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^-----------«.^» u~v» TMUiaPAy, WOVBMBBK W> »1* LECTURES Evanston Historical Society Completes Plans for the Giv- ing of Popular Lectures Each Week. J.F.WARD SPEAKS MONDAY The winter lecture course of the Evanston Historical society will open Monday evening at Library hall and it promises to be the most delightful and successful course of lectures ever given in Evanston. Next Monday evening the lecture will be given by Mr. Joseph F. Ward and is entitled, "The Yankee School- master in the American Revolution." Mr. Ward, who will be remembered for his ttelightful lecture on the civil war in the last course given by the Historical society, has gathered a great amount of material for his new lecture, which will be given for the first time Monday evening. He has made several trips to New England in connection with the lecture and the slides which will accompany the lec- ture are very charming. An additional pleasure will be given to the lectures this season from the fact that the Historical society has purchased this week the finest stere- opticon outfit which can be obtained. The new lantern has a number of unique attachments which will be used daring the lectures to add to the en- joyment of the pictures. Each Monday. ' These lectures will commence at 8 o'clock each Monday evening for the next ten weeks and are held in the lecture hall of the Evanston Public Library building. The members of the society extend a general invitation to the public to attend, and if the success of the last course is any indication, the lecture ball will be filled to overflowing each time during the course. The Course. The course in full for the winter season is as follows: Dec. 2.--"The Yankee Schoolmaster in the American Revolution," Joseph P. Ward. Dec. 9--"The Balkan States," Miss Isabel S. Shepard. Dec. 16--"Java, the Paradise of the World," Chancellor L. Jenks. Dec. 23--"What a Boy Saw in the Civil War," Mr. Harry T. Pearsons. Dec 30--"England," Prof. »H. H. Kingsley. Jan. 6--"Washington in Virginia and New York, Wm. C. Levere. Jan. 13--"The Holy Land," the Rev. H. P. Smyth. Jan. 20--"Spain," Miss Stella Skin ner. Jan. 27--"The Last Days of Pom- peii," Prof. F. W. Nichols. Feb. 3--"European Cities," Wm. Hudson Harper. RHYMESTERS MADE, NOT BORN--KISER The theory that poets are born and not made was dispelled Wednesday by S. E. Kiser of Evanston in an address before the Men's League of the Sunday Evening club of Chicago in the rooms of the City club. Mr. Kiser told how he was male a poet when the editor of the paper on Which he worked at the time needed a **iller," and asked him to write a dozen lines of verse. The editor said It didn't matter much what it was about, as he didn't suppose anyone would read it, but it would fill up a little corner that had to be filled. Mr. Kiser kept the members of the league in good humor for two hours with sentiment and humor. BITTEN BY DOG. j Mrs. W. B. Whitney of Evanston' bitten on the right leg Thurs- day afternoon by a collie dog be- longing to John Watson, 525 Hinman avenue. Mrs. Whitney notified the police and {he canine was shot the next morni | DRAMA CLUB j Luiiii of Evanston • ••Hit Because of the assumption--»I grieve to say it--of the greater majority of people, that "Nothing good can come out of Spain," any announcement of anything relating to that country-- unless it be art--certainly not litera- ture, attracts but little heed; a shrug of the shoulders, and the word "Span- ish!" that's enough! However, by de- grees that feeling is dying out as we grow older, more b.road-minded, and go farther afield in search of "the true, the beautiful, the good," which is to be found everywhere. The paper read by Miss Elizabeth Wallace of the University of Chicago, before the Drama Club of Evanston, on "The Spanish Theater of Today" proved a veritable treat to all those privileged to hear it. Her first de- scription, of the evening spent at the home of 'ia Princessa," or possibly it was "la Duquesa" (for Miss Wal- lace was entertained at the homes of the nobility while in Spain) might have been taken from a scene in Mo- liere's "Les Ferames Sarantes," though it is real life in Spain today. The worship, the unaffected, out- spoken flattery bestowed on any author, however insignificant, by the literati of Spain in social circles be- tokens at least a love of literature. Spain today, as all know, boasts of two great dramatists--Guimara, author of "Martha of the Lowlands," and Echegaray, of "The World and His Wife," and Miss W^lace showed how general the love or drama, and ambition to write it, was among high and low as well, as for example, the innkeeper who implored her to read his play and translate it, and co-oper- ate with him in its production In America, sharing with him half the profits. It is the pathetic ignorance of their own ignorance which appeals so to one among the rank and file in Spain: their utter honesty, their trustfulness and their genuine, disin- terested hospitality--these qualities Miss Wallace brought out very vividly in her deliciously humorous and dainty descriptions and anecdotes, re- lating her own experiences in Spain. It was surprising to learn that there still exists, almost side by side, the highest, the most advanced art of the modern theater in "high life,' arid also that of the time of Lope de Vega, among the plain people. For in her description of the three kinds of thea- ters in Sevilla Miss Wallace attended, the fashionable upper class, quite French; the middle class, excellent, sober and staid; the third class, at the "Noresdades" theater, still given in the courtyard of an old house, with a primitive stage at one side, the bal- cony above, surrounding the court- yard, reserved especially for women. The courtyard