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Title
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Minutes 10 November 1904
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Description
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[Page 1] Nov. 10
Friday evening, No. 11th, was appropriated for a concert which many of the ladies were unwilling to miss. So our hostess, not to be thwarted in the enjoyment of our new privilege-a night meeting, moved our date forward a day, & we gathered on Thurs. evening for our first meeting in Miss Holt’s ample parlor. It was none too large by the time we were seated, sixteen strong, with our new members & the two guests, Mrs. Baskerville and Miss Bacon, whom we were pleased to have with us. From the roll-call we learned that Miss Sherwood, so pleasantly known to the Club thro Henry Worthington & Daphne, is ready with a new novel: that Mrs. Alice Hegan Rice, familiarly know as Mrs. Wiggs, is also at work on a new book: that Mark Twain has a short story ready for the holiday sales, & dignified by the title of “A Dog’s Tale”: and that Dr. Jas.P
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[Page 2] Smith, well known thro his paper, if not personally to the Pres. circle, has consented to publish in book form, the prose poems on nature with which for years he has adorned the first page of “The Central.” The volume will be entitled “Bright Side Idyls.” The death of Bartholdi, known chiefly for the statue in N.Y. harbor, was noted; also the great number of distinguished foreigners who have been visitors at the St. Louis Fair, among them Jno. Morley & Jas. Brice. Prefaced by unnecessary apologies Mrs. Black gave a resume of current events. Her notes on science were particularly novel. Motors are replacing horses & mules even in agriculture. Imagine a motor plow! Experiments with electricity, we are told have proved that negative currents of electricity act as a tonic to leafy vegetables such as lettuce, while positive cur-","
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[Page 3] rents have the same effect on radishes, potatoes etc. The author to whom our hostess introduced us was Chas. Wagner., his book “By the Fireside.” The publishers were most kind in furnishing a type written sketch of his life, full & interesting. He was born in 1852 in France, the son of a poor country parson. His early training was in the Lutheran faith; but after a stormy period of religious unrest he formulated a creed of his own: that “It is not enough to believe in God; one must believe in man, humanity & its future.” He is pastor of an independent church in Paris, but is now visiting this country, urged to this by Mr. Wanamaker, who is a warm admirer of Mr. Wagner& his gospel of righteousness & simplicity. Pres. Roosevelt says that his first book “The Simple Life” is specially needed by Americans today, & commends it to
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[Page 4] every one. We are told, and his books corroborate it, that Mr. Wagner is a man of intense earnestness, of strong conviction of intellectual moral and spiritual strength, in manner most winning, courteous, unaffected and sympathetic. He is a lover of children, whom he calls “God’s perfect creatures,” and as great a lover of nature. He studies people of all conditions, rather than looks, indeed cares little for reading. His message is briefly this: Be sane, Be human, love mankind, love nature. After some serious . Miss Hattie Thompson read, of all three of his books, we felt sorry we had only one. The hour or the full and enthusiastic attendance or the interesting subject so pleasantly handled by the hostess, and supplemented by delicate refreshments, made the evening most enjoyable and the goodbyes reluctant!
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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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10 November 1904
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Rights
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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-036
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Coverage
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1904
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4049696
