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 Woman’s Institute Club, 
 
 38 PALISADE AVENUE, 
 YONKERS, N. Y. 
 
 CLUB COUNCIL. 
 
 Miss Mary Marshall Butler, - President 
 
 Miss Harriet Allen Butler, 
 
 First Vice-President and Treasurer 
 
 Miss Sarah Williams, Second Vice-President 
 Miss Sadie Edwards, - - - Secretary 
 
 Miss Delia Gorman, - Assistant Secretary 
 Miss Cornelia B. Lawson, Club Superintendent 
 
 Miss Minna O. Beer, term expires June 30, 1906 
 Miss Nellie Morris, term expires June 30, 1906 
 Mrs, Thomas Wall, term expires June 30, 1906 
 Miss Maria Maher, term expires June 30, 1907 
 Miss Kate McKay, term expires June 30, 1907 
 Mrs. Mary A. Riley, term expires June 30, 1907 
 
 
COMMITTEES. 
 
 Membership— Mrs. Thomas Wall, Chairman. 
 Hospitality and Refreshment — Miss Nellte 
 Morris, Chairman. 
 
 Lend-a-Hand and Decoration — Miss Maria 
 Maher, Chairman. 
 
 Visiting— Mrs. Mary A. Riley, Chairman. 
 Music for Thursday and Saturday Evening 
 Socials—Miss Kate McKay, Chairman. 
 
 Club Worker Agent—Miss Delia Gorman. 
 
 Membership dues, $1.00 a year, payable in 
 advance. Additional for Association dues, 5 cents. 
 
 Members three months in arrears shall not avail 
 of Club privileges until their dues are paid. 
 
 Working women (married or single) may apply 
 for membership at any time. 
 
 Club office hours, 10 a. m. to 12:30 p. m.; 7:30 
 to 9:30 p. m., Wednesday evenings and holidays 
 excepted. At other times messages may be left at 
 the general office. 
 
 Club colors : Blue and white badges may be 
 bought at the Club office. 
 
 Annual meeting in June. 
 
 Council meeting first Thursday in each month 
 at 8:15 p. m., except when otherwise directed by 
 the President. 
 
 Business or General meetings, third Thursdays 
 (from September to June), at 8:15 p. m. 
 
 Lectures, entertainments and socials on Thurs¬ 
 day and Saturday evenings. Subjects and dates 
 are announced in the local papers and upon the 
 Club bulletin. 
 
Club members may have the use of the sewing 
 machines when not required for class work. 
 
 Vacation houses at Miller’s Place, L. I. Board 
 for Club members, $4.00 a week. Round trip 
 ticket, $1.50. Board for non-Club members, $5.00 
 a week. 
 
 A list of desirable boarding houses is kept in 
 the office. 
 
 Outings, Saturday afternoons. 
 
 JUNIOR CIRCLE. 
 “The Progressives.” 
 
 Working girls between 14 and 16 may join at 
 any time. Dues, 50 cents a year. Classes and 
 entertainments will be provided by the Superin- 
 endent, subject to number enrolled. 
 
 
 
 INSTITUTE CLASSES 
 For Working Women. 
 
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 Fiisl LeiTn opens Monday, Oblobei 9, 1905.- 
 
 Second term opens Monday, January 8, 1906. 
 One course of Ten Lessons in a term. 
 
 MONDAYS, 7:45 P. M. 
 
 Cookery,. Course, $1.25 
 
 Miss Alice F. Hooper. 
 
 Sewing, .... Course, 25 cents 
 Miss Marion Sparrowhawk. 
 
 Dancing, .Course, $2.50 
 
 Mr. R. C. Grant. 
 
TUESDAYS, 7:45 P. M. 
 
 Dressmaking, advanced, - - Course, $1.25 
 
 Miss Laura Herlihy. 
 
 Millinery, - - - Course, 50 cents 
 
 Miss Thompson. 
 
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 WEDNESDAYS, 7:45 P. M. 
 
 Study Class, .No fee 
 
 Miss Kate Prime. 
 
 Housework (Second Term), - Course, 50 cents 
 Miss F. J. Persons. 
 
 FRIDAYS, 7:45 P. M. 
 
 Fancy Work and Embroidery, Course, 50 cenis 
 Miss Anna Newell. 
 
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 Crochet, Knitting, Etc., - Course, 50 cents 
 Miss Charlotte Tecklenburg. 
 
 Dressmaking, beginners, - Course, 50 cents 
 Miss Laura Herlihy. 
 
 Sick Room Attendant, - Course, 50 cents 
 Miss Arabella Prime. 
 
 Class fees to Club members, twenty per cent, 
 discount on above prices. 
 
 An enrollment of eight pupils will be required for 
 each class. Classes will be formed in other branches 
 on request of a sufficient number of applicants. 
 
 Visitors may be admitted to class sessions only 
 on application at the general or Club office. 
 
 Miss Sarah Williams, Chairman. 
 Mrs. Wm. H. Doty, 
 
 Mtss M. M. Butler, 
 
 Class Committee. 
 
THE WOMAN'S INSTITUTE, 
 
 38 PALISADE AVENUE, 
 
 Yonkers, N. Y. 
 
 TRUSTEES. 
 
