The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-12-16

IN THE SOCIAL REALM
E4%4


The Shakespeare Club.
The Shakespeare meeting of the
Department Club was, in spite of the
holiday hustle and stir, Of unusual
interest Tuehday. In absence of the
chairman, Mrs. Simpson, and the
secretary. Miss Middleton Mrs.
Peters and Miss Mable Smith, presi-
dent and recording secretary, re-
spectively, of the Department Club,
filled these vacancies. 1t was decid-
ed to combine the two lessons, one
holiday lesson, in one general meet
ing, the session beginning at two
O'Clock, on January IL. The import
ance of every member, not only OF
the Shakespeare department, but OF
every department of the Department
Club, purchasing year book, was
also brought up. NJ r,lfg
The Christmas stamp and its spe-
cial mission issued by the Red Cross
Society of America to help the fight
to stamp" out the terrible white
plague" was brought to the club
notice, and it is earnestly desired
that all members Of the different de-
partment shelp the Anti-Tuberculosis
Association work in Texas by the
purchase of these dainty red and
white Christmas stamps, to use on
Christmas and New Years letters and
packages These stamps are only
penny apiece, and will be on sale
the latter part of the week-it is
hoped by Thursday-at the differ
ent drug stores of the city, Sims LII
brary and possibly the banks, Nickel
and Racket stores, and other places.
This great movement was first be-
gun across the seas in Denmark, in
1904. and America has borrowed the
plan. Delaware, last year, being the
first to take up this work, her sac
cess was phenomenal This year. big
Texas has on the movement of these
artistic stamps, the work of the ia
nous artist, Howard Pyle Every
penny beyond the expense of mailing
goes to help the Texas Anti-Tubercu-
loss Association There were also
other matters Of interest as well as
those already mentioned. One is, it
is hoped, with the beginning OF the
New Year, to help in aiding the Cot
| ton Mil addition in the securing of
good literature.
| To the regret of all present some
| of the members on special papers, at
| this time, were unavoidably absent,
| but it is hoped to have these papers
at another meeting. The following
special questions. Reign of Octav-
ius from Literary Standpoint by
Mrs Lee Campbell; Comparative
Study of Antony and Macbeth by
| Mrs w. E. Mcknight, and Dress
Peculiar to the Romans and Egyp-
tians, during the Time of Antony
| and Cleopatra, by Miss Mable
| Grizzard, we're all handled with UNI
usual ability and characteristic in
dividuality and were intensely inter
esting, as was the lesson and its va
rious points of interest set forth by
the leader, Mrs ]. G. Lumpkins.
Mrs Peters, whose readings are al
ways given in her unaffected but
charming and characteristic man
ner, added much to the profit and
pleasure of the afternoon by her two
readings from the Brownings, Pros
tici," from Robert Browning, and
Work from Elizabeth Barrett
Browning, which served to illustrate
Imore fully certain points on the les
son. 1t was the pleasure OF the club
to have with it on this occasion Miss
Juanita Boyd of Chicago, who is the
guest of her cousin, Mrs. F. Brady.