The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-12-15
So Prof. Walsh, N. o., Ph. D.,
Told Catholic Womsn's Club.
MEN ADMITTED TO MEETING
First Tine In History Of Club After Re-.
cspiIon al La Sale Academy SPEAKER
Was Dnet at Wellington

In his address on "The Thirteenth as
the Greatest OF Centuries" before the
Catholic Women's club OF this city at
Ia Sale academy last night. ProfJames
j. Walsh. NJ D.. =. ~. D.. and LII D..
said that the Things we priced most In
architecture. art. letters. civilization and
even the freedom and liberties of which
we are so proud and so desirous OF Civ
ing TO others, come down the seven i'm
tervening centuries to the present, from
the 18th century.
Tho Catholic Womens club listened 90
Dr. Walsh last year and paid him the
compliment of this encore and felt amply
pleased with their good judgment In so
doing So did the men who were present
and they also had the privilege OF plum.
ing themselves on the fact that they
were tho fret men To be admitted to
regular monthly meeting OF the club.
The seating capacity Of the hall at La
Sale academy was taxed to it's utmost
at o'clock. when the president. Miss
Mary McArdle raped FOR order and the
members were getting used 10 the sight
of a group or black coats IN the midst
OF tho bewilderlng array OF feminine
wrape, gowns and bonnets.
The clergy was ably represented by
Reverend Fathers Walsh, Belllotto. Hlg-
ney, Frank Craig. James Craig, Gibbons.
Dooley, Gllon, Cofrey, and O'Joole, while
OF the laity there were; Judge Ambrose
: Teoley OF Woonsocket. Col John j. Nc
Manus. DIR. Henry Hoye, Richard Hurley
and William Feeley, and lot OF Penn
eylvsnia grads who were to welcome Dr.
Walsh.
The president made the announcement
italian 10th. Mrs. Craige. whose pen
neme is John oliver Hobbs. would ad-
dress che club at the Trocadero. when a
reception would be rendered her.
TO REMOVE PREJUDICE.
Tho speaker OF the evening was then
introduced and he was received with en-
thusiastic applause. ana ne at once start
Cd In to remove any prejudice which
might exist against the lSth century be.
cause OF it's antiquity, seven centuries
ago, and because OF the fatal II attached
60 &C.
There 10 n superstition which the world
has not yet outgrown. he said. aud no
steamers going out OF New York have
stateroom IA and few hotels have a room
1s because people would not hire them
He pointed out that most Of the things
came down from the 18Th. ST Patrick's
cathedral, rockoned one of the finest
ecclosiastical buildings IN America. IS but
a reproduction Of a 18th century cathc-
dr9l. only much smaller
The Protestant Episcopal church is
building a reproduction OF an English
Gothic cathedral and are planning 10
spend 12,ooc.OOo or s15.ooo.0Oo. and they are
building II ~ 18Th century speed or
Tho new Times building IL only Geotto's
tower set down on Broadway, and the
new building IS reckoned the only build
scrapcrs, built for utility only.
New college buildings going up In New
York are modelled on 18th century struc-
century story, Tie Legend of the Holy
g Grail, for his paintings on tho new Bos-
ton library.
DESERVED A MEDAL
,"lf the old Puritens walk in their
ghostiy shapes, wonder what they think
OF that course I'm Pur4tanioal Boston.
Parsifal, which we had to pay 80 round
ly TO soc iaat year, is from the 18th CEN
story OF tho grsil. The idea is that only
The pure In heart may accomplish some
thing in the work,
OF interest that J. Pierpont Morgan had
seturned something which he had learned
was stolen from monastery IN Italy. II
was an ecclesiastical cloak, pronounced
one of the finest pieces OF needlework I'm
existence. lt was made In monastery
IN ftsiig III the t5tn Centni y.
The Italian government sent Mr. Nor
but maybe it thought that when an
American millionaire sent back a valuable
thing when ~ got into his clutches he
deserved a medal. Among The treasures
or the public library I'm New York you
Will find illuminated volumes, of which
they are very choice, on the vellum
pages are miniatures containing blue color
that has lasted since the books We're
tllumined In the 18th century. They can
not make such lasting blue now, nor can
they burnish gold on pages that viii last
as has that in the old volumes. The
secret IS lost to us now.
WORDS, DEEDS, ARTS
"Rus<in says To study period properly
one should read three books. OF the arts.
OF the words and OF the deeds and in
speaking OF this Professor Walsh took up
the three topics az considerable length.
lie told OF the cathedrals OF England,
erected I'm towns OF only 5000 peooplc,
sand yet everyone Is furnished down to THE
smallest detail. He told OF seeing there
artists copying pair or hinges on
cathedral door that wore made by the
village blacksmith OF York In the 18th
century.
The wood carving and marvellous iron
welded screws I'm the chairs was re-
fcrred to and also the invention OF new
styles OF architecture and decoration.
The darker Rloomcr England required
different architecture than sunny south
Europe aud the Gothic style was devcl-
oped 10 ht It.
More window space meant the weaken
Ing OF the walls, hence the strengthening
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