Evening journal., 1910-03-01
LITERARY CLUB
HAS LIVELY SESSION
Elizabeth W. <. eurney.

TO find tables and shelves to seat them all.
The host. since he hailed from Whining
ton, was the Whittier Miscellany. IN
Quaker garb and leaning upon a stout
staff composed of Chief Editor Gerald J.
Pyle. Alumni Notes. Helen NJ. Bye; Col
lege Notes. +. Gregory Cause. Athletics,
Paul V. kellogg; Exchanges, Juliet Rice;
Business Manager, Joseph II. Dallett, AS
slstant. Albert Short. lie told lively anec-
dotes of present doings Of Friends School
pupils. read an original Kipling poem,
and related conversation with former
principal Isaac T. johnson about the
school in 1881, when there we're sixty pu-
pills and three teachers, and girls and
boys sat respectively on the right and
left Of the principal, according 10 the
sheep and goat arrangement probably,
though the principal did not say this.
The first speaker was hearty old Eng
lsh gentleman. the National Review, a
fiery opponent Of the Budget, the Radi-
calls. Lloyd George. German aggression,
and the Little Navy" all of which he
attacked with a fund Of powerful Ian
guage which made Golfers and Every
body's, who do a little hammering them
selves. gasp. He also told a story of an
English woman's elephant hunt I'm Africa
which made the Roosovetian narrative
sound like a report OF digging for angle
worms in the back yard
ripple of laughter when outing Mag
azlne took the stage was caused by a
black smudge on his face He explained
that he had just come from working with
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photos showing the graceful craft going
whizz through the water amid a spray
of foam. He only STAYED a few minutes.
for pointing ont OF the window he showed
dozen airships in which he was about to
take back TO imperishable Damascus the
Jolly Ship-dwellers who have been visiting
him for several months.
The weil-known elocuuonist, the Red
Book. clad in a fetching red cover. held
the audience with series Of tales running
the whole gamut Of emotions. Starting
with the wistarla-scented "Clutch OF Cir
cumstance." which left the audience a
bit pensive. she sent them into gales of
laughter over the Widow Meighans Cas-
simeer Shawl and "Fido and the Cast
aways."
Naval Officers.
Hamptons Magazine was accompanied
by two naval officers. Admiral Evans. who
gave an authoritative talk on the Pan
anna Canal. and Lieutenant Robert Z.
Peary who delivered an exciting illus
trated lecture on the discovery of the
North Pole. Hampton's then told Of bomb
throwing by the Chicago Black Hand. and
the enormous wealth of the Guggenheims
and the smelter trust. and made some
startling statements concerning the lat
ter.
The Recreation Magazine then gave a
stereopticon talk from splendid photo
graphs he had himself taken. They were
all about rivermen breaking log jams on
the sliclSest and most purling rivers. witt
interlacod tree branches in the back
ground. And there were camps among
funny green vegetation, Indian trails or
deserts and hunting and fishing scenes al
the way from the Yukon to Florida Gif
ford Pinchot was shown killing a whale
and everybody wanted to Join him. Tn,
one reporter present at the meeting ha.
had spring fever ever since seeing thos,
slides.
Girl Drives Peacock.
A pretty girl driving pet peacock wa,
introduced as the Success Magazine. Yot
can't get better combination than sh,
had. stories on themes as old as humanit,
and Of universal interest but told in !
brand new way. A mix-up in babies. low,
and revolution against tyranny, love an,
casting away Of hero and heroine far from
other human beings, and the pitiful stor,
of child labor, these will always be vivid
just to show that woman knew enougl
political economy to vote. she ended Will
a strong article on business, the "Powe
behind the Republic"
The following program number was
duet by the Musical Courier and Musioa
America. entitled. THE Woes Of Oscar
or "No Subscription. no Opera" For en-
core. Musical America introduced Doro
thea Toye, who sang a duet with herself
which she could easily do as she Is th
only double voiced singer known to his
tory, having a 3-oclave soprano and
tenor indistnguishab.e from Caruso. Mu
slcai America also gave a singspiel o
what opera-singers like to do and eat AM
wear. from the "Pocket-edition Prim
Donna" Trentini. to Goritz and McCor
mack Musical Courier gave a song-cycl
of "Music al Home and Abroad" In In
third number of the cycle Paris" al
undulating movement depicted the flood
and in the fourth. America" occurre
brilliant trills IMPLYING Joy over the maid
en- efforts OF newspaper critics. A fine eli
max describes Orville Harold. picked IA
from vaudeville by Oscar Hammersteir
and trained in four months by Osca
saenger into one of the foremost operati
stars.
Everyhody's Magazine had spilled a bot
tie of red ink over a brand-new seria
story. "A Successful Wife," but Il wa
such an interesting story that It didn't d
any harm. II left on i'm an exciting spc
and that magazine refused to tell wha
was going 10 come next. Instead It mad
everybody else laugh over the tale q
poor. fat. excitable Bishop Ogowanna. an
the worthy captain who took tri
through the boulevard. house and all. an
gathered up a wife on the way bach
Everybodys was so stirred up in defend
ing the "Squaw Man" as the white VIII
marries an Indian wife is called. and ten
ing how many happy marriages Of tha
sort had been made. that he almost for
got 20 let Judge Lindsey continue m
Beast and the Jungle" which the judg
finally did amid great applause.
The American Magazine had bee
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