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Show II, 1 1 f"T '1 SB TOombore of the 1adtes' , ft Litcraiy club ami a large i; number of their friends listened , on Friday last to a pro-5 pro-5 granmio of unusual interest pre 1 1 Bentod "by a few of tbo women tvIio i( havo for tho past fow yeara worked ;l in the worthy cauee of tho blind peo-! peo-! plo of tho city. Tho programme was j in charge of liss Joauua Spraguc, tho (j chief librarian of tho public library, who haB been instrumontalin providing provid-ing tho reading room for tba hliud ;ij and in other lines of work for them, j Misa Spraguc road a well proparod ! ' paper on "Tie Literary Achievements lit of tho Blind," dwelling afc omo , I length on tho heights to which tal-i tal-i ented men and wbmcn havo risen do-! fl spite their affliction. Sho poiutod out tho quality of their work and showed that literaturo has a long lino of such I people to whom blindness was not an ' iueiirmonntablo obstacle. Mrs At-! At-! thur Bird followed Aliss Spraguo and showed Bomo of tho wonderfully beau-: beau-: ' tiful work dono by blind people in the :j east where tho arts, and erafts movement move-ment has Ijeen of great value to them. I' Mrs. C. 13. Allen advocated touching ;J special vocations to tho blind people ' naming tho various lines along which '", they havo been found to "bo moat J fekillful, and urging that blind children chil-dren be taught in the eamo schools as others, rather than in institutions. 1 Miss Daisy Baybould gave a brief talk on fhe music of the blind and what ti music means to them. Sho named- a ( long lint of composers who havo done excellent work, Mrs. Hussoll Schuldcr talked on tho alhleticy for tbo blind, which are raado of cspocial benefit to 1 them in the largo gymnasiums of the 'j east, by reason of the fact that ath. ji letic training gives a confidence to t those who can not see which is attained at-tained in no other way. Tho music ' of the afternoon was furnished by t Mrs. Jack Taylor and Mtb. A. T. ,i Stone. With tho present week begins in car-nest car-nest the Bale of tho little Bed CroBS I'j eeals, which were so familiar to all of i uo a few Ohristmaseo ago when tho health committee of the state federation ,1 sold them. ThiB year through, tho agency of the Non-Sectarian league tho j seals are to bo given a groat local jj iboost, although for days past they havo j "been sold by individuals. Tho word ;i from the Eod Cross headquarters comes that the sale is flourishing this ' year "beyond tho expectations of any of the leaders. One publication says: With the exception of Florida, l Oklahoma, Idaho and Nevada, Red Cross seals are on sale in ono or I more cities or every state in tne , Union and also in Porto JRico, Ha waii and tho canal zono. In most of the Btates tho salo has boon or-, or-, canized in every city, village and Hamlet. Every concoivablo method i of conveyance is being employed in shipping the Beak from tho various state headquarters to local agents, i from tho ox team in Alabama ana . ' Mississippi and. the pack burro ia ! Colorado, to tho express train and the automobile in New York. These j holiday seals aro even being sold I in monntain hamlets, where tho I snow will prevent the receipt of 1 1 returns for months aftor the first of tho year. J i 'il Tho formation of the "Parent- I Teacher' ' associations, which has been Ij going on diligently during the past few I husy weeks, 1b a matter of mora .than usual interest to tho club women who ' havo tried for years to foster and encourage such societies as make for ! the good of tho schools. Flourishing societies, clubs or associations for the j purpose of harmonizing tho work of , , the homo and the school have been I' formed in several of tho city schools, t the Webster, the Grant, tbo Oqnirrh and others,, and one is now in process f4 of formation at the Wasatch school, whore a particularly interesting meet-' meet-' ing was neld during the week. Tho perfecting of the organization, how I ever, will bo left till early in the new year, a wiso move at this particularly , busy time. The association will be a I j real Parent-Teacher association af f ill- ' ated, with tho nation-wide