Show century club the club met at the home of mrs barnes an invitation was presented to visit the comans womans club of spring ville on april it was accepted it being shakespeare memorial day the afternoon was to the study of ahe great dramatist and his works the characterization of shakespeare was given by mrs wright to the idler who takes up shakespeare to beguile a passing hour there are many discouragements discourage ments but to the student the reward is sure the obscurities vanish and the page becomes as plain as abo way to the parish church one admirer says of him he has set the english tongue to music A leview of the taming of the shrew was next given katherine the shrew was famous for her ungovernable temper she was beautiful and wealthy and wealth beems to have added as much to a comans womans charms in Shake time as it does today the process by which she was tamed by her husband was told and how she again became famous in padua not as a shrew but as an exemplary wife this review was given by mrs buckler miss kellogg then cave ane humour of shakespeare he understood all classes of people from the courtier to the common people his historical orical plays were true to history his creations were real men and women dr hudson eaid hip characters were more leal to him than living men and women with the exception of his most intimate frienda selections were read from a number of his playe showing the humorous side ot Shakea peara his frequent use of fairy lore was mentioned nearly all of his writings in lighter vein possess this characteristic notably A Mid summers night dream mrs stanley was a visitor at the club |