The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1915-04-02
80 Lend-a-Hand Book Club.

tbe Advocate
For m ocular monthly meeting OF the
Ine Hand Book Club Of Mechanics
Lena-a ct at the home of Mrs. Lester
Y Hlttsrson, March 10th Roll SALT
frrd every member present Dut
fo Two were absent On account
Id illness in the family. Several Wis
OF I've. were present. The business
Hol ns,re was interesting. Moneys col
ne saI hills paid, and more free-will
le e; for the relief fund for SUI
.ol5 ;ng Belgian women. a sentence
leLnss, was written to be given to
lelte palmer. who is the 'ministering
Mls oIa w a very ill father Each
an5 1ahar wrote a loving message over
LD- name in the same missive-
He Tho special feature of the program,
readings of Mrs. Chas. Reaver, a
sI;shad eIocutionist from Baltimore,
ln uTa promise OF a delightful evening
vii VA patterson, who il not less dra-
%,ntic than her sister, opened the
n-ngram with the recitation, The
p paad Horse" 1t il futile to attempt
description III H. not in the pen of
tbis reporter to portray in the faintest
Tov the grotesque humor. A mere
,boneht of it recalls Shakespeare's
sromedy of Errors"
Wrs Reaver followed with 'Hagar.'
whatever else Mrs. Reaver reads, she
Iii ever be associated with ''Hagar."
uor dark beauty accumulated the
Fgyntion maiden, and posing her
slender person in her appeal To tn
tinp tof her .heart-trembling with
nnre and loving passion, recoiling
With wounded pride and heart, she
ras the persmater of wronged girl
hood down through the ages, a. with
sohbing voice she said: Hatred has
M weapon keen enough, that, held
within a woman's slender hand, could
stab a coward to the heart" The
encore was. The DeacOn's Dinner"
Mrs. u. o. Wales closed the pro
gram with her paper: What the War
means to America" No finer tribute
from the audience could have crowned
her effort, than the silence as she de-
livered III. The hearty applause at
tbe conclusion, and earnest discussion
nf the men visitors -afterward in open
conference, were very pleasing.
lingering around it was the silence
that il golden
Az in closing her paper she said
There is a divinity that shapes our
ends. rough hew them how you will
we need not despair. Lincoln made a
prophecy just before the close of thu
Own War lit il weirdly suggestive Of
Ibis present conflict. Lincoln said:
1T would seem to be the will of the
Almighty that this war shall continue
until every dollar of wealth piled up
NV the unrequitted labor OF the slave
shall be destroyed by the torch OF
war and, every drop of blood drawn
by the lash shall be answered by ar
other drawn by the sword" II did
continue till just this happened. The
field was cleared for a new start in
human progress. So OF this war. 1t
will continue until the energy of wal
shall be destroyed. Battle ships
cruisers, torpedo boat 1destroyers, sub
marines sunk In numbers to make
naval warfare a thing of the past;
forts dismantled, rifles rusted, cannon
scrapped SO that war on land will be
impossible, soldiers slain in such
numbers that the heart OF man shall
sicken at the thought Of war, civilians
impoverished till nations shall learn
war no more. When this shall come
to pass; when this abomination OF
desertion shall stand i'm the place q
humanity plundered, profaned, disin-
herited-then shall come the end. II
is for America to suffer, because heI
sister nations suffer. III il to cleanse
herself OF political fondness, to not
only have her defences SO secure that
her crasts are impregnable, but edu-
cate the heart and brain for a world
patriotism, men loving men, not
merely the soil upon which they them
selves may stand because they We're
born upon it. The Industrious work
er, not the Industrious warrior mus
be heroized and commend the admir-.
ing allegiance or hi fellows. Tht
things OF the wfnd-the second
and finer harvest Of the soul-are II
be revalued and given prfmacy. There
must be a renaissance Of culture
Moral idealism must replace materia.
success; man not things must become
central in national and internationa
concern, and the God of our father.
will be with US"
"A social half hour followed, aftel
singing America" The refresh
ments were in the usual excellence
The cakes were cut in artistic de
signs, but not before the icing dis
played beautiful white initials OF
chocolate, and brown ones On white
The next meeting will be April ID
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