Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-11-16

which the ladies held an interesting
discussion on the subject. The next
meeting will be held, Nov. Fl, at the
home of the vice president, Mrs. Hat
tie Harding.
At the meeting Of the Dexter Wo-
mans Literary Club which occurred
Tuesday afternoon at the club parlors,
the following very interesting program
was given: Sir Walter Scott: response,
quota tions from the Lay of the Last
Minstrel. Earlier Poetry and Border
Minstrelsy, Mrs. Ellen N. Clough;
critical reading, The Lady of the Lake,
from canto t. stanZa xxx. to canto H.,
stanza xix. The subject for the next
meeting will be Mythology, and Mrs
Anna Thatcher will be the leader.
The weekly meetings of the Pierian
club of Pressure Isle are constantly in
creasing in interest. The Shake
spearian program of Monday Nov. 8,
was carried out to the letter and the
willingness of the various members to
contribute from their store of talents
is constantly manifest. The regular
program follows: Roll call-Favorite
Quotations from Shakespeare; Short
Sketches. The Age of Shakespeare
Miss Vickery; The Shakespeare-Bacon
Controversy, Miss Pirington; The Stage
in Shakespeare's Time, Mrs. d. A.
Stevens; The Different Branches of the
Drama of Shakespeare Miss Marsh;
Papers-Sketch of Shakespeare's Life
Mrs. f. S. Perry; Shakespeare and Wo-
men, Mrs F. w. Lowrey; Three Heroes
of Shakespeare; Mrs. F. l.. White;
Readings from julius Caesar, Macbeth,
Hamlets Soliloquy and Merchant of
Venice; Miss Knowles. An intermis-
sion Of ten minutes was taken to afford
an opportunity for looking at portfolio
pictures of people and things connected
with Shakespeare's time, etc, furnished
by Mrs. I.awrey and Miss Hope Whid-
den, which proved of much interest anG
profit. The club voted to hire the
Maine travelling library of so volumes
for the next six months, for use in the
work. The names of two new members
were reported by the executive commit
tee.
Portland Sunday Times: A little sen
tence on the cover of the Octobe'
Philistine marked 1.-The Formula For
Hate; Keep Your Eye on Each Others
Defciencies' brought home mos
forcibly the knowledge that one of the
silent forces that is working powerful.
though quietly against this sad truth
the influence that the study of 7parlia
mentary law is having upon all the in. i
dividuals who are trying to understand |
something Of its principles and to put
them into practise. 1t is true that to-
day the clubs which do not have aaplac. |
on their program for this most helpful |
topic are exceedingly few. Even those |
who have for long time decried its use |
and defied it's rulings are now anxious |
to hear what it's advocates have to sa,
about it and have gracously given
place during the season to tell what its i
benefits may be while in other cases W.
find this is being taken up for a part
the time at each meeting. When right
ly presented there are few thinking an( i
intelligent persons who will not ad1ni' Il
that 1T is one of the great moldin;
forces of life. For instance we, study l
the subject but stort time before
become convinced that it is much cassie,
to see the errors made by others whe,
filling and important position, than t.
DO the thing correctly when placed ir
that position ourselves. Here is thu
first lesson in charity toward the mis-
takes of Others. Our own experience:
have taught us to say "Why very like
ly she knew better, but when you get or
your feet you lose all you do know" I
urges upon us the duty Of developing
and strengthening all our powers; ani
in looking within for these talents |
which have been given into our charge
and in seeking for the destruction o
our own faults and weaknesses, we al
find ourselves so busily engaged (tha'
is. we shall if we work earnestly, TO
the faults are there) that we first dis
cover that we have no time to look 70,
the DEFICIENCIES of others and next tina
we shall have charity for them and pu
them quickly away from our thought |
This is what the club life is accom-.
plishing for all who are working in i |
In the right spirit. Better than all the |
culture of intellect, better than thu
broader education which the inter.
oHi ~ WIFI otilcI uIllIluS Is sure no give I
US. is the achievement of that victory |
over self which comes sometimes from
the example of another, sometimes |
from the message which touches our
hearts and leaves its imprint there un-
til we are able to make it part of our
daily lives. From the awakening of ou
emotion through the power of thought
for it is certainly true as the great poe
has said "The man who thinks viii
eventually think himself right" on,
club life should help us to be blind t.
the DEFICIENCIES of others and keenly |
alive to those of our own character, TO, |
there are few indeed who knowing thei
weaknesses do not desire to be better
H. everything which stimulates us to |
this line of thought we should find help |
for we know that the brave, strong,
useful and well poised life, spreads
in it's wake for all who come |
within its circle. The power and in
1uence of the club movement becomes
greater with each year of it's existence
it is for each individual to see that
there are no formulas for hate allowed |
to creep into the organizations large or