The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-03-01

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The Women's Club held one of the
best sessions OF the year Wednesday
afternoon at the Carnegie Library
Mrs. J. J.. Hagerma1 was leader and
she gave a continuation of her study
of French literature that had beer
started at a previous meeting. This
subject was carried from the time OF
Louis XIV to the Nineteenth century
and was full of interest throughout.
The historical part of a program
was a brief outline of the French
Revolution, by the leader. Having
Travelled through the country she was
describing and having studied the lit
%erature and history of the place while
there, Mrs. Hagermal was able to
talk Of her subjects in a manner I'M
possible to be attained by any person
not so prepared. and the life and in
terest of the talk was thus greatly
heightened. After these subjects had
been finished by the leader, the mem
bers carried on an animated discus
sion that showed the results of the
good program.
The Shakespeare Club royalty enter
tanned a hundred guests yesterday af-
ternoon by providing an afternoon of
the highest literary pleasure for them
1t was an appropriate entertainment
for it consisted of a student lecture
on n of Shakespeare greatest plays
Macbeth" by that scholar and liter
airy critic, the Reverend E Mcqueen
Gray, of Carlsbad. The affair was
held in St. Andrews Hall and that
building was completely filled with
guests and the twenty members of
the club. 1t was quite an event social
ly, also, and it was a fashionable and
gaily gowned assemblage that ON
posed the audience. The members
were to be distinguished by badges
of the clubs colors. All were receiv-
ed by a committee composed of Mes
DANES G.. T. Veal, B. F.. Harlow and
Percy Evans.
While the Reverend Mr.. Gray told
of the writing of the play and spoke
of it from several stan1points, the
principal treatment was from a psy-
Geological view. The great crime of
the play was the action around which
the interest centered and the distinc-
ton between Macbeth and Lady Mac
beth's views of the crime vas made
clear as day by Mr.. Gray. He showed
that while a man hatss crime and he
states to lake part in it because OF
its results, a woman has the same
view through intuition and hates the
crime without reason. This was the
great idea of the lecture, and it was
brought out in a logical entertaining
manner that was a delight to the in
telligent company of ladies who were
there to hear it.
The speaker furthermore, brought
out many points of interest relative
to this play and showed how the writ
ings OF Shakespeare are great, for
the reason that they do not conform
to any set literary rules of any lime
or place, but instead, interest human
nature as seen by a master mind.
The lecture was well received and
the speaker received MANI compli-
ments for his splendid work.
After dismissal, h Rev. Mr.. Gray
recited a little poem that was espec-
tally appropriate on account of the
fact that his audience was composed
entirely of ladies. 1t follows:
Ladies' Aid Society.
We've got some big improvements
in the good old church at home.
It's Just the latest killer with a gal
1ery and dome.
1t seats a thousand peOple-f1esI
church in all the town;
And when it was completed, we plank
ed ten thousand down.
That is, we paid five thousand-every
deacon did his best
And the Ladies' Aid Society, they
promised all the rest.
We've got a fine new organ, too, the
best in all the land.
1t has about a thousand pipes-fts
melody is grand.
And when we sit On cushioned peWs
and hear the master play
It watts our souls to realms of bliss
un-numbered miles away.
1t cost a cool three thousand and has
stood the hardest test;
Well pay a thousand on it-and the
Ladies' Aid the rest.
They'll give a hundred sociables, can
tatas and teas.
They'll bake a thousand angel cakes
and tons of e they'll freeze.
They'll beg and scrape and toll n
sweat for seven long years or more;
And they'll start all over for a car
pet for the floor.
No, it isn't just like pulling out the
money from your vest;
When the Ladies' Aid gets busy and
says: Wen pay the rest"
OF course we're proud of our big
church from pulpit up to spire;
1t is the darling of our eyes, the cream
of our desire;
But whel l see the sisters work to
raise the cash that lacks,
1 somehow feel our church is built
on women's tired backs.
And | can't help sometimes thinking
when we reach the regions blest,
The men will get the toll and sweat
and the Ladies' Aid the REST"
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