Minutes 29 January 1904
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Title
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Minutes 29 January 1904
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Description
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[Page 1] Treading along on the beautiful snow members of the “Ladies Book Club” wended their way on Jan 29th, 1904 to the pleasant home of Mrs. Dupuy. The “minute member” being absent our hostess was called upon to read the minutes which added much to the pleasure of the occasion. The items of interest though not many for lack of members were none the less important and instructive. An item of great interest of us all was given by Mrs. Dupuy in which she spoke of “Dr. C. Alphonso Smith-of the English department of the University having added another service to the Commonwealth by his masterly defense of the expression “You all,” he says King Alfred used to say “You all” to people as far back as 901, and that Shakespeare and Col. Carter of Cartersville had the same idea in mind when they used the expression which is perfectly good English accord-
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[Page 2] ing to the verdict of Dr. Smith. Dr. Smith’s researches are always of the useful kind. It was observed sometime ago that any man who was intimately conversant with Chaucer and Spencer and yet picked the banjo was an ornament to the State; and further scrutiny of Smith’s methods merely serve to confirm the truth of that statement. Mrs. Smith entertained us to an extended length about Russia’s eagerness to gain the world. The topic of discussion for the afternoon was Mrs. Waddington. Mary King Waddington is a daughter of the late Charles King Pres. of Columbia College in the city of N.Y. from 1849 to 1864, and a grand-daughter of Rufus King, the second Minister sent to England by the U. States after the adoption of the Constitution. Miss King was educated in this Country. In 1871, after the death of her father she went with her mother
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and sisters to live in France and in 1874 became the wife of Mr. William Henry Waddington. He was afterwards sent by the French government as Ambassador Extraordinary at the coronation of the Czar, and held the position of French Ambassador at the English Court for ten years. Mme. Waddington accompanied him on his missions to both England and Russia. She had therefore extraordinary opportunities of seeing court life and meeting distinguished people in all departments. In her letters to her sisters during the period of her husband’s diplomatic service she describes the personages and incidents of her official life, taking care not to forget her maids on many occasions. Although the writer came in as the 13th member of the club, she
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[Page 4] has so far considered herself very lucky in being a member of such a pleasant club. After being most delightfully entertained by our lectures with cream and cake, we adjourned reluctantly to meet again on 12th with Miss. Holt.
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Subject
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Women-North Carolina-Davidson-Societies and clubs.
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Books and reading.
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Women-Societies and clubs.
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North Carolina-Davidson.
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Creator
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BookLovers Club
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Publisher
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Davidson College
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Date
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29 January 1904
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For permission to reproduce image, contact archives@davidson.edu
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Language
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eng
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Type
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Text
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Identifier
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bl-031
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Coverage
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1904
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4049696
