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tare. The club members are looking mental, unbookish, .purely objective g
forward to the establishment of a public treatment of the subject 'fa. refreaHitftf! 5i
library in our little city.
The Amateur Musical club of York
met on Monday afternoon, January 17,
in the club' rooms on Lincoln ave. The
meeting was called to order by the rice
pro3ident, Mrs. McConaugby, b the
president, Mrs. Sedgwick, is in Chicago
at present studying piano with Lieb
ling. She will attend the National Feder
ation of Music clubs which convenes
there the latter part of this month. The
Amateur Musical club devoted Monday
afternoon to a program from. Chicago
composers. Alter a paper on "The Or
jwn,'' of musical interest, by Mrs. Mc-
On February first Sorosis will meet with
Miss Harris, 1610 K street, when Mrs.
Miller will present the following pro
gram: Modern Greece.
Introduction.
1. Geography.
2. Peculiarities of tho people.
.'(. History.
Revolution (1821 1830).
Reconstruction.
1. Capo d'lstrias.
2. Leopold.
3. Otho.
4. George.
Condition of the people, educational,
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Dost Thou Remember Liebling
Mrs. Julia Bell.
Caprice Liebling
Edith Lang (student).
(a) Were Ja Bee )
(b) Slumber Song, vio- I Jessio Gaynor
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Mrs. Ida Woods.
Queen of tho Glen. .Nellie Bangs Skelton
Mrs. Maud Woods.
(a) dieu ) Liebling
(b) Slumber Sea MyiaCnrisholm
Mrs. Campbell.
(a) Album Leaf.. ) Liebling
(b) The Tritler. . . ) Nellie bangs Skelton
Miss Ccbb.
And I .-Jessie Gaynor
Mies Warner;
conflict with Turkey.
Discussion.
Tho musical department of the Omaha
Woman's club gavo a public program
last week devoted entirely to the work8
of the Norwegian composer, Grieg. The
program inoluded numbers for the
violin, piano and voice, and the whole
performance was highly praised by the
critics. On January 11 the Derthick
Musical Literary club of Omaha held its
regular meeting, with yis3 Terry in
charge of the program. The attendance
is said to have been Email and the inter
est waning. That organization will be
more successful when it realizes that the
reason for meefng is tne mutual
un
fa) Asthalinda ) Sherwood provement of the members, rather than
(b) Canzonet t a JLutkin the furnishing of brilliant programs.
Miss Carscadden.
" Tho depart meet of Household Eco-
On Wednesday morning, January 19, noraics will meet with Mrs. Crawford,
the City Improvement association met Twenty-sixth and P streets, on Monday
in the Capitol, the president, Mrs. Lang- afttrncon. The subjects to be consid-
worthy Taylor, presiding. Mrs. Rich- ered are tho "Problems of the Home."
ardson read a draft of the expectoration
ordinance which the 6cciely asked her
to prepare in order that it may be pre
sented to the attent on of the city coun
cil. After 6orae discussion Mre. Rich-
A chorus rehearsal of the Matinee
Musicals will be held on Monday aftei
ncon at half past two o'clock.when work
will be begun for the May festival. It
ardson was requested to procure copies is important that every member of the
of the expectoration ordinances which chorus be present. The regular meet-
at four
have been so successfully introduced in
Chicago, Denver and other cities. In
tht two places mentioned the most no
ticeable effect is in the street cars,
where men no longer are allowed to
make the cars disgusting to women.
Mrp. .Welch reported that her efforts in
inducing the authorities to appropriate
me or tho club will loiiow
o'clock, when tho following program
illustrative of the dance form will be
given with the addition of two numbers
from student members:
'Au Matin". Goddard
Miss Matel L. Pyle, student.
"Goodbjo Sweet Day".... Kate Vannah
MissTillie Weckbach, student.
Mrs. J. W.
