The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-07-17

The ITALIAN Club
The last meeting of this club was held a.,
residence of it's President, Mrs Jas. r. CANT,
on the evening of the 10th Organized In, e.
months age it has had a very successful c.rs..
It's meetings Icing both interesting and .r,..
taiRing to the members. Owing to The atseD..
o, many of the members, and the fact thai o,h..
will go to various resorts for the summer !, -,
determined al previous meeting tina, mi.
should be the last meeting for the season and
Miss Annie Papy was elected 10 deliver the Va,
edciory The Club will have grand re- un;o,
in the early iali, and resume their regular weeklv
meetings.
MISS PAPY's ADDRESS
In selecting me tn deliver the yae,lic,o,,.
! fear v0u have made n mistake, there being 50
many others who are far more capable than Inv.
! self however shall do my best A few month.
! since il was proposed by Mrs Gamble and Nj
| Williams, that literary club should be organ
! lied tUr the Improvement of the young peope u,
! Tallahassee When il was mentioned We wer.
/ all very much pleased, and many were the rtaJv
hands and wiling hearts To do all in their power
! to make the association success. Mrs Gam
bic was chosen President. and Mrs. Williams
Secretary. II" the President it was left to select
name tor the club, and she proposed " Tha
liam from = hala,' one of the MUSES. generally
! gal'lrd As the paIroncss of comedy. The god
d's~ was supposed by some TO preside over hus
] htnd'y and planting. Il hope she will not for
/ get That some oi her dcvOces might in the fl
tuic he planters. and will watch over them
/ thlGuSh lite) 1t was unanimously agreed upon
that The selection was y good one-as indeed
every Thing is that our President undertakes
| wa prevented by sickness from attending the
first meeting which was held at the house oil our
Secretary. From the organization Of our society
VT Lave had good attendance excepting one ur
/ two meetings AT first we felt little emhar-
ras>incnt AT making an appearance in public, bui
we have gradually overcome that difiidrnce
! and now, thaukS to the enconfa- ement We re.
Cevfl from oar teachers we feel quite AT home
when We are called to order by the tap oi our
! Presidents fan, accompanied by nod OF her
head, which We all understand to- mean q get M
and DO your best" If | am not mistaken one Of
/ the Young gentlemen promised To make little
/ gavcl for her, because he afraid she would
break her IAN hut as we have not yet seen il
we Will be charitable and say he has forgotten
and hope that he will have il ready for next win
ter. When we did well told So and
that certainly encouraged rs. OF course We did
not always do we'll We all stumbled through
some piece, but The encouragement received
made us the more anxious To excel next time
. As Richelieu remarked to a young man as he
started to obtain some valuable papers that the
cardinal was most anxious to secure, My boy
there il such ord fail. We, too, must say 81
Let is not have any such word as fail in our
vocabulary. We can succeed, and We will
Ii littc breakdowns in our rectaiiOns diShearten
Us what will WE do
Ia the world broad field OF battle.
In the byOuac of life :
We must then be up and doing
With IA heart for any fate.
Still achieving, still pursuing.
Learn to labor and to wait.
We can't expect to climb to the top of the lad
der without making some false steps. Who
knows but that some day one of the young men Oi
this -pciety may be President OF the United
States Perhaps it might be the delegate from
Sopchoppy (and if so hope he will remember
the Ttalan, and the instructions that have been
given i'll be very beneficial TO him The young
adi,- " i'll be fitted to grace any position in so
ciety, tior how can they help it when they have
had such admirable instructors.l DOp't YOU
thibk wc can enter room more like lalles and
gentlemen than we did at first: Wegirs would
come in, say lIolloa, know your piece and
the reply would be No child | can't tell.
can only imagine what the gentlemen would
say to cac, other. but know that they would
bow from the end OF the room to our President
and Secretary and sometimes, fear they were
yery negligent and did not bow al all. Tonight
We adjourn sins die | don't think any Of Us
will trget the happy Tuesday evenings spent
together, at least | hope We will not. As We
grow UIucT we Viii realize now muCn we owe Ia
our President and Secretary and thank heaven
that Tallahassee was blessed with two such
talented and charming ladies. We have gained
and host few members. As glance around the
room miss two familiar faces and regret exceed
ngly that they are not at our last meeting Our
Marianne Thaans will leave us in a few weeks,
hut hope il will he only for one short season.
hope they will not sever the silken cord that
binds them To Tie many friends left behind. In
deed, one has already gone.
We must part awhile few short months
though short they must be long without their ST.
cety but yet we must endure it and our friend
ship will be the stronger after parting; it will
crow in their absence and will be found burning
viii tender glow when they return. Twas
ever thus. We have been too happy. Like
Kinda, | too say
knew. knew it could not last
Twas bright. Twas heavenly, but tbs past.
lhls summer we must work so that next win
ter We will be very much improved. How proudit
must make our President and Secretary feel la
bear Us praised, and il is all owing to them that
we receive any, for what efforts they have made
tor US To succeed we alone can tell. Don't you
suppose they have ever been discouraged
Emo" they have for we have been very very un-
rullv sometimes
To our President and Secretary we tender our
heartfelt thanks for the interest they have taken
in u and hope we will ere long show them that
wtSCau and will do justice TO their teachings
We will be scattered this summer far and near,
hui next winter we will have grand reunion
sud take for our motto " Excelsior
Ne viii say Farewell" word that has been and
must b.
For what ere promise, hope. believe
There hrtathes despair but simply " 4a rrrOiy