The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1905-06-08
ENTIRE NOUS CLUB
A BLAZE OF GLORY
The Popular WOmans Club Give Literary and Social
Entertainment

OF SmlLn street ana Ndilduldn AVENUE
was Thursday night the scene of a
brilliant gathering, the occasion be
ing the annual open session of the
Entire Nous club, whose membership
numbers twenty-five ladies.
As each was entitled toa husband
and two guests, full five score occu-
pied the spacious library and reception
hall when the president, Mrs. N. r.
johnson, silenced the small talk"
AS the past winter had been devoted
by the Entire Nous club to the study
of Japanese Russian subjects, the
house had been artistlcally and taste
fully decorated with the flags Of those
nations, mingling with the prettier
colors Of our own emblem. Chrysan-
themum, the national flower Of japan,
furnished the yellow with the brown
that compose the colors OF the club,
while other flowers of the season were
lavishly used TO add their beauty to
the scene, all forming pleasing set
ting to the living center Of beautiful
gowns and handsome women.
At 9:25 the guests were eniyened in
an easy manner by the president, who
spoke briefly, as follows, suggesting
the object OF the club
10 our visitors, In behalf Of the Entire
Nous Club, bring greeting:
Lord Bacon has said, knowledge IS
Power. How true: power either
for evil or for good In order that the
right use of knowledge may prevail,
we must begin TO educate in the right
direction at the right time. Educa-
tion is the seed sown; cultivation is
applied education. The child Is our
future. How may we better prepare
him for life than by keeping at his
side and IN touch with him along all
lines Of improvement; and who can
give to him his first enlightenment
better than an intelligent mother? OF
truth, The hand that rocks the
Iidult ANtfN tiAA WVAlbt
Today our nation excels because its
women excel. The home, the church,
the school, the women's clubs are all
eatges cf mental development which
have brought our individual and fam
lily life TO their admirable superiority
The women are the makers of our
history, and the unconscious rulers Of
our men. They are feryent and de-
voted part of this great republic. They
are the founders of the home, "that
golden setting in which the brightest
jewel is mother" IL is the women Of
the nation who are the moulders of
public opinion, and the wider horizon
created by the club, and by the intent
and cultivated woman, is one of the
best indications of the progress of the
nation; and one of the most certain
safeguards for the freedom and per-
petuity of the institutions that are
cherished In this republic For this
our club stands.
Again we bid you welcome
The program for the evening was
begun bTsC. H. Caldwell with violin
solo, accompanied on the piano by Miss
Graper, after which Mrs. II G. Lucy
read the following interesting paper on
ART.
Ruskin says, Beauty is the bread
OF the soul.
Art is the result OF the perception
and love OF the beautiful. We have
upon the canvas the beauty Of dawn
and twilight, the glory OF the morn.
ing and evening skies, the power Of
the wave and the tossing sea; but
never since the world began has there
arisen such vision Of beauty as that
which has made historic ground Of
dear old Forest Park. Splendidachiey-
ments lie hid in the shadows of the
future bat however much of beauty
and ART they may present, they can
never surpass that which has made
ST. Louis immortal by the hand Of
Art
Vain is the hand Of art that tries TO
transfer to canvas the shifting glories
of the shimmering opal presump-
tuous the hand that tries to depict
lridescent hues reflected on the dane.
Ing bubble Of the cascades
Tie arts are connected III a singu
larly intimate manner by general con-
sent Poetry occupies the place Of
honor. TO be incapable of a feeling
for poetry is 60 be without love Of /
human nature. Tie beauty of the
sound Of verse is the smallest part Of
It's charm. lt embodies IN way no
other art can do the thoughts aud
feelings OF the human spirit 'Tis said,
When Innocence retreated tearfully
from our earth she met Poetry on the
threshold. They looked at each ether,
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