Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-18
WoMEN,s CLUB PROGRAM.
Italy and the Orient, Subjects of Two
Interesting Papers Given.


mems Club will be glad with
return for giving up it's fourth
floor apartments, tho Masonic
lodge has offered to the club free of
charge the use of its handsome apart
ments on the third floor of the Patter-
son building The club has held its
last two meeting in this room and will
contine to do so until June
An average attendance WAS present
to enjoy the pleasing program given
after the routine business session
"Wednesday afternoon which was in
charge of the literature and c. l.. S. c.
department, Miss Elna Fularton, chair
man. The number first enjoyed was a
brilliant piano solo, &c Flat Minor
Polonaise." (Chopin). by Mr.. Ralph
HiX. Next was a paper given by Mrs
Benjamin Packer, on Modern Italy.
in which she touched upon the past
and present situation in Italy, and the
future possibilities of that country.
She pointed out the love of unity as q
national characteristic and said that
Italy has the chance now of becoming
once more n great country. Compari-
son of northern with southern Italy,
shows the former to be more Industrial
and progressive and the latter agri-
cultural and miserably poor. fine
contrast was drawn between the two
sections. The language, there being
thirty five dialects and the tendency
among all classes to do no more work
than necessary, were included In the
factors standing in the way of pro-
gression and unity There are three
classes of Italians, the aristrocratic.
middle and lower, and the middle
class practically govern the country.
The terrible gambling mania was
cited as one of the great handicaps
in the way of greatness. Finances and
laws of the country, industries, poll
teal and ecclesiastical power, and the
social life, were other phases touched
upon
Miss Luella Mendenhall with Mr..
Hix as accompanist, favored the audi
ence with pleasing solo, Sing Me To
Sleep and responded to the applause,
With a short encore number
The second paper of the afternoon.
equally interesting. was on The Spirit
of the Orient and given by Mrs. N.
Merrill. who at the start, however, dis
claimed originality in it's composition,
saying that she would merely try to
impart to the others, some of the in
tcresting facts which her department
has been enjoying in its study of the
orient Mrs. Merrill took up separate
!y the countries of India. China and
Japan. She said that to the east we
owe much, allho contentment with the
Inn, 4 Han Of t,Ij n
and China in particular, is great OBJ
stacle in the way of their progress she
said that there were only two classes,
the bully and the bullied. A good CONS
prison of the characteristics of the east
and the west was given.
The speaker said that none others
We're so ignorant and poor as in India,
| whose hope lies in her young men. and
where the problem of education is the
all important one of the present time.
Persistent industry was cited as a
trait to be admired in the natives of
China the most isolated country in the
world and whose interest in outside
events is so lacking.
Altho the japanese are not related to
the Chinese, civilization came to the
former from the latter Passionate
patriotism and most encouraging
spirit of progression We're given as
leading traits of the Japanese charact-
er. Not in 1000 years has the east
been triumphant over the west until
the important Russo-Japanese war.
She said that the east has more yet to
give to the west, and that from the
union of the east and the west, shall
come a higher humanity.
Mrs Fisher of Fort Dodge, was an
out-of-town guest of the club.