Minutes 23 November 1906
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Title
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Minutes 23 November 1906
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[Page 1] Mrs. Smith was the next to entertain the Club & right royally did she do it. It is sur- prising what good meetings (those who are) first on the list get up in such a short time. Those of us who are among the last to entertain feel that we have as long to think about our meetings we needn’t begin yet & sad to relate we are often reminded of the old proverb, “Procras- tination is the thief if time.” But to return to the meeting on Nov. 23rd. Only two of our regular members were absent. We were glad to have as visitors Mrs. Edwards & Miss Graves. There was great demand for Items if inter- est by those who came without any & besought those with an over supply to divide. When the time came to give them they were all interesting as were Mrs. Currie’s Current Events. Mrs. Smith told the Club she would not deprive them of the pleasure of reading her book by dwelling on the life of
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[Page 2] Empress Eugenie but would give the time to some thoughts sug- gests by the book. Mrs. Smith looked as cool & compared as could be but in a side remark to one next to her she announces the fact that she was never more frightened in her life. How- ever, we saw no reason for this after hearing her. She refreshed our memo- ries in French History by giving a brief review from the Battle of Waterloo to the reign of Louis Napoleon III. It was wonderful how well she re- membered the different kings & some thing about each reign. She dwelt at some length upon the terrible result of the conspiracy against the officers formed in the court of Napoleon III. We enjoyed Miss Thompson’s account of Maximilian of Mexico, Duke of Austria. She told how Carlotta, his wife, tried in vain to have her husband released from prison & became so
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[Page 3] wrought up over it that her reason finally gave way. The Seige of Paris by the Prussians was discussed by Mrs. Dupuy in her delightful characteristic manner. The Prussian army outnumbered the French by 300,000 men. It was interesting to learn that after peace was declared the indemnity of one billion dollars was paid in less than 1 yr. Even the women sold their jewels to help pay it. After delicious turkey salad, beaten biscuit & coffee were served we said goodbye to our hostess, thanking her for an afternoon of pleasure as well as profit.
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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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23 November 1906
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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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text
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Identifier
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bl-062
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Coverage
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1906
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4049696
