The Semi-weekly leader., 1907-06-26
THE pERIPATETICS
Second Annual Open Session Held Tues
day Evening.

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Last evening at the imposing
home Of Mr.. end Mrs. Thos.
Brady, the Peripatetics held their
annual meeting, which was open
to invited guests,
The spacious and beautiful
grounds of the Brady residence
we're fairy land OF lights, foun-
tains, flowers and trees, each in
its own way, according to Ma
ture," !" extending, with generous
fervor, a glad welcome to every
visitor who entered the charmed
enclosure. The expansive asphalt
pavement served as auditorium,
while the gallery with its handsome
appointments of lights and decora-
tive greenery made a rostrum, or,
rather, a sylvan bower in which
the lovely women and one brave
man, = who took part in the pro-
gram, appeared, as dictated by
tile round dozen of numbers pre-
pared for the delectation of the
audience.
The officers of the Peripatetics
whose names appeared upon the
program we're:
President, Miss Lulah Rags
dale; Vice President of Music
Department, Mrs. 0. B. Brown;
Vice President of Literary De-
partment, Mrs. John Howard
Redding; Secretary, Mrs. John
Harvey johnson; Treasurer, Mrs.
John Seavey: and as an emblem
of the exalted intellectual delights
of the year, the following was
chosen from Loves Labors Lost
"Study is like the Heavens glorious
sum-"
which excerpt appeared on the
back of the attractive folder
which enclosed the brilliant
symposium of musical and liter
ary hunters of the evening.
Following is the program in
full: Overture-Oberon, Weber,
Mines. McNair and Frizell; SaIu-
tatory Address, by the President,
Miss Ragsdale; Voice Chanson
Song from RigoIetto, Verdi, Mrs.
Parsons; Resume of years work
in music, Mrs. johnson; Piano
Toccato, Dupont, Mrs. Brown;
Resume of years work in litera-
ture, Mrs. Brady; Quartette-
Ave Maria, Gounod, Mines.
Greenwood, johnson, Bee, Mr..
Conant; reading from Tanning of
the Shrew, Shakespeare, Mrs.
Scherck; Violin-Overture from
Poet and Peasant, Wichtl, Mrs.
Mccormick; Voice Duet-The
Unfortunate, St. Saens, Mines.
Greenwood and Willoughby;
Presentation of GaveI. by Miss
Ragsdale; Response, Mrs. Bee.
Many of the gifted women who
upon the auspicious
and notable occasion have been so
often applauded by the admiring
pen of the local scribe that we
are sure they will generously give
place, as to special mention, to
those whose talent or attainments
have not heretofore been utilized
by our local organizations, or,
who appeared in new roles upon
this distinguished evening.
Among these were the fair and
cultured hostess, Mrs. Brady,
who gave an interesting resume
of the years work in literature.
Both the subject matter and man
ner of delivery of her paper
would have distinguished Mrs.
Brady in any assembly of sympa-
thetic interests, and she fully sus-
tained her reputation as one of
our leading club women which
means in BrookhaveD a superior
woman in heart, head and hand.
Mrs. Hannah Fass Scherck, as
beautiful in reality as Desdemona,
Ophelia and Cleopatra are reput-
ed to have been, gave a reading
from the Tanning of the Shrew;"
and, loyal as the royal reader ever
is to her sex, Mrs. Scherck awak-
ened more thoughtful and tender
interest in the character she as
than is generally accorded
"the termagant Catherine. !"
This number was a noted and en-
inent feature of the brilliant pro-
gram.
Mrs. johnson, who has been
known heretofore as one of our
sweetest mocking Birds" sing
ing always unrestrained because
it is her nature to, appeared this
evening, as we'll, in the role of an
essayist and brightly reviewed the
months work in music.
Her paper was received with graf
ification and appreciation both by
the club women and their guests.
The closing number was the
of the gavel by the
retiring president, Miss Ragsdale,
to the incoming presiding officer,
Mrs. Bee. and response by the
latter. Like Mrs. Johnson,
Mrs. Bee has been more In
timately allied with the musical
world; but on this occasion, in
her graceful and gracious re-
sponse to Miss Ragsdale's elo-
quent address, she gave evidence
Of talent heretofore dormant and
made a most pleasing impression
upon her auditors.
Mr.. Conant ably assisted in a
vocal number.
Refreshments were served on
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