Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-12-16
Spicy Meeting Of Woman's Club

On Wednesday, December Is, the
Woman's Club adjourned until after
the Christmas holidays.
The past three months have been
devoted to the study of the Shake
spearean historical play, Henry vi"
and as the scenes in this play are laid
in both England and France, we have
included in our weekly programs Tor
roll call and table talk the English
and French writer's Of that period.
One entire program was given to Lon
don and another to Paris.
Last Wednesdays program follows:
Roll call.
A Picture in the Louvre: Something
Concerning 1.-THE Club.
Five.minute talks: (a) Underground
Paris. Mrs. Ned Fountain; OBJ Sur
face Paris. Mrs. Glenn Finn; (c)
Paris from Arc d'Triumph, Mrs. Italia
ferro.
Paper: Bohemian Paris - Mrs.
Giesecke.
Diversion: A Paris Map Contest
Mrs. Hines.
Piano with Interpretation: La Mar
seilles-Mrs. w. T. Wilson and Miss
Elsbeth Wipprecht.
Every part of this program was
splendid rendered, and when the
meeting closed with the blood-stirring
sword.rattling, drum-beating Mar
settles din we felt that the glory o.
Napoleon would never die.
In the roll call, "A Picture in The
Louvre: Something Concerning II, al
amusing story was told anent the re
cent theft OF the worldfamous picture
OF Leonardo di Vinci's Mona Liza
The raconteur of this story vouche
,, for its truth. A Presbyterian ministe
living in Ohio (thank heaven, 1t wa
: not in Texas was warning the womel
of his congregation against the sinfu
folly of sending their daughters to Ecu
rome for culture Elevating his vote
to its highest pitch, he roared iron
!. the pulpit: you mothers do not rea
/. lie the awful danger which threaten
vour daughters in that wicked Paris
Just see what has happened to MIS-
Q Mona Liza in Paris Someone ha
: stolen her from her boarding house
S the Louvre. and though her hear
Q broken mother has offered all kind
= of money for her recovery, she ca
7 not be found. Even the French go
$ eminent has offered a reward Tor ne
II return, dead or alive, and still 81
+ can not be found
D When Dante's Inferno" was snow
y at the Colonial Theater last week,
. beautiful young woman, elegant
a dressed. asked who is Virgil, and
l. she dead?" Moral: Come join u
o. Woman's Club and we will tell yC
y who Miss Mona Liza is, and that VI
n gil died in 10 B. c. and lies buried
e Naples, where the fullest glory OF Il
le SIM and the most perfect effulgen
lie of the Italian moon still shines up(
his tomb.
Among the members OF the VOL
Us ans Club will be found many talent'
~ women, but there are hve otne
ID (there may be more) unusually brig
women in Bryan who should join o
~ forces and thus rescue themseiv
le from the awful fate of just "rustil
" out"
ne Our club rooms are quite artist
H. now with the walls adorned with p
X lures (copies from the old masters
gift to the club from our presldei
Mrs. John Astin. The curtains we
e. donated to the club by the Young L
IS. dies Reading Club, who also nc
their meetings in our club rooms.
in After the holidays the Woman
by Club will study that delightful co
st edy, Midsummer Nights Dream +
IN roll call and table talk we will discu
en- the live issues of the day.
in The Woman's Club donated $40
er the National Federation Endowme