Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-30

boil Members OF the women's
organizations, who have not run
x.Fsz off to summer resorts to escape
A1N1lsTH the heat are buckling down in
- real earnest to the task of pre-
pairing programs and outlines Of study for
the meetings OF the club season, which will
open in September.
Department leaders and committees of
the Woman's club are getting their sched-
ules ready for the printers. Mrs Willard
Langfeld, head of the literature depart
ment, and her program committee have
issued their schedule. Mrs. w. H. Han
cock, leader of the art department, says
that the outline of Flemish and Dutch art
which the department will follow is almost
completed.
Mrs. G. Vincent, leader of the current
topics department, is assigning to each of
her assistant leaders a date on which she
is to have charge OF the meeting. Mrs
Vincent has written to Governor Woodrow
Wilson Of New Jersey, asking him to speak
at the opening current topics meeting the
afternoon Of October 10. as ne has been
asked to address the National Grain
Dealers association meeting in Omaha on
the evening OF that date Mrs. George w.
Cherrington, chairman of the civics com
mittee, promises some interesting programs
from this division of the club and viii COM
pltte her plans this week
The Dundee Woman's club, OF which Mrs.
A. c. Crossman is president and the Ben
son Woman's club. OF which Mrs Charles
A. Tracy is president, will get their year
books out this week. Both clubs will study
American literature.
Mrs. ]. j. Stubs, regent OF the Daugh-
tara % he n.
completing the program for the years
meetings OF this organization. Mrs. A. c.
Rawson. chairman Of the program com
mittee OF the Woman's Club OF the Rail
way Mail Service is busy with the other
members on the outline OF next seasons
work.
The outline which the literature depart
ment OF the Woman's club win follow on
ancient, medieval and modern drama is as
follows:
October 4-Leader Mrs. Iangfeld; prog
pectus; The Relation OF the Drama to
Literature, lecture.
October is-Leader. Mrs, George B. Darr;
origin OF the Classic Drama" Mrs Ell
wood Anderson; (a) Miracle Play in Honor
OF Demeter;" (b) Miracle Play in Honor of
Dlonysi9s. ~ The Greek Theater," Miss
November LEADER Mrs. Darr; Three
shSses OF Greeian Tragedy-Aesehyles'
November 15-Leader, Mrs. Mayer; Con-
trast Medea lEuripides), with MRgda;
Ssudermann). Mrs. Lanskoy Smith; Sim
ilarity Between sophocles and Music
Dramas OF Wagner" Mrs. Cochrane.
November 29-Leader Mrs Bonner; ID
Threshold Influence on Form OF Drama
(a). Demands OF the Actors" % size
and Circumstance OF Theater:" (c) Chang
ing Prejudices OF Audience" Mrs. f. II.
Cole; % Festival OF Demeter and Diony-
sius;" The Passion Play" 'Maeterlinck's
'Peleas and Melisdnde';" contrast, Mrs.
HempeL
December 13-Leader. Mrs. Bonner; Greek
and Roman Comedy" ~ Origin or" Mrs.
Edward Johnson; C) "AristophRnes,"
,.ltapelais, 'Ibsen;" contrast. Mrs. w, A.
1872. Leader. Mrs Langfeld. The Me-
diaeval Drama; % Development OF Mys-
teries, Miracle Plays, Pa9eants. Chronicle
Plays"
First form OF the drama-church liturgy
used to make the Latin service cOmprehen-
sible to the uneducated, A Devices used
for meeting this need: a. r'Church Deco
ration. % "Unrolling OF Pictures" 90 Use