Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-10-28

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The Mary A. Livermore Society of
Fairfield, will have a course of lectures
this season.
The study of American literature is
a popular one with many clubs, as it
well deserves to be. One club, which
has decided to take up this study in
thorough and systematic manner, will
devote this winter to the first creative
period of American literature, the au-
thors being Irving, Cooper, Bryant,
Joseph Rodman Drake, Fitz Greene
Halleck, N. p. Willis, Webster, and
Poe. This will be the form of consid
eration: Author-a, Sketch of life and
characteristics as a writer. b. Dis
cussiOn of best works with regard to:
Incentives: literary merit: beauty of
thought and expression influence upon
American people. C. Reading of Sc
lections.
The Ann Hathaway Club, composed
Of a number Of Bath young ladies, is,
as its name would indicate, devoted TO
the study of Shakespeare.
The Reciprocity Bureau of the Maine
Federation has at present received
from federated clubs manuscripts for
exchange or loan. There are 1S2 pa
pers, which have been arranged and
classified as follows: American His
tory, 33; American Literature, 13; Eng
lish History, u; English Literature,
26 German History and Literature, II;
French History and Literature, );
Spanish History and Literature, !;
Italian Literature, 4; Education, Il:
kindergarten, 6; Art, u; Music, :;
Travels, 4; Miscellaneous, 33.
In view of the Paris Exposition of
1900, which a number of club-women
are planning to attend, French pro-
grams will be in order this season.
The following program arranged by the
Hyde Park Travel Club will show how
one club has decided to study this in
teresting subject:
THE Tourist in France"
THE Old Towns Of Normandy and
Brittany"
"Cathedrals and Feudal Castles
First Day in Paris-Ile de la Cite
Palais de Justice-Notre Dame-La
Sainte Chapele-La Conciergerie-Ho-
tel-de-V Vile -Colonne de Juliet-Les
Halles.''
Second Day in Paris-La Rue de
Rivoli, Tour S. Jacques-Jardins des
Tuileries-Place de la Concorde -
Champs Elysees-Art de Triomphe de
l'Etoile-Bois de Boulogne.'
Third Day in Paris-Le Pantheon
st. Etienne du MOnt-La Sorbonne-
Musee de Cluny-Ch. ct Fontaine de ST.
Sulpice-Jardin des Plantes.'
Queens. Expresses and Famous
Women of France"
Fourth Day in Paris-The Louvre;
Its Treasures of Painting and Sculp-
ture"
Popular Winter and Summer Re
sorts. In the Pyrenees and the French
Riviera"
Fifth Day in Paris-The Salon-Gal-
lery of the Luxembourg and Modern
French Art"
sixth Day in Paris-Vincennes-
Pere Lachaise - Les Buttes - Chau-
mont-Abbaye de St. Denis-Parc
Monceau-Opera House-La Madeleine
-Colonne Vendome."
Roman France"
Seventh Day in Paris-Expostions,
1855, 1867. 1878. 1889. 190O-Palas de
rIndustrie-Le TrocaderO-Eiffel Tow
er-Hotel des Invalides-Dome des In
valides.'
Arts and Crafts"
''St. Germain-Fontainebl - Ver-
sailles-St. Cloud"
Each lecture, what is even more in
terestng, is to be preceded by two Sc
lections of music by French composers.
Each lecture is to be illustrated by
phOt opra mis- etc
The Wednesday Club of Portland, at
its last meeting. had the pleasure of
listening to an interesting address on
Diplomacy by Judge Peabody.
Some of the Lewiston teachers are
talking up a social gathering to be
given some time early in the winter
expressly by the teachers themselves.
In many cities the teachers have a sort
of social organism which arranges for
gatherings of teachers and their friends
during the social season of winter. The
parties are strictly informal, and are
made very successful and interesting.
The ladies of the Every Monday
Club of Pennington held an interesting
and profitable meeting in the normal
building recently, one OF tne DeSt lea
lures of which was the report of the
meetings of the Maine Federation of
Womens Clubs at Waterville. by the
president Of the club. Mrs. j. ]. Lins-
colt, who was a delegate. eN-officio.
Other interesting and valuable features
of the meeting were comparison of
the Continental Congress with the
Congress of the present year, which
was ably made by Mrs. Mary Jacobs
Jennings. and current musical topics
by Miss Eftie Richards.
A number of Ellsworth women will
organize a literature club soon for the
study of the German classics.
One of the most noteworthy organ
izations of Bangor is the Mothers
Club. The programs of this club are OF
unusual interest. as the following one
on Music carried out at the las
meeting. shows: /. Music: its influ
ence in the home school and church
.. Cradle songs and their meaning
illustrated by songs and instrumental
numbers. ). kindergarten music, il
lustrated by songs. A. Kindergarten