The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-05-01

| ly. but was even ugly. though many
admirers saw great beauty In her eyes
| and expression when her countenance
was lighted up. She was un0bstrusive,
modest and retiring!
| Passing briefly over succeeding
| events in the life of George Eliot
| the paper els gpon the evvn.ful ps3
| ,1od when Mr.. Lewis came into IL and
l "A friendly attachment Hpened into love
and ended in a scandal. Commenting
upon this period. the paper continues:'
Mr.. Lewis was three years older than
Miss Evans, a very bright. witty, learn
ed and distinguished man; novelist.
biographer anu historian; but his fame
| has been eclipsed by the woman he pre-
tended to call his Wife"
| This unfortunate connection sadden-
ed the life or Miss Evans and tlnged
all her writings with sadness and ex-
cluded her from society, which At has
been the aim OF most ambitious women
| 10 enter.
| MIR. Lewis was her teacher and ccn-
| stant companion and she passed as MS
| wife. Certain il is that she paid the
penalty OF violating "a moral law, in the
| neglect OF those woman whose society
| she couIu have adorned, and in the re-
| proaches OF conscience, which she por-
| trays SO vividly i'm the characters OF
those heroines who struggle In the con-
fiict twixt duty and passion.
| she was great pitd'hci VI eiiN
| doctrine Whatsoever a man soweth.
| that shall he also reap!
The third paper OF the series, by Mrs.
| Harry Gregory. was a beautifully writ
ten review OF George Eliots novelist
las Mariner.
The description of the novel. as pre-
! sented by Mrs. Gregory, was or such
excellence, that we fain would repro
duce II here but space forbids that we
| give IL more than a brief mention.
THE story opens (said Mrs Gregory
| with "A description OF an English village
and it's surrounding fields ana ianes.
| One can fancy that they can see the
country folk as they read. hear the song
OF the bird and SMELL the roses and haw
| thorne bloom In the hedge-row; they
fancy themselves walking in and out OF
cottages, listening to the quaint dialect,
| and living-with these simple people
| their homely everyday lives, who is the
artist who thus paints for us these
sweet pictures OF humble, honest, iiv-
ing and where did her fingers learn
| their cunning. ~
George Eliot was a country girl
born ~and brought up among the kline
! and the fowl of the farm yard. Her
mother died when she was fifteen. and
| upon her shoulders fell the household
| cares the butter and cheese making
| Her great talent idealiZed these coun-
try scenes and from them she gathered
material for her worldwide famous
/ books.
"The characters were those with
whom she lived and moved. Her father
posed as models for Adam Bede and
Caleb Garth. Relations and neighbors
| all took their turn"
| AT this point the paper comments
upon the characteristics of the plot OF
the story Of Silas Mariner and contin-
| ues as follows:
| "ciiaS Manner the weaver OF Rayelor
| a simple. trusting soul. having perfect
| faith i'm God. his sweet heart and one
chosen friend. with whom he holds
sweet daily intercourse and In whom he
"opens his whole heart.
THE friend proves false, leads him
| unsuspectingly into trap, steals from
him his sweetheart. and at one blow
destroys Silas' faith In all human
| friendship and i'm the overruling care
| and protection of God.
| The paper from this point tells the
story OF the hermit life of Silas up 20
| the time when the little child
4 waif comes into IL to brighten
and change its course. I'm old days
| (continues the psper) there were angels
| who came and took men by the hand
and led them away from the city OF de-
| structIon.
we see MO white winged angels
| now. but vet men are led away from
threatening destruction; a hand is put
| into theirs which leads them forth
| gently toward a calm and bright land,
| so that they look no more backward,
and the hand may be that of little
| child
The concluding paper of the after
nooon was "Recapituation" by
| Mrs Clark Johnson-afterf being
! plished- -hy- the club during the past
| year.
The next meeting OF the club will he
the reception and election of Off
GERS. which will mark the close of the
season.
| The members Of the Read. Mark and
| Learn club We're most Hospitality enter
taiued by Miss Georgia Simons. az her
residence on Whitmarsh street on Mon
day afternoon, April 81 At the last
| meeting of the club the great German
composer, Wagner was the theme of
the hour. From the Literature and mu-
| sic of Germany We turn 10 it's All and
| SO at the meeting on Monday German
| arr was the delightful subject chosen.
Apropos of this subject Miss Simons
| presented a brief. bright paper upon
| the Art Galleries of Germany" she
called attention to the fact that the art
| galleries OF Germany are located in
| many towns and cities, some OF which
| are large cities and others compara-
| lively small towns. Among the list of
| towns and cities notable for their art
| galleries were mentioned Augsburg.
| Berlin, Royal Picture Gallery, Cassel.
! Cologne. Darmstadt. Dresden, Munich
and StHFgaft.- VA connection with the
/ mention OF these cities and their noted
| art galleries Miss Simons dwelt briefly
| upon the famous artists represented in
| each, giving some account OF their mas
| terpieces. Thus. Van Dyck. HOlfien.
| Tlntoretti. BOtticelli Corregeo. Dolci.
/ Giotto, Murillo. Perugino. Rembrandt,
and others were quickly passed i'm re-
| view. when a second paper by Miss T..
| B. Butts took up the topic of German
| Artists" dwelling upO nthe names of
! Nosberg, GrutZner. Kusel KONG. Kaul-
| bach, Truman, Schenk. Kockert. Koch
| and Assmus. The excellent paper by
| Miss Butts was most appropriately IL
lustrated by an exhibition OF the fol-
! lowing copies OF the great works of the
artists she described. Alone and For
| saken." NOsberg: An Excellent Roast"