The Alaska daily empire., 1916-04-03
CLUB WOMEN OF
 JUNEAU GIVE A
 RARE AFTERNOON

RARE Al lERNOON
 Whatever misgivings the Douglas leland Club Women may have had as to the possibility of the Juneau cmb having a motive in keeping win the reputation of the day, when inc latter invited the Douglas wo men to be its guests April First they were completely dispelled long before the meeting was called t' order on Saturday afternoon.
 For some weeks past the women of the Juneau Club. brad been look ing forward to the day when they were to entertain the club women from the other side of the channel and they waited quite patiently for the Council to get through its meet ing on Friday night so that they might prepare the council chamber. for the event.
 Outside the railing the chairs were packed together as closely as could be with comfort. and every one was occupied. while the flags that were stretched across the room behind the railing evidently had a more practi cal purpose to serve merely than tc perform the function of decoration.
 However the women betrayed nc evidence of curiosity as to what might be behind the flags, for the program. from the beginning to the last number, held the interested at tention of every one present
 The topic of the day was "English Literature"
 A bis subject and the women who took part proved quite equal to the occasion and Mrs. Corwther under whose direction the program was ar ranged. Is deserving of much com mendation
 Embodies within the literature ol a people is the story of its develop ment and experiences, its joys and Its sorrows. and ofttimes, it is a truer record of the history of ma ton than that penned by official his torlans. and the skill with which Mrs Prank Morrison handled her subject "The Origin and History of English Literature" demonstrated this fact beyond @ doubt. The reading of the paper brought back unuumeroble mem orles of bygone days to most of the women present as they recalled writ ings of the various authors alluded to by Mrs. Morrison.
 From away back in the dim past when they spoke English in fash ion that we would hardly understand in our time. down to the present day. with its modern writers Mrs Morrison gave ner hearers O sort o mental pageant of the literary achievements of English writers lay ing special stress on the thought that the work of producing literature in England is stin going on.
 As a fitting sequel to the paper Mrs. Metcalfe read selections from Chaucer with an ease and readiness of speech that one might have sus pected she had at one time belonged to the period of the writer of th' Canterbury Tales.
 Mrs. Davis selections from Brown ing were we'll chosen and afforded occasion for much dramatic skill while Mrs. Valentines rendition O shelly's "Love's Philosophy brough a generous round of appnuse.
 If the women had not long ag' discovered Mrs. Townserd's tricks t is more than likely many of then would have suspected that she Ina, actually gone from town to town or the train. ana so glibly did she quote the number of shillings necessary to secure ticket from one plac' to another that it seemed as if sh' must surely have made the journey
 Whether she ever saw the townl or not matters little, she had th' rare genius of making her hearers almost see them as she hurried along from cathedral town to cathed ral town describing each in it's turn
 The announcement that the liter ary program was ended served a' signal for the pushing aside of th' flags and there stood forth the beou ihful decorated table equipped witt china and silverware and the where withaI to serve those present witi the cup of tea that cheers and bit of bread to eat in tho commun ion of fellowship
 Tn the center or the table was large basket Of blue and white for get.me.nots, donated for the occaT ion by Mrs. Vim.
 AS the women chatted in groupI while they drank their tea or brok' bread together visions of the pos abilities of club work dawned upoi many a one and when the meetinl finally adjourned it was agreed tha the occasion was one or the bes meetings the Juneau club ever held