The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-29


The tourists have donned their seven
| league boots once more and are travel
ing "ver land and sea to sunny Italy to
| feast on the wonders and magnificence
of things past. AT the next meeting the
club VIII listen to an account of their
| meanders in Florence with Dante.
Monday. Oct. %, was the regular day
of the Homer club, but on account of
that day being a holiday in honor. of
the return of the First Montana volun-
| teers, the club convened in the usual
place on Tuesday. Only a part of the
| programme was rendered, some I'M
avoidably being absent Next Sunday
the first social sessions will be held at
| the home Of Mrs. J. P. Hendricks. 1t
/ will be musical day, the music of Ger
| many the special theme. The arrange
ment is left entirely to the control of
Mrs Hendricks and the members who
| are assigned to receive with her. Mes
danes Hight, Groeneveld and Wynne.
Mrs. H. Smurr of the Deer Lodge
| Woman's club was in the city on Mon
| day to welcome, with other patriotic
! people, the returning volunteers.
The literary department of the Wo
mans club of Butte met in tho club
ment is reading shakespeare's Julius
| Caesar" and at the meeting on Friday
| had the pleasure Of meeting Is. B.
Belcher, who was recently with Mans
| field and has completed course in
technique with F. F. Mackey Of Berk-
| ley Lyceum, New York. Hereafter the
| department will meet weekly and the
| members anticipate much pleasure ana
| benefit from Mr. Belchers coaching.
The department is also planning many
| special attractions for the winter.
At the meeting of the Homer club On
Tuesday last paper was read by Mrs.
Batterman on "Gudrun," 1.-The Songs
| of Roland and 1.-THE Lay Of Alexan-
dria." "A Sketch of strasbarg" was
given by Mrs. Holinshead. The next
meeting of the club will be at Mrs.
| Groenevelds, 631 West Granite street.
On Saturday afternoon the literary
department of the Woman's club of Bill
lings met at Mrs. Paul McCormck's.
| After an hour devoted to the study OF
the history of Louis NV, Mrs. Hollis
| ter gave a review of THE Honorable
| Peter Sterling. Miss Pitcher followed
with Current Events. dwelling par
ticuarly on the trouble in the Trans
vaal Mrs. Stebbins read a paper on
| Mahomet
| The Woman's club of Deer Lodge
| held its second regular meet ng at the
| Masonic hall committee room last Sat
| urday afternoon. The ladies have fairly
| settled down to the winters work. and
| with each succeeding meeting their in
| terest in the proceedings grows. Miss
Blasdell and Miss Haggerty two young
| ladies who were employed to teach IN
| the public school here this winter. wera
| unanimously elected to membership IN
| the club. Mrs. T. C. Irvine was also for
S,itJ IA
members, she having been elected a
member of the club at its last meet
| ing Mrs. H. A. Smurr read a short
| history of the club from the time Of
it's organization in 1891 to the present
day, which will likely soon appear in
the Standards columns Mrs. M. j.
| Bell entertained the club with very
interesting review Of Marie Correlli's
beautiful story, "Thelma," at the con-
clusion of which Current Events" were
| discussed
The Woman's club of Anaconda met
| yesterday. The subject of the exhibit
ton Of pictures was again taken up,
after deciding to have the exhibition.
The president opened the subject Of
| how fund might be started for the
placing Of good pictures in the school
| rooms. The members of the club
pledged themselves to help on the pro-
ject in every way. There are none of
the school rooms in the city where good
| pictures would not look We'll; not
| enough thought is given to the fact
| that at least one-half of a child's day
| is spent in school, that the surround
ings should be pleasant, that in The
| after days something might be remem-
| bered other than chalk dust and books.
| The papers were listened to with inter-
est. Mrs. DR.. Sigh entertained the
| club with a recital of the causes and
| consequences Of the French revolution.
| In paper Of marked literary merit,
| Miss Blackstone reviewed the reign of
Louis XVI. up to the time of the revo-
| luton. Current events aroused the
usual interesting discussion. The club
| regrets that, by transfer of her resi-
dence to Butte, it loses Mrs. Lamson
one of its most esteemed members.
At the regular meeting Of the At
| las club of Butte, held Friday after
noon, an enjoyable afternoon was
| spent in listening to very interesting
paper on the women of Macbeth by
| Mrs. Hinkle. The subject was ham
died in a manner that showed the au-
scholarly study. Afterward very
pleasant half hour was spent in the
| discussion of current events. Each
| member was given the liberty of
speaking on the subject. and, as usual,
made an entertaining closing of one
VI lie SUCCESSFUL IaeetlLSs OIL tlllS
| club.
Another free lecture was given by
Professor and Mrs. Pau on Thursday
| afternoon in the club room in the
Presbyterian church. and an enthusi
| astic audience listened to and watched
these skilled professional cooks. The
social and domestic science department
| of the Butte Woman's club is deeply
interested in the subject of cooking,
and has charge Of the school, which
| will be under the instruction Of Pro-
| fessor and Mrs. Pau. The depart
ment hopes ultimately to be able to
| organize permanent classes among
| young girls.
The Household Economical club of
Butte met at the home of Mrs. Bry-
ant last Wednesday afternoon. An
excellent and highly enjoyable pro-
| gramme was presented. The first num-
| her was an Interesting and instruct