The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-23
An Intellectual Jaunt.

On Thursday of last week the Ladies
Literary League of this city visited
the Ladies Reading Circle of juno
ton City and hObnobbled together in
true literary style. 1t does our heart
good to note the familiar acquaintance
our ladies and the ladies of Junction
City have with the genius of illustTiOus
spirits departed. 1t is an excellent
augury of the future to know that our
ladies have entered the literary arena
and are taking deep draughts of the in
SpiratiOn Of the ancient and modern
classics. \ future delightful and cul
tured society is being builded by these
ladies III their pursuit of the laurel
wreath. Homer, Virgil. Shakespeare,
Byron, Edgar Allen Poe. James Russell
Lowell, John Hay. Julia Fletcher.
George Eliot and other spirits of the
learned deep are as well known as next
door neighbOrs. The original muse is
in nOwise neglected, for We notice that
the ladies of Abilene were welcomed
by Mrs. Judge Humphrey in original
verse of much philOsOphic and tranScen-
dental merit, to speak nothing of its
delightful and ripping humOr. Mrs.
Crane of this city responded happily in
prose as musical as the pOetical frag-
mentS from Homer and Byron which
gemmed her well-spOken words. \
feeling of local pride prompts us to give
Mrs. Crane S response in full:
Byron says, "a manmust serve his time at every
trade
As the Literary League of Abilene has been in
pvi bfIr a feK shO TOO
scious OF our apprenticeship TO attempt 10 respond
in muse inspired strains, TO the beautiful words of
welcome you extend 10 Us, and which prove the
quotation that true ease in writing, comes from
art not chance
If we cannot command at will the power of di-
vine Calliope. we do claim the inspiration born of
desire for "a generous friendship which cold
medium knows
'And if from mind 10 mind this current flows
Adjusting life by its significance,
A charm Is added to our kindred aim,
AninspiratiOn to mutual advance
We accept your cordial greeting in the spirit |
which prompts it.
Wewill endeavor TO follow you in yOur ESSAYS" |
10 heights supernal, and will try TO appreciate your
art beWitchln, but when you pass TO Us the |
''angels food ETHEREAL, pray become unaware of |
the ''anges you entertain and permit us to take |
our chances with common humanity as to the dys-
peptc consequences.
Thanking you for Your hearty welcome, we can |
only add the hope that this Is merely the beginning
Of fellowship TO exist between our societies.
We Will return 10 our homes benefited and en-
by your example of long and untiring
energy.
And we hope to emulate the zeal with which you
have brought your society to its present intellec
-ual status.
The programme was indeed "a feast
IF reason and flow Of soul" Wehave
1 brief suggestion of Brook Farm in
: RealiZable Ideas,' an essay, and the
number Of these original papers which
we're fed to the visitors at this exclusive
literary table must have made a deep
md lasting impression on their minds.
No doubt the "SOulfulnesS of the
and the ''WhatneSs of the
Hereafter were ably and exhaustively
reated.
On Friday morning the ladies of
Junction City took the ladies of abb
enc to Fort Riley, where they were $
reated to concert by the military
and. Returning to Junction City,
Irs. ellis art studio was visited and
dmired with artistic amiability, after
Which the whole party recognized the
Xistence of the material by sitting '
own to fine dinner at the Bartell 7
OuSe. After dinner the intellectual
dieu was spoken deq1tO ammo. The
REFLECTOR hopes that the common
e'' which binds the two societies may
e broken never; that the common
lOught'' which ''inSpires earnest eff f
)rts fordevelopment and culture" may
row stronger; and thatwe witness only t
lie beginning Of friendship to exist
etween our societies."
The ladies of the League who went
} Junction City were MesdameS G. a.
lodge, J. B. Case, c. Z. Crane, w. S. q
Odge. E. J. Warner, J. II. Mahan, 9
W.Hurd, j. Augustine, E. a. Herbst, b
S. Kelley, R. Guffin, F. BOardman,
hos. Kirby.