The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-11-16

OF the foreign restaurants Mexican, ETC..
but said that strange to say. most people
who visited them ordered American
dishes. The bull fights were features Of
the Mexican village. She told Of the Es-
Quimaux sweltering in their furs, and
thought they looked like Cinnamon. A
speiler would rattle off a long speech and
the Esquimaux would repeat it, parrot
like, not understanding word. One
beauty of the Midway was 1t did not lie
In straight line, as the Chicago Midway
did. but curved in and out in different d.
rectiOns.
A new thing was trip to the moon.
the men being picked dwarfs. While
one thought they were flying through
space. they did not in reality go Is inches
in the boat. Darkest Africa was inter-
esting. She told Of a big fight there.
started by African women, which grad
ually absorbed the tribe, and the off,
Gals had great time stopping the riot.
She told of the streets of Cairo and many
other sights of the Midway.
Mrs. w. B. Hamilton sang the pretty
Japanese Love Song" and to an urgent
encore responded with. "Vio.ets."
Mrs. May Reuger read a paper on New
Zealand" and compared it to the United
States, and it must be confessed to the
detriment of the latter. She told of how
the land monopoly was overthrown. Of
government ownership of railroads, on
the system used to convert tramps into
landed proprietors. OF the good accom-
plished when the liberal party came into
power through the votes of the oppressed
people. The scheme of taxation, equal
ICED, the banking system, no child labor,
each in turn was described. The freight
rate. as much charged per ton for a mill
lion tons as where only one was shipped.
They believed in capital controlled by
the government, labor by the people.
They have no war debt, but a page Of
unsullied peace in their history
She showed how New Zealand was the
antipodes of America in every way. There
they honor the man with the hoe; here
they honor the man with the dough. Her
paper was most interesting and COM
plete.
In the discussion which followed ex-
ports, imports. social conditions. woman
suffrage, all in turn were taken up. On
music and drama topics. the fight OF Min
ME Madden Fisk against the theatrical
trust was alluded to.
The Monday Night club gave its atten-
ton this week to America from 1883 to
1900. Miss Marvin's paper on history.
besides taking up events Of the time.
ton and the craftsmanship of men like
jefferson, Madison, Washington and
Adams. Miss Tague gave thorough re-
view of the literature Of Charles Brock
den Browne as a novelist, the men whose
state papers have become masterpieces
of literature. and characteristic poets
were reviewed. In a paper on art MISS
Una Madden gave sketches of the lives
of Copley, Trumbull, Stuart, West and
Pease. Characteristic pictures were
mentioned and described. In review
of 1.-THE Crisis" Miss Ada Madden gave
the plot Of the book. an analysis OF It's
characters and a general opinion OF the
philosophy and popularity OF the book. DE-
discussion on Current Events was linn
tied by lack of time.
The Homer club held most interesting
meeting on last Monday In the rooms
Of the Business Mems association. Many
instructive current events were ols-
cussed. among them the completion OF
the Siberian railway, the feeling In Ger
many against Chamberlain. the corona
ton of King Edward, the election OF
Seth Low, civil service reform, and the
wonderful stride made in the number OF
public libraries throughout Montana.
The first paper Of the afternoon
Lorenzo, the NdSuAAACSAls oOAAASsA"AS~
called "The Needle of the italian Com
pass" was given by Mrs. Hight. who
told of the advantages he had at the
home of his grandfather. Cosimo. be-
ing on familiar terms with all OF the
great men of the day; of his vengeance
on his enemy, the Pazzi, and that, al
though he governed Florence with great
despotism, public prosperity was pro-
NOTED and all industry. commerce ana
public works made wonderful progress
during his rule. And, while hideous to
behold, his intellectual powers were or
a very high order. He was finished
writer of prose and poetry and fluent
speaker on painting, sculpture, music.
philosophy and poetry
Mrs Buzzo gave a very full account OF
the life and works of Petrarch. men
tioning his early life and education and
comparing his early manhood when ne
was man of the world, open to every
kindly influence, ardent in friendship.
enthusiastic in patriotism. prone to fall
in love, handsome and vain. with his
later life, when he was a sage. a phil
osopher, a poet, a diplomat, an orator
and a wearer of the laureate's wreath.
He gave his valuable library to st.
Marks in Venice and died with two OBJ
jects unfulfilled-the restoration and
unity Of the Italian empire and the re-
establishment of the pope at Rome.
Mrs. Buzzo concluded her paper with
a selection from Byron's Childe Harold.
In connection with this subject Mrs.
Moore gave sketch of Petrarch as
politician and a traveller; Mrs. Speer
spoke Of his poem of four thousand
lines on Laura" which gave him his
fame. and Mrs. Forbis read "Laura's
Bower"
The five-minute sketch Of Boccacio,
the third great poet of Italy, and "the
great epoch opener" was given by Mrs.
lockwood. The club will hold its next
meeting in the rooms of the Business
Mems association.
There was an unusually large attend