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Nineteenth  Century  Club 

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1909-1910 


ffifftora. 

President,  Margaret  Yarnellb. 

Vice-President,  Abigail  Kebgan. 

Sec'y  and  Treas. ,  Grace  Harding. 

prnrjram  Gtammtttw. 

Edith  Keegan.  Grace  Hulsb. 

Elizabeth  McCracken. 


SEPTEMBER  28. 
#0riai  Afte rnootu 

CLARA  BOWERFIND.  ALIDA  S.   DALMAN. 

Elizabeth  Chapin.  Anna  Harding. 

Katherine  Chapin.  Grace  Hulse. 

OCTOBER  12. 

(  a.  Playwrights. 

Trend  of  the  Drama j  b.  Plays. 

(  c.  Players. 

La  Von  S  perry. 

OCTOBER  26. 

Modern  Fiction {  f  Z™™™  Novels" 

I  b.  Short  Story. 

Pearl  Rahe. 
NOVEMBER  9. 

Is  Poetry  Passing {*;  %£**£* 

Elizabeth  Chapin. 

Mvlb'u  mxb  Art 
NOVEMBER  23. 

The  Music  of  To-day — a.  Composers. 
Clara  Bowkrfind. 


APRIL  7. 

|  a.  Christion  Science, 

Abigail  Keegan 
Mental  Theraputics  \ 

I  b.  New  Thought, 

|         Katharine  Chapin 

APRIL  21. 

Abi      c.  Emanuel  Movement, 

ELIZABETH  MCCRACKEN 


MAY  5. 

',.,,.  i  a.  Modern  Theories. 

Psychic  Phenomena  (b    Experiments. 

Clara  Porter. 

MAY  19 

gwial  Aftmtmm. 

Floy  Pickard.  Clara  Porter. 

Pearl  Rahe.  Sarah  Sturgis. 

Margaret  Yarnklle. 


SEPTEMBER  28. 
Mortal  Affrrnnotu 

cl,ara  bowerfind.  aljda  s.  dayman, 

euzabkth  chapin.  anna  harding. 

Katherine  Chapin.  Grace  Hulse. 

OCTOBER  12. 

(  a.  Playwrights. 

Trend  of  the  Drama ]  b.  Plays. 

(  c.  Players. 

LaVon  S perry. 

OCTOBER  26. 

,,    -,         -n«.  ,.  j  a.  Problem  Novels. 

Modern  Fiction |b>  short  story> 

Peari,  Rahe. 

NOVEMBER  9. 

Ts  Poetrv  Passing  I  a-   Epoch  Poetry, 

is^owtrj  massing jb    Modern  Poets. 

Elizabeth  Chapin. 

itftuatr  atti>  Art 
NOVEMBER  23. 

The  Music  of  To-day — a.  Composers. 

Cl.ARA  BOWERFIND. 


DECEMBER  7. 

b.  Singers. 

Margaret  Yarnku 


DECEMBER  28. 
Swial  Aftmtomt. 

Abigail  Keegan.  Josephine  H.  Leonard. 
Edith  Keegan.  Elizabeth  McCracken. 
Bertha  Lang.  Bertha  Perfect. 

Adah  Pickard. 


JANUARY  10. 


Progress  of  Art  in  America  {  J"    ^iana  Artists 
Alida  Dai.man. 


JANUARY  24. 


Famous  Modern  I  a.   New  Schools. 

Paintings   \b.   Modern  Madonnas. 

Anna  Harding. 
Adah  Pickard. 


FEBRUARY  8. 

fa.  Edison. 

Invention \  b.  Marconi. 

(  c.  Air  Ship. 

Sarah  Sturgis. 
Floy  Pickard. 

FEBRUARY  22. 


Dicoveries 


f  a.  In  the  Heavens. 
\  b.  In  the  Earth. 
(c.  Under  the   Earth. 


Josephine  Leonard. 
MARCH  10. 

„      .  ,      ,       I  a.  Twentieth  Century  Hygiene. 
Phystologhy.  j  b    Mirades  of  Modern  Surgery. 

