El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-10-12
WOINANS CLUB PREPARES FOR THE WINTER,
SOCIAL EVENINGS AND STUDY PLANNED

- LUB day programs, musical at
ternoons and evenings, recitals
- social evenings, art exhibitions
study of the drama, discussions of the
latest books and plays, will comprise
many of the interesting meetings which
will be held by the Woman's club of Ell
Paso during the coming winter. The
three different departments of the club,
Music. Current Events and Literature
and Art are in charge of the chairmen,
Mrs. 8. J. Pearce, Mrs. w S Valen-
tine and Mrs. J. H. Hirt respectively.
The regular meetings of the music
department will occur on the second
"Wednesday of each month. There VIII
he afternoons given to the compost
lions of living composers. The first
will be American composers; the sec
Ond. "Hansel and Gretel," fairy
oDera by Englebert Humperdinck; the
third. will be English composers, Sir
Edward Elgar and Landon Ronald; the
fourth a song cycle for quartet by
Liza Lehman, In a Persian Garden,
the fifth American composers, Arthur
Foote and Louis Campbell Upton; the
sixth an opera from The Jewels OF
the Madonna"
An interesting feature at this meet
ing will be debate: Should the works
of Foreign Composers be sung in Eng
lish?" Mrs. Olga kohlberg VIII take
the affirmative and Mrs w. r. Brown
the negative of the question. The last
musical afternoon will be devoted 10
American composers; Charles Wake
field Cadman Sidney Homer and
Charles Gilbert SprOSs-
First Current Events Program
The first program of the depart
ment of Current Events and Literature
will be given on October % and the
second meeting, November 10, will in
clude discussions on Maurice Maeter-
Inch, dramatist and essayist The
Blue Bird, - The Servant in the House
and The Winter FEAST" the third
meeting will include Bernard ShaWS
Estimate of Eugene Brieux;" What
BrieuX aims to teach in his plays" and
a discussion of the New Theater and
its Influence" The fourth day will be
devoted to the study of Robert Brown
ing, dramatist; a discussion of MY
Last Duchess" and Saul" The next
meeting will include the study OF
Percy W. Mackaye, the man and his
writings; 4 review OF THE Sracecrow"
and a discussion of the period plays
Miles stones by Arnold Bennett and
Edward KnOblauch; problem plays such
as strife and Justice" by John Gals
worthy. and The Melting Pot" by
1sreal Zangwil will be discussed at
the sixth meeting, and the last will in
Glued a talk on George Bernard Shaw.
humOrist and philosopher and a book
review, Man and Superman-"
Art Department Meetings.
The Art department will also have
seven meetings during the winter.
There will be exhibits of brass work,
and of pictures at each meeting and
talks by Miss Alice Hendee and Fred
J. Feldman during the year. There will
be short talks on William Ruch, Quincy
Adams Ward. Daniel c. French, dorado
Taft, Frederick Remington, Harriet
Hosmer, P. NJ. Riley, J. G. Prasuhn-
Theer is a possibility of a drama be-
ing given by members of the club and
friends during the winter. The club
banquet will be given on the fourth OF
March
From November until May the pres
ident will be at home to all members
on the first Monday afternoon of each
month from to 5 o'clock. The first
rows of seats are reserved for all club
members at the meetings
The Woman's club is the largest or
ganlzat-on of its kind in the city both
civic and humanitarian and this will
prove undoubtedly one of the most in
teresting and satisfactory years in
the clubs history Mrs. a. P. -AYerin
was president during 1912-191S and
through her effOcOency was elected to
serve during 1913-1914.
There viii be a meeting of the Wo-
mans Civic league of Ell Paso the mid
die OF the week. During the summer
there were no meetings of the league,
as most of the members were out of
town There are a number of things
that the league is considering for the
winter work, and the members hope to
push the campaign for civic beauty
with a great deal of energy. Mrs. Burt
Orndorff is president of the league.
The first meeting of the music de-
partment OF the Woman's club will be
given at the assembly hall of the Paso
del Norte hotel, on Wednesday after
noon. October Is at o'clock The oav
viii be given to the study of the works
of two prominent American COMPOSERS
The director for the day will be Mrs. ].
w. Lorentzen- The following program
will be rendered:
Composer-Adolpr Forester.
Eros Miss Annie Stolaroff
Song-"AlOne," Mrs A H. Goldstein-
Violin--Romance ct Melodie,' Mrs
Elena L. de Glumaz.
Song-'-My Harp Mrs. ]. ]. Raster.
Violin ogligato, Mrs. Elena L de Gull
MAJ
Part 2.
Composer-George Chadwick.
Quartet-''Behind the Lattice" Mrs
Leila Moore, Mrs J. J. Pearce, Mrs. W.
L Brown, Mrs. A H. Goldstein.
Song-''The DANA" Miss Alicia
ONeill
Piano-"scherzino,9 Mrs. Francis
Moore
Chorus = "Jabberwocky." Messrs
Witte, MacCallum. Davis, TyndaII, DR..
Ruby, Lemen.
Song-'Before the Dawn" lyric from
Told in the Gate" Mrs. Leila Moore.
Quartet for strings, in E minor-Mrs.
5lumaz, Miss O'Neill, Mrs. McNary, Miss
Bean.
Accompanies Mrs. W D. Greet
Mrs W. R. Brown, Mrs. J. J. Pearce.