Show I I I s Gluts Clubs I Mrs Irs Frances Smith of Muskegon Mich who has spent the past few weeks In the city visiting old friends Is known In her home town as the moving spirit in club life She is an active member of the Muskegon Womans club an or 01 organization organization which now nos after a life of o less hess than fifteen years numbers about 17 members One thing that Mrs Smith never mentions about her club is tho tim fact that the fine club chub house valued to today toda today day da at is a gift to the club from herself Mrs Smith not only gave the money to build the edifice but gave gae of her own time and attention to the ac actual actual thaI work of construction and she laugh laughingly laughIngly tells of the tho gift she made to the I afternoon when Mrs Morris L Ritchie and Professor ProCessor F R H Arnold presented the topics of the day da r Mrs Ritchie who has lIas only recently returned from a stay of one year In Paris gave a talk on that city bringing the realities of the spot before her hearers as a no written article could have done Mrs Ritchie began with a general statement of the differences ex existing exIsting e between the conditions there Sh She said the life one sees on the street Is the whole of the life seen by a foreigner In Paris the city of paradoxes where extreme luxury and discomfort are so skillfully combined The speaker told of oC the unsanitary conditions existing even In the best parts of Paris and of or orthe the almost universal custom of temper tempering tempering ing the unwholesome water with wine She said in spite of the amount of drink drinking drinkIng drinkIng ing she saw almost no drunkenness The shopping the affairs of oC I v j I I I i I b c ceA I eA t 4 c k I y S i tt 5 S S Mrs Frances Fra Smith head carpenter who showed her that he had managed the building so closely that tha he ho had cleared only a small wage by the job Mrs Smith says tier ber dub club has done a little of everything from the study of ofa a purely literary organization to the cleaning of back buck alleys and the establishment of a real domestic science school This latter was accomplished by employ employing employing ing a skilled teacher acher t to give lessons two evenings a week for the factory and md servant girls the girls paying a sum of 5 cents for the food tood used These rhese les lessons es essons essons sons were kept up by tim the club for over two years till the university established a similar department The club has bas also offered prizes to the children in the public schools for tho the best gardens and this has resulted in transforming the school yards ards Into beau beautiful tiCul parks in many instances All lines of or civic improvement have been followed by the club dub and with a marked degree of success Mrs Smith was formerly in interested In hi mines In Park City and has bas visited there in years past Ladles Ladies Literary Club Cub One OJIe of the finest programs ever eyer pre seated before the tilO members of the La Ladles Ladies dies Literary Litera club was that of Friday everyday life Ufe the dross dress and manner of all classes classe were ere gone gt ne over ocr in a way most interesting and arid entertaining to her hearers and she emphasized the fact that French rench women are arc so much more natty natt and dressy about their feet and skirts doubt doubtless doubtless doubtless than are the American women less due she Sail said to the fact that they the never allow their skirts to come near neat the pavements Professor Arnold followed with a schol schiol scholarly French Dra Drama Drama any arly paper en cn The Modern ma which was presented in his own style filled with keen comment and in intellectual Intellectual satire He told of the three most noted plays of oC the past year ear in Paris reading Iea extracts showing the gen general general eral oral tone of the drama His translations were much enjoyed by the club members and their friends The music of the afternoon was fur furnished ur under the direction of Mrs A H Peabody Miss Donna Begole playing a ballet scene by Ber ot and Miss Mary KImball singing Elsas Dream from Lohengrin and When Thou Art Near by b Herman Lohr At the close of the regular rc lar program Mrs Francis l Smith of Michigan was was called on for a i few words In relation to the work of o her h r club in Muskegon and responded most cordially speaking of the lines of work worle followed and the growth 5 of