Bertha  Perfect. 
Edith  Keegan. 

Hanqurt. 


MARCH  24. 

f  a.  Environment. 

Psychology— Child  Culture]  b.  Education. 

(.c.  Evolution. 
Grace  Hulse. 

Bertha  Lang.  . 


Artiur  Hfombers. 

Clara  Bowerfind West  Wayne  St 

Elizabeth  Chapin '. West  Wayne  St 

Katherine  Chapin West  Wayne  St 

Alida  S .  Dalman West  Creighton  Ave 

Anna  M.  Harding South  Webster  St 

Grace  H.  Hulse West  DeWald  St 

Abigail  Keegan  Washington  Blv'd 

Edith  Y.  Keegan West  Wayne  St 

Bertha  J.  Lang West  Creighton  Ave 

Josephine  H.  Leonard South  Calhoun  St 

Elizabeth  McCracken White  Apartment 

Bertha  W.  Perfect West  Berry  St 

Adah  G.  Pickard East  Washington  St 

Flov  F.  Pickard West  Wavne  St 

Clara  Porter West  Wayne  St 

Pearl  F.  Rahe Fairfield  Ave 

LaVon  Sperry Hoagland  Ave 

Sarah  Sturgis Ewing  St 

Margaret  C.  Yarnelle West  Wayne  St 

HONORARY  MEMBERS. 

Blanche  Crowe Chicago,  111 

Elizabeth  Eveleth Schenectady  N    Y. 

Clara  H.  Guild Fort  Wayne 

Lillian  P.  Hass Wabash,  Ind 

Fanny  Hartman Albany,  N.  Y 

Grace  N.  Jessup-. Petoskey ,  Mich 

Maude  M.  Leonard East  Orange,  N.  J. 

Mary  Lincoln Schenectady,  N.  Y. 

Jennie  C   Sessions Columbus,  O 

Lillian  A.  Scott Angola,  Ind 

Kathryn  L.  Siemon Bridgeport,  Conn 

Elizabeth  K.  Smith Lexington,  Ky 


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dffims, 

President,  PEARL  RAHE. 

Vice-President,  ADAH  PICKARD. 

Secy  and  Treas.,  EDITH  KEEGAN. 

JOSEPHINE  H.  LEONARD. 

ALIDA  S.  DALMAN. 

ELIZABETH  E.  CHAPIN. 


OCTOBER  4. 
I^tfriai  Aftrrnmm. 

Adah  Pickard.  Josephine  Leonard. 

Abigail  Keegan".  Rli?a't>etb  McCracken. 

Edith  Keegan.  Pearl  Rahe. 

OCTOBER  18. 

Architecture  /  Conformity  of  Style. 

Aiclutecture <(  The  Day  of  the  Bungalow. 

Bertha  Lang. 
Elizabeth  McCracken. 

NOVEMBER  I. 

f  Furniture. 

Interior  Decoration ■<  Color  Scheme. 

(  Pictures. 
Bertha  Perfect. 
Sarah  Sturgis. 

NOVEMBER  15. 

The  Dooryard j  ^awn-Trees . 

'  (Vines — Garden. 

Abigail  Keegan. 

NOVEMBER  29. 

City  Civic  Improvement  League...  {  Q^f^th^ 
Anna  Harding. 


APRIL  4. 

The  World  Beautiful <{  As  seen  by  the  Poets. 

Margaret  Yarnelle. 

APRIL  18. 

XT  ,         ~,    ,  I  A  day  out  of  Doors. 

Nature  Study \  Flo/ers  and  Birds> 

Grace  Hulse. 

MAY  2. 

„  .             ,  ,,  .  (  American  Artists  and 

Pictures  of  Nature j      thdr  Landscapes. 

Clara  Yarnelle. 

MAY  16. 
Mortal  Afternoon. 

Elizabeth  Chapin.  Anna  Harding. 

Alida  Dalman.  Grace  Hulse. 

