The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-30
FRIEDA MEREDITH DIETZ, Editor.
Telephone Madison 1928.


EIIpper, of Philadelphia, who delight
ed large audience at the club last
season and whose fame as an orator
srread TO those who had not heard
MN before and brought them expect
ant DR.. Tupper fulfilled all of the
hopes he left with the members OF
Inc Woman's club last season.
Mrs. Ben o. James was chairman OF
the afternoon and introduced the
ispeake- in her usual charming man
per DR.. Tupper's subject was The
Literary Glories of the Bible and
|ShakespeFre's Indebtedness to the
|Pible."
He not only impressed the former
|and illustrated extensively from the
latter, but he pointed out the indebt-
[edness of every famous writer to
hin great book and ne concluded by
|stating it's effect. in a literary sense.
I'm three great nations. Dr. Tuprer
fehxed his talk depressing of his
fFove for Richmond.
With clever, exceedingly weIl-re-
|lated and humorous anecdotes and
|stetistics OF actual conditions, Or. Tup-
Iper illustrated the ignorance among
christian people and supposedly we'll
Educated men of the stories and Incl
dents in the Bible even the most pop
liar and oft-repeated ones. Notable
&imong these was the test In which
hirty four college students from five
+states ONLY placed n total OF 32s sim
fole Bible aiIus,ons o,,t Of 74S piyen.
DR.. Tupper divided his talk into the
|itudv OF che high order OF literature
(which the, Bibla contains" ard Tho
high order Of literature the R{hle GRE.
Iites"
In the fret consideration he I1lus-
rrtes how tho r}thia covers a,,e,-v 1T
fsrary held and STYLE with its clever
hess its deals tearhinps characters
influence. simplicity. beauty, aenth Of
housht weo1fb 81 i,,aee,t. ,,,,it,, 81
ointment dramatic eHert aiaouarca
logic and ahova an n. ADOLESCENCE of
| ~ rnissfon IN he r}ihT. " esf1 ~
|rupper we ma no rfrhast resource
III divine wisdom, ara ht,,as,, l.tT-.r1-,,,
he arcs has a,,ar l,,,,<.r,, -, a g - mann
|nent ~ E,ne.tisb ,ro.e ur Tn,,,,er
Iotntad ont tha faT- tba- am of M
Il 600 words contained fhara ,,,a~o or,},
Es5 NOT In common uso ana az nor
lent Of TIA verbs vparA r,.,r. L,osit-N
|n cornparfson With The Ro-n85 nar
chi in tha most s,,,o,fs E-,,.,{,h wi,
hrs
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|.alv a haok ~ ral{g5or IN, aCuaI},
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|vh5le ,hc pfhIe vaq WRITE, f,,orr, 81
|aoat e,erv mace m the knovn xyorla
/ I the time Egypt. Arabia Asia Minor
Breeze and Rome II IL also u-rtt,.r
F. two great lars,rseee Hah-svg "a
|.raak
In Tunner r,o,ntaa o,,+ rou tbs
|ook Of f.evit;c,s was me nrfg,, =,
he Napoleonic.. Furenean and Anerf.
nm law and ne also shou-o1 80.
tier books were the foundations ~
|,ther forms Of expresston lie sajd
|ae Bible fulfilled the Great u.ar,,y,
est Of rustre af,,3ot,anesz ana ,1urae,5iit,.
In his cor,uar{scn Of tba r2fh1t[,t
ratovs WITH ms modern ~. ,,,,r,ro,
|,leased hts audience With r,ar.- f3co
uotations Ne uotn4ad oI,t fhe, cro,1f.
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Hum bolat Goethe carlyle ans C.,l.s,-S
ad given the Y,fhl,- far: ne ir;T,f,-,.ir,r
+ their own works
In the second division ~ pfs tarn
|er- TN.unar showed fha sev~~, a.
|.nreadtng Of the Enozr4s5ve ~ tra
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