Mrs. A. S.
money for street boxes fcr waste paper,
had met with a kind reception, and that Current Events
there was a prospect of the boxes being Mrs. R. A. Holyoke,
ennn nlac'd in nosition. It was decided Noble, Mis3 Parker.
that a committee be appointed to confer Raymond.
with the special committee of the school Piano Quartet Valse Brillanto
Loard ic regard to the care or the school
grounds. Mrs. Addison Marshall was
appointed to .confer with tho board com
mittoo about the grounds at the high
school and see what could be done to
make them more presentable for the
Mrs. C. H. Gere was
daya when mystery and superstition are
rudely brushed aside, still stands as the
fair deliverer of France during these
dieadfai das of tho 15th Century to one
who loves honor and purity a stain on
England's namo acd France' fair role of
honor will never be effaced, one for build
ing that funeral pile tho other for not
defending with their "strongright arms"
that youthful earnest soul that was sent
into the great beyond. Jeanno D'Arc'6
name is added to the helpers of Franco
and will always be react with pleasure
and tears. Artists' hands have built her
a fair monument which will keep her
memory green as the years grow
older. Miss Youne played most ex
quisitly. Adjourned to meet with Mrs.
Panny on 11th between J and K. streets,
February 2nd.
The Iato Haydon Art club exhibition
reminds some of tho older citizens of the
first exhibition given in Lincoln. In
1SS0 an association was f( rmed with the
ambitious name of Lincoln's Society of
Decorative Art. Mr 3. McConnell was
chosen president, and the vice president
was Miss Richardson, who was at that
time teacher of art in the State univer
sity. This society had o lengthy consti
tution and by-laws and the membership
dues were 82. A down town studio was
fitte.l up in a room on the north side of
O 6treet, midway between Tenth and
Eleventh. The articles forming this ex
hibition were collected by eome of the
ladies now interested in the lata Haydon
art display. Tho homes of the poople
were robbed of valuable heirlooms, old
and. new- pictures, ancient acd. modern
china, Japanese and Chinese drapep," ma?ter pieces.
Goethe's Faust and a tew selected poems
were studied, then by a voto cf tbo club
the Meistorccbaft system of studying
French was taken up. During this year
a number of chaneeB camo to the club,
Mrs. Dundy romoving to Omaha, Mrs.
Rouse to Denver, Mesdames Edwards,
Church and Delaney to California. Mrs.
Konn to Now York, Mrs. Struve to
Hastings, Mrs. Cropsoy to Chicago, acd
Mrs. Fox to Wisconsin.
Miss Harris found that her club work
interfered with her University course
and two others dropped out on account
of not wishing to study French. This
left live charter members. They faith
fully studied tho languao a year ss an
introduction to French history and
literature.
At the beginnirg of tbo fifth year
(1884) the olub was enlarged by tbo ad
dition of three new members. Me?dainea
Dales, Harwood and Stewart, and as
poetry and lnnguago were to be dropped
and history and literaturo taken up, it
was decided to rechrislon the club His
tory Circle. Two j ears were devoted to
French history and literature, Guizot's
history being used as tpxt book for
homo reading, but all authorities ob
tainable (source or otherwise) wera con
sulted. At the close of 1836 two new
members were invited to join the club,
Mesdames Bessey and Manatt, and it
was also decided to study Spain. Be
ginning with its early history and that
of tho Basque, the poem of tho Cid, the
Roman, Gothic and Moorish invasions,
architecture (the building of the Alham
bra and other noted buildings) and an
cient and modern painters and their
spring opening,
.Mcszowski
Mrs. E. II. Barbour, Miss A. L.
Miller. Mrs. A R. Mitchell, Mrs.
J. W. Winger.
Waltz Song "When the Goldenrod's
Aflame." Campion
Mrs. J. M. O'Neal.
reappointed to look after the neglected Violin Solo Mexican Dance.
city park the comingseason. ine mem
bers of the as-ociation who were present
expressed their appreciation of the kind
ness with which the city authorities re
ceived suggestions from the association.
Mies Ensign.
L'Arditi Arditi
Mrs. C. E. Sanderson.
Chaconne Durand
Mra. Paul Holm.
"Greeting to Spring,"drr-froni StrauB
Waltz C.D.Wilson
Mrs. A. W. Janssn, Mrs. E. Lewi3
Baker, Mrs. A. S. Raymond, Mrs.
