The herald., 1898-11-06
woMAN's CLUBS
Art, Drama, Travel, Music and Current
Topics

Topics
The Ruskin Art club met Wednesday
morning at the club rooms in the Phillips
block. The subject of EARLY Christian
Architecture" was presented by the leader,
Mrs. Cecilia White, and large numbers OF
pictures were used in illustra tion of the
famous churches and cathedrals described.
Miss Marie Grove read an interesting paper
on "The Geographical, Geological and
Climatic Influences Upon Early Christian
Architecture" and Mrs. F. A. Larkin pre-
sented an equally interesting sketch of the
religious, social and political, as well as the
historical influences upon it. Architectural
character, the Baslica type and the descrip-
tion of parts peculiar to church architecture,
including the nave, aisles, clearstory wall.
apse, altar, confessio or shrine, choir,
chapels and cloisters were given by Mrs. J
A. Walls and Mrs. l. r. Hibbard. Miss F..
A. Clark read an interesting sketch of st.
Paul's Beyond the Walls" and described its
rebuilding in later years. Miss Adele
Schrieber described st. Pietro in vincoli and
its extensive alterations. The churches of
st. Lorenzo and ST. Clement at Ravenna
were described by Miss A. c. Wadleigh.
Other papers were presented and there was
much general discussion.
The Current Topics Section of the Wednes-
day Morning club met Monday afternoon
in the parlors of the Daily Street Congrega
tional Church. An interesting blackboard
memory exercise of prominent persons was
conducted by the leader, Mrs. Sherman Page.
Following was general discussion by the
members on various topics, some OF the
-ubjects and the leaders introducing them
being the Dreyfus Case, From Its Beginning
Until the Present Time, Mrs. ID. X. Trask: /:
rhe Chinese Railroad Question, Mrs. A. c..
Clark Cuba, It's History and Its People,
Miss Myrtle Fitzpatrick: Porto Rico, an Out
line of Its History and the Influence of the
Recent War Upon Its Government and Peo-
pie. Mrs H. l. Colyer; Foreign Affairs, Mrs
C. s. Ward. The Diplomatic Corps was also
discussed.
The tourist section of the Ebel held
,ts regular sem-monthly meeting Saturday
afternoon. The course of study for the year
as arranged by the curator. Mrs: W. ). Bart
lett, includes A Tour Through France, as a
preparation for the coming Paris Exposition.
The course will embrace map study. race
characteristic, a brief review OF the history
Of France, routes of travel, prominent cities
and finally Paris. where the class will linger
indefinitely. until the city, its history, art
and treasures have been thoroughly studied.
Last week the study included short tour
through Brittany and comprehensive study
Of La Vendee and the Revolution. The Sec
ton has an enrolment of about thirty.
The Gounod Club met Tuesday evening
at the residence of Prof and Mrs. w. G.
Cogswell on South Flower street: The sub
Ject American Composers But Little
known was we'll presented by Mrs.
Cogswell. Afterward the following pro-
gram was listened to with marked at
tention by the club of about twenty-eight
members: One Day (Marion), Mr.. H, l..
ing (Aiiee May smith, Misses Cogsweli;
Finland's Love Song (Bartlett), Mr.. Will
liam Hancock; l Love and the World Is
Mine clayton Johns), Mrs. Howe; Polo
naise for violin Nate Allen, Miss Cogs-
well; Just One Girl (UdalD, Mr.. Joseph
Korber; duet, The Birds That Sang in May,
program closed with chorus work on The
Wreck of the Hesperus. Subject for next
meeting, Liszt.
The Literature Section of the Ebell met
Friday afternoon at the club rooms. A gen.
eral discussion of current literature, led by
the curator, Mrs. George D. Ruddy, was
Ian Vosburg on the life and works of Mrs.
Margaret Collier Graham. Miss Vosburg
said in part: 1T is pleasant to know
wrote Mrs Graham in recent letter, that
my one small book entities me to consdera-
ton by your society, the Los Angeles Ebell.
as even in shadowy way representing lit
ature.' Mrs. Graham was born near Keo-
kuk, Ia, in 1850, where she lived the
first twenty years of her life. In
1873 she married Donald NJ Graham, a
young lawyer of Bloomington, H., who had
been a classmate of hers. Mr. Graham's
health failing, they came to California, in
1876, hoping that the milder climate might
benefit him, and they bought a small ranch
at Pasadena to try outdoor life
Later they removed to Los Angeles where