The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-30
phau Cophai Mukcrji Lecture at
Woman's Club.

IN, brilliant audience nj TIA" Wn"
t1ar club yesterday afternoon was
fairy captivatcd by AN address by
Dhan 5ophal Muk eri a noted Hindu
poet aud lecturer OF great ability.
who's subject was The India OF
kipluE and Tagore." Like the coun-
cry itself, the lecture was unique and
in every instance most instructive.
He pald "a beautiful tribtse to the
women of India. whom he said kept
up the tradition Of that race. hclieV.
ing that women and the chiid's life
should he linked together He said
the mother believes II u sacred duty
| 10 teach her child and train 1t up
for God. In India they believe in
growth from the very first stage up
and then into the great silence which
Is God. He snld the father does not
/ have very close relations with his
family, except To make q few rules
! by which the household IL guided
He said the first twenty years OF u
! mans LITE is spent in securing his
! education, the next twenty are years
! OF activity. and after forty he
searches for the great mysteries OF
! life
| Mrs, Charles Eusher was chairman
| OF the afternoon and introduced the
! speaker Mrs. Kosher also read the
! '''t'FF' afAN tfAt''l Al RI'i RSttI ltsSS
I q 81. James Square.
/ g December, 1919.
4 Secretary Womans Club;
! Thank you very much indeed for
I yput kind congratulations on my
election
II fee. that il is gseat honor and
! even Sr' alter responsibility that has
been conferred upon me. and I hope
! to do all in my power TO prove
worthy Of It, Alas there Is much
/ to he done, and | shall hope for the
cooperation and support of all my
friends and even my eumies. when
| It comes tn that
! Yours sincerely,
NANCY ASTOR,"
~ Tho conclusion Of the lecture
an Informal reception vas held. The
hostcsses were Mrs William Thomas
Mrs. Aston Cabeil Mrs, william
, Bentiy Mrs. Charles Irving. Mrs
/ George Eidgood and MIS- r T.. Stacy.
The Little Theater f,eaguc
, Tn" cast for The Mystery Of the
KINGS i}irih,' the miracle play by the.
/ ia'n- Adiar Archer. which win be pre-
Sented ~ the Little Theater League
/ in brlyidere hall this evening at $40
: o'clock. * composed. Of seven men.
They are.
Sulaier. Hugh Dabney
First Traveller. Mr.. Laird
second Traveller. Norman johnson.
Third Traveller. =. T Glover.
First Shepherd, Edmund Minor
Archer.
Second shepherd Mr.. BenEston.
Third shepherd, 'Croxton Gordon
Tho play is under the direction OF
Miss Louise BurIeigh, OF Boston, and
john Powell win play the Liszt 3
minor sonata AS n prelude. He has
Also arranged harp accompaniment
Ia the lines II should be remember
I'D by all who see this play that ID
was written in 1917, upon America s
entry into the war. It's author short
ly afterwards enlisted in the army,
and the play is rega rded by his
friends as his spiritual enlistment in
the cause Of freedom and mercy. Ii
is also considered strange fore
shadowne Of his supreme sacrifice
IN that same cause. which he made Il
fow weeks before the arruistice. The
production of the play by the league,
which Adair Archer founded. il ia
the nature of a memorial service to
him Because OF this II was request
ed that there shall he no applause,
and no ono will be admitted in Eel
yiderc hall after $40 O'Clock