 Miss Mary Marshall Butler, - President 
 Miss Harriet Allen Butler, 
 
 First Vice-President and Treasurer 
 Mrs. Sarah Williams, Second Vice-President 
 Mrs. J. Lindsay Porteous, Recording Secretary 
 Mrs. Jules Breuchaud, 
 
 Mrs. Wm. H. Doty, 
 
 Miss Janet W. Flagg, 
 
 Miss Susie Leeds Heermance, 
 
 Miss Fannie A. Jackson, 
 
 Miss Kate Prime, 
 
 Mrs. John Reid. 
 
 Miss Florence J. Parsons, General Secretary. 
 
 DEPARTMENTS. 
 
 Free Circulating Library and Reading Room, 
 Miss Annette P. Ward, Librarian. 
 
 Club for Self-Supporting Women, Miss Cornelia 
 B. Lawson, Superintendent. 
 
 Classes, Lectures, Entertainments, &c. 
 Employment Bureau and Woman’s Exchange. 
 Civic League. 
 
 Penny Provident Stamp Station. 
 
 Lunch Room. 
 
 Philanthropic Work (successor to the Charity 
 Organization Society). 
 

 OBJECTS OF THE INSTITUTE. 
 
 “To promote the welfare of women, particularly 
 those dependent on their own efforts for support, 
 by cultivating a spirit of fellowship and co-opera¬ 
 tion on the basis of a high moral and religious 
 standard, without sectarian distinction, by pro¬ 
 viding a Free Circulating Library and Reading 
 Room and classes for instruction and other means 
 of improvement, recreation and benefit.”—(By- 
 Laws, Article II.) 
 
 
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 LUNCH SERVED DAILY, 
 
 ON SECOND FLOOR, 
 
 11:45 A. M. to 1:30 P. M. 
 
 = FOR WOMEN ONLY. = 
 
 MENU. 
 
 Hot Dish,.05 
 
 Dessert,.05 
 
 Tea, Coffee, Milk, each,.03 
 
 Bread and Butter,.03 
 
 
Annette P. Ward, Librarian. 
 
 
 
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 FREE CIRCULATING LIBRARY. 
 
 A cordial invitation is extended to all 
 women, and to girls over 12 years of age, 
 to visit the Woman’s Institute Free Circu¬ 
 lating Library. The new room, with its 
 attractive surroundings, affords a delight¬ 
 ful atmosphere in which to spend a profi¬ 
 table hour. 
 
 There are two reading circles, under the 
 leadership of the Librarian. The one for 
 adults, devoted to the reading of Shake¬ 
 speare’s plays, meets every Monday evening 
 from 8 to 9. The other circle, for juvenile 
 readers, 12 years and older, meets every 
 Monday evening from 7 to 8, and takes up 
 the reading of some pleasant story book. 
 
 The membership of these circles is un¬ 
 limited. All are invited to join. 
 
 Among the new books just added to the 
 library are the following: 
 
 Bacon.—In the Land of the Gods. 
 
 Barr.—Cecilia’s Lovers. 
 
 Chisholm.—Old Testament Stories. 
 
 Coman.—Industrial History of the United 
 States. 
 
 Connolly.—Deep Sea’s Toil. 
 
 Crockett'.—Cherry Ribband. 
 
 Crothers.—Endless Life. 
 
 Child’s History of England. 
 
 Chronicles.—A. Singleton. 
 
 Dawson.—Makers of English Fiction. 
 Donnell.—Rebecca Mary. 
 
 French.—Man of the Hour. 
 
 In Tune With the Infinite. 
 
 Kildare.—My Mamie Rose. 
 
 Kingsland.—Book of Good Manners. 
 
 Le Roy.—Philippine Life in Town and 
 Country. 
 
 Lincoln.—Boston Cook-Book. 
 
 Longfellow.—Courtship of Miles Stan dish. 
 Mabie.—Fairy Tales Every Child Should 
 Know. 
 
 Mabie.—Great Word. 
 
 Mabie.—Myths That' Every Child Should 
 know. 
 
 McFarland.—Getting Acquainted With the 
 Trees. 
 
 MacGregor. — Stories of King Arthur’s 
 Knights. 
 
 Maeterlinck.—Old-Fashioned Flowers. 
 Marshall.—Stories of Robin Hood. 
 
 Mims.—Sidney Lanier. 
 
 Musick.—Manual of Benn Pitman—Phono¬ 
 graphy. 
 
 Peters.—Jews in America. 
 
 Peterson.—How to Know Wild Fruits. 
 Repplier.—In Our Convent Days. 
 
 Richards.—-Mrs. Tree’s Will. 
 
 Shakespeare.—Merchant of Venice ; edited by 
 Rolfe. 
 
 Shakespeare.—Othello ; edited by Rolfe. 
 Shakespeare.—Taming of the Shrew ; edited 
 by Rolfe. 
 
 Singleton.—Great Portraits. 
 
 Smith.—Wood Fire in No 3. 
 
 Stoddard.—Dan Monroe. 
 
 Santa Claus’s Partner. 
 
 Sintram and His Companions and Undine. 
 Tales of Mother Goose: translated by Welsh 
 Wells.—Patty in the City. 
 
 Weyman.—Abbess of VIaye. 
 
 White.—Child’s Rainy-Day Book. 
 
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 ^NETTE P-WABD, UBKAHIAN 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Woman’s Institute 
 
 [BEE CUCILITIK LIIRUT 
 
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 READING ROOM. 
 
 38 PALISADE AVEIVTJE. 
 
 OPEN TO WOMEN, AND ALSO TO GIRLS OVER 12 YEARS OF AGE. 
 
 Hours: 9 71. M. to 6 P. M.: 7 to 9 P. M.