The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-11-06

poetry; they perform all labor by hand:
they attend to detail and utilize every
Mrs. Richard Jones said that the Philip
pine buildings are particularly interesting
as reproductions Of actual buildings. In
forestry display at the Fair. She spoke
of interest all visitors have in the out.
door chronological exhibit. The Moros. she
thought. demanded most attention, pc
cause with them we as a nation have to
deal.
Mrs. Hartford said that she thought the
musical taste Of the people of St Louis
heard at the Exposition, and that more
beautiful. clearly streets and more truly
artistic homes would be a result of the
Fair.
Mrs. Virgins gave a history of tapestry
work IS the origin of all weaving, intro
duced into Europe by the Saracens. the
most noted piece of tapestry at the Fair,
she said. is Napoleon Among the Lepers
at .Iafta." valued at $4,000.
Mrs. Swan ave Il minute description OF
the tapestries in the French Pavilion.
There are four notable pieces. the designs
OF which are paintings by masters.
Mrs. Margan spoke OF the poetic, artis-
tic and musical nature of the Italians ana
how all of their work aims to please at
once by Its beauty.
The Literary Symposium discussed gems
Of painting in the French and Italian gal
ries Wednesday morning. Mrs. Griffith ex-
planned the difference between the cassie
and modern schools, contrasting their
technique. conception and style. Among
many pictures described were Chartran's
'Siegfr'ed." Bongenreau's "Oreads' and
Assault" Lhermittes Death and the
Wood Cutter" Lefebre's Sorrow of Marie
Madeline" she drew special attention to
the beautiful marines. Venetian scenes
and church interiors of Italy A spirited
table talk followed. led by Mrs. l. g.
Baker and Mrs. Charles Cox on Leem-
poels DESTINY and Humanity Thurs
day afternoon the cub visited the west
pavilion. making Il study of the paintings
OF Russia. The subject for next Wednes-
day is the German galleries.
At the first meeting of the woman's
Harmony Club of st. Louis. which took
place yesterday morning at the home of
one of the members, applications for three
new memberships, were presented. and
the regular report of the biennial meet
ing was read by Mrs. ]. S. McSkinlay;
A paper on Current Events was read
by Mrs. Eugene De PREF. An interesting
programme for the coming year was
mapped out.
The next meeting of the club will take
! place at the home Of Mrs. De PREF No.
16l2A Sempie avenue.
At the Wednesday Club this week the
poetics' division met to study the dramat-
ic structure of Hamlet. but before the
regular programme was taken up the divi-
sion had the unusual opportunity of listen
ing to a short talk by Mrs. Green, the
widow OF the English historian. Mrs.
Green has herself done valuable historical
! work and Is at present intensely interest
ed in the work of kuna Meyer and Pro-
fessor Strong, who are leaders in the ire
mendous task of translating the store
of Irish manuscripts which 1t is supposed
hold the literary. social and spiritual his
tory of Ireland during the Middle Ages
From the evidence of manuscripts that
have already been translated there Is no
room for doubt but that the charges of
barbarism and the description of uncfy-
| ilized customs with which English histo-
rams have filled their chaDters on Ireland
are without foundation in fact. On the con-
trary, Irish culture must have been very
advanced. to judge by the poetry and story
ard the epics that the manuscripts record.
Certainly. Ireland's connection with Spain
| and Italy were close and direct, and cul-
tivated Irish peOoie Were generally Ia
! miliar with the Spanish. Italian and Latin
languages.
Mrs. Green. along with many other Irish
scholars. is very DESTROYS of attracting
| young students to the fertile and almost
manuscripts offer. and her own enthusi-
asm, born of as full knowledge as is pos
s!ble. at present. bids fair TO draw many
to the work.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. C. Christy of No. 2oM
Bellevue avenue. Richmon Heights. en-
tertained on Wednesday evening for their
son. Eugene, and his class OF 1905 of the
and table were decorated with chrysan-
themums, and the college colors, purple
and gold. The seniors are: j. Hartnett
January. Alfred G.. Schultz. Eugene Con-
nors. job Byrne, Edward Hueismann,
Robert Kyles, Thomas McNally, Frank
Wynne. Clay Hennins. Raymond E. Law,
Tor. Oscar Brockmeyer and E. Ward
Christy.
Mrs. Ma Sherry-Hagebush entertained
a cultured and enthusiastic audience at
ing with music and literary numbers. IN
depreciation" recently written by MIS-.
Hagebush. was delightfully."- rendered by
Mrs. Jeanette Miller. Miss Gertrude
Midsummer Nights Dream" music by
MendelSSohn.
Miss Naomi Childers gave three de-
scriptive readings; Elizabeth Haw sew
eral pleasing piano numbers and Marie
Lefavor a costumed recitation
Last Saturday an interesting ceremony
was observed by the Z. D. c. of st: Louis
and their friends from California and
Kentucky. Miss Voorhees, of San Fran
cisco brought with her from the 9oseo
plant. commemorating the u. D. c. con-
The Park Commissioners kindly per-
mitted the planting of this tree at the east
entrance of the park near the Blair monu-
ment. Each lady in turn took the spade
In hand and assisted in the turning OF the
soil of ST. Louis for the reception of the
tree san Francisco" of California. After
the christening Of the 'Sequoia Gigantea"
1t was placed in the care Of the park SUI
p~erintendent, who is a Confederate Vet
eran.
After this happy occasion. a cordial In
vitation was extended by Mrs. Voorhfes.
who is the president Of the ALBERT Sidney
Johnston" Chapter of San Francisco. to
visit that city next fall at the time OF the
next annual convention.
The choral department OF the Union
Musical Gu began Its rehearsals for the
season on Friday morning. October q. at
10 a. m. in Henneman Hall, No. 1913 Olive
street. The value of the work of this
chorus Is second to none in the city. Its
annual Lenten sacred concert is looked
forward to by all music lovers az being
one of the events of the music season.
The programme to be studied this year is
ore Of rare beauty and interest. 1t viii
consist almost entirely of novelties. works
of Lisxt. Saint-Saens. E,gar, Coleridge.
LAGER and Berlioz. that will have their
first hearing in ST. Louis.
Mrs. Charles 3. Rohland will. as here
tofore. conduct the chorus A quartet OF
~soloists will assist in the ensemble work.
A large chorus membership Is desired.
Old member are invited to attend the
first rehearsal and are urged to bring
other members.