society of that nature, n The Spirit of Liberty chapter, Daughters of the American Eevolntion, .1 held the December meeting last Thurs- 'i day as guests at the Tracy homo on . Second avenue. Mrs. Beth W. Morrison was in charge of tho programme ana ' had provided for the afternoon a talk ,) on ''Furniture and Furnishings of the ') Colonial Period," by Mr. Livingston, ' I who is here from Now York. The talk was -illustrated with storoopticon views J and was most entertaining. Following ( this Miss Ernestine Littlcjohn sang a jj group of Colonial songs, with Mrs. A. Prominent Club Woman MISS LUCY VAN" OOTT. II. Peabody accompanying. Tho usual tea followed tho programme. Mrs. George Y. Wallace and Mrs. JvoocrL C. Gcmmcll assisting Mrs. Tracy iu ficrv. ing. The next meeting will be bold on Januury 9 with Mrs. Lee Charlos Miller, when Mrs. 0. W. Boyd will Tac chairman of tho aftornoon. Tho members of tbo art section of the Ladies' Literary club wore given an unusual treat, at the last meeting, a Bpecial session hold Wednesday utter-noon. utter-noon. Miss Sawyer, who in recently-home recently-home from Europe, had asked tho mem-bors mem-bors of tho section to be hor guests. fnr 4fcn nflnrnonn at her homo on Filth South street, and for their plcasuro sho hud provided an exhibit of rare canvases can-vases and copies of famous paintings numbering more than a hundred choico works of art. Among them wero some paintings by Valesquoz and Corot which had nevor beeu shown hero bo-fore. bo-fore. Aside from these Miss Sawyer showed more than a score of her miniatures, which wero very Doauliiul. Tho soction holds its usual meeting next Wednesday morning; at tho clubhouse, club-house, when a paper on Van dor Wey-den Wey-den and Stucrbouts will bo given. 5 'Lynds chapter No. 1. 0. E. S. was honored Friday evening by a visit from the grand matron, Mrs. Eunice C. Gordon of Ogden, the occasion being the annual installation' of officers. The following officers took their respective places: Maude C. Stevens, worthy matron.; Arthur L. Anderson, worthy patron; Eula F. Hardest)', associate matron; Nellio T. Spencer, secretary; Lucie E. McCullow, treasurer; Fannie M. Bird, conductress; Barbara M. Hof-fer,as60ciato Hof-fer,as60ciato conductress; Kate M. Taylor, Tay-lor, chaplain; Emma A. Boyle, marshal; Jennie A. Fefek, Organist: Gcorgiana Robertson, Ada; Myrtle B. Barrett, Ruth; Laura M. Charlton, Esther: Janet Oliver, Martha; Bertha L. Ruddy, Electa; Cora Harris, warder; Louis J. Fredrickson, sentinel. w Mrs. Frank Frobes of the history section of the Ladies' Literary club prcHontcfl a wonderfully interesting paper pa-per at the recent meeting of the section, sec-tion, giving the" supposedly dry..subjGCt of the laws and charts of the early colonies in a bright and entertaining fashion. The subject, while one of unusual un-usual interest, was ono which had been passed over by mo3t of tho section members and it, was presontcd in such a way as to compel interest and to fur-nish fur-nish entertainment as well a information. infor-mation. The section, which is distinctly distinct-ly a study section, has adjourned over the holidays and will hold its next meeting on January 13. The music section of tho Ladies' Literary Lit-erary club will inect Wednesday. December De-cember IS. at 2 p. m. at tho clubhouse. Tho committee is composed of Mrs. A. H. Peabody, chairman; Mrg, George Skelton, chairman of progranimo com-mittoe, com-mittoe, which consists of Mrs. A. L. Jloppaugh, Mrs. R. II. Merrill and Mrs. C. Kinney. Tho progranimo will bo as follows: Paper on German songs, Professor Pro-fessor Goorgo .Lisc, assisted by Miss Kincsburv aud Professor Coop; contralto con-tralto solo, "Adelaide," Mrs. C. C. Snyder; sonata pathotiquc, lUiss Vocl-kcr; Vocl-kcr; aria, "Ah Pcrfido." Miss Edna Evans. The Mothers ' congress will hold a ''Discussion Luncheon" on "Fore-mothers' "Fore-mothers' day" uoxt Fridav at tbo Y. W. C. A., at which the principal topic will bo "The High Cost of Living," and on which Miss Lucy Van Cott, dean of women at tho U. of u., will be tho principal speaker. The luncheon will be paid for by tho individuals and tho proceoda aro to go toward the expenses of