Clara  Bowerfind.  La  Von  Sperry. 


OCTOBER  4. 
burial  Mtextwmi. 

Adah  Pickard.  Josephine  Leonard. 

Abigail  Keegan.  Elizabeth  McCracken. 

Edith  Keegan.  Pearl  Rahe. 

OCTOBER  18. 

Architecture {  $?ni™mitJ ?*  ?yle-  , 

(  The  Day  of  the  Bungalow. 

Bertha  Lang. 

Elizabeth  McCracken. 

NOVEMBER  1. 

(  Furniture. 

Interior  Decoration <  Color  Scheme. 

(  Pictures. 
Bertha  Perfect. 
Sarah  Sturgis. 

NOVEMBER  15. 

The  Dooryard f  Lawn-Trees. 

J  {  Vines — Garden. 

Abigail  Keegan. 

NOVEMBER  29. 

City  Civic  Improvement  League...  j  Sg!Su1,!* 
Anna  Harding. 


DECEMBER  13. 

(  Their  Location. 
'""  \  What  we  shall  have  in  them. 


Equipment. 


Parts -j 

Pearl  Rahe. 

„.,.„,                   i  \  The  Necessity 

Public  Play-grounds j  Thdr  Equipin 

LaVon  Sperry. 

DECEMBER  28. 
Mortal  Afternoon.    « 

Bertha  Lang'.  Sarah  Sturgis. 

Bertha  Perfect  Clara  Yarnelle 

Floy  Pickard.  Katherine  Chapin. 

Margaret  Yarnelle. 


JANUARY  10. 


/  How  to  preserve  them. 
torests  I  Devastating  Fires. 

Josephine  Leonard. 

JANUARY  24. 

I  Yellowstone. 

Our  National  Parks <  Points  of  Historical 

(      Interest. 

Elizabeth  Chapin. 


FEBRUARY  7. 

(  Niagara. 

Natural  Wonders \  Mammoth  Cave. 

I  Wyandotte  Cave. 

Katherine  Chapin. 
Floy  Pickard. 

FEBRUARY  21. 

(  Some  Famous  Gardens. 

The  World \  Hanging  Gardens. 

(.  Sunken  Gardens. 

Aiida  Dalman. 


MARCH  7. 

Landscape  Gardening  in    I  Checkered  Fields. 
•     Europe I  Famous  Vineyards. 

Clara  Bowerfind. 


MARCH  21. 


^,  —     ,.     ,    {  In  America  and  Japan. 

Flower  Festivals  j  Jn  Southern  Spain  and  Italy. 

Edith  Keegan. 
Adah  Pickard. 


Clara  Bowerfind West  Wayne  St 

Elizabeth  Chapin West  Wayne  St 

Katherine  Chapin West  Wayne  St 

Alida  S    Dalman West  Creighton  Ave 

Anna  M.  Harding South  Webster  St 

Grace  H.  Hulse West  DeWald  St 

Abigail  Keegan Washington  Blv'd 

Edith  Y.  Keegan West  Wayne  St 

Bertha  J.  Lang West  Creighton  Ave 

Josephine  H.  Leonard South  Calhoun  St. 

Elizabeth  McCracken White  Apartment 

Bertha  W.  Perfect West  Berry  St 

Adah  G.  Pickard East  Washington  St 

Floy  F.  Pickard i West  Wayne  St 

Pearl  P.  Rahe Fairfield  Ave 

La  Von  Sperry Hoagland  Ave 

Sarah  Sturgis Ewing  St 

Margaret  C.  Yarnelle West  Wayne  St 

Clara  P.  Yarnelle  West  Wayne  St 

HONORARY  MEMBERS. 

Blanche  Crowe Chicago,  111 

Elizabeth  Eveleth Schenectady,  N.  Y 

Clara  H.  Guild Burlington,  la. 

