The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-04-29
NO MORE BROWNING,
Study Glass Closed Yester-
day With An Interest
ing Programme at
Mrs. Walkers.

One of the most pleasant social clubs
to close its season was the Browning
Study Glass, under the direction of Mrs.
Marion Leland, which met for the last
time yesterday afternoon at the residence
of Mrs. John A. WWalker, No. ESQ Mont
gomery street, and listened to a special
programme which opened with a vocal
duet, See the Pale Moon" by Mrs. M.
A. Davis and her daughter, Mrs. J. A.
Kempster.
This was followed by a most interesting
| paper on Browning and his contemporai.
les. She spoke of the effect of the poets
upon the Inspiration of the race, and
vent back to 700 BE-, mentioning some OF
the early Greek poets, especially the
case of a lame school master whose in
spiration to the Spartans was the cause
of their winning a battle.
Mrs. Walker next spoke of the poetry
of the present century, from Wordsworth
and the Lake poets to Browning, Scott
and Elizabeth Barrett, giving Browning's
contemporaries in both poetry and prose,
together with a sketch of his life, in
which she spoke of his particularly happy
marriage.
Browning's poems as studied by the
class during its course were mentioned as
being written in the minor key, and with
the single exception of Saul" the char
acters had missed life's best She fur
Their spoke of the great force Browning,
Tennyson and Matthew Arnold had been
in the English nation, drawing attention
to Browning's special soul dissection.
although" said she in conclusion,
Browning found mems faults and dealt
with them, a critic who knew him bet-
ter than any of us, has said that in his
views of life he was on the angels side.
Mrs. Carrie Shepard read another very
interesting paper on Browning and some
of his poems, and Mrs. George R. Hough
gave a bright little sketch of Browning
Societies. together with incidents in the
life of the poet, and a description of his
home. She also drew attention to the
fact that both his success and apprecia-
ton came late in life.
Mrs. Davis here sang the Waltz Song"
and was heartily encoreds and Miss Ada
D. Fuller followed with a very witty
paper giving a sketch of the Browning
Glass, which was most amusing, especial
ly to the members. She then turned to a
SCllOQS fCllA dIo 64fC IA CANCi-
lent criticisms upon the poems studied by
the class.
Mrs. Leland read a paper on Brown
ing's Religion and an extract from one
of his letters to a dying woman. and then
recited Mrs. Browning's 'Cry of the
Children" with one of Rudyard Kipling's
shorter poems as al encore.
At the conclusion of the programme re-
freshments were served. Then folio wed a
general social hour. during which the la
dies babe Mrs. Leland and each other
| goodbye.
Among those present were:-Mrs.
Marion Leland, Mrs. John A. Walker,
Mrs. M. A. Davis, Mrs. ]. A. Kempster,
Mrs. Gambol. of Brooklyn, Mrs. Warren
Dusenbury, Mrs. D. g. Manton, Mrs.
Manning Stires, Jr., Miss Leila Kinds,
Miss Louise Edge, Miss Margaret Lacey,
Miss Florence White, Miss Ada d. Fuller,
Miss Lillian Fuller, Mrs. Joseph A.. Dear,
Mrs. Goodman, Mrs. Heating, Mrs. A. !.
Newbury. Miss Simpson, Mrs. James
Erwin, Miss Enness, Mrs. John Hilton,
Mrs. Carrie Shepard, Mrs. George r.
Hough and Mrs. Spencer Weart.