The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-21
MRS. HAsKELL's RECTAL
 LAST EVENING.

For the benefit of the Young y.om- ems Christian Association. Mrs. Feret- ta Sargent Haskelrs recital was giy- an last evening in the lecture room oI the First Presbyterian Church and tne occasion was one of rare charm and delight to the large and appreeiatiVe audience gathered to enjoy if.
 Mrs Haskell won many admirers py her splendid rendition of an attrac- tive program when sae gave a recttai in this city last April. and those or her audience last evening Who nao heard her on that occasion. were even
 more delighted with her work on this one. Mrs Haskell was presented to her audience last evening by Rev. 6. w. Patterson, who referred to her as an artist of the highest order, a mistress of the art of interpretation. He refer ed to her as an artist of the hignsst order, a mistress of the art of interpre- tation. He referred to the three great classes. He who sees the truth as "The Seer
 He who utters the truth as The Prophet" and He who interprets the truth as s"The Artist" and said: We have one with us this evening" And we did.
 The feature of the program was the entire story of sMars Cham" by Thomas 1 Nelson Page, divided into three parts, and in it's telling Mrs. Haskell carried | her audience with her through every line. Toward the sad end there was not | a dry eye in the hall. The men were moved to tears, the women were all most sobbing and some little folk in l the audience were equally effected. pathetic figure was < manly little tel. | low of nine years, who accompanied his grandfather. He was so moved as | to cover his face and quietly sob and ! in a manly way, he was ashamed oi I his tears or when at the conclusion oi the story his grandfather aroused hin
 he maufully said:
 Grandfather what did you wake ma for, was fast asleep"
 His heart was touched.N but the lit tie fellow did not wish to wear 1t or
 Mrs. sHaskells evening program opened with the story of David an' Goliath, from the Bible, which sh
 gave by request. and her rendition o
 that beautifully thrilling story adde'
 new interest to it.
 After Mars Cham" Mrs. Haskell gay
 James Whitcomb Riley's Bear story and as the happy inconsistent littl boy of six who got his hero into am out of troubles, regardless of the dove
 tailing of events, she was fascinatlne An Irish poem, "Thn Woman Vh 1 Owns You" was an enjoyable bit Tn l program concluded with 4ausHln
 story. I believe. said Mrs. Haskell Il that the way to live a hundred year is to laugh a half hour every day
 'sLaugh," she said, whether you hay
 anything to laugh at or not, An
 when she impersonated the man wh
 was trying to tell funny story an
 could not for laughing himself. sh
 soon had every one in her auditorlur 1 convulsed with laughter. It was wholesome diet-th0 laughter Una
 Mrs. Haskell inspired.
 , GUILD OF CHRISTIAN SERVICE rE4 The Guild of Christian Service or th . St. Johns Episcopal Church, entertain ed yesterday afternoon. from to , o'clock at their annual tea to n { conEregation of the church in the net ] rooms of the chapel at St. John Church. The affair was very beauti
 fuI--the new rooms being decorated I , a profusion of vines. palms, potte plants and cut flowers
 ! Mrs. Amelia Seely. director of tn ] Guild as hostess for the occasion wa { assisted in receiving by Mrs. A. : Woolfolk. Mrs. B. L. Boykin. MT ! Frank Chaffie, Mrs. Robert Stringfel : low, Mrs. p. F. Cobbs Mrs. s. D. Rich , ards, Mrs. L.ila Little, Miss Gean Craik