the club out ou of oC its foolishness in limiting itself to a small literary club Childrens Day There will be no n meeting of the cur current current current rent events and current literature sec section section tion next Friday but the day da being a fifth Friday will be bc given to a special club chub meeting for the children Mrs C E Richards will have charge of the special special special cial program assisted by b Mrs Morris L Ritchie and Mrs Irs Ledyard dyard M Id Bailey Balley while Mrs A H Peabody will furnish music by the children of o the club mem members members members bers The story to be illustrated with the tho living Ing pictures of children is A Thanksgiving Lesson I esson written by Mrs Richie into which she has introduced intro many of the child charac characters characters in fiction both ancient and modern These thought children will be imper impersonated impersonated impersonated I by local shown In a large picture frame whilo hIie the story is read by Mrs frs Ledyard Bailey Those who will wilt render musical numbers are Marion Hooper Ross Hutchinson Lucy Lewis Marie Gerrans Margaret Harris Alfred Peabody and John Putnam K The regular meeting of oC the Womans omans Athenaeum of oC Park City was held Mon Monday Monday day da afternoon at the home of oC Mrs C CM CM M 1 Wilson ilson Besides the regular work being taken up Mrs Hubbard reviewed the book of Ann nn Boyd lloyd Owing Ong to the illness of C L 1 Wight the ladies will meet with Mrs Irs A R It Rt Weeter next Mon Monday Monday day da Instead of Mrs Irs Wight as was pro pre previously arranged it The music section of the Ladles Ladies Lit Literary Literary Literary club will meet Wednesday morn morning morning ing lug at 10 at the Hie club house home A sketch of Gottschalk will be given by Mrs F C Richmond and musical numbers b by Mrs Irs A Lewis Levis Mrs A S Bower Mrs A Hoppaugh duet duct by b Mrs J T r Treasure and Mrs Irs S O 0 S Nelden The paper on Romeo and Juliet Gounod will willbe willbe wIllbe be given Iven by Mrs Irs Owen McAleer illustrated ed by IJ Mrs Irs V Y S Daily D ily Mrs Irs K B An Anderson derson and Mrs The Tho club dub cho eho chorus chorus rus will also sing Club members will also sing sinS Club members are cordially invited Tuesday evening was night with the Wasatch Literary Literal circle an unusually fine Cine program was given consisting of oC instrumental solos by Miss Rowena Korns Iorns a paper panel on J T M Bar Barrie B Barrio r rrie rie rio by bl Miss ll ss Ethel Ethiel Paul vocal ocal solos Daisy time and Go Co Pretty Rose by b Miss Eleanor Prout and readings by Mrs John Reed JT t The Seekers Literary r club chub will meet next Tuesday with Jl Cullow 30 6 S Lesson will be Ix the or responses r Brit British BritIsh British ish victories when won and the opposing leaders Mrs Frank Rumel will read readA A Peep at the English Gentry it Dean Byron B ron Cummings of the university addressed the new art section of the La Ladies Ladies dies lieS Literary club last la t Monday on tho the excavations eX In ancient cities The talk was illustrated with numerous photographs and was enjoyed by b a great grent many man of oC the club members besides bedes be des those of the section The Womans club chub will meet Tuesday at atthe atthe atthe the home of oC Mrs Irs Howard S Stowe 9 Second street stroet when Mr Mm 1111 Stowe and 11 T W V Whitely will give gie the topic o of the Mrs Stowe speaking on octal rugs Jugs and ana Mrs Whitely l lIn hp Manufacture ct mc of oC Glass Glas Th e wIll WIlLbe wIllbe be an open one and tho program will be followed by a social hour v The Shakespeare section of the La Ladles Ladies dies Literary club chub will wilt meet Wednesday morning pec S at the club house to take tako up the study of Julius Caesar with Mrs W R n as leader j V J The club the Ladies Literary Literal club m for practice every Friday Priday aft afternoon afternoon afternoon at l 1 in Mrs studio i s J The Monday Night Literary Literal club chub will meet tomorrow evening with Mr and Mrs J C Alter on North State street 4 fi The Bay View Yle Reading club will meet with Mrs Mr Third street Mon Monday Monday Monday day at 20 p m rn At t roll 1011 call Thanksgiving ing quotations will be given Miss Sav Say Savage Savage age will render a a voal 1 solo sofo Lesson by b Mrs E H Magazine re review review review view by Mrs Irs Henry Swanson Selection by Mrs Ire W H Reaping Reading by Mrs R B W Watts a |