The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-03-14
W0MEN'S CLUBS MEET.
The EmbreasO and the Sarah E, Doyle Clubs
Held Meetings During the Present Week.

The Embreaso club met Wednesday
with Mrs Sylvester Clark, with the vice
president, Mrs. George A. Kilton, in the
chair \ charming recital Of music was
given. Miss Brown playing piano solos
and Miss Grace Baker singing soprano
solos after which a game guessing ad-
vertisements was INDUCED I'M FOR a while,
a prize being awarded Miss Virginia An
derson for guessing the greatest number
of pictures.
Mrs. H. X. Aldrich read paper on VIII
liam Morris. IN which she said in part:
Mature does not often bestow upon one
person as many gifts as she lavished up
on MIR Morris lie was at once poet, ar
tist. manufacturer and Socialist. He was
"A unique personality of a highly artistic
I temperament-a lover Of nature, dream
or. OF ariStocratic tendencies and yet
/ did not disdain to live side by side
/ with the humblest mechanic. The seem
/ ingly opposite forces in his nature com
| blned and harmonized into an interesting
/ and noble character.
he set a certain ideal before him
and steadfastly persued it through the
many paths by which II led him
/ William Morris was a precocious child
fond OF reading, had good memory
loved To look at pictures. many OF which
/ gave MN lutdS Nncn oiutTs W men tlS 1T
years old he visited Canterbury ana
was so impressed with the Gothic archi-
lecture that just nifty years later he
described "A church In detail from that
recollection In 1852 he went to oxford
/ and there met Sir Edward Burne Jones,
who was ever after his life long friend.
Ills first poem. The Willow and tho
I Red Clin,' was considered remark
/ able and from that time on writing came
so easy To- him that ne wrote a poem
, about every day Soon he took up prose,
which was quite as remarkable as his
poetry In his early college days he ex-
pected TO take Holy orders and found
a Monastry. bat his views changed and
he decided TO make architecture his HE
/ work
During a part OF his life, ne came un-
. der the influence OF Rosetu who was a
great painter and poet and for awhile
| painting was his object IIo kept branch
ing out In his work into other arts, such
/ as frce-stone drawing and colorlpg de-
signs for glass windows and moulding
| from the life iu clay. lie also revived the
. art OF embroidery.
/ lie married at - years and designed
all his furniture. The Hrm Morris q
/ 60. became famous from IT'S church deco
I rations. carving furniture and The metals,
4 including jcwelry. tapestries. chintacs
! and paper hanging. The decorations OF
/ the green dancing room in South Ken
sington Museum remains intact at the
/ present time
Tho Earthly Paradise" is considered
his highest achievement in literature. In
I S77 Norris was offered the profcssorship
/ of poetry at Oxford which he declined.
/ Norris bccam" socialist and 80 ardent
1 did ne become that ne sold the greater
/ part of his valuable library and gave the
/ proceeds to the cause Of socialism. lie
decorated ST James palace which inclu-
ded the hanging of the throne. and rccep-
tion rooms with silk damask especially
designed. hand-paiuted ceiling aud the
designing of "a special paper FOR the main
staircase. An this, of course. gave him q
worldwide reputation. I'm every mania
of art which ne touched hc was a skille,
expert
Morris. as a poet aud AN artist th'
trucst record Us to BE- found in his actua
work lIo gavc his best 90 the world an'
gave his life FOR his wnrk--for his pnvsi
clan said his disease was simply hcini
William Norris and having accomplishe'
moro work than any ten mon
After this able paper Mrs. Clark serve'
pink tea. tho d"coplti'ns OF p.hk car
. nations aud pink candle. shedding sol
light over an Mrs Fred Booth and Mrs
Frank Dairy poured and Mrs. Waite
Prrebv served ices. Miss Grace Bakc
and Miss Anderson assisted I'm serving.
The bon hons. confcctlons and ices al
carried out the color scheme
SARAH r. DOYLE CLUE.
The Sarah T. Doyle club held its Marc.
] meeting al the MAthewsOn street ChuIci
. / tt $50 o'clock this afternoon, chafinlt! /
I ic,frro beine delivered bv Prof ~ \
Powers of Boston on the subject. I'm
+ fras,,iouisrn in Art The lecture Wa
/ followed hv tho usual tea
/ The paWtuCkct Womaus club VII noI
/ their roNt meeting on N-id -. whc'
Niss reanio T.. Southwick ~ Boston WI
| deliver lecture under the auspices OF TN