The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-02-21
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lN tn" removal FROM Miunt ten Val
Icy CITY of Mrs. q. A.. Fisher. tn" for
nl"r city is losing ON" at it's foremost
''hh women and a splendid tribute
I" hN' worth was expressed SATURDAY.
at = lllcnitir"ntlN appointed luncheon
gwen ny tn" members of the NIinnt
Nrt club. Thu pl"nSur" WAS enjoyed
~ th" hom" "f Mrs. W. =. Rhca and
IN" tour "nUtS" rNpi%t MAS served
from SNAIL tlhl"S decorated i'm tho
club "ol"rS. gold. ian and brown. Mrs,
". y. hinnic presided as ioaStmiStrcSs
and "tandlcs' taken from the clubs
hl"lt". 'Ii" Il CiWnhi" in the window IL
YOU cannot h" II star in tn" sky" w;lS
TN" subject Il" which the guest of
h"l"r Was requested Ia respond tn.
Mrs. Fisher ""nmunend"u the excellent
work "i each rlilh mcimhcr and said
'ii;il though she would hc absent SHE
would watch the progress OF the club
and always look for each candle
liSht. At ,1r close she WAS presented
with Il beautiful c%andlrs,irk,
hfioI m.mltrS who were called
'ip"n Wei" Mrs. &. =. Nrrlnilya whose
theme WAS STARS" Mrs. j.. II. Van
l'l""t. 'Friondshir:" Miss IIallork,
"!l"pr. and Mrs. dickinson. Re
m"mbrnnco.' Mrs. Story and Miss
i~lall""k then gave several musical
numbers.
Al TN" rl"sc Of the music the reg
ul'ir meeting "f TN" club began. Rue
hvns, the a,nous Flemish artist. was
h subject of the program. which was
IN chang" of Mrs. Stevenson and Mrs.
smart. Mrs. Stevenson gave the
story of his life i'm detail, telling of
MS diplomatic career and his social
rarc"r in tho courts Of Spain. France.
ana venice. She 2aVT the story of his
advancement as Il painter of Euro
pcan life in The sixteenth century.
Mrs. smart continued the Rucbcns
program by comparing the art of
Flanders with hat of Spain. She
spoke of the effect of religion and
war upon the Flemish art. described
the art of Rucbcns and and gave. his
characteristics. In conclusion she
gave "a description of a few of his fa-
NOUS pictures.
In the public library at Minot hang
ing above the massive fireplace, which
by the way is the gift of the Minot
Wolnan's club to the new library, is a
beautiful reproduction of Burnc
Jones famous painting, Hope" The
picture is the gift of the Art club to
the city library. Burnc Jones, the
man who painted it. was "A person of
wide culture and great poetic feeling.
He found inspiration for his pictures
in romantic legends and i'll classic
SOM and story. His pictures express
mysticism, sentiment. poetry. sus-
l;llned pitch of Imagination and visit
full and sorrowful beauty. These
things are very true of the picture
of Hope which represents a Young
draped in fflny garments
standing against q; la1icrd window. In
her light arm She carries IL stalk Of
flowers. Her fac II left arm are
raised t" heaven while her whole
being expresses expectation and hope.
The committee which is responsible
for the selection was Miss i1allock.
teacher Of art in the city schools. Mrs.
+. H. Householder. Mrs. A.. NJ. Tohmp-
son and Mrs. S. ]. L.aDuc.
The Bay Wow club at Fargo had
a delightful afternoon with Mrs. T..
". S%tickncy on Monday. II was :, ma
triotic meeting with the founder Of
our great republic, and it's prcscrycr.
AS the subject. The noble ancestry
of Washington was given. his Amcri-
caniSm: an analysis of his farewell
address. and details of "A turning point
IN the revolutions; tho adoption of the
Declaration of Independence. OF Lin
coin VIC We're told of his political ca
recr hcf"r" 1860 and Of tho
ton n delivery of his Gettysburg
address. with the rccltal of this IA
NOUS grafton by one of the members.
The national anthem. it's author
AND history closed ~ meeting in which
all were brought close to the lives
of these world renowned patrjots.
Arizona is a safely Democratic
state, il seems. but the Democrats at
large arc going to need more holm
than THAI affords them.