The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-16
AMONG VOAENS CLUBS
EDITED BY NELLIE b. PETTxs.
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West has been something remarkable.
Here In the East, however, the devel-
opment OF these particular cubs has
been less pronounced. Most interest
ing meetings are held eIth week by
the Mothers club OF our own city,
which meets in the Classical High
school, Summer street, on Mondays AT
4 o'clock AT the last meeting Mr..
Leonard Campbell, professor OF English
literature i'm the Manual training
school gave a most instructive ad-
dress on the subject OF Parliamentary
Law"
Since these meetings are free and
are especially helpful 10 mothers and
teachers alike, IL is hoped that many
will avail themselves OF the privilege
OF attending.
The Edgewood Mothers club held Its
usual weekly meeting Tuesday after
noon at o'clock. Articles from The
Coming Age" were read by Mrs. r..
Pierce and Mrs. +. +. Horton. the bur-
den of which was a short sketch OF the
work done for the Little Mothers OF
New York city" and plea for more
room. ligh, and sunshine for hard
working poor.
The Roger Williams Chatauqua Cir
Gle OF Edgewood were especially fa-
vored on Tuesday evening by the pres
ence OF Prof. Koopman, librarian OF
addressed the club and rheir friends,
i'm the Edgewood Library building. on
Poets OF the Century" AT the close
of the address Prof koopman solved
some perplexing questions re ative TO
American literature, IN response 10 the
queries Of individual mel ,bers OF the
club.
The tneatsnQ Of top,orrov ayanin1 will
be held at the residence OF Mrs. III. l..
Hemenway. when Mrs. Susan Ingra-
nam Will quiz" the members on
American Letters from Prof. Beers
book.
The Read, Mark and Learn club met
at the residence Of Miss Carrie Olney,
ninth, with the president, Mrs. Julia
Ashley Rich. in the chair. Mrs. Rich
conducted a spirited discussion on
Methods or Conducting Newspapers
and What Constitutes Suitable Matter
for the Press" Following this discus
sion the club continued their scheduled
study in American history, and in this
connection very interesting paper was
presented by Mrs. James Moore, en-
titled The Old English Seamen." The
PAPER begins as follows: mo single
class of men ever made a greater
change In the fortunes OF mankind
than was brought about by the Eng
lish seamen of the sixteenth century.
Some OF them were slave traders, others
were smugglers, almost all were law
less men in lawless age: but the re-
suit OF their daring expeditions was to
alter the destiny OF the American con-
tinent. and therefore the career of the
human race. In the year 1900 Spain,
with Portugal. was the undisputed
master of the New World. AT the pres
ent time neither nation owns a foot OF
land upon the main continent OF North
or South America. The most remark
able circumstance OF all is that this
change was substantially made in a
single, ,century--the sixteenth-and was
made mainly through single class of
men. the old English seamen. They il
was. who broke the power OF Spain and
changed the future destiny of Ameri-
ca
From this point the paper takes up
those familiar names OF English his
tory and American colonization, viz:
Frobsher and his discovery OF the
Northwest Passage: Sir Francis Drake
and the story OF the first circumnaviga-
tion OF the globe; Sir Humphrey Gil
bert and his disastrous voyage to New
foundland which ended in an ocean
grave for himself and crew: Sir Wal
ter Raleigh and General White. and
the colonization OF Virginia: Captain
Griswold and his discoveries along the
eastern coast OF Massachusetts,. and
the later expedition OF Martin Pring
to the shores of Cape Cod.
The Providence Fortnightly club met
Al the residence of Mrs. Congdon, IA
Wood street, on Tuesday. April tenth.
with the president. Mrs. Willard c. Sell
leck. in the chair. Continuing the study
of English History OF the Nineteenth
Century" the club took up the special
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