Lillian  P.  Hass . Wabash,  Ind 

Fanny  Hartman Albany,  N.  Y 

Grace  N  Jessup .Petoskey,  Mich 

Maude  M.  Leonard East  Orange,  N.J 

Mary  Lincoln Schenectady,  N.  Y 

Jennie  C.  Sessions  Columbus,  O 

Lillian  A.  Scott Angola,  Ind. 

Kathryn  L    Sietnon ...Bridgeport,   Conn 

Elizabeth  K.  Smith Lexington,  Ky 


Club 


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19114912 


Wf&nta 

President,  PEARL  F.  RAHE. 

Vice-President,  ADAH  G.  PICKARD. 
Sec'y  and  Treas.,  EDITH  Y.  KEEGAN. 

•ffrmjntm  (&ammx&?t 

BERTHA  J.  LANG, 

ANNA  M.  HARDING, 

ADAH  G.  PICKARD. 


OCTOBER  3. 
Social  Afternoon. 
Bertha  Lang.  Edith  Keegan. 

Anna  Harding.  Abigail   Keegan. 

Josephine  Leonard.  Adah  Pickard. 

OCTOBER   17. 

With  Clara  Bowerfind, 

The  Technique  of  the  Drama, 

Clara  Yarnelle. 

OCTOBER  31. 

With  Alida  Dalman, 

Mystery  and  Morality  Plays, 

Pearl  Rahe. 

NOVEMBER   14. 
With  Adah  Pickard, 

Transition  Period, 

Bertha  Lang. 


MARCH  19. 

Wil  With  Anna  Harding, 

.  Calderon — "The  Magic  Wonder  Worker"  . 

Grace  Hulse. 


Wil 


APRIL  2. 

With  Margaret  Yarnelle, 

Goethe — "Faust," 

Clara  Bowerfind. 

APRIL  16. 

With  Grace  Hulse, 

The  Passion  Play, 

Alida  Dalman. 


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APRIL  30. 

Eli 

With  La  Von  Sperry, 

Eli 

Old  Players, 

Floy  Pickard. 

Katherine  Smith 

MAY  14. 

Wi 


Social  Afternoon. 
Bertha  Perfect.  Floy  Pickard. 

Clara  Yarnelle.  Clara  Bowerfind. 

Margaret  Yarnelle.  Katherine  Smith. 


OCTOBER  3. 
Social  Afternoon. 
Bertha  Lang.  Edith  Keegan. 

Anna  Harding.  Abigail   Keegan. 

Josephine  Leonard.  Adah  Pickard. 

OCTOBER   17. 

With  Clara  Bowerfind, 

The  Technique  of  the  Drama, 

Clara  Yarnelle. 

OCTOBER  31. 

With  Alida  Dalman, 

Mystery  and  Morality  Plays, 

Pearl  Rahe. 

NOVEMBER   14. 
With  Adah  Pickard, 

Transition  Period, 

Bertha  Lang. 


NOVEMBER  28. 

With  Abigail  Keegan, 

Medieval  Theatre, 

Sarah  Sturgis. 

DECEMBER  12. 

With  Katherine  Smith, 

Shakespear — A  Sketch, 

Elizabeth  McCracken. 
"The  Merry  Wives  of  Windsor," 

Elizabeth  Chapin. 


DECEMBER   28. 
.    Social  Afternoon. 
Pearl  Rahe.  Alida  Dalman. 


Elizabeth  McCracken 
Elizabeth  Chapin. 

Sarah  Sturgis. 


La    Von    Sperry. 
Grace  Hulse. 


JANUARY  9. 

With  Edith  Keegan, 

"Hamlet," 

Margaret  Yarnelle. 
La  Von  Sperry. 


JANUARY  23. 

With  Pearl  Rahe, 

Goldsmith, 

Josephine  Leonard. 
"She  Stoops  to   Conquer," 

Anna  Harding. 

FEBRUARY  6. 

With  Floy   Pickard, 

Sheridan — "The  Rivals" 

Adah  Pickard. 
"The  School  for  the  Scandal" 

Bertha  Perfect. 

FEBRUARY  20. 

