The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-09-07
THE PROGRAM OF THE WORK
FOR The NOMADS.

The year book of the Nomads, the
oldest and one OF the most important
literary clubs In the city. is of the
press and is an inspiration to the
members and others permitted to
peruse its pages.
The first meeting will be held on
November 3, when a paper on the
New Era-1s12- 1895 by Mrs. Frederick
Mellen will be the literary feature of
the gathering. The meetings will
continue each week until the first
week in June when q business session
will close the club work for the year,
with q Christmas meeting on Deem
bier 29, which is always one of the
bright social events of the holiday
SEASON.
Some Of the themes. essays and
readings to be taken up by the mem
beers during their weekly meetings
are Monroe's Administration, Lafay-
cite. the Nations Guest. Highways
and Waterways. President jackson,
Boston. the Father of the Senate,
Clay, the Great Leader; Webster. the
Great Orator; Calhoun. the Great
Thinker: Washington irving, Indian
Affairs, James Fenimore Cooper,
Alexis de Tocqueville, Dickens, Thack-
cray. Arnold Bennett. The Mormons.
The Lone Star State, With Taylor
ard Scott In Mexico, Reading from
Wan Dyke. Quotations from Bret
HArte. The Gold Fever, Nathaniel
Hawthorne. Edgar Allen Poe, william
Cullen Bryant. Comparative Develop
n,snt of North arid South. War Clouds
Abraham Lincoln. Ulysses s. Grant;
The Perfect Tribute: Four Years Of
Civil Strife. RecoIIections Grave and
Cay of the Sixties. Robert e. Lee,
Jefferson Davis. Trials and Triumphs
OF the South, Oliver Wendell Holmes,
James Russell Lowell, Henry Wads-
worth Longfellow. The End OF q Gen.
tury, Our Cities. A Glimpse Of the
Life and Genius OF Emerson; Inf1u-
ence OF the Press. Mark Twain and
His Writings, Far West in Literature,
Life on q Ranch. Readings from Eu-
gene Field. The Novelists. The Poets,
Reading from Ruth McEnery Stuart,
Modern Temples of Education. Art
and the Drama, The Later Novelists.
The Modern Essayists, Marvels of
Science. The Panama Canal. Reading
from Sidney Lanier. The American
Character, The Spirit OF the Age.
The Nonlads number among their
membership some Of the most cult
waited women in Pensacola as a glance
at the list will show.
Mrs. w. p. Ferriss Is the capable
president: Mrs w. r. Gonzalez, first
vice president: Mrs. Thomas Hannah,
second vice president; Miss Cecilly
Sheppard, secretary treasurer. The
program committee comprises the Of
hcsrs with MRS. Mallory Kennedy,
Mrs John b. Jones. Mrs. C. w. Oil
YER and Mrs. Walker Anderson.
.rhe members are Mrs. Ferris, Mrs
Gonzalez. Mrs. Anderson. Mrs. Ken
neiy, Mrs. Jones. Mrs. Oliver, Miss
Sheppard Mrs. WaIiren. Anderson, Mrs
john Avery. Mrs Victor r. Balkconl.
Mrs. j. C. Durham, Mrs Philip
Hannah. Mrs Thomas Hannah, Miss
Pattie Holden. Miss Charlie Belle La
neY, Mrs. #. S. Mellen, Miss Annie
Chaplin McLane. Mrs. Horace Simp-
SON. Miss Fan Warren, Miss Sallie
Wright. Mrs. c.. r. Geek.
The honorary members are Mrs, c.
III. Dishman of Kentucky, Mrs. Fred
Howe Of California, Miss Julia Yonge,
OF DeFuniak, Mrs. Dowdell Brown tf
Atlanta. Miss Annie LeBaron. Miss
Elizabeth Croweil Mrs. John s. Beard
and Mrs. G. G. Elmore.