The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-01-15
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Tho Woman's club met Wednesday at
ternoon and continued the study OF "An-
cent America" slight change was made
In the usual weekly programme. Here
after current events will not ba assigned
TO one member, but each member has had
some country or countries assigned her
for the year and will answer roll call each
week with n brief summary OF the country
assigned her.
The following committee was appointed
TO draft resolutions OF regret on the death
OF Miss Jessie Thomas, who died recently
IN Chicago; Mrs. w. Il. Kendall. Mrs r..
$. Nosworthy and Miss Gearing. Miss
Thomas was charter member OF the
Woman's club and was for years one OF
its most loved and valued members.
In its study Of THE Great Cities Of the
WORLD the ladies of the Reading club de-
cided that in natural sequence Paris
should succeed London, and this subject
lis very opportune one just now. as the
opening of the great exposition draws per-
cepdbly near.
The meeting OF the club last Tuesday
was well attended and the papers read
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Gregor gave IA short description OF the
building OF the Bastile in Paris, its first
object and the causes which later led to
its destruction by the populace. She closed
her remarks with selection from Dumas"
"Fall O. the Basttle," which &c ,ount Car
lyle AMI other great historians show to he
substantially and historically correct. Ii Is
u significant fact that the key to this
castle OF stony horrors is In our repnb-
Ina of nj
Mrs. NJ G.. Howe followed Mrs. Mac
Gregor with a beautiful account of the
church of Notre Dame. the very stones
of which are sacred to Parisians. II is
said, as was remarked by Mrs. Howe, that
Victor Hugo is the only writer who has
correctly interpreted the symbolic mean
ing of the huge mysterious figures carved
of stone which look down silently from
the dome and parapet upon the city be-
low.
Mrs. G.. B. Foster closed the study OF
the afternoon by valuable paper OH the
"Bibiothique Nationale," the largest and
most completely arranged library in the
world. Americans, however. may feel a
just pride in the fact that the building In
which this vast accumulation of books la
placed. although once the palace of Card
inal Mazaim and situated in the heart OF
the gay and splendid Paris, is yet far
eclipsed by our own new congressional
library building, in beauty. adornment and
magnificence OF size.
Following Is the programme of the study
of Paris to be conducted by the Ladies
Reading club during the months OF jan
uary. February and March:
January 1.-THE Latin Quarter. Hotel
de Cluny. st. Louis, The Pantheon tstory
'ba I ftooi nj mo
January 2i--Joan de Arc. Church street.
Eustache. Catherine de Medic. Henry of
with readings from Macauley.
The Huguenots,
January 3l--President's Day
February THE Tuileries. Palais Royal.
Anne OF Austria. Rchelieu. Restaurants
and Cafes.
February 17-Louis XIV. Madame Main
tenon Palais Versailles. Catacombs Pere
la Chaise (Heloise and Abelard).
February 21-Madame de Seyigne and
other famous women of the era. Church
St. Denis Sevres. The Gobelin Manufac-
tory. Madeline and other churches.
February 2s-Maric Antoinette Palais
Trianon. Charlotte Corday. Robespierre
Marat. The Conciegerie ttale OF two cities). |
March What Influence Did Napoleon,
he Great Have on the France of To-day?
Hotel DIES Invalides. Life of Josephine.
palais de Luxembourg. Madame Roland
March 14--Discussion; France as a |
France as a Republic The
,albns of Paris During the Time of Ma |
,olcon. Madame dc Stael. Madame Re-
amier. Madame Necker.
March 21--Grand Opera House and
places of Amusement. Boulevards. Gardens |
md Parks, The Sewers of Paris tles Mis-
'rables). The River Seine and Its Bridges. |
March 2S--Eiffel Tower. Trpcadero. .Fon
ainebleau. St. Germaine. St. CLOUD. The |
Art Salon. The American Artists in Paris.
The musicale given by Mrs. Howard i.
smith on Friday evening was charming
flair. tho enjoyment OF the artistic must
al programme being materially added to
" the pleasure attendant on meeting the !
wo young ladies' from Kentucky--Miss |
startling and Miss Campbellin honor of
whom the event was arranged. Dainty re-
reshments were served during the even |
ng. synopsis of the programme rem
Tered together with other details, was
,rinted in yesterdays Post.
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