Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-01-30
An Evening Spent With Mnlet.

II mattered little to the members of the Art
Club and their guests last evening that the
mercury was 10 degrees below z.ro for the
pleasant home o. Mrs. Z. O. Lahman, to w.ich
they We're invited by tle mistress of the house
AMI her sister, Mrs. Russell, was aglow with
light and warmth, and the air was fragrant with
the odor of blooming plants and ferns and the
welcome given each upon his or her arrival was
warm and CHEEKY. The Club had arranged To
spend the evening with Millet and his crest
productions. Mrs. g. Z. Smiley was the leader
gram was a very fine biographical sketch of the
artist given by Mrs. Hoyer. A very compre-
hensive and interesting comparison of Millct
and Ntembrant and their masterpieces was pre-
pared by Mrs. Wilson and read by Mrs. Bur
bank, az Mrs. Wilson was unable to be present
on account Of illness. This vas followed by
an Interpretation of ..Ihc Sewer and Woman
Sewing by Lamplight" by Mira. Mclaughlin,
given in a manner which will always give an
added interest to these pictures to all who
heard her. Mrs. A.. b. Warner gave the history
and artistic conception of the "Angelus' and
The Man with the Hoe in n delightful man
ner, after which she recited Edwin Markham's
poem which grew out of his study of the last
named picture. A discussion of the poem fol-
lowed, as is always the case whenever or wher-
ever it is brought into notice, as there will al
ways be those who question whether Millet or
Markham made the Man with the Hoe the
most famous or whether picture or poem stands
first as an art production. The place cards
found at each cover contained the picture of an
artist or great work of art. Each guest was re-
quired while at the table to give a biography or
desert ption of the object on their card. 1t ia
said in this exercise the gentlemen particularly
distinguished themselves, and while it might
be difficult to find authority for many of their
atcmen in any book upon art they were very
interesting and often startling and threw new
light upon old subjects. The refreshments
were sumptuous and were served in two courses.
After supper each one was requested to turn
poet as we'll Us artist and to each was given
three decapitated lines of poetry which they
were expected to complete and at the same time
produce perfect rhyme. This created an enc
less amount of amusement, and the poetry pro-
duced could by no means be classed among the
conventional Perhaps the most pleasant hour
of all was spent in the library where Mrs. Lab
mans father, d. NJ. Harris, abine of relics
and curios are found. MIR. Harris very kindly
gave the history of many to the guests and sub
mittcd all to their inspection. This proved a
very delightful feature in the evenings enter
tainment and all thanked Judge Harris for his
courtesy. The invited guests who we're present
were Messrs and Mesdames Foss. Hills, Mac
Allister and Mrs. Raymond. All who wer 9
present Join in pronouncing last evening one of
the most delightful of the many pleasant and
profitable evenings spent by the Club and the
hour was very late before the Goodnights we're
said and the lights were ~extinguished.