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Show MRS. NAOMI CRANDALL WAS HOSTESS WEDNESDAY evening to members of the Jeune Mere club at her home. It was the first regular meeting of the club this season and 14 members attended. at-tended. The object of the club this year is to study children's literature and the initial lesson was based on the quotation by Kenneth Grahame entitled "Children are now the most important people we have left with us." Mrs. Cleo P. Heavener, who has had many years of experience in children's literature, will lead the roip in their course of study and she began her first talk Wednesday Wednes-day evening with the quotation, "It is a hopeful sign when we see the keen and mighty joy that comes when the child is quite alone with a real book," by Dr. James I. Wyer, past president of the N. Y. library. Mrs. Heavener further stated that it is a hopeful sign when voung parents are concerned with the books their children are reading. read-ing. Wednesday evening's program set up the background which gave easons why parents should read fine literature to their children ind as a special feature of the evening, Mrs. Heavener read "The Young Mothers," a fairy tale Elsie El-sie Piddock skips in her sleep. At the close of the meeting a dessert was served, ft having been decided that the amount normally spent for luncheons would be turned turn-ed back to the club for the purchase pur-chase of war stamps. The club books were also distributed during the evening. Present were the following members: mem-bers: Florence Allen, Lenore Bills, Margaret Blackett, Edna Clyde, Faye Haymond, Beth Jensen, Amy Klauck, Maurine Haymond, Florence Flor-ence Nielson, Minnie Richards, Naomi Thorn, Mabel Wright, and Marie Whiting. |
