The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-02-13
Current Topic Club.


The Current Topic Club met Mon,
day afternoon at the home OF Mrs. O.
o. Loring.
The meeting was of great profit to
those present as the line of the Ang.
eonise or Plantagenets In English his
tory was studied through the able pa
per read by Mrs. Will e. Collins. The
name Plant a yenet, by which the fami.
ly was known, was derived from the
Count OF Anjou's habit of wearing a
sprig of the golden broom plant OF
Plante-genit, as the French called it,
In his helmet. 1t was very interest.
ing to note the consolidation Of Nor.
man and Saxon interests and the rapid
rise of the new English nation. This
line of rulers were Ia constant struggle
with the barons and covered 245 years,
from 1l54 to 1899.
After current topics were pleasantly
discussed the club adjourned to meet
next week with Mrs. Morris Osburn.
Nv
The Michigan Federation of Wo-
mans Clubs, wishing to do honor to
Mrs. Lucy Stone. the Mother Of
Clubs" is raising fund OF $4,000 to
endow scholarship In the Michigan
University as perpetual memorial to
Mrs. Stone In her endeavors In womens
education.
The Current Topic Club, to assist In
this good work with the true philosO-
ply which ever characterizes and
causes 1t to gain its wisdom along the
line of the least resistance and to seek
to ever.unite pleasure with profit, had
one Of its delightful special" after
Moons at the home of Mrs. 1. III. Keller.
1t has been said by one Of it's bright
members that it takes a good deal OF
coffee to educate the Current Topic
Club. Be that as 1t may, we try not
to miss our opportunities to improve
ourselves along other lines as we'll.
All cannot cross the ocean and the for
eign lands explore, but we gain our
nearer, in fact, within our
very door.
Through the kindness Of Mrs. Eta
Doane- Marden, of Roberts College,
Turkey.we took trip to Constantine
Pile Thursday afternoon. With soft,
pleasing voice and easily flowing words.
Mrs. Marden takes possession of our
and with her as guide we
pass the Straits OF Dardanelles into the
sea OF Marmora. We slip unframed
under the forts bristling with guns;
we hear the water ripple as we cut it
with even sharp prov; scent the orange
groves and various odors not so sweet;
rejoice with the pulling down OF our
yellow quarantine flag and enter "per.
sonally conducted" the city of the un-
speakable Turk.
Here within short hour we are |
permitted to see sultan, prince and |
beggar. We hear the sweet silvery
tones Of the muezzln call to prayer
and are admitted as favored guests to |
the pageant as the sultan attends the
each Friday for prayer. We
visit st. Sophia and the market place,
where seventy-four languages have
been heard at one time; call upon
the Turkish women at their "club" on
the river bank, listen to their elevat-
Ing conversation, see something OF
college and the wonders 1t is
In creating ideals OF
and womanhood undreamed
Of in this land Of the citron and the
olive. When Mrs. Marden's voice
ceases, we arouse ourselves to find we
are safely home in Mrs. Keeler's
parlor, where the aroma Of coffee is
rising like incense. We thank Mrs.
Marden heartily for our pleasant trip.
Everybodvs liable to itching piles.
Rich and poor, old and young-terrible
the torture they suffer. Only one sure
cure. Doan's Ointment. Absolutely
safe. cant fail