The herald., 1898-05-22
STUDY CLUBS
Literature, Art, Music, Drama and
Current Events

The Shakespeare club met on Monday af-
| ternoon at the residence of Mrs. Galpin.
| Character sketches of Lady Grey, after
wards wife Of Edward Nv of England,
Lady Bona and Louis XXI of France, the
Duke of Clarence, Richard, Duke of
Gloucester, and others Of the dramatis per-
| soma of the third and last part Of Henry
W." were given by several members of the
| club. The balcony scene in Romeo and
| Juliet" Levers widow Malone" Ed
wards 'Mammy's Lii Boy and "Jes'
| Fore Christmas" by Eugene Field, were
| effectively recited by Miss Angela Anger
son, a guest of the club, and altogether the
exercises were of more than common inter-
est. Among those present were. Mines. G.
| H. Freeman, T. NJ. Ward, Carleton Little,
| Frank Higgins, Rose Mcclure, Lottie Will
| lard, M. G. Barmore, M. e. Robertson, M.
| E. Barnes, B. B. Brown, j. NJ. McCrae, L.
| c. L. Brown, John Bloeser, ]. H. Drain,
C. Owen, w. ]. Williams E. L. de Golyer,
| C. s. de Lano, w. T. s. Hammond, E. w.
| Little. oliver Bryant. j. M. Murphy.
F. o. Wyman, Misses M. E. Bald
win, Lora variel Eva Wineburg, M. Scott,
Marion Owen, Lillian Drain and Mary
| Woodward.
| Mrs. C. Owen and her daughter Marion
| invited the club to luncheon on Saturday,
May 2Sth, at their beautiful home at Gar
| vanza.
The musical section OF the Ebell this
week considered Goethe's Faust" with
Guonod's musical setting. Mrs. c. c. Glib
bons read an interesting sketch of Gou-
nod. His early life, his studies and his
early compositions were noted. Faust"
raised its composer to the highest ranks
as q composer. In O sketch of his own
| childhood Gounod tells of the careful train
ing by his mother, and of the loss, for some
| years, of his voice through the reckless
ness OF his teacher, Montan, in allowing
him to study while his voice was breaking.
Mrs. F. w. Brown read paper on Goethe.
giving some incidents of his early life, his
studies Of law and his literary and scientific
achievements. His life was one Of lofty
aim and strenuous effort to attain to the
highest degree of knowledge.
Mrs. ]. B. Willard gave short talk on
Goethe and read the legend Of the sixteenth
century, with the story of the actual DR..
Faust, upon which Goethe founded his
great work. The fable Is well known to
German children and had haunted Goethe
from earliest childhood. To understand
Faust" Goethc's life must be studied. for
in it is interviewer much of his own life
and many Of his early Friendships. The
musical program included selections from
Faust" by Mrs. H. B. Strange; vocal solo,
II Envy the Birds Victor Herber), Miss
M. E. Luitweler; song, Lullaby" from
Mozart, Mrs. lie Doux, and "Kennst Du
Das Land" Miss A. C. Adair.
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up much time Wednesday afternoon at the
Current Topics club. The Gussie, Mari
etta Lieut.. McGiffen, Cornelius Bliss. Alex
Henderson, August, Khartoon. Gen.
Otis, Long, Alger. Com. Clark, Wal
ter Wellman, Palma. Pando. Lord Aber-
deem and other names were given for iden-
tiHcation, and Mrs, Osgood gave the great
est number. Miss Alice Jones briefly
sketched Burns article on Spanish Rule
in the Philippines" paying particular at
tention to the taxation system. Miss
Jones said that in n way could Spanish
tyranny be so clearly illustrated as in the
oppressive taxes borne by the poorest Phil
ippine native.
The ladies were asked for their opinion
on the large response to call for troops
and much of interest was given. Among
other topics under general discussion were
"Hawaiis Offer to the United States;"
"Salisburys Remarks on Dying Ma
tons" Bread Riots" "Iow Letter Has
Raised the Price of Wheat" tissue in Re-
cent French Elections and Results" "Ce-
Gil Rhodes Plans;' ''Recapture of the
Philippine Islands by the SPANISH" 90
seph Chamberlains Speech Reinforce
ments to Dewey
Those present were Mines. Geo. North,
Maurice, Frank Caldwell, L. H. Enderlein,
DR.. Mia S. Lund, Osgood, Fred Fay, Gail
B. Johnson, Henry Steere, Bovard. wy
man, Lottie Willard, Geo. Rice, Handy,
II. G. Gates, Russell Harroll, Hinton, c. L.
Truitt, VIM. Egelhoff, Jewell Pease, Claude
r.. Shackles, Misses o. l.. Evans. Alice
Reeves, Edna Bcknell, Blanchard, Eu-
genia Hobbs, Burkhead, Hutchinson, Alice
Jones. Ardito, Teahan. Rhone.
The literary section of the Ebell was
unusually interesting and instructive last
| week. Miss Grace Dcnnen reviewed
Cranes RED Badge of Courage" and the
Little Regiment" also Ground Arms"
by Princess Won Suttner. These works.
in a strongly realistic manner, set forth
| the horrors of war, its privations and the
| intense moral and mental struggles of a
soldier while passing successfully through
the stages of youthful enthusiasm in the