Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-05-14
CLUB GLEANINGS

Columbian Club Calendar.
| There will be no meeting of the
Home Economics department of the
| Columbian club, Monday.
The Arts and Crafts department of
the Columbian club will meet with
Mrs. H. c. Wyman, 1909 Harrison
boulevard, Thursday at 80 p. m. Mrs.
Ridenbaugh will give talk on The
Art of the Exposition" and Miss Irwin
"Sorolla and Modern Spanish Art"
The annual luncheon of the Column
bian club will be held at the Owyhee
hotel, Saturday, May 90, at 10 o'clock.
Each member may invite one guest and
she is requested to arrange with the
committee for tickets as early in the
week as possible. Mrs. Chalfant, Mrs.
Ballentyne and Mrs. Shawhan consti-
tute the committee on arrangements.
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Art and Travel.
| A joint meeting of the art and travel,
educational and arts and crafts depart
ments was held at the club house
| Monday under the auspices of the art
and travel As these three have been
combined in study Department" for
| liit COllilIlE sGdi' JOllll CisIlloi Vi
officers was held, Mrs. Lyman being
chosen chairman, Mrs. T.. I. Barton
vice chairman and Mrs. b. +. Neal,
| secretary. South America was select
ed as the study topic for the year.
The afternoons program was most
instructive and entertaining. Mrs.
Johnesse gave a talk on Alaska, re-
viewing briefly the history of our ac-
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! ing that while the purchase price of
s7,20O,0o0 had been considered high
at the time, the mines alone are now
producing 100000 annually, and
have already placed the United States
| $500, 100000 to the good on the pur-
chase. The great fishing industry and
other activities were also mentioned,
| the glaciers and other wonders of ma
ture described, and a very interesting
account given of the native Indians,
their habits of life and industries
miniature totem pole and a collection
of valuable baskets obtained in Alaska
by Mrs. Harry Wyman added much
| interest to the topic.
The subject whistler and His Con-
ltemporaries" was ably handled by Mrs.
Ballantyne. The great artists boy
! hood days, his career at West Point
and his life as an art student proved
tas interesting as the later years of
his fruitfulness. Among his contem-
poraries were mentioned Sargent, re-
nowned as portrait painter and prob
ably the best known to the general
public through his decorative paint
ings in the Boston Public Library; Ed
ward Austin Abbey, also represented
! in the Boston library by his illustra-
| tons of the Holy Grail, and John La
| Fargo, especially famed as a decora-
tor of church interiors, among his fin
est being the paintings in Trinity
church, Boston, and who also worked
out marvellous effects in stained glass
for ornamental windows, probably his
finest production being the battle win
dow in Memorial hall. Harvard
The usual social hour was enjoyed,
the hostesses for the afternoon being
Mesdames Pride and Long and the
Misses Barton and Baxter.
Educational Department.
The Educational department was en-
tertained at the home of Mrs. Frank
Kinyon on Friday afternoon. The hos
tesses of the sday were Mrs X l.
Perky, Miss Bernice Mccoy and Mrs.
Evans Mrs. Evans was unable to be
present, so was represented by Mrs
Upton Meeting called to order with
Mrs. Pope in the chair and consid-
cradle business was disposed of.
The program was In charge of Mrs.
b. r. Neal, who gave a very compre-
hensive review of "A Far Country"
by Winston Churchill. Many guests
were present. which added pleasure
to the social hour during which delici-
GUS refreshments were served by the
hostesses.
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Shakespeare Department.
The Shakespeare department met on
TUESDAY afternoon with Mrs. Nixon.
The feature of the program was the