With  Clara  Yarnelle, 

"The  Book  of  Job," 

Abigail  Keegan. 


MARCH  5. 
With  Bertha  Perfect, 

Aeschylus — "Promethens,"  ' 

Edith  Keegan. 


ACTIVE   MEMBERS. 

Clara  Bowerfind West  Wayne  Street 

Elizabeth  Chapin West  Wayne  Street 

Alida  S.  Dalman West  Cheighton  Ave. 

Anna  M.  Harding S.  Webster  Street 

Grace   H.   Hulse West   DeWald   Street 

Abilgail  Keegan Washington  Blvd 

Edith  Y.   Keegan West  Wayne    Street 

Bertha  J.  Lang Oak  Knoll  Place 

Josephine    Leonard S.    Calhoun    Street 

Elizabeth   McCracken White  Apartments 

Bertha  W.   Perfect West  Berry   Street 

Adah  G.  Pickard E.  Washington  Street 

Floy  F.  Pickard West  Wayne  Street 

Pearl  F.  Rahe Fairfield  Ave 

La  Von  Sperry Fairfield  Ave 

Sarah  Sturgis Ewing  Street 

Katherine  Smith West  Wayne  Street 

Clara  P.  Yarnelle West  Wayne  Stret 

Margaret  C.  Yarnelle. .  .West  Wayne  Street 

HONORARY  MEMBERS. 

Blanche  Crowe Chicago,  111 

Elizabeth  Evelerth Schenectady,  N.  Y. 

Clara  H.  Guild Burlington,  la. 

Lillian    P.   Hass Wabash,    Ind. 

Fanny   T.  Hartman Albany,   N.   Y. 

Grace  N.  Jessup Petoskey,  Mich 

Maude   M.   Leonard East  Orange,   N.   Y. 

Mary  Lincoln Schenectady,  N.  Y. 

Jennie  C.  Sessions Columbus,  O. 

Lillian  A.   Scott Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

Kathryn  L.  Siemon Bridgeport,  Conn. 

Elizabeth    K.    Smith Lexington,    Ky. 


Iftineteentb 

Century 

Club 

©rgani3efc  1892 

1912*1913 


(Micers 

President,  CLARA  BOWERFIND. 

Vice-President,     KATHERINE     C  H  A  P  I  N 
SMITH. 

Sec'y.  and  Treas.,  ADAH  G.  PICKARD. 

program  Committee 

KATHERINE   CHAPIN  SMITH. 
EDITH  Y.  KEEGAN. 

CLARA  P.  BOWERFIND. 


OCTOBER   1. 
Social  Afternoon. 
Floy  Pickard.  Clara  Yarnelle. 

Edith  Keegan.  Bertha  Perfect. 

Katherine    Chapin    Smith. 

OCTOBER  15. 

With  Anna  Harding, 
Calderon — "The   Magic  Wonder  Worker," 

Grace  Hulse. 

OCTOBER  29. 

With  Edith  Keegan, 

Ibsen — ''Doll's  House," 

Clara  Bowerfind. 
Peer   Gynt, 

Katherine  Chapin  Smith. 

NOVEMBER    12. 
With  Bertha  Perfect, 

Maeterlinck — "Blue   Bird." 

Clara  Yarnelle. 


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MARCH    25. 

With  Abigail  Keegan, 

Bernard    Shaw, 
"Arms  and  the  Man," 

Sarah  Sturgis. 

APRIL  8. 

With   Sarah  Sturgis, 

American  Drama, 
William  Gillette,  George  Ad       Clyde  Fitch, 

Alida  Dalman. 

APRIL  22. 

With  Bertha  Lang, 

American  Actors  and  Actresses, 

Adah  Pickard. 

MAY  8. 


With  Lavon  Sperry, 

Operas,  Old  and  New, 

Edith   Keegan. 

MAY  22. 

Social  Meeting. 

Pearl  Rahe.  Bertha  Lang. 

Anna  Harding.  Alida  Dalman. 

Grace  Hulse.  Sarah  Sturgis. 


