The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-08

III the htItfdl feutldtlon or Women
- clubs OF the United S,a es, sends fort
( her New Years grserlng. which vii
find an echo In the soul OF every tru,
cub woman Throughout. hec wide con
stituency
is as follows viz: Greetings and
good wNhos for the club women of IN,
! world Hoping that every club ana
every club woman viii begin the new
year Of the new century with renewed
determination TO WELD nightly for
good that power and influence which
has come 10 them through union.
1t is signihcant that the initial year
| or the twentieth century, which some
call the Woman's century. should Wit
| ness the frs appearance OF the Gsneral
Federation beyond the seas. our Paris
congresses viii demonstrate our deter
mlnation 10 go up and nossess the lana
ana the meeting there OF women OF all
, nations will d) much 10 perfect the
bond OF organization which is our only
| strength.
The club women OF America ana
| me world are fast learning this lesson
! Of organization Does our duty end
| here? Must We not pass il on 90 IN
| stragglers about us and teach them
too that union is their strength
Lei the dream OF the new century he
| time when all women OF all classes,
! IN all nations shall stand close together
pushing forward shoulder 10 shoulder.
| Tor the achievement of all good things
IN ne world where they the mothers
of the race. are ever playing the ldrz-
est stakes. May the club women If
America work zealously and without
ceasing TO make this dream come true"
New Years day IN Rhode Island wa,
not without its fun quota Of club meet
ings. In the early afternoon OF the
day the Read. Mark and Learn "lao
assembled AT the residence of Mrs Lin
coin Davis a. Barnes street, to consid-
or the general subject of Italy. An
excellent program. as arranged by the
president. Mrs Julia Ashley Rich was
carried out. The first paper. by the |
president, was entitled Some Dry |
Facts Concerning Italy, In beginning |
the paper described the geographical
situation of Italy. together with some |
thing of It's climate. resources and in |
dustries: characteriZng the country as |
"A land celebrated in history. renowned |
i'm music and literature. a land whose |
praises have been sung by many voices I
and immortalized by many poets. whose |
language lis the richest and most mu-
steal in the world whose artists have
excelled I'm every branch Of knowledge
attem0ted by mankind and whose name
is Italy"
..Itals' :, the paper continues. "has
given 10 the world many famous names
of which the first Is Dante. author Of
the 'Divina Commedia' Of whom Il
IS finely s9ld that he found the Italian
language I'm its cradle and exalted II |
~ n throne. To Lorenzo a. Nedici. en-
titled the Father of Letters is owel
the literary revival of the ltailn
tongue.
l., - l., /
those of Ar.iasto. Tasso. Nichiavelli. |
Ranhael and Michael Angelo
"Pope Leo X, as = patron Of genius,
Nittoria COllona the most illustrious
poetess or her TIME: Rosctti the exile.
and -Nicnllni- the -drama4lstS AIRS.
Rich's naper was followed by the re-
cital of LonEfel0w's poem. GAmalf."
by Mrs Moore
Mrs. Davis then read a most interest
ing paper Ipon the Eternal city" i'm |
which she pictured Rome IN all me
pcmp and power of the days Of the
Caesars. when the coliseum was I'm all
its glory, and
"Time had not begun 10 overthrow
Those temples. palaces and plies stu
pendous.
OF which the very ruins are tremen-
dous."
st. Peters alone defies the touch ~
time and vet attracts the stranger
from ell corners Of the earth 10 it's sa-
,red shMre
Describing the church the paper
continues:
st Peters the lrgest church In the
world Is always enjoyable whether
'ne sympathi2es with the religion OF
which It is the sent. or not I'll
AS the visitor pulls aside the great :
eathern mattress. that serves for n J
,olseless door. and stands within. he .
ecis rs II he had denteredanolher world. !
MI one has ever read comes back like r
dream. One thinks of Hawthorne's 4
imple description In the Marble !
'aun. and wonders which confession 4
i Miriam visited. aud a thousand 9TH I
r memories from the most childish To ]
he most philosophic1l run through y
he mind as one strols along the Z
mighty nave" ]
Concludins. the paper refers TO d
rome ~ the present as follows: Il
we leave her where she lies. n do $
aying corpse. retaining a trace OF her +
oble shape. but with accumulated | /
ust: leave her sick a heart of Italian
rickery which has un0oted whatever O.
lith I'm mans integrity had endured II
MIL now; leave her crushed by the ~
Isolation Of her ruin,and the hopeless
ess of her future"
g
AT the close Of Mrs Davis papcr p
lrs. Moore rccited most effectively NJ
LongfollOw's beautiful poem. Ven ~
e. and THE old Bridge at Flor el
nee" vi
Mrs. Fannie Ackley McAuslan tben "
'llowed with n descriptive papcr ON ~
Venice she held the delighted at u
'ntion of the club. as she pictured tho
ocular beauty OF the ~
White phantom city. whose untroddcn II
streets of
Are rivers and whose pavements are cC
the shifting hi
nadows of palaces and strips OF sky" N
So. Marks church. the Bridge ~ oo
ehs. the Academy of Fine Arts. and 49,
her famous historic places of Venice -
ere tttingly described. At tho CLOSE of g,
e literary rcpast. Italian waters ana M
locolatc were served by the hostess. IA
The Pawtucket Woman's club assem-. ",
ed In the club rooms I'm Music hail
luding ON Monday. January /. The te
eeting was addrcssei by Miss Cathe- A.