The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1899-07-07
? The Modern Travellers.

sea'on, not In propia persona bat by re-
search. The following program has
been PREF ared and IL now published,
that the members, present AID prospec-
tive, may in their summers reading
MAKE q note Of anything they meet hich
would be ilIuattative ot helpful
Members are RI ,s'ed ~ active or asso
ciate. Ac;iv n,tets prepare papers
or take any thtt part assigned them by
The txecutY~ c0nmit,s. Associate
1 members lead Ia tie "Conve,sations,"
"Select Readings" etc. Character
sketches may be either oral or written,
not to exceed five minutes In length.
Applications for meE bership may be
made al aby TINE 10 the executive con.
mittse.
Mrs. sARAH PEAEs1N ADAMs.
Mas A. 5. HARr.
Committee
Pr GGAM ~ yoDERN TRAVELLERS.
SgpTEnBER,
b utumn's ruddy glow,
On woodlands doth a richor tint be-
stow"
Sept 9.-Reception 10 members and
friends.
Sept. 23.-Chatacter tketch-Juan Of
Arc. Medieval France, paper. The
House e Bourbon, Conversation.
OCTOBER.
Thy foliage becomes a royal cfown,
Decking nature with mingled
Hues of green and brown"
Oct. 7.-Pretenders to tie Throne,
conversation. The conquett Of Holland,
paper. Current events
Oct. 2l.~-Ths lluguenots and their
emigration TO America, paper. Quebec
and the French Canadians Select read.
ing. Battle Of Waterloo"
NOVEMBER.
"How still the laDdsrape and bow gray
the sky;
Tie dead leaves on the pathw aye scat
tered lie;
The chill breeze stlrs the rushes with
tigh."
Nov 4.-Current events. The Settle
ments and Missions at Mackinac, conveI:.
cation. The Expulsion OF the Arcad ans
from New France. Select reading from
EVangeline.
Nov. lS.-Character tks'ch, Madam
Roland. The Creolts, paper. Lyon
and the Silk wsaveIs, paper.
DEcEMBER.
"Greet;ng we send 10 all AiaT or near.
To whom withaeAtheringp, giis snt
goodly cheer.
, The good old Christmas time 10 dear"
D.c. 2.-Current event'. Louis XIV
Louis XIV, and their eonrts, paper. the
Bastile. .--Conve,sation.
Dec. l6,-Select reading from Victor
hugo. "RobespieIre, .Danicn and Ma
rat" Louis XVI and Marie Antonette
paper, the Revolution Conversation.
. JANUARY.
Janus am l, oldest of poteutates, for-
ward look, and backward, and below ]
count, ss God Of avenuts and gates, the
years that through myEportals come and
go.
Jan. 6,-Cuuent events, the Reign o
Terror, conversation. Corsica and the
early life of Napoleon, paper, music
THE MarseilIeis Hymn"
Jan, 2o,-Character sketch, Charlotte
Corday, Bonapatie in Egypt and Italy,
conversation. The First Empire, paper.
FEBRUARY.
February makes a bridge and March
breaks it.
Feb. 3--The restoration, conversation.
The Second Empire, paper, current
events.
Feb. l7--Character, sketch, Victor
Hugo, Marseilles, CANNES, Nichy, con-
versstion. the republic, paper.
MARCH
"Stormy..March is come at last, with
wind and cloud and changing sky"
| MAICu @-SuIteub cNuutci lho HIchCu
in their homes, homes, conversation,
life at Nice, Monte Carlo and Monaco,
paper.
Mar. l6-Character,s sketch, osephine,
Paris and the exposition, paper, French
art aud artists, paper.
APRIL.
'SPring has come again-the bright
sweet Spring,
To every heart q wakeniDg call to
bring.
When buds are opening and the wood
birds sing"
Apr. g. Character, sketch Ferdin
and DeLeseeps, French musicians, con-
versation, the France of today, paper,
| curl snt Pvents.
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