“money for the Visiting Nurses’ As- 
sociation fund: Mrs. C. E.. Bell, 
Mrs. W. R. Bell, Mrs. D. F. Bennett, 
Miss Ruth J. Blaisdell, Mrs. P. H. 
Boyle, Mrs. Charlotte E. Brown, 
Miss Sarah T. Brown, Mrs. B. I. 
Bullock, Mrs. F. P. Bullock and 
Mrs. W. B. Calderwood. The an- 
nouncement was also made of the 
annual ‘‘Guest Night,’? which will 
take place February 7th. It will be 
a special evening meeting. The en- 
tertainment attraction will be pro- 
vided by Pe-Ahme-e-Squeet, the In- 
dian interpreter of ‘‘Indian Life, 
Legends, Music and  Danees.”’ 
Schlehuber of Lynn, will cater. 
There will be no admission on mem- 
bership tickets. Special tickets 
must be purchased for that evening. 
During the business session, Miss 
Clara Winthrop of Boston and West 
Manchester, spoke briefly in behalf 
of the suffrage movement and stated 
that she had literature on the sub- 
ject, which she trusted the members 
would secure at the close of the 
meeting. 
The musical program consisted of 
a group of violin solos by Miss 
Florence Minard of Salem, Miss 
Helen Benfield of Peabody, piano 
accompanist. The young women, 
who are accomplished musicians, 
kindly gave their services out of 
compliment to Mrs. A. E. Hersey. 
chairman of the music committee of 
the club. Their first selections com- 
prised Brahm’s Ifungarian Dance 
and Schumann’s ‘‘Traumrei.’’ At 
the close of the entertainment pro- 
gram, they rendered Jocelyn’s 
beautiful Betceuse. Their joint ef- 
forts were most artistic and they 
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were heartily applauded. Mrs. 
Hersey is to be congratulated on 
the musical talent she has so far se- 
cured during the club year. 
The lecturer for the afternoon 
was -Rev.: (Mrs.) N. W. P. Smith. 
Her subject was the ‘‘Ideal Woman 
of the Twentieth Century.’’ Rev. 
Mrs. Smith gave a very interesting 
and scholarly presentation of her 
subject. She alluded to women’s 
limitations in the past, of the age 
when to ‘‘ faint gracefully ’’ was 
considered a great accomplishment 
and ‘‘most attractive to men.’’ The 
introspective period of women was 
shown in such writings as Mrs. 
Browning’s. Rev. Mrs. Smith re- 
cited one of her love poems to Mr. 
Browning to illustrate this point. 
In part the speaker also stated 
that the great present day combina- 
tion of forces, the 50 nationalities in 
the country, who are here with their 
varied aspirations and_ traditions, 
are quickening and _ stimulating 
modern progress to such a degree 
as to bring forth latent characteris- 
ties which are building the. social 
structure of the future. The ideal 
woman of the twentieth century 
will be a trained woman who will 
think broadly and act co-opera- 
tively. She will be thus able to 
earn her own living more judi- 
ciously than in the past. Simmons’ 
college is a great institution which 
is developing the trained woman. 
In the home, she will eventually 
learn that simplicity will be the 
great -keynote. Labor-saving 
vices will be many and home adorn- 
ment. will be simpler. The ideal 
woman of the twentieth century 
will also have more time to be a 
‘‘hie sister’’ to some bad girl in her 
community and duplicate the ‘‘big 
brother’? movement of certain 
wealthy men in New York. This 
unification of society is the great 
question of the future. Thouch 
simple in principle it is staggering 
in detail. As women were first in 
the Arts and Crafts, Hull House 
and foreign missionary work —so 
have they a great mission and duty 
before them in the ‘‘big sister’’ 
movement. Woman’s future rela- 
tion to suffrage was in the opinion 
of Rev. Mrs. Smith, not a strong one 
politically, but strong in broaden- 
ing, training and adjusting women 
to their environment. 
During the social period Mrs. 
William Hooper served as hostess of 
the day in her usual gracious man- 
ner. In the tea-room Mrs. F. G. 
Cheever and Mrs. F. J. Merrill 
poured. In the gallery of the 
ehapel, the initial committee to 
raise money for the Visiting Nurse 
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fund held a cooked food sale. It 
was a great success. Twenty dol- 
lars was realized. 
At the next regular meeting of 
the club, February 20th, Mrs. Lil- 
han Jackson will discuss ‘‘ Charles. 
Dickens,’’ whose centennary is be- 
ing observed this year. Mrs. R. C. 
Allen will be the hostess of the day. 
John Drew at the Hollis 
John Drew will be seen for the 
last week of his Boston engagement 
at the Hollis Street Theatre Mon- 
day night in ‘‘A Single Man,’’ the 
clever new comedy by Uubert 
Henry Davies, the English play- 
vright so well known for his ‘*The 
Mollose’’ and ‘‘Cousin Kate.’’ 
In the role of Robin Worthington, 
author, recluse, dreamer, the man 
who lives with his books and_ his 
dreams John Drew encounters two 
experiences in juxtaposition, Spring 
and the arrival of his brother with 
an adoring wife and an _ adoring 
baby. Result, Robin resolves to for- 
sake bachelor ways and to marry. 
But, inexperience in affairs matri- 
monial, he picks out the wrong girl, 
a naive, hoydenish little thing 
quite overlooking his pretty and at- 
tractive secretary, who has unob- 
strusively made her way into his 
heart and has been indispensable to 
his work. Robin and Maggie are 
engaged for three weeks during 
which time ther is an awakening 
ell around, Robin trying to keep up 
with the antics of a younger gen- 
eration, Maggie trying to adapt her- 
self to his more serious ways, the 
little secretary trying to hide her 
breaking heart, and Louise Parker, 
who has paid the Worthington’s a 
visit with the distinct intention of 
annexing Robin for herself, making 
a try at him in a brazen manner. 
Robin and Maggie realize the truth 
in time. Robin finds out that he 
loves his little secretary, who loves 
him; Maggie realizes that she can’t 
be staid and serious and that Robin, 
although charming, is not the mate 
for a gay, pleasure-loving girl; 
Louise finds out that a demure see- 
retary can foil a designing spinster, 
and the curtain drops on peace and 
happiness at last. 
Mr. Drew has a very superior cast 
of artists including Mary Boland, 
Thais Lawton, Louise Drew, Carroll 
MeComas, Clara T. Bracey, Ivan 
Simpson, Thomas Kelly and others. 
‘‘How did you come to make friends 
with that horried Mrs. Scratch?’’ 
‘«Why, she had an imported gown that 
fitted her horribly and I wanted a chance 
to tell her of it.’ 
