The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-20

K by Rev. Anna Garhn Spencer, on the
4 subject OF Social Purity"
The Ardrhebiah Club met on Tues
2 day afternoon. Nov. IA. with Mrs. Car
rigue, on Lexington avenue.
The imlo sAst of the hour centered in
a lecture upon Egypt, given by Miss
Martha Clarke, daughter OF Professor
> ! Clarke Of Brown University The lee
, ture was of peculiar interest from the
fact that Miss Clarke has Travelled cx-
tensively in Egypt and was, therefore
; able to detail ner ONa PERSONAL cNDe-
ricnces In a most delightful manner.
Miss Grace ATKINS, secretary Of the
Ardirhebiah sends the following re-
port of the lecture. viz: THE subject
was taken up i'm conversational way
showing the sights as a tourist would
see them on first visit 10 the coun-
try Hhe funeral and wedding Gus
toms vary 50 much that in visiting
any new country one rs always inter
ested 70 see what form these two great
I events take. The wedding customs
/ vary according TO the wealth of the
! parties. the bride. hidden OF course
I Irom sight ebther in IA golden coach
! with four horses and outIiders or car
IIeu IN palanquin. with dancers or
Jugglps who perform when the pro-
cesion halts.
The funeral services arc conducted
immediately after the death occurs,
me same day. In the procession is
kind OF cart. with perhaps 10 women
in it. hired mourners who wall and
year their clothes, usually, however,
pieces of cloth which they take with
them for the purpose. The body is car
RED on bier covered with shawls. A
custom TO De recommended is that OF
hdN4ng camel laden with baskets II
bread and bullocks i'm the procession
Whloh are slaughtered at the grave,
ana gwen TO the poor. with the bread
Which is followed by the rich
Inc wealth OF color in the dresses,
the Veiled women; the syces with their
Beofsous garments running before the /
carriages al form pictures which one
does not wonder artists rave over
Alexandria, Cairo, Memphis, Thebes. |
Port SAID. all were visited and enjoyed !
with the speaker.
We saw also the pyramids. with their |
Wlndlng inner passages and their diff |
cult assent: the oldest Of these said 10 /
nave been built 1000 years before the /
birth OF Abraham. We also slipped on /
the necessary shoes and visited some /
ot the MOSQUES. But most enjoyable |
or all the leisurely trip up the Nile with |
us ever changing scenes, stopping 10 |
Visit mosque or pyramid as desired" |
Ihe above literary program was en-
ilvened by instrumental music artisti-
cally rendered by Miss Berry.
The Providence Fortnightly Cluo
met at the residence of Mrs. A. +. Mon
roe, Tabor avenue. on Tuesday after
noon. Nov. " With the president, Mrs. !
Willard Q. Selleck in the chair The
course Of study this season includes
English History of the Nineteenth Cen
fuTy The Same being in direct CONTINUAL
tion OF the study pursued for the past
two years. The program for the Tues
day meeting concerned the History OF
the Jews in ENGLAND.
The first paper. by Mrs Hilton, gave
an interesting account OF the condition
OF the Jews I'm England at the begin
ning OF the Nineteenth Century, and
their later admission TO Parliament
In beginning. the paper calls attention
TO the picture that Sir Walter Scott !
draws Of the Jews in his novel ivan |
hoe a very fai. idea Of the condi-
ton OF the Jews i'm England prior to
the year lS4s. is found I'm this novel.
The paper gives also an account Of
SIR Moses Montehore, a Jewish philan- |
throDi5t of wealth and influence and |
the work he accomplished i'm bringing
about a more perfect appreciation of
the principles Of civil and religious lib
erty, which resulted in the emancipa-
tion of the Jews IN England and their
final representation i'm the English Par !
lament. y
The much talked of plan among the
Jews Of the present day TO coonize
Palestine was also described. 4
The second PAPER OF the afternoon, 2
by Mrs. Kelsey Dow, was entitled. '
The History OF the Jews n England
Mrs. Dow clearly outlined the history
Of the English Jews which is coeval )
with that of English History from it's .
earliest period. a terrible tragedy ?
which occurred AZ York, England. was :
described as illustrative OF the terrible :
persecution endured by the Jews at :
/ remote period. viz: a
THE great body OF Jews sought ref =
lge in the castle The people fred by IA
he eXhortations of the monks. who :
promised salvation TO such as should
he'd the blood OF an unbelever and ?
Who themselves, cross i'm hand. VA their Z
owls. led the attacks soon made dt g
hahn that resistance was hopeless. The =
hief RABBI OF York. a man OF great
'arning ana virtue thus addressed o
hem, Men OF Israel. this day the G'd q
our Fathers commands us to die J.
lr his law--the law which the people =
ave cherished from the first hour Il
as given, which we have presented al
lrOugh our captivity I'm all nations ~
nd for which can we do less Ithan die? =.
eath Is before our eyes. let US escape -
he tortures OF the Christians, wh1
rowl about us like wolves athirst for
ar blood, by surrenderng-as our
y hers have done before us-our lives.
ith our own hands 20 our Creator. n
cd seems to cCll for us. Jet us not be ky
lwoithy" As this counsel closed ~
ght descended and while the be- NJ
gers watched upon their arms, 10 N
thin the stronghold nared the blaze K
a furious conlagraton. IN the E
)rnlng an entrance was easily forced. I E
r the walls were no longer defended. e.
fathers had slain with the sword. e
Fir wives and Children. then fallen n
',he hands or one another the less 81
yielding up their lives 10 ~
e elders. These in turn had fallen ~
the hand OF the chief Rabbi: he. at &
e, stood alone. upon the Congrega- ~
N about him-man and maid. child ~
d gray-bcard mad descended the N
orlosting silence. The flames h. had y
idled devoured not only the possess
rs but consumed the people like the
cnice upon an altar. a final stroke
q the old man iay with his fellows !
.Hlhg 20 INC prosecutors an ash-help
llich entombed SEQ skeletons" -
ne third paper 90 the afternoon was n
Miss Alice SDrague and gave an ac-
Int OF the life and literary work OF v
Isrcli.
)f the literary life OF D'Tsraer bts =,