Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-02-26
Observes Ladies Night
AT Augusta House.
Address Upon "By-ways in
Spain" by Lowell Editor.
Monastery Of nontserrat and Pob.
let CIolstersIFe Featured BY Speaker.

The February meeting OF the Uni
tartan Club held Friday evening at the
Augusta House was observed as La
dies Night Covers We're laid for 46
at the banquet, which was served in
the banquet hall Of the hotel and the
speaker of the evening was Philip S.
Marden of Lowell. Mass, one of the
owners and the editor of the Lowell
Courier Citizer and author of Span
ish Travels and Greece and The
Aegean Islands
An excellent menu was served by
Landlord, Emerson ard the tables were
decorated attractively with flowers and
green foliage and lighted with candles.
Those seated at the tables were DR..
and Mrs. Sylvester j. Beach, p. S. Mar
den, Justice and Mrs w p White
house, Hon. and Mrs. John F. Hill, JUS
tice and Mrs. Leslie c. Cornish, J. Col
by Bassett. Mrs. NJ. V. B. Chase, Mrs.
S. S. Patten, Hon. A. I. Brown. Mrs.
John S. Holden, Mr.. and Mrs. Norman
l.. Bassett, John II. Gould, Mrs. A. H.
Sturtevant, Mrs. r. E. Goodwin, Mr..
and Mrs. F. L. Smith, Miss Louise
Smith, Mr.. and Mrs. Paul d. Sargent,
Mrs. Il. Purinton. Mrs. George II.
Brickett, Mr.. and Mrs. e. f. Newbert,
A. w. Brooks, Miss Brooks. Mrs.
George II. Davies, Rev. and Mrs. E. NJ.
Slocombe, Mr.. and Mrs. II. l.. Pishon,
Mr.. and Mrs. c. l.. Davis, Kendall Da-
Wis, Col. and Mrs. A. S. Bangs. Charles
Paine, Mr.. and Mrs. H. s. Fearebay,
George X. Bassett, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Libby, Samuel Titcomb.
The subject of Editor Marden's ad-
dress was, "Byways in SPAIN" and
tho lecture was illustrated by about
10 slides. most of which represented
pictures taken by the speaker on his
own travels and partly used as illus
trat.ons in his recent book on Spanish
tra"cln, the lines of which were fol-
loved In Friday evenings talk.
A,y Marden explained that the term,
"bywa Is" as applied to his address was
a relative one and said that he should
elect to treat practically any part Of
Spain as a byway for the purposes OF
his talk, even where the scenes referred
to lay on the main roads through the
peninsula, because to the average
American tourist all Spain is as a rule
untrolden ground. The majority of his
pictures, however, related to places sell
dom visited by the comparatively few
who do affect Spain, so that the title
was really an appropriate one. Apart
from his pictures of Cordova. they were
mainly descriptive Of minor cities. not
always to the side Of beaten tracks
but at least seldom visited by Ameri-
can travel.
Mr. Marden prefaced his pictures
with a brief talk on Spain and the
customs incident to travel. speaking
hopefully of the country's future and
appreciatively of the national charac-
ter. The speaker after passing rapidly
over a few views of Ronda, CordoVa
and Toledo, proceeded to the more un-
familiar cities chosen for treatment,
Avila, Segovia, Salamanca, Leon, fop-
let and the monastery of Montserrat,
Especial stress was laid upon the lat
ter as q site of great awesomeness ana
religious celebrity. and upon the de-
struction of the famous cloisters at
Poblet.
MIR. Marden by no means confined
himself to his pictures, but added
great many other points that the pic
lures served to call to mind. relating to
Spanish life and customs.