The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-06-27
CHICAGO-.THE ( TYo HOSPITALITY

Ia Chicago il is the women who do
things who are foremost There ere
many wog=1's clubs. ! was 50 for
tunate through the coartesy of one
Of the members Of the College Club
as 70 receive q card Of iurodu Fon
To the College Club, the Women's
Club ard the City Club. The City
Club does the bulk 81 ChicaRo's civic
work, The Woman's Club and the Col
lege Club are what the names im-
ply The several suffrage clubs of
the city were also most hospitable.
The Arcade Club, while social u its
scope, has q large and delightful
membership, where one Is fortunate
to Be introduced.
The Press Club Of Chicago is not
by any means a woman's club. But
women are not excluded, and here l
had The pleasure Of dining one even
ing in company with Mr.. Joseph +.
Dunlop, one time president Of The
Press Club. and formerly on the ed
itorial staff Of the Chicago Inter
Ocean and the Chicago Times, and
his charming wife, the others 81 the
party being DR.. Russell Price, author
and lecturer on euEenics, and his wife,
who is also his capable secretary, and
Opie Reed. lecturer and author, loved
both north and south for his books
and himself. Mr.. Reed Il not only a
remarkable man but he is a remark
able looking man. Towering more
than six feet with q fresh eolored,
vivid, magnetic countenance carved IN
the lines that one would expect
rather in 3 statesman than an author
"A eye piercing IN IFS hrilliancy, and
a gift of repartee that Is like 4 keen
rapier that touches but never smitba,
his is the charm o. the man o. life
and Of letters. IL you know Mr..
Reed only through his pictures Of the
rural south. you emily half know him.
! He Is a. many sided az n woman, a.
charming and insouciant az a girl,
and a. courtly as any knight who
ever rode IN quest Of the Holy Grail
Mr. Reeds Grail Is the south. The old
south, the land % his birth that has
been kept sweet and sacred FOR him
through thirty years Of life ia the
/ metropolis Of the great north west
When ne spoke ~ The South be cap
italEed 10, and your heart sang with
in you as r Far OF the strains Of Blk
ie were being played, while Kukluz
Klans rode b the rescue Of tho wo.
men Of the land you loved. Mr. Reed
is not ashmed Of his love Of bis native
/ land. And he told as, with tears dim
ming for q moment the brilliancy 81
his glance. o. the spell that The Brit
e the Nation had laid upon him. I
too, bad wept and cheeved and smiled
and--yes, suffered, il the grip Of thai
most wonderful of all performances
either On or or the screen. For Grit
eth has evolved from the Clansman
which was more or less mediocre, ,
play that is stupendous in its sTec.
and marvellous in the possibilities
which it suggests.
| On the train enroute to Chicago
had whiled away q half hour read.nl
/ in Every body's Magazine the story o
this remarkable moving picture nlal
which has been more criticized, NOR
applauded, and mere mis-represente,
than any other picture play produced
On reaching Ensley, and securing thi
morning edition Of the Chicago Trib
une,I had read that the injunction
which had been brought against Ml
Griffith 20 restrain him from present
ing bis play at the Illinois theatre
had not been sustained, and the Brit