Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-03-28

$1,000 o.
its farewell tea to Mrs. Frederick ID
Evans, who is to leave Saturday or Sun
daysfor San Antonio to join Lieutenant
Colonel Evans, transferred to Fort Sam
Houston.
Tuesday afternoon Mrs. Willis +. Mills
drive up before the Evans home on Eliza
18th stresk, entered, and found Mrs. Evans
experimenting the last touches of the
ncking Of the Evans Lare and Penates.
Ma 1rlls, with the guile of a k~idnapper.
proposed that Mrs. Evans zone out for a
iotor-ride. Mrs. Evans assented. The
fide took them out to the army post, and
tke car stopped before the pavilion. Mrs.
Mills proposed that they go in to see who
ttos there. So they entered. As they
passed the portal the Fourth Infantry
hand within struck up one of Mrs. Evans
favorite pieces, and Mrs. Evans found her
snlf quite astonishingiy in the center of a
ftodp Of laughing, half fearful friends who
had gathered to honor her on her leave
taking. Mrs. Evans was visibly surprised
and touched.
At five o'clock tea was poured by Mrs.
T. e. Hatch, wife or the commanding Off
Ger Of the Fourth, and many officers came
in from duty to add each his bit to the
tribute that the Fourth was paying Mrs.
Evans.
The tea-table was massed with white,
yellow and pink roses.
A chased-silver basket was given Mrs.
Evens by the ladies of the Fourth infantry.
Mrs. Evans said a few gracious words of
thanks for the remembrance gift, and spoke
Of her regret in leaving the post where she
had been so happily placed for the past
year and q half. AT six o'clock with the
strains Of "Auld Lang Syne' stealing out
over the parade ground the happy-sad
gathering dispersed.
Those who honored Mrs. Evans we're:
Nesdames Herr, Hatch, Noyes, Preston,
Dewitt, Sharon, Harrison, Selbie, Merry,
Mills, Cole, Waltz, Preston, Hall, huffman,
Lawles, John Anderson and Elliott and
Mss Jean Sharon.
The. Self Culture club met Tuesday af-
t6fnooA with Mrs. w. r. Jones. The pro-
Gfem was from Act 4 Of "As You Like IT.,
Mss Niles leading.
from Macbeth"
"A. parliamentary drill was led by Mrs.
J. X. Bull, in the absence of Mrs. j. c.
George, INSTRUMENTATION, and took up vot-
ing, and debating.
The usual round table discussion of the
G~hakespearian comedy and tragedy fol-
loved the lesson.
Tin O short business session preceding the
program, Mrs. w. r. Jones was elected del
eExte to the district federation of woman's
clubs convention ut Yoakum April 10th,
With Mrs. j. A. Graham as her alternate.
The minutes of the last regular and called
meetings we're read. The treasurer, Mrs.
Harbert Davenport, made her report.
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The Episcopal Guild Of the Church Of
the Advent will hold an apron and cut
flower sale at the Parish House next Sat
urday, March 81.
On the following Saturday. April 9TH.
the day before Easter, a committee of lad
les Of the church, Mrs. j. M. Nixon, chair
man, will hold an Easter egg sale at the
Hat Shop, on Elizabeth street.
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Mrs. Frederick ID. Evans will leave
Brownsville for Fort Sam Houston next
Saturday or Sunday to join Lieutenant
Colonel Evans, who vent with General Par
ker to the new First Provisional Division
station. The Evans effects were sent to
San Antonio Tuesday, and Mrs. Evans for
the remaining few days Of her stay here
will be at the Miller hotel.
D.
The Learner Club Tuesday afternoon
at four had a second afternoon devoted TO
George Bernard Shaw, in their course of
modern drama criticism of this year.
Miss Kowalski directed the dissection Of
1.-THE only sane man of the century" Mrs.
Gussic Scott CLANCY read a paper contrast
ipg the treatment given Caesar, Cleopatra
IA Antony by Shakespeare and Shaw,
whoee treatment differs potentially.
Shakespeare makes Caesar a heroic statue
" himself come to- life, who utters sonor-
ons speeches. Shaw, while he makes the
BnnzSn the great man he undoubtedly was,
makes him also most humanity sensitive
about being bald headed, for instance
Cleopatra in Shakespeare is a sort of mag
Sxine-cover queen, charming and chilly
Ind given to hot passions only when the,
IAN Be expressed in correct five-foot verse
shaw makes Cleopatra an enfant terrible
red -haired, snub-nosed-and provocative
Awkose chief guide in an uncontrolled lif.
i jealousy Of her younger brother. OF thu
fwe almost anyone would prefer Shaw''
tn6rtrayal. having once read it. If more
e x&x Huo-r that Shay l. nrnhahly fha