The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-09

| hlm IN token 9f his regard.
Famous as "a painter Albert Durer
| was no less great as an engrayer. He
was also an architect, sculptor and
| writer, not only upon artistic but scien-
| tihc subjects geometry, fortifications
| and proportion. Nowhere are his poetic
ideas so freely yet so singularly rem
dered as in the wood cuts and engray-
ings which he and his immediate pre-
| decessOrs and followers introduced into
Germany The greatest minds in Ger
many were drawn to him by natural
| cOngeniality.
"Nuremburg was Durers birthplace.
SO il Is also his memorial and his
tomb,
mo traveller can wander through the
| streets and churches of gray old Nu-
Lremburg without echoing the words OF
Longfellow:
Here when art was still religion,
with simple, reverent heart,
Lived and labored Albrecht Durer, the
evangelist of art"
Here in silence and in sorrow, toiling
still with busy hand
| Like an emigrant he wandered seek
ing for the better land"
| "Emigravit' is the inscription on the
! tombstone where he lies
Dead he is not, but departed, for the
| artist never dies"
| In 1913 appeared his celebrated en-
! cravings of The knight" "The DeviP'
| and Death and "Melancholia" Well
may Charles Blanc say of these "They
| are impregnated by the most misty
! spirltualism and at the same time char
acterized by patient and minute exc
| cution brought to the very highest fin
| ish."
Fougues "Sentram" is founded upon
| the first OF these pictures.
The Travellers Study Club met on
| Monday II
The topics of the hour were first a
most interesting Talk on The Kings
made by Napoleon, four in number; his
elder brother Joseph was king of Ma
pies and afterwards OF Spain; he was
bent on being great king and boasted
10 Napoleon of his position in Naples
his brother never failed To silence him
with the truth. A discussion of these
points relative 10 the life of Napoleon
proved most interesting to the club and
the fact was brought out that Napo-
leon was greatly incensed with his
brother Jerome because of his mar
riage TO the beautiful Miss Patterson
The final yielding of Jerome TO his
brothers wishes, the subsequent aban-
donment of his American wife and his
being rewarded with the new kingdom
or Westphalia were also themes for
consideration Continuing the subject
the fact was emphasized that Louis
BeHaPaFte in Holland WAS never king
To Napoleon's mind, who especially dis
liked his quarrels with his wife and
wrote him many letters on this subject
General Murat, who married Napo-
Icons sister Caroline was the fourth
king made by this wonderful man. he
ruled over Naples under the title of
King Joachim Napoleon and afterwards
died a traitors death.
The members OF Napoleon's family
were elevated only on condition that
they act strictly in accordance with his
plans.
The Second Topic considered by the
club was Waterloo and It's Generals, the
members listened TO a vivid description
of that terrific conflict, which resulted
in the downfall of the too ambitious
Napoleon.
A paper on Romantic Switzerland"
transplanted the club. to that pictur-
esque and charrGng country whose
grand old mountains and beautiful
lakes are constant delight to visitors.
Mrs Carrie A. Brown the secretary
of the Woonsocket Home Literary club.
writes me that. because of much illness
among the club members the "Mu-
sicale. arranged to take place on Tues
day evening. January I'd, In place OF
the regular literary program, has been
indefinitely postponed.
ne SUBJECT OF the meeting or the !
Mothers club, at the Manual Training
school, on Monday, January I'd, was
Changes During Adolescence"
The subject was in charge OF Miss |
Abby Marlatt and the discussion led |
by her.
The secretary of the Paradise club |
of Mddletown. II L., sends q report of |
the last meeting. the subject of the |
same being a study of the state of |
South Carolina.
The first paper of the afternoon by /
Mrs. Lyman IL. Barker gave an inter |
esting synopsis of the geography of the |
state together with a detailed account |
of the agricultural pursuits, natural re- |
sources and advantages OF the same. /
dwelling briefly also, upon the mineral |
resources and the rice culture
Passing to speak of the history of |
the state the fact was brought out that |
the actual work of secession broke out |
in South Carolina and that the disunion
proclavities of the state. after q slum-
ber of 80 years, burst suddenly forth I'm |
flame and fire.
The paper continues: "On the 18th |
of December. 1850, n convention of dele
gates chosen by the people met AT
Charleston and after three days OF fiery |
discussion passed a resolution that the
union hitherto existing between South
'-dibllbd anu ill' ptntf STATES. unuef
the name of the United States of Amer
lea was dissolved. IL was n step of fear
ful Importance, portendng war and
discord."
n description of the Charlestown |
of 1856 was here given, as |
"On the night OF the 3ist of August.
at 10 minutes before 10 o'clock IL was
discovered at Washington and at sew |
eral other points where weather and
signals stations were established, that
with Charlestown. s. G.,
was suddenly cut Off The discovery was
made 10y inquiries relative TO the origin
of a shock which had that moment been
felt, with varying degrees of violence
nearly the whole country
east of the Mississippi ana south OF
was found that no telegraphic commu-
niCation from any side could be had
with Charleston and IL was at once
perceived that that city had suffered
from The conVulsion.
Without moments warning the city |
had been racked and rent to its very |
Hardly n building within |
he liu.its of Charleston or IN the coun-
ny SUI rounding had escaped sorions in