OCTOBER   1. 
Social  Afternoon. 
Floy  Pickard.  Clara  Yarnelle. 

Edith  Keegan.  Bertha  Perfect. 

Katherine    Chapin    Smith. 

OCTOBER  15. 
With  Anna  Harding, 
Calderon — "The   Magic  Wonder  Worker," 

Grace  Hulse. 

OCTOBER  29. 

With  Edith  Keegan, 

Ibsen — "Doll's  House," 

Clara  Bowerfind. 
Peer   Gynt, 

Katherine  Chapin  Smith. 

NOVEMBER    12. 
With  Bertha  Perfect, 

Maeterlinck — "Blue   Bird." 

Clara  Yarnelle. 


NOVEMBER   26. 

With  Alida  Dalman, 

Hauptman — Sunken  Bell, 

Pearl  Rahe. 

DECEMBER    10. 
With  Adah  Pickard, 

Beaumarchais, 

Bertha  Lang. 
The  Barber  of  Seville, 
The  Marriage  of  Figaro, 

Lavon  Sperry. 

DECEMBER   31. 
Social  Afternoon. 
Adah  Pickard.  Lavon  Sperry. 

Clara  Bowerfind.  Bess  McCracken. 

Abigail    Keegan.  Elizabeth  Chapin. 


JANUARY   14. 
With  Pearl  Rahe, 


Scotch  Drama, 
Barrie's   "Peter   Pan," 

Anna  Harding. 


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JANUARY   28. 

With  Clara  Bowerfind, 

Restoration  of  Irish  Drama, 

Abigail  Keegan. 

FEBRUARY  11. 
With  Floy  Pickard, 

Rostand— Chanticler, 

Bertha  Perfect. 

FEBRUARY  25. 

With  Clara  Yarnelle, 

French  Actors  and  Actresses, 
Bernhardt,    Coquelin,    Rejaune, 

Floy  Pickard. 

MARCH    11. 
With   Katherine  Chapin  Smith, 
English   Drama, 

Elizabeth  Chapin. 


Pinero, 


Bess  McCracken. 


ACTIVE    MEMBERS. 

Clara  Bowerfind West  Wayne  Street 

Elizabeth  Chapin West  Wayne  Street 

Alida  S.  Dalman .......  West  Creighton  Ave. 

Anna  M.  Harding S.  Webster  Street 

Grace  H.  Hulse West  DeWald  Street 

Abigail    Keegan Washington    Blvd. 

Edith  Y.  Keegan West  Wayne  Street 

Bertha  J.  Lang Oak  Knoll  Place 

Elizabeth  McCracken. ..  .White  Apartments 

Bertha  W.  Perfect West  Berry  Street 

Adah  G.  Pickard E.  Washington  Street 

Floy  E.  Pickard West  Wayne  Street 

Pearl  F.   Rahe Fairfield  Ave. 

Lavon    Sperry Fairfield   Ave. 

Sarah   Sturgis Ewing  Street 

Katherine   Smith West  Wayne   Street 

Clara  P.  Yarnelle West  Wayne  Street 

HONORARY   MEMBERS. 

Blanche   Crowe Chicago,   111. 

Elizabeth   Eveleth Schenectady,   N.   Y. 

Clara  H.  Guild Burlington,  la. 

Lillian  P.  Hass Wabash,  Ind. 

Fanny  T.  Hartman Albany,  N.  Y. 

Grace  N.  Jessup Petoskey,  Mich. 

Maude  M.  Leonard East  Orange,  N.  Y. 

Mary    Lincoln Portland,    Ore. 

Jennie  C.   Sessions Cleveland,   O. 

Lillian   A.    Scott Los   Angeles,    Cal. 

Kathryn  L.    Siemon Bridgeport,   Conn. 

Elizabeth  K.   Smith Lexington,  Ky. 

Joseph   Leonard . . .  Fort  Leavenworth,   Kan. 
Margaret  C.  Yarnelle Tenefly,  N.  J.