The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-03

ana gave one hOufS = dellghttul enter
taiument. which illustrated in i arge
degree the very poetry of motion /. The
subject was Responsive Work and
Gesture" illustrated with readings.
Responsive work icing the response OF
the body "a the thought in the mind
or gesture. The audience was taken
into the study Z character and the in
depreciation OF persons thinking
from their gesture. The four ACTIVITIES
of the mind were illustrated by GER
tain positions and selections. The first
of the o~..glties being will. The ex-
preston Ot VIII in gesture were re-
spOnded ID w..h music and kingsley
poem, LORRAINE Loree with scene
from Macbeth " were given I'm Nus
tration. Intellect was taken up In the
same way. Tennyson's Crossing the
Bar being recited and an original
poem by Miss JOY entitled soul Lives
on" Life, was Illustrated by The
Family Drum Corps"
Affection was next taken UP and eX-
pressive OF this activity Of the mind
were given 10 music, Louise Chandler
MOuton's I'm Rose Garden" and the
sublime thoughts in the twepty-third
Psalm.
OF the originality and versatility OF
Miss joys work we can only say rnar
ID Is artistic n the highest sense and
alike productive of the keenest enjoy
ment.
Following Miss Joys hour the fol-
lowing musical program was given:
Soprano solo. by Miss BarroWs with
violin oblgato by Miss Anderson. For
All Eternity; whist'lng solo, can
das." encore. Miss Anderson. soprano
solo ~ May Mornirg." Denza. encore,
Looks and Eyes" Mrs. Barrows; re-
citation. The Vision OF the stars"
with music. Miss JOY: piano solo, vii
lancila," Ran, Miss Williams.
The Providence Fortnightly club met
In the parlors OF the Church Of the Me-
diator ON Tuesday March %, with Mrs.
f. A. Waterman in the chair Miss
Katherine Hubbard. the secretary Of
the club. was appointed as director
from the club TO che state federation.
Mrs. Addison i. Monroe and Mrs.
Louis J.. Ange!i were appointed dele
gates 10 the annual needing or the
state federation. Following the trans
action OF business the scheduled topics
for the study hour were announced,
viz: THE SepOy Rebellion" with the
special topics; Max Muller and the
Use of Comparative PhilOlogy I'm the
Study OF History; Curious Myths of
the Middle Ages" The history Of the
Sepoy rebellion was given in brief
paper by Mrs Johnson. In beginning
why did they rebel? SepOys were the
native soldiers Of India In the. employ
OF the British Why did they rebel?
There were numberless reasons, from
The Sepoys point of view, many OF
them f1aittied on their caste system. if
we consider how little We have today
OF patience with or charity for the cred
ulity. superstition Of fanaticism OF our
neghbor we can understand in some
degree the feeling entertained by many
Of the English. Some there We're, IL is
true, who tried to understand and
propitiate the customs and prejudlces.
but a greater number made no such
attempt. lt was ak nonsense and the
SCORER q n,aa knocked out of them the
better 80 they argued and IL came
about that there was a widespread be-
lief among the Sepoys that the Eng
lish intended 10 overthrow all caste
distinctions" From this point the pa
per gives the historical narrative of the
rebellion.
The second paper of the afternoon by
Mrs Anna l.. Gunnison gave the life
and philosophy OF Max Muller. the
greatest Of Oriental scholars living to-
day, his life work being the editing of
the text and furnishing trans!ationS
of the Rig-be the sacred hymn book
of the Brahams. 1t is by this work,
continues the paper, chat he would
probably prefer To be remembered, but
ne is better known To the public by his
writings on the Science of Language.
which deals with the origin and growth
of language. also by his Science OF Re
llgion and Myths and Myth Makers,
which gives his doctrine OF myths as
originating in the natural phenomena
If the sky (the sun, moon and stars.
lie has made these subjects very popu-
lar. and il has been said that III he
-bg Ia IDpDTn-
tions and medals he has received he
would stagger beneath their weight.
Continuing from thus point, the paper
interestingly dwelis more AZ length up
on the theories OF Max Muller as re-
vealed in his works:
The third paper, by Mrs. Samuel Hill
ton. was an extremely entertaining de-
scription OF the myths Of the Middle
Ages.
"To understand the origin and sig
nificance OF myths she said, "onc
must enter into the childike spirit of
those who conceived lnem.- Tho -Ee=
ligious myths Of antiquity and the fire.
side legends OF ancient and modern
times have their common root in the
mental habits OF primitive peoples
The various tisorles put forth by
philosophers as to the origin OF myths
were classified as follows. First. the
sScriptural theory. that rs that all my
biological legends were derived from
Scripture.
Secund-The historical theory. which
claims that q those perstns mentioned
i'm mythology were once real persons.
Thiru-The allegorical theory. which
saws that all these myths and legends
contain some symbolical truth OF his
toHcal fact
Fourth-rhc astronomical theory,
which SAYS that the different stories
are corrupted visions Of some fact in
astronomy.
Mrs. Hilton. from this point, dis-
coUrsed upon the myths of the Mid
dlc Ages. FIRST she described the Leg
end of "'rhe Wandering jew" together
with GustaVe Dore's wonderful Illus
trauous OF the same
Passing. the Portuguese legend 81
The seven Slecpers' Wa charmingly
told. as was also the legend of Will
lam Tell" which many 0f us. i'm our
earlier DAYS believed an historical fact.
The legend of Prince Lewelyn and
his dog the well known story OF The
Pied Piper of Uamiiu. Bishop Hatto'
and a number of others were given by
V.aN pf fIfusfFnfLuu. Poems bV IOpgfel-