Albert Watkins.
Accompanist Miss Givens.
The new Bcok Review club met with
Mrs. A. A. Scott January 19th. Our
Sorosis of Lincoln met with Mrs. G.M.
Lambertson on Tuesday, January 18, the
president, Mrs. M. D. Welch, presiding.
After a summary of current events se
curred by respocs-s to roll call, it was
decided by the club that in cases of
temporary abser.ee from the city mem
beiB may be granted a leave of absence
of one year; such absence not to relievo UEual club circle was enlarged to wel
them from dutj in their turn and the come a few guests. Mrs. Scott gave a
member's place not to be filled till her glimpse of the author Mrs. Hartwdl
Catberwood.Mrs. Stonebraker leviewed
tbo last book fiom this interesting wo
man's pen. The dajs of Jeanne D'Arc.
It hardly seems right to call this book
one of fiction and yet despite Mrs.
Citherw' o "s c:teire fidelity to fact,
the author does not claim for her work
The maid in these
return. After thtse preliminaries Airs
Tibbots road a paper entitled "My
Neighbor's Children." She explained
that her neighbors were the Indians,
negroes and poor whites. Mrs. Tibbett's
treatment of the subject was original
nd forcible. Chi d study is occupying
so m uch attention r.ow that an uusenti- the title of history.
fancy embroideries and old and rare
laces, everything of value in the city
was loaned and a very creditable display
wss the result. It aroused great enthu
siasm at the time and was quite an aid
and inspiration to Mi6s Richardson and
her University art classes. In tho midst
of these pretty surroucdings November
12, 18S0, the Lotos club was organized.
The ladies that formed it had for three
years been reading in small groups in
different parts of the city, but at this
time came togothcr acd formed an or
ganization of seventeen nieniberp. Mrs.
John L. McConnell was elected presi
dent, which office by unanimous voto of
the club sae has ever since held, and
some three years ago was elected to fill
that office for life.
The charter members were Mesdames
John L. McConnell. E. S. Dundy, S. F.
Rouse, David Bauru, E. E. Edwards, C
E. W. Struve. . J. Marshall, George K.
Church, Charlotte Delaney, R. O.Phil
lips, C. II. Gere, Charles B. Kooc. E.
M. Fox. John R.Clark, Lewis E.Cropsey
and Miss Sarah Harris.
The club decided to study Shakespero
under tho leadership of Prof, dotge E.
Woodbsrry, then t;acher of Etglish
liteiaturo in th.9 State university. The
namo chosen was tbo Avon club in
honor of the man whose works we were
to study. Every two weeks the profes
sor gave an essay or talk on the play
selected, the ladies reading or discussing
the parts ,of the play with him. This
course was pursued two years with
much profit tj all. The third year
At the close of this course, which oc
cupied two years. Egypt was selected as
the new lipid of study, covering its his
tory, literature and architecture. On
this subject wo spent four yearp, begin
ning in early '39 and closing in late '92.
The club members became so interested
and enthusiastic over the subject that
they could not resist renaming the club
in honor of Egypt and eo the symbolic
name of "Lotos'' was chosen, it having
been the wish of some of the members
from the first that the club should be 60
named. During this course, in 1890,
threw new members were elected. Mes
dames Weeks, Wing and Lovis. One ol
this number has sinco been removed by
death, wo refer tj our much loved and
honored Mrs. Wing. Daily we are re
minded of our loss. It is to bo remarked
that out of a club membership of twenty-four
and in tho course of eightean
continuous years association, only one
member ha3 been removed by death.
The study of Eypt was finally dropped,
not exhausted, and Greece was naturally
cho-cn to follow. Tho years "93. '91 and
'95 were spent in the delightful study o!
art, architecture, history and literature
of this interesting country. Mm. Manatt.
once a member, but at that time resid
ing in xVthens, Greece, as the wife of our
American consul, sett some fifty tins
photographs on Grecian art that were oj
great value and assistance in our work.
The year '9G was occupied by a variety
of t'pic?. Ea-ch Jady beinj privileged
to select her own 'subject. Some of the
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