Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 280, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 November 1913 — LITERARY PROGRAM PLEASED LADIES [ARTICLE]

LITERARY PROGRAM PLEASED LADIES

Thirty-Sixth Anniversary of Ladies Literary Society Celebrated Friday Afternoon. ' » The thirty-sixth anniversary of the organization of the Ladies Literary Society of Rensselaer was celebrated Friday afternoon, the hostess Tbeing Mrs. Alda Parkison. The program consisted of a reading of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s “Esmeralda” by ‘Mrs. Lillie Fry Fischer, of Cincinnati, and during the intervals between the acts Mrs. M. D. Gwin and Miss Lois Thompson gave piano solos and Miss Georgia Harris sang. Mrs. Fischer, who is now .engaged in work at Lafayette, is a graduate of the Cincinnati School of Dramatic Art and a student in the Cincinnati Conservatory. Hep reading was well received by the large number in attendance and all v expressed the greatest satisfaction. The local part of the program was also very entertaining and those who took, part in it came in for a liberal share of r the praise for its success. Two charter members of the society, Mrs. Mary E. Thompson and 'Mrs. J. W. Medicus, were present, as also was Mrs. Mary E. Thompson, who became a member soon after the organization.