itself, as the pit for the men, informal noisy and yet sincere. That is Spain--new and old, ultra and conservative, all in one, and wherein lies its fascination. Of the provencal life of Barcelona, Miss Wallace had a delightful taste. She described it as a whirlwind of so- cial functions in which she was car- ried away, with scarce time to draw a natural breath. The whole city is filled with an "elan de la vie," impossi- ble not to feel, hard to describe, but there, nevertheless, and in evidence on every hand, in her art, her literature, and above all her architecture with its crude lavishness of richness, deco- ration and color--a new art being born. Altogether, those who missed Miss Wallace's paper, missed one of the most fascinating treats of the sea- son. Miss Wallace's charm lies in her delicate humor, and her observations of mankind are portrayed most de- lightfully through that medium. The next t-reat in store for the Ex- anston Drama club members will be the four lectures by M. Benedict Papot of Chicago, a brilliant and witty lecturer, on "French Drama." Floating Baths Condemned. Floating baths near great cities are now condemned by sanitary authori- ties. The vast quantities of sewage that are discharged into the waters that usually border such cities are thought to be productive of disease to bathers, and certainly render their ablutions of doubtful value as a clean- sing agency. I th< inf. Worth Trying. Those who live' on the mountain have a longer day than those who ltre in the valley. Sometimes all we need to brighten our day is to rise a Utile higher. POLICE UREAL Officer Edward Hughes Stops Dashing Steed From Injur- ing Children Thursday Afternoon. AT MAIN STREET CORNER Officer Edward Hughes, one of the bravest wearers of white gloves on the Evanston "force, stopped a runa- way Thursday afternoon at Chicago avenue and Main street that even sur- prised the officer himself. By fast thinking, perfect execution, extreme fearlessness and a noble response to duty, the officer brought the wild and frightened horse to a stop before any harm was done to hundreds of school children who were passing the busy corner on their return to their homes from the Lincoln school. The runaway, a horse and wagon belonging to C. A. Minor, 1201 Chica- go avenue, started at the corner of Ridge avenue and Main street and dashed eastward. The clicking of the iron tires over the brick pavement and the pounding of the horse's hoofs drove fear into the hearts of pedes- trians and created a near panic. Did Not Falter. But Hughes never faltered. In an Instant he deduced what the horse was going to do. Planting himself behind an electric light pole he said to himself, "this horse will turn north on Chicago avenue. In making the turn he will probably slip and fall. Continuing at the speed he is now traveling his head will light about ten feet away from where I am now standing." The officer's deduction was perfect The horse, dragging the rattling wa- gon at great speed, dashed around the corner. Bingo! He slipped. There was a flash of fire from the sharp shoes of the horse sliding over the hard bricks. While the horse was still eliding Hughes made a leap and landed squarely upon his sliding head. It was an unexpected occurrence ami the horse made no attempt to move Witnesses of the incident hastily un- hitched the horse while Hughes kept it^ head close to terra Anna. Loath to Talk About It. "It was nothing." said Hughes, in explaining the incident to the ser- geant in a real Opie Dilldock manner. "There were hundreds of children passing by. The street cars were run- ning, while automobiles were all around. I heard the fiery steed ap- proaching. I heeded the danger of the children. I dashed to the street I grabbed the bridle with one hand and balanced myself with the other, while I stuck my boots deep into the bricks. A quick movement of the arm and the horse was on its head. I used exactly the same methods I employed in Ireland throwing wild bulls. It was the children I wanted to keep from harm's way. No, it was nothing remarkable. It was all in knowing how." 8ACRED CONCERT. On Sunday afternoon, Dec. 1, the Choral society of the St James' Con- gregational church of Chicago will give a sacred concert at the local Congre- gational church. This choral society is one of the strong musical organi- zations among the Germans on the North Side of Chicago. Each year it gives a series of public concerts, sing- ing a "program of both English and German music. Musical critics have spoken favorably of its work and it is a large organization numerically. Mr. Sigismund F. Fischer is its director. The service will begin at 4:30 o'clock and the program will include choruses from the works of Handel, Verdi, Spicker, Schnecker, Massenet, Chopin and Donisatti. The St James* church is one of the sturdy, self-respecting German Congregational churches. In connection with the concert an offer- ing will be received for the benefit of its building fond. NEWS WANT AD8 BRING RESULTS Doa*s Showing of Gratitude* Woolwich (England) P«»tinen pes- •ms a famous dog. Jack ia a tjrrier 3K about 13 year, ago* ™*J?»* wounded outside Woolwich I****** Mr. Haddock, ono of ^_.*g"g' stooped to bind up the dors **»*» Eo^wt morning, at the tamo bonr. Jack returned to the same spot for similar attention, which was given by the same kindly postman. From the day be got better, 13 years ago, the grateful dog has accompanied Mr. Haddock on his daily three miles round, running home at the end of n to Ms owner in Charlton. Only lat- terly, when old age has asserted Its tyranny, has Jack missed an occasion- al day. During Mr. Haddock's annual 14 days' leave many postmen tried to get Jack to go round with them, but he consistently refused. 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