sending one ol tho girls to tho convention in Colorado noxt Tho current ovonts aud current lit oraturo section of the Ladies ' Litorary clnb will meet next Friday afternoon at tho clubliouso and will devote tho aftornoon to a Christmas programme. Mrs. W. S. Giesy will read a Christmas Christ-mas story written by her son, Dr. Giesy, aud. Mrs. C. E. Richardu will read ono of hor own. Mrs. A. J. Gor-ham Gor-ham will read a paper on "Tho Truo Spirit of Cbristmns." Music for tho aftornoon will bo furnished "by Mrs. Allen McNitt and tea will bo sorvod following the mooting. i) it The-Women's Missionary society of tho First Presbyterian church will meet Tuesday afternoon at 2:U0 at; the homo of Mrs. B. F. Caffey, .1037 First avenue. ' Mrs. ThomuB Weir will gtvo a talk, "Some Personal Experiences n Turkey." Miss Cross of tbo Y. W. C. A. will tell of her work in India and Mrs. Welch will read a paper on "Tho Mountaineers of the South." Morris Andrews will contribute a violin solo to tho programme. a Tho poets' section of tho Ladies' Lit-, orary olub will meet tomorrow afternoon after-noon at 2:30 o'clock with Mrs. F. E. Marey, 74 P street. Mrs. William M. Drew will read a paper on "The Historical His-torical Events in the Life of Dante," and Mrs. A. T. Vojlmer will givo a description de-scription of the monumout being erected erect-ed in New York to the memory of Lante. v The members of tho Collego club will hold an opon meeting nest Thursday afternoon, with Mrs. F. E. Marcy, at her home, 74 P street. An especially interesting in-teresting programme has been pro-pared pro-pared for tbo day, and tho members of the club are privileged to invito guests. Miss Mooro of tho Collegiato Institute will give a talk on her impressions during dur-ing hor European InP- The Frocbel club met Tuesday to perfect arrangements for the Montes-sovi Montes-sovi lectures to bo given January 6, 7 and 8 by Miss Roberta S. Fletcher, from the "Montessori school of Washington, Wash-ington, D. C. After the business meet' ing an entertaining programme was directed di-rected by Miss Sholcs. " Tho Wasatch Literary club will moot next Tuesday with Mrs. Luther-Sinclair Luther-Sinclair at 1.011 East Eleventh South street. Mrs. R. E. Steele will read a paper on "Myths of Christmas" and Mrs. B. W. Deason will rend some of her own original Christmas stories. a a The P. E. O. sisterhood will meet next Saturday with Mrs. George Dougall at her home, 5J7 Twelfth East street. Mrs. J. F. Mnrshall will conduct a "Quiz on the Constitution," and Miss Wiinmer will review current events. Thcro will bo special music. vi U Tho tourist section of tho Ladies' LUovarj" club will meet Tuesday niorn- ing next to continue ita study of southern south-ern Franco. Mrs. Clark will read a paper on "Countrv Lifo in Southern Franco" and Mrs. Watson will give a talk on' "Educational Systems of France." . " Tho momboru of tho Nauvoo legion will meet next Friday ovoning in tho Fourteenth ward amusomont hall for tho purposo of electing two officers. As this is to bo tho closing meeting of tho year it is especially urgeut that all mombors attond. M H Tho Robert E. Loo chaptor, Daughters Daugh-ters of tho Confederacy, will give a luncheon on Thursday at m tho Young Women's Christian association rooms in compliment to Mrs. C. II. BodoL who ia to lcavo in a fortnight for Portland. , Tho Study club of tho American Wo-mail's Wo-mail's league will havo its second meet-ing meet-ing Thursday evening, December 19. at S o'clock, at 218 South Mam street. Tho classes already formed aro parliamentary parliament-ary law, civics nnd Frnnch. Tho regular meeting of Electa chapter, chap-ter, O. E. S., will bo hold' Tuosday ovoning in tlio Masonic hall and an installation of officers will bo hold, to which all inombers of tho order will Im Trplr.finifid. n Mrn. Oliver Larson, 75?. South Sov-enth Sov-enth East street, entortained tho H., S. Ss E. club Wednesday and Mrs. Thomas Borkonshaw will entertain next Wednesday. Tho Cleofan haa adiourucd till after tho holiduj and vAll hold its next mooting on January 8. Thorn will bo no mooting of tho history his-tory section of the Ladies' Litorary club till Thursday. January 13. |