The herald., 1898-12-11
WoMEN'S CLUBS
Art, Drama, Education, Ethics and
Current Events

Art, Drama, Education, Ethics and
Current Events
The regular business meeting of the We'd
nesday Morning club was held in the Congre-
gatlonal church parlor East Los Angeles, OH
Dec Ith, at which new members were re-
ceived and reports from the various sec
tions of the club were read. The accounts
OF the work done in all the classes during
November were very gratifying. 1t was
decided to take a vacation of two weeks
during the holiday season.
AT the conclusion of the business meeting
the Shakespeare class held brief but un-
usually interesting session. The lesson was
on "The Fifth Act of 'Othello,'" the first
scene being analyzed by Mrs. Foster. Some
excellent character sketches of Desdemona
ana Cassie were read by Mines Gimer and
Stewart Mrs. elmer also presented an in
teresting paper on ''Desdemona's 'Unveraci-
ties and the part they play in the tragedy.
| The leader, Mrs. Dorland, opened a dis
cusson on the causes that led to the tragedy,
which proved most interesting Mrs. Dor
lands methods of conducting the study of
the Shakespeare class are excellent, the
lessons as presented by her showing a
thoughtful preparation that is highly ap-
PlCtiotSu by tuC HciHDeIb.
The study of "Othello' will be concluded
next Wednesday, when papers will be read
and discussed
The Current Events class met on Monday
with Mrs. Page. The work was principally
review of events of general interest, the
topics being presented by the various Sec
tions of the class.
Physical culture on Wednesday was con-
| Il i h,-A \ i
of Breathing" being the subject for the
mornings lesson.
On Thursday last a most delightful after
noon was spent by the Mothers club of
the Gates-street kindergarten, which was
invited by the teachers, Misses Amy Knew
ing, Spellmer and Dunn, to meet the new
kindergarten supervisor, Miss Layard. Be-
tween forty and fifty responded to the in
vitaton. Informal talks by Miss Knewng
on ''The Work of the kindergarten" and
Miss Dixon on "Some of the Ways in Which
the Mothers May Aid the Teachers" were
pleasantly interspersed by musical selec-
tions. Miss Ledyard spoke on the import
ance of making good choice of books for
children, and begged the mothers to exer-
else care in the selection of the reading
matter for their children. Tea was served
by the hostesses and social time was much
enjoyed by all present.
The Ruskin Art club met Wednesday
in France with Mrs. d. c. Barber and Miss
Carrie Davis as leaders. Mrs. J. F. Stcerns
spoke on "Origin of Gothic Architecture in
France, Its Influences and Character" Miss
Edith Hadley followed with a descriptive
paper on "The Abbey Church of st. Denis,'' %
erected in ll4O. Mrs. Wigmore discussed
the Notre Dame at Paris, Mrs Hugo Zuber
the Bourges, Mrs. McFie the lie Mans and
Mrs. White read an admirable paper, pre-
pared by Miss Brack, on "Chartres." The
plans, vaulting, interiors and exterior,
porches, towers and windows were touched
upon by the leaders and were left for more
complete home study. Large numbers of
photographs and engravings were used in
illustrating the subjects discussed.
Next week the club continues the study in
France, with Mrs. Charles n Flint and Miss
Carrie Coleman as leaders.
The B class met last week with Miss
Sigler on Mantou avenue. The poem
studied was rabbi Ben Ezra" and the
discussion led by Miss Day brought out
many good thoughts. The extracts from
the life of Rabbi Ben Ezra were also nstruc-
tive as given by Mrs. Stearns. Mrs. Howe
read from the Life and Letters of Robert
Browning" Miss Baker conducted pronun.
citation drill, and Misses Sigler and Howe
furnished music.
The University Ethical club will mold its
regular monthly meeting at the residence
ef Mrs. NJ. Burton Williamson, 1860 West
Jefferson street, Tuesday at 1880 p m
Paper, "The Aim of Child Culture" by
Prof. G. G. Van Liew of the state normal
Some of the subjects before the Current
Events club at the Currin building Satur-
day morning were "The Presidents Mes
sage" 'The Waring Memorial Fund.- "rhe
Decla Commission to Survey Southwark
From Fashoda, 'The Progress in the Occu-
patton of Cubs" "Luchini's Punishment, -
President Dole's Minority Report of the
Hawaiian Commission" "The Open Door,
''Anti-Scalping Legislation" and "The Dec
larations of Prominent American States
men on Philippine Annexation" The sub
ject Of chief interest because of the near
ness of the book buying season, was the dis
cussion of the important books published
during the year 1898. The biographies have
hAene according ta t--ss class, the books that
will be rJngest of interest, Halam Tenny-
sons biography of his father and Justin Nc
Carthy's life of Gladstone being of chief in
terest. The class adjourned until after the
holidays.
The papers given before ste Shakespeare
class last Monday closed the study of
Hamlet" which has absorbed the atten-