Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-22
THE. WoMEN's CLUB.
Celebrates Eleventh Anniversary of
Meeting That Founded Public Ii

brary.
/ There is always a special charm in
ithe unexpected at a literary feast ms
/! Wen as ~ the every day table. The
years calendar of the NTomens Club
has provided for several unannouneed
programs, one of which was enjoyed
Yesterday afternoon. The president.
Mrs Merritt Greene, opened the pro-
gram with brief address, telling that
| eleven years ago the Womenss Club
| called the meeting which was practi-
| cally the beginning of the public IL
brary movement, and OH the annlver-
sary day it was fitting hat some rec
ognition be made of that happy thought
and effort Interest in the library, and
efforts toward its greater success and
growth were urged upo1. the members
in an earnest plea.
In arranging the prog ram the presi-
dent evidently found the same pleas
ure in life as did Tess d'Uberyilles,
who said the next best thing TO owning
a coach of your own VAS to be Kin TO
coach" for she had lea ned the value
and happiness OF having good neigh
bors and kin. and had borrowed stu
dents and instructor f,om the Iowa
State College for the afternoon. In in
PRODUCING her borrowed neighbors, Mrs.
Greene paid a high tribute of praise to
this Iowa institution, ranking II as one
of the best in the world.
Mr.. Merritt Greene il, gave a very
amusing recitation emit led "A Red
Haired Cupid Il story of the courtship
and marriage of a ranchman and
girl from Boston. Mr.. Greene re-
sponded To an encore with another
laughter making recitation, telling of
The Night That l Proposed" Mr..
Eden Jsrry, another Ames student,
sang most pleasantly Until Gods
Day" by Dudley Buck. Mr.. Usury was
Mabel Miller.
Mrs. NJ X. Kilborn, d.ean of women
at the college, then read The Golden
wedding by Ruth NJ Emery Stuart.
Mrs. Kilborn is hersel. a southern
woman, with all the sweet-Noiced
charm and attractivene SIS of the Won-
en- of the south Very touchingly she
read the pathetic story OF two old
slayes-a man and woman--sittlng at
the fence talking to each other of their
loneliness. So lonely was the old man
that the sneeZing of his neighbor was
Tor him. In their forlorn
ness they plan a Christmas dinne- TO-
gether the old man to furnish the
chicken and the old lazy the ingredi
ents and the cooking. The dinner is
enjoyed, and in the quaint dialect Of the
colored race. the old man tells that he
was married on Christmas day, fifty
years ago. and reveals reminiscently
his life story. The Old lady recog
nizes in the story telling the husband
Of her girlhood. sold away in slavery.
but the contrast between the memory
picture OF the girl bride and her faded
face prevents AT first the revealing
Of the fact The surprised recognition
of the long separated husband and
wife. and the happy &c ebration Of the
golden wedding day. was graphically
bringing tears 10 everv eye
III the audience.
Ia response to an encore, as the result |
of Il little delay caused by the tanglel
chain of her glasses, Mrs kilborn with
laughing grace gave the amusing story
ii an elderly deacon Of the Presbyterian
hurch who lost his specs when in
/ great hurry to write q report for
some important meeting. His good wife I
not being at hand to aid him he blind
: and vainly sought he lost glasses. |
Flnally he called upon the Lord TO !
lelp him find his specs that he might I
oe able 10 see and continue his search /
or them. The Lord answers his |
prayer, and the daZed old man contin /
led seeking his lost glasses. The good |
wife returned to find the specialized |
husband persisting in is search. When |
to his senses lie confesses that
While blindly hunting he had used some