Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-03-11
NEW CENTURY CLUB.

week. IL Wab tue pTUuuctlun OF
self-reading magazine, an innovation
highly appreciated by the busy women
OF the New Century Club. who had
but to sit and listen, and also to look
and admire, for 1t was illustrated with
new conner among magazines was "The
by seven feet 10 size, was ornamented
with colonial design encircling me-
dallion headD of George ard Martha
Washington. The table OF contents
occupied the inside page of the cover.
and when it was opened a pretty
frontispiece was revealed. Past and
Present. = colonial dame on whose
knee leaned little child looking up
in her face. The editorial got itself
read through the editor .in-chief, Mira
Berlin. and tie leading article.
"Arould the Colonial Fireside."
which gave pleasant glimpses of the
domestic and social life of Gen. Wash
iDgton, by Miss Mary A. MendinhalL
An illustrated Valentine followed, a lit
tie winged Cupid outside of lattice
pleading for entrance of the young girl
who stood within. Some chapters of
d continued story, "The Handwriting
on the WALL" were recited by Mrs.
Elizabeth Bacon Walling. 1t was
realistic story, painting in strong
colors a poverty SO dire as to consti
tute menace TO socisty. Two beauti-
full living pictures followed, "a Modern
st. Cecilia" and 1.-THE Mirror;' NJ ISIS
Lore, artist.
Shadows" poem by Mrs. Eliza
beth Robinson, was appropriately illus
trated, and "Whistler's Latest Pic
ture" stood in the fraine as Miss
Lillian Berlin. who whistled some airs
in pleasing manner.
Taking for suggestion Whittier's
poem ut Might Have Been Miss
Derickson showed, in some clever
verses how, given the modern college
and club bred girl, at Never Could
Have Been Literary queries in verso
by Miss DeVou and Miss Preston were
answered by the audience. Current
Events" were clevcrly told in blank
verse by Mrs. Elizabeth Robinson.
Mrs L. G. Kent, and Mrs. G. L.
Wright.
In this unique magazine tho aiiver.
tisements deserved to take equal rank
with the other contents. They were a
series Of tliving posters, artisticaiiy
arranged by Mrs. Thomas S. Bellah.
The exercises of the class ON Tues.
day week were of much interest.
In an able paper on . Foreign Politics"
Mrs. G. S. Rowland reviewed the
situation in Crete and in Cuba.
| Speaking OF recent art Miss Lore
alluded to our Town artist author,
Howard Pyle, a man Of much versa
| tility, OF breadth and nobility of pur.
pose. and possessed of perfect genius
for work. He is an authority GU the
costumes, the setting and the customs Of
Colonial times; then take the whole
range Of his art, from thu dignity Of
the Washington. pictures tho uncsnny
realism of The Ghost of Captain
brand, that weird suggestion of all
that ia creepy in the old myths,
The Werewolf the charming illus
trations of The Romance of an A mbro
type, TO the sweet suggestion Of mother
life in the picture in Hugh Wynne. ;
entitled 'Didst Thou Tell Them l
Taught Thee?' In Pastoral without
Words, how the sunlight comes in at
tho windows. and the breezes stir the
leaves, and how bright and healthy
and contenteG the world looks. ="
Miss Harlan reviewed Margaret
| Ogilvie," and Miss Mather told of
the beauty and perfect adaptability to
its purposes OF the new Congressional
Library building at Washington, and
advised any ono purposing to visit the
capitnl to read articles on the library
in the current numbers OF the Century
and Chautauquan magazines. SO as to
be- prepared to intelligently understand
and enjoy its details.
| A h,nt.,,t,, fho -, b.
meut that 1.-The total amount of food
needed for repair, for growth, and for
heatipg is much less than is generally
imagined. The great surgeon, Aber,
nethy, said One fourth of what We
oat Keeps us, and the other three
fourths we keep at the peril of oui
lives In winter we burn up the
surplus food with a limited amount O.
extra exertion. In summer we get rio
Of it at tho risk of health, and some
times of life. We cannot burn it
our vital furnaces are banked, and w
worry the most important workinl
organs with She extra exertion of re
moving what would better never hav,
been taken into the stomach
Reminder was made of the injury Il
eyesight resulting from the wearing o
, wells, especially those with dots. /
they must be worn the least objection
able are those without dots and will
large regular meshes made of singh
, thread. The action of the New YorI
Board OF Health was noticed, il
formally declaring tuberculosis to b.
, an infectious and communicate
disease. Physicians are required t.
. report all cases of it within weel
after they have made the diagnose
when methods TO prevent its spreat
will be as vigorously enforced as the.
, are in cases of diphtheria.
! III speaking Thursday of Franc
Of to-day Mr.. Beioc said the Erencl
, Revolution furnishes the UNIQUE OK
ample of nation reforming itsel
when on the very edge Of doom, of
new edifico raised from the ruins O
the old, called into existence from 178
to 1895, absolutely political miracle
as though it said, "Hera are th
blocks; behold the edifice ~ Ye
Y bearing the marks of being dc
liberateiy made and with purpose
0 One main idea was kept uppermps
0 and carried out by the men of th
+. Revolution. 1t was largely the wor
I of Mirabeau. The transition from tn
, feutial to the modern state which wa
progressive in other countries, j
o France was revolutionary. In 81
years the whole organization G
society, the chaos aud middle OF tn
old regime was destroyed, and mel
. order with it's simplicity, unity. an
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