The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-01-19
Woman's Club Meeting Was Inter
eSting

Woman's Club Meeting Was Inter-
esting
The Woman's Club met in regular |
session Saturday afternoon at 3 !
o'clock, at the club rooms, with its |
president, Mrs c. r. Tydings, pre-
siding. Minutes of the last meeting
were read and accepted.
Miss Palmer of Tallahassee, as
sistant domestic science teacher in
the Woman's State College, will give
u demonstration in preserving and
the making of marmalades, jams. jel-
lies and all other products from cit
rus fruits Thursday Miss Palmer is
making tour of the state and comes
to Ocala under the auspices of the
canning club. The demonstration
will be held in the club rooms and
is free to the public, special invi-
tation being extended TO all who are
interested. 1t was voted that the
club room and janitor be given free
Of charge for the purpose.
Good progress is being made to-
ward the demonstration fair to be
held in March.
1t being art day in the year book,
calendar, the remainder of the meet
Ing was devoted to a program ar
ranged by Miss Byrd Wartmann, art
chairman. The program proved to
! ha ns hn
cred before the club and the men,
bers were unanimous in expressing
their appreciation for the excellent
treat.
'Parla" by Ardrti, sung by Miss
Marguerite Porter, accompanied by
Miss Wartmann, was the opening
selection and it was exquisitely rem
dered in Miss Porters usual clear
voice of surprising sweetness
! Mrs. Tydings, Mrs D. E. McIver,
Mrs, William Hooker. Miss Nellie
/ Stevens, Mrs. Bunyan Stephens, Mrs
Van Hood, Mrs. D. VI. Smith and
/ Mrs. Walter Hood were called upon
to state their favorite picture and
! the reason for their selection. The
Madonas were the favorites general
ly, though others expressed prefer
ence for Milet, the Angelus and
, Cleaners being mentioned, also ST.
Cecilia at the Organ A number of
ladies gave expression to beautiful
thoughts but deserving of special
mention were the speeches of Mrs.
Van Hood and Mrs. Smith The fav-
orite painter of the former was Milet
because Dickens portrayed in Literal
ture characters taken from the lowly
life in England, so Milet selected for
the subjects of his paintings smem-
bers of the peasantry Of France. Mrs.
Giavanni da Fiesole, better known
as Fra Angelica, the first painter to
humanize the presentation of the
Virgin and Child. In Florence she
had seen many of his frescoes and
panels, but she named as his best
works the Madonna of the Flaxweav-
: ers, the Annunziatta and the Coro-
nation of the Virgin in the Cathe-
dral of Santa Maria Nuovo. He also
excelled in painting the various
blossoms from the Italian fields Mrs
Smith loved him because of his adj
herence to truth and his subservi-
ence to the religious spirit to which
he gave expression in art.
Miss Wartmann suggested that the
club have a picture exhibit and to
make it an annual affair
Mrs. Francis R. Bridges read an
interesting paper on Mona Lisa" It
is stated that there are three copies
of Mona Lisa, each one of which has
advocates claiming that one to be the
original by Da Vinci. The Vernon
) family of New England possessed one
Of them, and tradition in the fam
iiv states that it was presented by
: Marie Antoinette to William Vernon
who travelled through France and
was entertained at court, there fall
ing victim to the charms Of the
royal Marie, who reciprocated his
love and gave him as token the
wonderful art treasure. This pic
ture now adorns the walls of a New
York mansion.
Value and Atmosphere" two
phases of picture study, was the title
Of the excellent paper prepared by
Miss Wartmann. She mentioned the
painting of st Cecilia at the Organ"
as a splendid example of value" in
a picture and Corot, Whistler and
Turner as masters in handling lat
mosphere."
The concluding number was a