The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-02-07
PROF. FOWLER LECTURES ON
THE POEMS OF ANCIENT ISRAEL

| nom tVtallE lost except for the casual
| r".eenehces IN the later Biblical books
| ne method of printing these" said the
| speahef and other poetic fragments
! ""nss theit presence obvious at a glance.
| W nen the king James Version was
| ISSUED the characteristic OF Hebrew verse
! Yhlch most readily distinguished ID from
prose h2d been lost sight of aud was
| brought TO the attention OF the world
| asaln only In the time OF Bishop Lowtis -
| Az ihls point IN his lecture Prof Fow-
~ ~ tiated the various forms OF par
auensfn distinguished by Bishop Lowthe
Dy readings from the Psalms and other
| pV.tlohs CT the Old Testament
continuing he said Whatever answer
We may give To the vexed question as 10
the existence OF anything correspondine
10 metre IN the Hebrew verse. at least the
thought or rythm OF paralelism is OBJ
In conclusion Prof Fowler characterized
lhe poetry OF Israel as the Language OF
emotion aud cited as examples the fierce
eNuitation or tho song of the sword: the
gratitude for the well OF water in
,hlrsty land; the JOY or victory or the
lament over lost leader.
The lecture closed with dramatic read
ing or the grand old battle odes OF Moses
ana Deborah Previous to the readings
OF OF these portions OF the Bible, however.
way in which they illustrated the fea-
lures or Hebrew poetry.
r. l. woMAN's CLUB.
The regular meeting of the Rhode ISL
ana Woman's club was held on Wednes-
day afternoon in the Mathewson Street
Nj. II. church.
The meeting was On charge of the de-
partment or sociology, OF the club. OF
which Mrs, Ashmond Ii. Briggs OF Paw
iucket is chairman. and the speaker OF
the afternoon, DR.. William II Tolman.
secretary Of the League for Social Ser
vice or New York city. was introduced by
Mrs George T. Baker, the president OF
DR.. Toman's lecture was entitled
studies in Industrial Betterment' and
was practically the same lecture which
mans club on Monday, a full report of
which appeared in these columns on
Tuesday
IL may he added that DR.. Tolman's lee
ture aroused quite as much of interest
and enthusiasm among the members OF
The Rhode Island woman's club as among
the members OF the Pawtucket club. the |
OF the stereopticon being |
enjoyed. not alone for their |
beauty, but for the ideal industrial con- |
ditions which they portrayed.
COVENTRY woMAN's CLUB.
An important meeting OF the Coventry
Womans club was held in the club rooms
at Anthony on Wednesday afternoon.
very large number being present to listen
10 lecture by Miss Louise Manning
fiodgkins. OF Boston. on the theme, The
Tongue We Speak
Miss Hodekins is a we'll known lecturer |
among women's clubs and has appeared
before several Rhode Island clubs
Her lecture before the Coventry club
vas essentially the same as that which
vas given al the Sarah f. Doyle club last
winter and treated. az then. OF the his
ory OF the English language from the
ime OF Chaucer down to the period OF
he Restoration, when the "soiled hand Of
Dryden helped to degenerate IL BY re-
ecting the character and profgacy OF |
he people of his time
Dwelling upon the period of the Resto-
alton Miss Hodgkins enlarged upon the
fe writings and influence of DIR. Samuel !
onson In restoring the language 10 its
ormer purity.
In closing Miss Hodgkns dwelt at
myth upon the tongue we speak today ,
this connection she advised the culti- | :
alton OF ,breadth and hexibility and ,he
Sc OF more than one adjective
Gossip. she believed. was detrimental 10
exibility OF language and disclosed also
rr belief that womeuis rfubs nave raised y
nd are continually raising the standard :
conversation. v
The next meeting OF the club will be '
eld on the evening OF Feb. ~. when the @
ub will celebrate Weshington's Birth
'y having as their guests the husbands
thers and brothers OF the club members
Mrs. Julia Ashley Rich. president OF
e Read. Mark and Learn club. will give
series OF three musical lectures i'm room
Conrad building. on the evenings of y
sb. 1s, March l. and April .. at 8 o'clock.
ne lectures Will be on Beethoven. Men
lssohn and Wagner and illustrated by n
rself on the piano
Tub women who have listened 10 Mrs
ch i'm her musical lectures will under
and that treat is IN store for them I'm ~
ls course, both from a musical and
erary point OF view