The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-12
les About
|1vol,,en's Clubs.

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ss,, ,Du, many successes thst have we
a..,r ,a,arro things that did nos
~sr adjusted. The membership
~ ,;mItri to twenty-five. ms
81 Nv honorary members who OLD
4 Tho active work; the average
M tsins fifteen $500.
- IA d study OF French history
s, ~. and though winter seems
!. IVA tine for the research o. . ms :.
.. ri IN especially a literature that y
x. soyk OF the club is not an
~ ~ W. suggestive study, and the
uiiyh NV guts,r, ihe intended benetit, must
~ q y srsnch reading at home.
1i!y y " M nroafamme was as follows:
9 " All. each woman answering
tssJ ,nme Will, an item OF Inter-
~ ancient or current event;
W minntes, after this q reaaing ny tns
Skes 4 sketch al.ropot Of inc lesson
Ssxrftom French literature; ,ne qu.s.
~ ssvt m order. or rather the lesson
ia which had been prepared
y. IVY x,ssk. The papers followed, one
w nersonagc or a. topic CONTAINED
cllss and the other /, modern author.
iss..' u. n n current book. The time
NJ ~, wns devoted to business. After
IN not n necessary feature. any
49,. ~ Al liberty to ask queer queries. !"
.sstS he programme and then adjourn
I. 1. M social feature connected with
~ hut In an impromptu ana iniorniai
u I x ofteu added. No dues hau been
v, - ,nltiafIop zee was necessary until
NJ II rsstinr last juno, when the members
~, ID cents month dues and 81
sSIliaiion fee. A few changes have
s,.Ss IN the ensuing ycar~-a Few by
ssSa.d parliamentary drillxi3 10 be
~ n the orogranmG hereafter.
.tudv for this wiuter Will be. Spanish
snS literature, the club feeling like
", intends 10 ltlve deep into the n,ys-
N The land of Don Quixote. nov 10
rsped tirne.''
ssl trial Of the 'Neai Book" was made
hi and proved sucl, u convenience IN re-
u programme md information gcner-
tsafsrning the club that 1t now seems
n essential And as n fitting ending.
sIrtt BE- suggestion TO our cowork-
tbe motto Ii our Year Book;
supty learning and how vain Is art,
!! mends the life and guides the
Nola Ellen Dilworth. Secretary.
~
lklshast, as every Texan knows. mace
" 70 the public In her charming book,
h Face With the Mexicans. Her
Slower Games given today, will be
vIlh az added zest. following MS 1t does.
In Hills lecture on the troubadours
te early romantic literature.
enhusiasm OF the Felebres society Of
h has caused a revival Of interest In
ttial songs and poetry among literary
tafyxhere, and "the moaerns." notnnly
Dobson and Rosetti, Sing their roun-
In the musical metre OF the can
md "rpndet" OF the gay strollnts pGets
trlsades.
tNl years ago an article in the Gosno-
b. "A Feast bay TN the Rhone," gave
rpIng account OF the 'Feleores' an
)li!lhLage III an excursion amid How
iAsllng and, music cou,d be so-caiiod,
isljs 70 Aiignon and The haunts OF The
eiuVls.
0rcnt Events club of Dallas having
~ bappg Inspiration, left the "Fe-
Their poetry and <speechifying in
l1eting hal! OF the old papal palace
~ and went on an excursion o, their
a9 inc old glad life under the old blue
~ sunny Provence. Some Of the
faspsrsed their conversation In tho
pSsslg way with the high flown and
pmrseolcgy Of the old roniances.
ny club experiences count that
launting with trou6adour aud min
~ highways and byways from Je-
y EDINBURGH as the most delightful.
n'lsxing programme of the last meet
y klmia club. Massachusetts,. Is out
ecnnon run Of club programmes (apol-
g the fampaiika club OF vernon) aud Is
als Interesting.
hpT was given which told OF the re-
e y,,,in Of ancient manuscripts. men,
wilanss Of Bacchylides. Sappho and
sesEgular verses Of Shelley. 'rhis was
MV ,aik on The Ruoaiyut OF Omar
~ which had special reference to the
S s.Gss q MS Thought us expressed In
~ translation. In conclusion a pa
Raa on Elihu Vedder as artist aan
w u umar khayyam, and the club
re treat OF examining the magnln-
~ eUsu! pictures which Vedd4 has
y Illustrate the phases of Khayyam'
smith,, My music litiy supplemented the
sS'N' vi The programme.
'us fnilisune, a wicked little mans
y clubs: "
sr'4 Grub In action with a president
~, r,T'en,iy been presented with q copy
NJ. hsles Of Order. Is q pathetic
spillt maketh alive. but Robla,'s
.pss'or gathering killsth like chlorine
pssent at a meeting of tho Woman.s
sssaa peth During the discussion N.
81 \; paper Of the occasion, The Rise
ssi,s i'aihel Nurses, one woman was
NY 70 order by the presid ant.
II MN ~, haow that Is so. Mrs. Bassett;
"a rab s. sol persisted the sister who
@e President arosef and her black
~ fustlel In Indignation. Whom Val,
houIs MA casair, Clara Johnson, said shs.
IA !. suufess me as Madame Presi-
b t,,wr your insistence that | know,
ncs ny, mat IN my unofficial capacity
,psssa ~. n my official capacity i am
~ Know anything!'"
"''oslug clipping Is from Beau Monde,
'vs Journal and mirror:
Was given special literary
;ii m ny morning LECTURES of Miss Ab-
NJ ~ me English novel. giyen I'M
4 RnasouAke OF the Dallas Fedora
tery w. clubs Miss Hill. though
Detsoss youhs woman. has a CHARM
n ra, $40 self-posssssion that
ssirup' "a women grown gray On
nd n. ehs speaks Il beautiful En-
II i ~ csunNintlon, clear cut and
arr,.' ing, iced In its charm by the
that tells She is Snuibers
M sa rue ganut OF the English
efssl his, various creators. from
!nterns,oiy down to tbs present
1f4et ashs with carefully select
Erhts aur aappy anecdotes aud
lAi1nss ~ .ae authors. Her trent
ND s.sS' aauwed she was admifa-
11sss' we!i Informed ana ,So~'.mrhIv
6ttic,sn,,, asr subject, and the oAly
4 sInta hsard was that she read
NM. g, ~. lectures This fact,
n nuS,aav objection to those Of her
y MIL who had attended like
ent,a ~ ae shainied circle OF cui-
Via iI,snsie this TEAMS exponent
&'shas~ra,urc was tufored Her
tsree,si, .fiss on Thursday morn.
e9Tss wsss eataftaining, and this
n uoth Interesting and In
st,is ss ISM q Miss Hin Tor deliver
~ mi, M antss, 1t seems fur. not
% rent ~ 70 ether lecturers who
NJ & in. the clubs that lecturinr
- sns aifilrtxf ,,,,I,.-. 'tesNsn~