New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-21
A european DAY.
BROOKLYN WOMEN DISCUSS L1TERA-
TTRE AND LIFE.
DAVID A. BooDY AND LOUISE BoTH-HENDRIK

DAVID a BUDDY AND LOUISE bOlh-hh.ND'iN
SEN AMONG THE sPEAKERs-E1.ABo-
RATE LUNCHEON SERVED.
The sun which always shines upon Chiropean's
social functions was ont usual yesterday. ind
,ur reflection IN the bright yellow chrysanthemums
which decorated the luncheon table and in the
smiling. animated faces Of the club members and
their guests.
:, was the nrst social meeting OF the season yes
terday and charming programme had been pre-
pared for the occasion under the auspices OF the
Committee on Art and Literature. Miss Susan b
Chase chairman. After a discussion of the dainty
luncheon the members OF the club adjourned 10
the audience room the officers and invited guests
taking their seats in an imposing row upon the
platform.
After few graceful words Of welcome from Mrs.
Alvah G Brown. president OF european. the
programme was opened by a violin solo, "Zseu-
ner-Weisen" GYPSY strains Sarasate given by MI
Wenzel A. Raboch. with Mrs. William Masruder
Coleman as accom- mist.
Miss Louise p .I-Hendriksen. of the Brooklyn
Institute follo--d with paper on The English
Artist and c. Iftsman.' in which she detailed the
revival and growth Of artistic craftsmanship IN
England lder the inspiring influence Of William
Morris - Edward Rurne-Jones and Dante Gabriel
Rose! 1t was I'm 1851 that these three men met
n rooms i'm the Red Lion Square. London. and
formed a society 10 see what they could do 10 make
work happy and ennobling.
a
ceramics. In short" said Miss Both Hendriksen.
land the influence Burne-Jones had on the making
Of the most ordinary man was wonderful. There IS
not the need of the simplest thing to be ugly, for
the form can always he beautiful
At the close OF Miss Both-Hendrksen's re,
marks. Mrs. Brown introduced ex-Mayor paNd
A. Body. OF Brooklyn. president of the Board OF
witty Introduction relative 20 the significance o.
sthe name "Chiropean." Mr.. Roody spoke briefly
IN Art and Science They Relate 10 Everyday
AfYairs of Life" Referring 70 the irookiyn Pub-
ii,c IIhrary MI. ROOdy said II owed is influence
Sarsely to a woman (Mrs. Craiglel, whose Work Tot
81 had been unceas.ng. Mrs Josephine JACOB!
rendered a contralto solo with so much accept
ance that she obliged % respond 20 an encore:
The tonic Of the afternoon, Literature and LIE
wss then charninCly presented by the chairman OF
the committee Mis- Susan p. Chase, who took a
Retrospective view OF the making Of books paper
on the Responsibility Of Reader and Writer. by
Miss Lillian Chambers. followed, in which sne
argued that the factors for the procuc-
ton OF r. good book that the author feei that
he has a mission and that he he in want - ,
"Fads I'm Fiction was the subject Of Mrs. alton
C. Herrick's paper. and the Critics Responsibility
that Of Miss Katharine Shepherd WOodwards. \
general discussion closed the afternoon
The guests Of honor included Mrs. Charles YARD
Hendriksen Miss Katharine woodward. MIS-
Josephine Iacoby. Mrs. William Maeruder Cole
man Wenzel A Raboch and ex-MaXor DAVID n.
Boodv OF Brooklyn: Mrs. Theodore Shelton. Of St
Louis Mo. Mrs Mark Robbins. Of Houston, Tex;
Mrs 2 r. Hopkins. ~ Erie. Penn; Mrs. Bertha
Xunz- Baker Of NeW-YOrk. Mrs II. y. Fiske and
MIS- l. Mathey. Of Crawford. y J.