Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-16
THE AUTHORS CLUB
WILL STUDY RUSSIA
Nineteenth Annual Announcement
Just Issued Gives Sched-
ule of Work

The Authors Club has just issued
its nineteenth annual announcement
the Year Book for 1914-15, containing
the schedule of work on Russia.
Meetings will be held on alternate
Monday evenings. beginning with oc-
tober 5, when Presidents Night is
celebrated with Mrs. A. S. Koser. at
her residence, 1114 North Second
street Mrs. Omwake and Miss Carrie
Orth' will provide music for that So
cial occasion.
October 19-'The Country and Peo-
ple"; Russian National Hymn; Geo
graphical Survey of Russia, MRS:
Koser; Development of the Empire
Mrs. Neiffer; "The Language" Mrs.
Shaak; THE People," Mrs. Miller
November 2-"Religions and Relig-
ious Prosecutions" Mrs. Royal; Nj
hilism," Mrs. Thomas; Penal Sys-
TENS and Prisons" Mrs. Shirey: The
Mir, or Village Community Mrs
Balsley.
November 1s-"Contrast, Russian
Miss Mary Orth; "Pushkin,' Mrs.
Rinkenbach; reading. The Snow
Storm" Mrs. Omwake; reading, THE
Shot" Miss Crowl.
November 13 - "Gogol," Mrs
Dubbs; "Taras Bulba" (synopsis of the
story, Mrs. Finney; reading, The
Cloak" Mrs: Kalbfus; reading st
Johns Eve" Miss Carrie Orth.
December IA - Folklore" Mrs.
Quickel; FOLK Songs and Chief Char
acteristics of Russian Music Mrs.
Omwake; Church Music - Opera
Music" Miss Johnson; Home Life of
the Russian People" Mrs. Garner; "A
Russian Christmas Mrs Wilson.
Varied With Readings
January "Turgenev," Mrs.
Jones; reading, "The Village Doctor" I"
Mrs. Royal; resume, Fathers and
Children" Miss Vert; selected read
ing, Fathers and Children" Mrs. Mil
Ter; selected reading, annals of
Sportsman" Mrs. Shaak.
January IS - "A Study of Russian
Serfdom," Mrs. Shirey; Life of Toll
stoi," Mrs. Finney; reading, "A Long
Exile" Mrs. Balsley; story, Anna Ka-
renina," Mrs. Koser; Contrast, Tur-
genev-Tolstoi," Mrs. Neiffer -.
and examples from Glinka,. Dargo,
Dancers-Actors," Mrs. Jones; Art
and Architecture" Miss Crowl; "Fete
Days" Mrs. Rinkenbach; "Nizhni
Novgorod," Mrs. Royal.
February 15-"Dostoevski, Apostle
to the Lowly," Mrs. Wilson; story,
Inc Tree anu lIle WI D.
Thomas; "Korolenko the Exile, Mrs.
Gibson; story, "The Old Bell Ringer"
Mrs Quickel; "Garshin the Melan-
choliac," Miss Carrie Orth; story,
-Four Days." Miss Mary Orth.
March NOTED Women of Rus
sia," Mrs. Quickel; Position of
Women, Miss Vert; Marie Bash, t,s, :,
Mrs Kalbfus; "a Russian Bride"
Miss CrowI
March 15-"Chekhov, Recorder of
Lost Illusions" Miss Johnson story,
In Exile" Mrs. Finney; ANDREW
Apostle of The Terrible" Mrs. Shirley;
story, "Silena," Mrs. KoseE Cork,
the Bitter" Mrs. Balsley; story. Com
March 29-"Moscow and Its Krem-
lin." Mrs. Kalbfus; st. Petersburg,
the Tzars Capitol" Mrs. Gibson;
Warsaw, the City of Kosciusko," Mrs.
Garner; "Odessa, the Grain Market"
Mrs. Dubbs; "Sebastopol," Miss john
son.
April 12-"The Political Friendship
of Russia and France" Mrs. Miller;
Russian Character in Fiction" Miss
Mary Orth; "The Influence of France
on Russian Literature" Mrs. Thomas;
Education and the Press" Mrs.
Shaak; Russia as a World Power"
Miss Vert.
April 26-Annual business meeting,
with reports of the secretary and
treasurer and election of officers. The
annual reception will be held in May.
Officers and Members
The officers of the Authors Club
are: President, Mrs. A. S. Koser; first
vice. president, Mrs. Casper S. Shaak;
second vice president, Mrs. Lewis M.
Neiffer; secretary, Mrs John K.
Royal; treasurer, Miss Anna V. Crowl;i
program committee, Mrs. Quickel,
Miss Vert and Mrs. Koser.
The roll of membership includes
Mrs. ]. T. Balsley, Miss Anna V.
Crowl. Mrs. C. c. Dubbs Mrs. Maui
rice r. Finney, Mrs. ]. e. Garner,
Miss Lille George, Mrs. F. A. Gibson,
Miss Fannie l.. Johnson, Mrs. w. r.
Jones, Mrs. ]. Kalbfus Mrs. A. S.
Koser, Mrs. H. P. Miller, Mrs. L. M.
Neiffer Mrs. II. r. Omwake, Miss Car
rie Orth, Miss Mary G. Orth, Mrs II.
f. Quickel, Mrs. ]. K. Royal, Mrs. E.
L. Rinkenbach, Mrs. C. S. Shaak, Mrs.
A. e. Shirey, Mrs. M. II. Thomas, Miss
Anne u. Vert Mrs. II. B. Wilson.