The Portland daily press., 1899-04-22
BEECHER CLUBS PROGRAM.
lussrsssing sabjects which this Club
tvm st.ay During the Coming Year.


whose study 10 Evolution takes up the
subject topicsliy. The roll calls are froin
famous women Of Maine.
November s--Guests Of Mrs. Barnard.
Roll call from Sophie May. Sketch OF
the authorcss by Mrs. Billiard. Selection
from Doctors Daughter," Mrs. Lamb
PAper-"rhe Pioneers OF Evolution. IL
Mrs. Young. Discussion led BY Mrs
John Palmer, Mrs. Milliken. Mrs. A. II
Davis. General Discussion.
Nov. 9th.--Guests Of Mrs. Bigelow
Roll Call from Elizabeth Akers Allen
Sketch Of the authoress by Mrs. Barnard.
selection, Rock me to Sleep, Mother,
by Mira McKennsy. Paper-"Philosophy
of Evolution" Miss varnum. Discus
sion led by Mrs. Head. Mrs .F. Palmer,
Mrs. Fogg. General discussion.
Nov. l6th-Gussts OF Mrs. Crockett.
Roll call from Francis Laughton Mace
sketch Of the authoress by Mrs. B'gelow.
Selection, "Only Waiting" by Mrs
Loring. Paper-''The Evolution of
Women, )" BY Miss Thomas. Discussion,
led BY Mrs. BENNETT, Mrs John Davis,
Mrs. Thompson. General discussion.
Nov. 23d.-vox Populi day. Exercises
in charge of members Of the Crockett
club, subject, Parliamentary Law"
President for the day Mrs. Bigelow.
Paper-"what We Gain by Knowledge OF
Parliamentary Law" by Mrs. Crockett
Nov. 3Oth--Thanskgiving Day. Quests
of friends at home and abroad; exercises
informal Subject for the day "Evolu-
tion of the American Turkey" "Morsls
of English Plum Pudding. Open for
general discussion.
Dec. 7th-Guests of Mrs. A. II. Davis.
Roll call from Dorothea Dix. Sketch of
the authorizes, by Mrs bennett. Selec-
ton from prison Life." by Mrs. John
Palmer. Paper-"Woman in Modern
Industries" by Mrs. Thompson. Dis
cussion led by Mrs. Lamb, Mrs. Billiard,
Mrs Loring. General Discussion.
Dec. 14th--Guests of Mrs. John Davis
Roll call from Kate Vannah. Sketch OF
the authoress, by Mrs. j. II. Davis Sc
lection, song, "Some Sweet Day. by
Mrs. Fogg. Paper" Evolution of Bal
lard Writing in America, Mrs. Evelyn
White. illustrated by Mrs. White, Mrs.
Fogg. Mrs. Barnard, Mrs John Davis.
Singing old song sud new by the club,
accompanies, Miss Sprague.
Dec. alst-Guests of Mrs. Fogg. Roll
call from Blanche Willis Howard. Sketch
of the authoress, by Mrs. John Davis.
Selection from lone Summer" by Miss
Rines. Paper Evolution of Today" By
Mrs. Mokenney. Discussion led hy
Mrs. J. C. White. General discussion.
Dec. 2sth-Guests of Miss. Charlotte
Thomas. Vox populi day, subject,
Suffrage, day in charge of members
from the Equal Suffrage club. Mrs.
knight president of the day. Roll call
from Lucy Stone Black well. Sketch of
the authoress, by Mrs Foster. Selection
from Mrs Blackwell, by Miss Varnum.
Song, Mrs. Evelyn White Paper-"Rem-
inisences of Suffrage Leaders, by Miss
Thomas. Response by Mrs. John Palm
er. Anecdote of Miss Anthony. by Mrs.
bennett Something we have done, by
Mrs. Young. Some things We hope to do,
by Mrs. Head. Something's we are do
ing, by Miss Rines. Anecdote of kliza-
beth Cady Stanton, by Mrs. Thompson.
Suffrage the Logical Outcome OF Evolu-
tion," by Mrs. bigelow.
Jan. 4th-Guests of Mrs. bennett. Roll
call from Harriet Prescott Spofford
sketch of the authoress, by Mrs Foster
Selection from New England Legends"
by Miss Sprague. Pap4r-"How the
World was Peopled." by Mrs. A. II. Day
is. Discussion led by Mrs. Crockett, Mrs
Foster and Mrs. Milliken. General dis
cussion.
Jan. l1th-Guests Of Mrs. Foster. Roll
call from Elizabeth Oaks Smith Sketch
OF the authoress, by Miss Sprague Sc
lection 1.-The Same Old story" Mrs. Mil
liken. Paper-"The Theory of Mans
Development, by Mrs. John Palmer.
Discussion led by Mrs. Frank Palmer,
Mrs Lamb and Mrs. Hutchinson.
Jan. 1sth-Guests of Mrs. Head. Roll
call from Abba Goold Woolson Sk,tch
of the authoress by Mrs, Loring Selec-
ton from George Elliott and her hero
ines, by Miss Thaxter. Paper-"what is
Light" by Mrs. bennett. Discussion led
by Mrs. J. q. White, Mrs. Young and
Mrs Mckenney. General discussion.
Jan. 25th-Guests of Mrs. Hutchinson.
Vox popull day by the Travellers club,
president for the day Mrs. Head. Roll
call sd liibtum trip to Porto Rico. by
Mrs. John Davis. Delights Of London,
by Mrs Fogg. Winter resorts in the
south. by Miss Thomas. Life in Florida,
by Miss Varnum. Across to Germany,
by Miss Rines.
Feb. lst-Guests of Mrs. John Palmer.
Roll call from Kate Putnam Osgood.
Sketch of the authoress by Mrs. McKea-
ney. Selection, "Driving Home the
Cows" by Mrs. Heald. Paper-"Evolu-
ton of instrumental Music" by Mrs.
Foster, illustrated by Mrs. Foster. Mrs
A. H. Davis, Miss Thomas, Miss Var
mum and Miss Sprague.
FEB. stb-Guests of Mrs Lamb. Roll
call from Fanny Fern. Sketch OF the
authoress. by Mrs. j. c. White Selec-
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