Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-13
Club News
n oRERT Nj. LA TOILETTE. Unit
X ed States senator from Wiscon-
-AO Gin ,nas Accorded a rouSing re-

~ sin, was accorded rousing re-
oeption yesterday afternoon by mem
bers of the Friday Morning club, who
gathered in special session in the
Womans club house to listen to the
distinguished visitor.
Senator La Toilette is so prominent
a figure at the national capital that
one associates him always with the
affairs of the day, and it was expected
that he would speak on the tariff, on
corporate interests or on some phase
of democracy. Much to the dlsmay Oh
the public affairs committee, however
and to the equal disappointment of the
men and women present, TINS expert
on matters political had brought ms
lecture on THE Worlds GreatesI
Traredy-Hamlet," which he asked
permission to deliver
Although the audience was composed
mainly OF the club members who are
most keenly alive to national and CIVIC
problems, while those of more aca-
demic proclivities had been detained
at home, a courteous round or applause
evinced the delight of every one pres
ent to listen to Senator La Fallette
on any topic he might choose to pre-
sent.
fable presence of the trained public
speaker, and a beautifully modulated
voice that filled the auditorium With
out the least apparent effort, ana thor-
oughly imbued with the majesty and
poetic beauty of his subject Senator
La Toilette gave his audience rare
treat, and at the close of his lecture
of an hour received applause that was
little short of an ovation. The lecture,
the result of twenty years of loving
labor, was begun at the request OF the
late Lawrence Barrett.
Senator La Toilette was the guest
of the chamber of commerce at santa
Ana last evening, and today will be
special guest at the City club, where
he is expected to speak.
Tonight this distinguished exponent
of the rights of the common people VS..
the trusts will speak on Representa-
tive Government in Simpson audito-
rum.
O.heman Stevens, savant and liter
atus, exploited the possibilities of the
travelogue yesterday morning at the
meeting of the Friday Morning club,
revealing to his interested listeners the
delights of circling the globe in forty
days over the route De Lux.
Mr.. stevens experience listened
like a fairy tale as he recounted the
various methods, among them being a
pull and good, old-fashioned American
bluff, by which he eliminated all such
mountains OF difficulty as engines with
hot boxes, belated trains, etc, and
brushed aside trifles like a hiatus in
time tables, or cockney stupidity in
London, said methods appearing in the
potential light of a magic wand. In
their flying trip around the world Mr..
Stevens and party, after surmountlns
almost unbelievable difficulties, arrived
in Chicago with just time enough TO
make the outward bound train going
east, had only a minute in which to
catch their breath and do little shop
ping In New York, take q nap in Lon.
don and convince an obdurate hotel
management to transact trifle of bus
mess on Sunday, don'tcherknow," and
then, getting their second wind, were
off for the continent and Vladlvostok.
Fastening through the Russian em-
pire as fast as a single track would
permit, interesting side lights were OBJ
tained through the car windows on in
ternational affairs, and as the speakers
sympathies are wholly with Russia
while he considers Japan the most in
teresting country through which the
prescribed route led-that portion of his
address dealing with Manchuria was
especially interesting. Belated In sail
early days of his voyage i'm batting"
the Japanese captain into forcing an
average speed OF thirteen and a half or
fourteen knots from a little steamer
whose maximum high pressure was
only fifteen, and finally arrived safely
in Uncle Sans territory, reaching Los
Angeles with sixty minutes to spare
on his schedule.
Warning is hereby served that arrant
rogue Puck that unless he watches out
he is in danger of losing his laurels,
as i'm the speaker of yesterday he has
a nearly successful competitor who is
close on the heels of his famous prom
Use to girdle the earth In forty min
utes; for Mr.. Stevens personally con-
Quoted a delighted company of Friday
Morning club members and their es-
corts on that same tour in exactly
three-quarters Of an hour.
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The Galpin Shakespeare club held it's
regular meeting Wednesday morning,
with Mrs. Rose Brookins leader, the
topic for consideration being Shake
speare's sonnets, l to 16 inclusive. Side
readings were from Elizabeth Brown
ing's "Sonnets from the Portuguese"
Mrs. G.. II. Barmore read a paper on
the history of the Shakespearean SON
nets. Scene 1, act 3, much Ado About
Nothing" was presented by Mrs.
BROOKS, Miss Fannie Smith and Miss
Maude Adams, and scene 1. act 8, from
1.-THE Merchant OF Venice" was enacted
by Mrs. Helen Steckel and Mrs. ]. b.
Stearns. A scene from act 1 of Tam
ing of the Shrew'' was presented by
Mrs. Gertrude Foster Mansfield and
Mrs. George Freeman.
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