The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-11-02
CELEBRITIES IN CONCLAVE
Authors Reception at Oddfellows
Hail Proves to Be In
esting.

The literary lions roared most
agreeably and the work of the COM
posers of the valley was rendered very
sweetly at the authors reception of
the WOman's club last evening at
odd Fellows hall A program
full of interest showing that the valley
makes no idle pretensions when it
claims its culture on scale with it's
apple was given and at it's conclusion
an informal reception, in which every
body got acquainted with everybody
else, and was delighted if he discover
ed in a chance acquaintance a "cela-
brity," was held.
Owing to duplicate engagements the
F. X. Nagler orchestra was unable
to do it's part on the program, and
Prof. Harry S. Sharpe was able to
give only one number, being obliged
to depart with the orchestra. He
sang his "Cannibal and the Mission
airy" song, one of two compositions
he said, for which he received 800
apiece, "but that was twenty-five years
ago."
Mrs. w. w. Robertson, as president
of the Woman's club gave a pleasant
greeting to the clubwomen and their
husbands and promised on their be-
half abundant appreciation for the
genius already here which she felt
ina blossom and mature in the Yak
ina sunshine as the apple grow red
and the peaches put on their delicate
blush.
Some Good Music
Mrs. H. NJ. Gilbert recited Col How
ett's little verse about how the Yak
ina valley happened and was much
mil 1n1 20
Mrs F. w. Nagler read a poem called
THE STAR the work of Ruth john
son, girl in her teens, graduate
in last years class from the high
school. While knowing that it was a
Yakima composition. it was only yes
terday that the program committee
discovered the youthful author of the
more than promising bit Of verse; Miss
johnson was present and was demand
ed BY the audience after Mrs. Nagler
had read an encore, THE Coyotes
Lament" published in the high school
Potlatch.
The Rev. e. A. King read several
selections from his book, "Clean and
Strong" DR.. Granville Lowther gave
two poems, the one entitled 1.-THE In
finite God' being especially liked.
The highest poetic ability of the even
ing was shown in four poems read
by Mrs. George Rebec, verse inspired
in Italy. AS Mrs. Rebec has had
work accepted by the Atlantic Monthly
it goes without saying that her work
is Of high standard.
Artists Prominent.
Miss Ruth Markell sang very sweet
ly a composition by Mrs. Alice Wilson
Perry called Memory" Mrs. Perry
playing the accompaniment. A. l..
Thomson who is writer, lecturer and
artist, showed two of his paintings
representing the German and the Ital-
ian schools, taking them as text for
remarks showing the differences be-
tween the requirement of the two
schools. The Germans must have line
and good drawing, but are more Or
less Indifferent to color. With the
Italians without color, it is worth
nothing. His picture in the German
style was Hero and Leander, a piece
of strong drawing. The italian school
was represented by copy of the As
censiOn.
Mrs. Cort Meyer of Toppenish who
was Miss Estelle Reel, superintendent
of Indian schools in the United States,
made a few general remarks about
educational matters in which she Is
interesting, asking the club women to
take up the matter of training Indian
girls for housework. She confessed
that nothing much along this line had
been done with the Yakima reserva-
ton girls, but promised that with pa
thence exercised, something very good
in the domestic way might be evolved
in one or two generations. Mrs.
by consenting to sing two or three
numbers which were appreciated.
Refreshments consisting of the ap-
propriate Halloween fare, cider and
deughnuts were served, and for those
who did not care for the cider there
was coffee. There were couple Of
hundred people present.