The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-24
UNIvERSALET CLUB.
Annual Ladies' Meeting Held at the
Trocadsro Last Night.
Addresses hy President Fauncs Of Brown
and Rev. W. S. Grove Of New York.

The regular annual ladies' meeting OF
the Universalist Club was held in the
Trocadero, on Mathewsor street last
evening at g. 80 O'Clock with very large
attendance. Among the many promi-
nent persons present were: Rev. w. :.
Grove of New York, the speaker OF
the evening: President w. H.PFaunce.
ID. d., of Brown University; Mrs. Su-
san Carrique. Rev. w. G.. Selleck and
wife. Rev. Henry /. Cushman. Mr.. d.
l.. Houghton and wife and Henry b.
Metcalf and wife OF Pawtucket.
There was a short business session
at $50 during which Alexander S. Ar
mold Of Valley Falls and Jerome b.
Farnum OF East Providence We're ad-
mitted as members OF the club.
Then came a social season lasting
until 1880 when simptuous supper
was served in the dining room over the
parlors.
Supper over. President Eugene C.
Myrick. after expressing appreciation
OF the fact that so many were present
and that such distinguished guests were
able to attend introduced President w.
II. p. Faunce, ID. d., of Brown Univer-
sity as the first speaker.
He said the climate OF city is not
the atmospheric element, but the men,
tai, social, moral and religious actions
OF the inhabitants all go to make the
climate, and each and every one of us
should be striving to make this climate
more noble and of more use 10 each
other than IL ever had been before. APP
plying the same rule TO religion. he said
that success in church building depends
on A nd 10
of the laymen. There is one sentence
that has been Of much help to him
throughout life. That one is II must be
true"
He said that no sentence. from any
book, except the Bible. had ever been
OF more us than this one. In conclu-
sion he remarked that the same rule Is
true of a patriot. The man who loves
his country loves everything in the
country and will defend each and ev-
cry thing against every foe.
President Myrick then introduced
Rev. w. 8. Grove of the church of the
Eternal Hope Of New York, as the sec
ond and last speaker. 1851
He took for his subject, Shakes
peare" and in substance said that
Shakespeare was born in 1864. He was
the third SON of John and Mary Shakes
peare. who were a solid, prosperous,
middle-class couple.
The mother was OF French descent
and her family was also rich
At z years of age Shakespeare was
entered at the Stratford grammar
school and he remained there until he
was IA years OF age.
After leaving Stratford school he re-
ceived another education from studying
English history at home evenings.
Again he further increased his knowl-
edge by carefully studying nature and
still later he learned many things from
his father, who was selectman and
alderman. and also inspected all the
plays which were presented IN those
days.
Little william became closely ac-
auainted with the actors and soon he
loved the aristocratic life better than
his own and resolved to leave home and
become an actor He was married at
IS 10 a woman Of rs, and when 81 years
old he was the father Of three children
and his wife was supporting the whole
family. He went to London and found
a position as stableman and later he
became an actor. He studied all the
fne dramas Of that early day and soon
began cutting words and sentences, and
finally whole scenes from these dramas.
He seemed unable TO form plot, but
he could rewrite play.
He was In London in the decade when
many OF Londou's greatest events
transplred and this gave him an inspi-
ration to write the historical dramas.
England had no theatre and no dra
ma of any account until Shakespeare 8
time. but * years later drama was one
of the wonders or the world. Nothing
in the line OF intellect was too FAR az
vanced for an Englishman to grasp and
this caused Shakespeare 20 write plays
that are called classical and too far ad-
vanced for common minds at the pres
ent time.
During the evening music was fur-
nished by the Talma Ladies' q shestra.
Miss Helen May Butler. leader. and
Miss Harriet r. Burrows. soprano.
The officers of the club are as fol-
| lows: Eugene G. Myrick. president
| John VI. Ruainton, vice president: Earl
| s. Binford. treasurer; Charles II. Fish
er. secretary: Joseph Kelly. Ls Roy H.
| Chilson. Rev. w. c. Selleck. directors