The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-02-01
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inc regular meeting of the music
section of tho Fine Arts club at Far.
so was held at the home of Mrs
Thompson on First avenue south thi.
morning at 10 o'clock as usual. Tho
following program was given:
iaper-"Lifc and Works of Men.
~dclssohn." Mrs. NJ. r. O'Ncil.
Pian" Solo--"Spring Song" Miss Lu.
| cile Bristol.
Piano Sool-"Rorelo C'apriciso.'
Miss Mabel Bowers.
raprr-"Oratorio Elijah" Mrs. j
NJ. Walters.
Vocal trio-"Lift Thine Eyes" Mrs.
kimball, Misses Mardcn, and Wright.
Vocal Solo--i'O. Rest in the Lord
Miss Lillian Wright.
L. for the year 1912 is being distribut-
cd n are indeed very clevcrly orig
mated pamphlets. Tho cover is done
III black and white with the date of
organization and they are Just the
right size to be carried about in ones
hand bag or pocketbook for ready
reference. They are tittingly tied with
a bow of white ribbon. the world
wide ehlem of the organization. Inside
are printed tho names of officers, the
standing committees n the name of
the textbook With IL concise invitation
to all strangers to attend the meet
ings. The supcrintcndcnts and their
departments amounting to seventeen
are tabulated n h program Begin
ing with the meeting of January ~.
is headed with the nounccmcn of
MY Friday Engagements for 1912"
Each meeting is recorded with the
date. the hostess and the subject for
study. On the is Il stanza writ
ton hN Edward Eyr,nff Hall ,l;,l,
tittinSly speaks the watchword of the
ladies of the w. G.. T. u.
The Devils Lake Shakespeare club
members were entertained Monday
afternoon by Mrs. Henrietta Rollins at
the home of Mrs. Geo. Mooers. The
attendance was unusually large. AT
tho business meeting. the club voted
I" hold their meetings hereafter i'm the
event lg instead. as formerly. in the
afternoon. =. very interesting pro-
leader. Mrs. Y. G. BarneIl played Il
very pleasing piano selection aftc,
which Mrs. Rollins gave II talk un
Leonardo da Ninci i'm whom there is
now special interest because of the
loss of his most famous painting
Mona LisaI' which w;is stolen last
August from the Louvre gallery. in
some mysterious way. not yet account
cd for. Mrs. Rollins has devoted years
To- the study of art and in various
visits t" Europe has had an oppor-
tunity to admire the works OF tho
masters in tho original. Last summer
SIN" saw this famous picture Il short
time before ii was stolen. For thi.
reason her talk yesterday was Of spc-
rlal interest as given hy ono who had
seen and appreciated tho great work
tf tho ,1on,, ar ,,l-,-, ia. .,.t ~
talk was in part as follows:
Leonardo da Vinci was born i'm 1856
and die in 1919. He was the greatest
man of his century and it is doultfu'
II any one has lived since then who
can equal him in the perfection ana
diversity of his talents. Hc was. no,
only a w%ondcrful painter. but q sculp.
tnrer. lecturer, inventor and engineer
Fight hundred folios of his manu-
scripts. which are preserved. show
sketches of a flying machine and Other
turtles before his time. He was in fact
400 years in advance of his age and
perhaps tina is the reason that he left
no mark of individuality on the gen.
Grafton in which he lived.
Peculiarly his works seemed doomed
to destruction. There are in existence
today perhaps only half - dozen OF
MS paintings. His Xac resting place
is not known as in the French rcvolu-
ti"n his tomb was destroyed and his
bones mixed with those in nearby
graves.
But his greatest portrait and per-
haps the greatest ever painted is that
of Mona Lisa-"Mona.' meaning my
lady. Mona Lisa. was tho wife of
Giaconda-a gentleman of Naples and
with a play upon her name which
means laughter" she is often called
la Giaconda." the Laughter. 1t was
painted over 400 years ago and as her
husband did not buy the picture it was
sold to Frances I of France.
The Crookston Woman's club held
a reception Wednesday afternoon in
their club room at the library in honor
of Miss Maria Sanford. The guests
Of the club were the members Of the
Current Events club, the Matrons club,
teachers of the public schools and
university alumni. Miss. Sanford is
from Minneapolis and is the guest Of
Mrs. Thomas Armstrong and Miss
Armstrong at their home on North
Ash street. Miss Sanford lectures at
Fergus Falls tOmorrOw ayop;n0