Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-23
TO STUDY PENNA.
IN THE MAKING
Authors Club Program In
cludes the American Short
Story and Familiar Verse

The Authors Club with Mrs.
Maurice E. Finney. president, has
arranged a delightful program of
study for their twenty-second year,
beginning October 2. The general
subject is Pennsylvania in the
Making" and the study will include
the American short story and fa-
miliar verse, following the work OF
the past year in Modern American
Literature-Its Poetry, Drama and
Fiction" The program in it's entire
ty follows as prepared by a commit
tee, including Mrs. Finney, Mrs. j.
E. Garner and Miss Mary c. Orth:
October 2-President's night.
October 16-"Early Quaker Days."
Mrs Herman p. Miller; short de-
scription of Pennsylvania (1692) (in
poetic form), by Richard Frame.
Miss Crowl; Distinction Between
the Novel and the Short Story, Mrs
]. Horace McFarland; reading,
| Legend of the Rose of the Alham-
bra" by Washington Irving, Mrs.
Joseph Kalbfus.
October 3O-"william Penn stor-
les and Legends" Mrs. ]. T. Balsley;
/ Story of the Cherry Tree" BY
Henry Shoemaker, Mrs. F. A. Glib
son; the William Penn Highway.
Tourists, Mrs. Neiffer, Mrs. Quickel,
Mrs. Bassler. Miss Mary C. Orth and
Miss Vert; reading, Friend Bar
tons Concern by Mary Halleck
Foote, Miss Carrie orth; poem, "Old
Concord Meeting" by John Russell
| Hays, Mrs. Harris R, Wilson.
November 13-The Mystics: "Sev-
enth Day Baptists, Mrs. A E. Shirley;
The Cloisters at Ephrata," Miss
Lille George; poem, ITO Helen" by
Edgar Allen Poe" Mrs. Charles c.
Dubbs; Hawthorne and Pee" a
comparative study, Mrs. H. r. Om-
wake; readings, THE Birthmark,"
by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Miss Fan
ME johnson; "A Descent Into the
Maelstrom," by Edgar Allen Poe,
Mrs. M. H. Thomas.
November 27-"The Mennonites,"
Mrs. Gibson; Quaint Sayings and
Customs of the Pennsylvania Dutch"
Mrs. Balsley; poem, "a Midsummer
Song" by Richard Watson Glider,
Mrs. H: F. Quickel; reading, Sweet
Day OF Rest" by Eliza Cuthbert
Hall; Mrs. ]. E. Garner; poem,
SEarly Rising" by John Godfrey
SAKE, Miss Anne U. Vert
December 1.-THE Dunkards."
Mrs. Wilson: "Other Mystics," Mrs.
George B. Lands; Legend of the
Fairies From Indian Steps," by
Henry Shoemaker" Mrs. Kalbfus;
reading, Gift of the Magi," by o.
! Henry, Mrs. Edward L. Rinkenbach;
poem, The Foolish Ffr-Tree," by
Henry Van Dyke, Miss Johnson:
Christmas vacation.
January = The Moravians:
Early History" Mrs. Willard
Young; Customs and Ceremonies" ;"
Mrs. Quickel; poem, Hymn of the
Moravian Nuns at Bethlehem" by
Henry w. Longfellow," Mrs. Om-
wake; reading, There's Nothing
Half So Sweet in Life" by George
A. Hibbard. Mrs. Lewis NJ. Neiffer.
The Original American
January 22-Indian Thorough
Venango trail" The The Old Sd Glade ad
Road" THE Cumberland Road"
Pennsylvania" Mrs. Thomas; read
ing, "Fhe Friendly Road" by David
Grayson, Mrs. Miller; Essential ele-
ments of "Vers de Societe," Mrs.
Finney; poem, Appropriation, by
Harrison Robertson. Miss George.
February 5-Scotch-Irish settle
ments: Hanover, Mrs. Wilson,. Don
egal, Mrs. Dubbs; Derry, Mrs. Lam
dis; Paxton, Mrs. Garner; poem,
What the Wolf Really Said to Red
Riding Hood" by Bret Harte, Mrs.
Casper S. Shaak; Types of the Short
Story, Miss Mary c. Orth; reading,
Dick Boyles Business Card" by
Bret Harte, Miss Crowl.
February 19-"Scotch-Irish Pion-
neers," Mrs. Rinkenbach; The Sus-
quehanna Trail, followed by Mrs
Mrs. Shirey and Mrs. Gibson; "a
Legend of Mahantango Mountain"
from Susquehanna legends, by Shoe
maker, Mrs. Thomas; reading, The
Harvest of Fear. by Margaret De-
land, Mrs. Omwake; poem, "A Ger
tain Young Lady" by Washington
Irving, Mrs. Mcfarland.
March .5-"Early Discoveries and
Inventions" Miss. Crowi; "Pictur-
Nelson Bassler; reading. Mrs. Rip
PHYS Trip" by Hamlin Garland,
Mrs. Balsley; poem. Long Ago" by
Eugene Field, Miss Carrie, Orth;
reading, Miss Esther's Guest" by
Sarah Orne Jewett, Miss George.
March 19-"Waterways of Penn
sylvania," Miss Carrie Orth; ma
turai Resources" Miss Johnson;
reading, The Man That Corrupted
Hadleyburg." by Mark Twain, Mrs.
Dubbs; poem, "Nocturne," by
Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Mrs. Lands;
reading, pierce Antoine's Date
Palm" by Thomas Bailey Aldrich,
Miss Mary Orth.
April 2.-"John Harris and the
City of Harrisburg" Miss Vert;
"Apotheosis of Fame" Violet Oak
ley Mrs. Neiffer; poem, "The Way to
Already" by Henry Cuyler Bunner,
Mrs. Bassler; reading, Our. Aro-
matte Uncle" by Henry Cuyler Bun
ner Mrs. Shirey.
April 16-In Lighter Vein. Read
ings, THE Transferred Ghost" by
Frank r. Stockton, Mrs. Young; "A
Christmas Present for a Lady" by
Myra Kelly, Mrs. Balsley; "a Little
Matter of Real Estate" by Myra
Kelly, Mrs. Shaak; "The Conjured
Kitchen," by OctaVa Thanet. Mrs