The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-10-12
The WOMAN'S CLUB
The Woman's Club Begins Regular
Sessions for Another
Year.
THE LATIN QUARTER OF PARIS

| dents Quarter of Partisan Interesting
Discussion Follows, Led by Mrs N. A.
Rowe-club Meets With Mrs VIM. N.
| Farr for the Present.
The Woman's Club began the regu-
lar meetings of the season of 1899-19OO
Wednesday afternoon Owing to the
fact that they have given up the room
occupied by the club last year and the
| hall which has been engaged for the
current season is not yet in readiness,
Wednesdays session was held in the
dancing Hall at Mrs. w. M. Farr's
residence on Park Place, which Mrs.
Farr has very kindly offered for the
convenience of the club, until the
| Public Library building is completed.
| The season opened with the largest
membership in the history Of the club
and everything points to very sue
cessfu1 year. The lectures delivered
by Mrs. Lee have evidently exercised
great influence on the ladies of the
| club, as a new zest and spirit was no.
ticabe in the first meeting. The pro-
gram for the year is an unusually
interesting one.
The meeting was called to order by
the President, Mrs. E. c. Theirs, who
opened the session with a brief and
very appropriate address to the mem
bers of the club. After the address of
the President the regular program be-
gan at once with the introduction OF
the essayist of the day, Miss Lewis
Balm. Miss Bain's subject was the
Latin Quarter. The paper, though
quite long, was of sustained interest.
The fact that the essayist had just re-
turned from Paris and the Latin Quar-
ter made the description and accounts
of personal experiences exceedingly
entertaining. Probably no paper ever
read before the club has proved more
so. The essayist did away with the usual
peroration and proceeded at once to
her subject. From the steps of the
tower of est. Su1pice she pointed out
to her hearers the four quarters of
Paris. Through the very heart of the
city runs the Seine. On the right,
across the historic river, spread the
great Bou1evards and gorgeous homes
of the nouveau richie of all nations,
above them, farther to the east is the
real French Students Quarter. Near by
on the left bank of the river, is the
Quarter of the F1ambourg St. German,
where reside the old and honored arts
tocracy of France. Just above it lies
the famous Latin Quarter, the home OF
the American student in Paris. ORR
gina11Y the name Latin Quarter ap-
piled only to the University and those
buildings occupied by the teachers and
students but it has since grown to in
c1ude far more. The old, distinguish
ing marks of the Latin Quarter are, in
the language of the essayist, ''First of
all the great University of France,
then the Sarbonne with it's lecture hall
open free for all who care to go; the
Pantheon, the resting place of so many
of Frances great men; the Hotel de
C1uy, now museum, that beautiful
and harmonious model of an old French
house, which, as Hugo says, still exists
for the consolation of the artist: the
palace of Marie de Medicis, situated in
the beautiful and memory-haunted
Luxembourg Garden: st. German de
Pris, that church of SO many associa-
tons, on whose site church has al
ways stood, one having been erected in
| $50 by Chi1debert, son of Clovis, whose
bell rang for the massacre of St. Bar
tho1omew: and last but not least the
same grand old St. Sui ice from whose
heights we have been gazing"
". which Mics Po; IN do
picted the customs, personages and
mode of life in the Latin Quarter made
it all exceedingly realistic. Though
the essay was quite closely confined to
the subject in hand, frequent glin1pses
were given into the life of the typical
Partisan which revealed many things
of very amusing nature to the AM
erican. The French society girl ap-
pears to be a very doci1e, very much
governed and very much chaperoned
young lady, and the French gentle
man a rather useless, not over polite
and principally ornamental individual.
According to the essayist, at the
theatre there is no orchestra or music,
and the ancient and honorable custom
of the three raps to announce the
raising of the curtain is still retained.
The etiquette of the American theatre
is altogether to seek in Paris. If a
spectator at the theatre wishes a win
dow down he shouts out his wants, and
if his neighbor wants it up he does the
same. The rest of the audience follow
suit, and a pandemonium ensues until
some satisfactory compromise is
reached. In the meanwhile the players
on the stage proceed with the play.
The modern conveniences which the
American enjoys are also wanting in
the metropolis of France. To the
average American it would seem like
an imposition to struggle to the top of
five or ten story building without the
assistance of an elevator.
The paper, which contained many
side1ights on the life and character of
the Frenchman, created quite lively
Discussion which under +ha 1aada+cl7;Y1