The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-04-04

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mount of Transformation Sara
NO. =. OsGood at the conclusion
Miss Hattie Belle Gresham. talN
The Mission of Poetry hcfeEe thc
M Club OF Richmond yesterday az
nOon Rev. oscood's sentiment Was
Aped by all Of those assembled Pc
Ar this gifted youns interpret 81
kee. Not only can Miss >5rf~nA IA
I'D into the writings Of she EFt3t
OF the feeling and Depth h5aaeH
6&re, but she possesses tn" E.is 'i
rharfning personality ana soft
KINDER, yet strong voice. SO We ~@tttA
0athe literature she reads.
With a beautiful simplicity Aaf 'H-
frnality Miss Gresham NaGat -rT
III with the quotation of fs'.i.
song that nerves "a Hail"" Ht5.i
In itself deed Sne otteea
pet as seer, The highest t,f
I the word being "a shaHeT err fz@-
~. Thus she iaueutea ol- #F-
~ use OF 1t. for she ssj ~ze.z +
"a Dickens novels are poems fhs
<RNrence between a poet ana H.~ as.-
Dw-men, according 81 The 5nesNf.
30 IN the fact that Hee r Ets
HIMSELF in untxpcrleaaa -.-asEG.9s
Arough his imaglnaU.H lie san *
eeas all thoughts, feelings aa3 H-
ptrAtions OF the human ~aa. eaai
1oglns with emotion He ans WITH
The highest ;hinE literature e3H
"a Tor us stated Miss Gresham,
u give us courage ana "reTFs
s1ac1ng poetry as the highest form
k expression, Miss Gresham drew Yer
<0nciussons. Her main theory fa re-
Mrd to the study OF poetry ia1 n"
Uader's ability 70 place himself with
~ same viewpoint a> the Wr5,DI.
ne Illustrate this admirably from
- ancients with quotations frou jio-
4er, "the greatest poet ct tho Wazla
nd she drew the BACKGROUND 1T the
IFfeetS recifing the Ilmd aa4 the
DdySsy to the multitUdes.
More modern illustrations come
om Tennyson with eN4ss ely read
nems, AZ MY wife and C. lbe ingie
Sng from "The Princes "Thc Song
a the Throstle aud Crossing tbr
Ar.- Miss Gresham pre6Ned each OF
N readings with Vivid desert ptIons
3 the settings or moods il which
- were written she dnalyzed the
M poem as ombo1ylng three emo
Ons--pieasure. beauty and TRUST
IA beautiful tribute Ia Robert Louis
tevenson WAS q poem written hS :"
SIaow consumptive in tho South seas.
kating that he could hear hia afIjc-
on, Knowing how chccrfully the great
hitter had horne his. and ne had
|eawn much courage from the child
art alive in Steyenson's work Tho
Mission OF poetry Wa explained In
Ria.
Robert Browning added two poems
the rea ltu Us. The cpnciuslou how-
Ter. a poem ny an Efi1hsh 1afl ot
eNnty-twu. entitled tlnc Mother
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7I;r~ HATTIE Belle Gresham leave,
&12nanoke tadav To he the guest of
shrother. Professor Gresham. dur
rsster.
Feature of the bali to hc given al
1efferson hotel Tuesday. April no.
- sale of automobile flags. Tins
1ay ball is given by tho social
kArs OF the Nurses Settlement
ut. George Bryan - chairman ri
c0mmittee. Miss Carol Montague
Mrs. i. Newton VIII assist her
William Nowlan is chairman 81
sandy committee. ASSISTED h} two
~ reasons dehutantes. MASS N#1de
slater and MISE '-at" minor