Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-04
The Maine
Club Woman

| A number of the ladies Of Limerick
met recently and organized the Bay
View History Circle. with the follow
ing officers: President, Miss Alice
Lane; Vice President, Mrs. G. A. Mills:
secretary, Mrs. Alice Boyington; treas
urer, Mrs. Geo. A. Johnston; social
committee, Mrs. Frank M. Higgins and
Mrs. DR.. Tibbetts; membership, Miss
Louise. Swasey. Mrs. Byron Anderson.
Mrs. Fannie Reas. Mr.. and Mrs. Alton
Johnston and Mrs. +. c. Allen.
The Outlook Club Of Hartland, held
an open afternoon at the home of DR..
Jennie Fuller. Friday, October q.
There was Il large attendance of club
members and other friends. The
president, Mrs. Abbie Moulton. and the
vice-president. Mrs. Lucy M. Buck re-
ceived the guests. The most entertain
| ing event of the afternoon was n paper.
THE Mission of Poetry" illustrated by
| rccitations given by Miss Helen Bates
| of Portland, in which the reader capti-
waited her audience from start to finish
by her intensely interesting paper and
| the poems which she SO charmingly
rccited. AT the request Of a club MEM
Der, Miss Bates read 4 fine poem writ
ten by Mrs. Emily Page Webb of
| Pasadena. cal. Il native of Hartland.
Mrs. Webb, who is the poet laureate of
her club, read this poem on the occa-
sion of the dedication Of the Woman's
Club house at Pasadena. The poem
was received with much enthusiasm.
Selections from Mrs. Webb's poems are
| published in collection of the poets
of Maine and also in a collection of
National poets. At the conclusion of
the program a delightful social hour
was spent during which time cake,
chocolate and coffee furnished by the
| club We're served to the guests by the
| club. The tables were decorated with
maidenhair fern and sweet peas, one
| of the chocolate tables being attrac-
lively set with ancient gilt edged
china. Mrs. Annie Ward and Miss
Elizabeth A. Linn poured chocolate
while Mrs. Carrie Linn Blanchard and
Miss Biriena Trafton presided at the
| coffee urns.
The Island Reading Club Of Orono,
will study Austria and Hungary, this
| season.
| Last year the Methebesec Club of
| Rockland, took up the study of New
England ana the result was the I'M
doubted benefit and edification Of every
member. This winter the study will
be England" and the program for the
season as announced in a booklet Just
| published is as follows:
| Early England to Norman Conquest
QO66). October q inst.--Foretalk by
the President: Report Of Federation:
| Prehistoric Britain: Roman Britain.
November 3-SaXOn invasion; Early
Religion; Anglo Saxon Literature
! Norman Period Q066-1154). November
| lS-NOrmandy and the Normans; Will
liam the COnqueror and his successors;
| Feudalism iE England: Influence Of
| Norman Conquest on language and lit
erature. The Plantagenets Q154-14S5).
| December 2-Henry ii. character and
| reign; Customs and costumes; What
| the Crusaders did for England; Review
| of Ivanhoe December licking John:
| Magma Charta and final development;
Chief events in reign of Henry H.;
| Cathedrals. December 30-Age of tur-
| MOL; Chaucer; Discussion, Were the
rights Of the Jews properly consider
e"?" Women of the Plantagenet Pc
Rod. The Tudor Time Q4s5-16O3).
January 13-Incidents in the reign Of
Henry Wiz; The English Reformation;
| Character studies; Cardinal Woolsey,
Sir Thomas More, Archbishop Gran
mer: Wives of Henry VIII. January
27-Mary Tudor; Queen Elizabeth and
| her court: National progress; Mary
Queen Of Scots. February 1O-MusicaI
| Afternoon. February 24-The Eliza
bethan drama and dramatists; Songs
from Shakespeare: Non dramatic
writer's. The Stuarts Q603-17iN.
March ia sketch Of the Stuart fam
| lily; Cromwells Commonwealth; The
| Stuhrts' encouragement of foreign art;
John Milton--life and Works. March "a
Plague and fire of London; Revolu-
ton o. loss; lingo Jones: Sir Christie
pher Wren; TO court in a sedan chair.
| April 7-Conditions of England during
the Seventeenth century; Manor
| houses of Queen Anne's reign; The An
| GUSTAV age of English literature;
Business.
| Here are some Club Don'ts' COM
piled by an enthusiastic club woman:
First-Don't Ooh! don'D be late.
Second-Don't abuse the confidence