The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-02-22
Twentieth Century Club.

| The conversational department of the
Twentieth Century club held their usual
meeting Tuesday afternoon in Sedgwick
| Music hall.
The next meeting will be held the 18th
+, of March. 1t is requested that each lady
| in attendance give one item of interest
| in connection with the life or work of st.
Patrick or tie present celebration of ST.
Patricks day.
| Twenty minutes will be devoted to the
| discussion of current events. The ladies
are asked to be prepared on the topic
What are the five best books of fiction
dealing with life west of the Mississippi
river? Miss Sara Norcross will review
exposition and take up poetic diction."
| Perhaps the most interesting feature of
the day at the last meeting of the art
| department of the Twentieth Century
club. was the review by Miss Potts, of
Jacob a. Riis THE Making of an Amer
! lean" The book IS the story of it's
| authors life with some account of the
work he has accomplished in the New
| York city slums-a work that has been
called the most magnificent and most
| Christian movement of all the centuries,
the battle against the degradation of the
poor The book bubbles over with
humor and is full of pathos as well. Who
ever reads it must be ever after the friend
Of Mr.. Riis. President Roosevelt says
no other ma n has ever done so much
| for New York city as this foreign-born
| American. whom kings. princes and pres
idents are delighted to honor. The read
ing of this book leaves one better and
kindler. 1t will be remembered that Mr..
Riis lectures at the Toler. February IS.
and no man has ever come TO Wichita
better worth seeing and knowing and
hearing.
Mrs. Hugh DeBois presented the study
of the life and works OF the artist, Diaz.
a man OF singular gifts and wonderful
powers. Mrs. SternbUrg gave an inter
esting account of Mfllet. the best known
modern painter of the French school.
called in America 'Millet Of the Angelus'
and in France "Nillet de Borlizon 1t
has been said OF him that had he never
painted a picture his genius would have
shown forth in some form As it was.
he conceived il 70 be his mission to por-
raty 10 the world the dignity Of labor
and voice its sturdy message TO those
who would hear
4 MIR. o. A Reach told the ladies OF a
/ trip to Versailles and described the his
/ torical gardens and palaces at this fam
Gus place. The site Of the palace was
/ Il swampy marsh. where the kings Of
I France were wont 10 hunt. When Louis
/ XVI selected this place his architects
said II was impossible. so much the
more reason Louis replied with kindly
7 logic In draining and filling the swamp
( the wori7ucn died Ike fies" and others
were pressed into service as IN times Of
war II Is said that 20oao men thus died
| from swamp fever Versailles vas the
! background for the great events 81
( French history for nearly 30 years.
! Mrs Gouverneur fortnight has reused
/ the envy. OF al others in the New York
/ 80 b. importing a carriage which is
/ Of absolutely new design and general con-
| struotion. The color scheme Is dark ma
! room. with spokes or deiicaGely peneiled
! yellow. Instead. however Of nickel plate
traQpi-ss the victoria Is trimmed with
/ FURNISHED copper and the maroon sliEses-
I ton i maintained with this fashionable
new metal The clock in the v.ctoria Is
mounted 4, copper and another inaova-
ton is the copper bookcase. Il herr printed
guides and engagement lists may BE- care
| fully tucked away Other improvements
as mirrors. are also mounted in copper.
During the calendar year 1880 the coin
age at the minis Of the country asgre-
| gated sss.<A,AA