Show la coterie the coterie was delightfully entertained on tuesday sept at the homo of its president mrs PH emerson she was assisted in her hospitable duties by her daughters mrs emerson and hiss after roll call and the reading of the report the regular pro gramme waa given the club is at present makine a study of the swiss republic end people A carefully prepared paper on the literature of switzerland was presented by mrs corlew the national literature is not voluminous but contains the illustrious names of bonnivard i calvin lavatch and J J cousseau the university town of zurich is the I 1 center of culture A little swiss sojourn by W D wae read by mrs maginnis it included a graphic description of the castle of chillon Oh illon made forever famous by the captivity of bonnivard and the verse oi byron the pro gramme hero was agreeably varied by the rendering of the swit zere song of homo by mrs emerson and her daughter current events was ably reviewed by mrs briggs her views were optimistic except on alio subject of tho board of lady managers of the worlds fair and on the chinese questions she favors the deportation of our celestial brother at the close of the literary exercises supper was served the guests gathered around a long table tastefully decorated with flowers and vines and laden with appetizing dainties cheso were thor discussed and enjoyed and the ladies took leave of their hostess counting this a memorable meeting of the coterie the members present were mrs emerlon Em ereon corlew shilling swan gill maginnis warner robison smith howard kimball briggs and bannister the guests of the club were mrs fletcher and mrs mcgrath the next meeting will be held at the residence of mrs shilling on october ard 3rd |