The Chautauquan, Vol. 03, May 1883Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle
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The Chautauquan, Vol. 03, May 1883
Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle
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We have received many reports of the interesting celebrations held
in honor of Longfellow, on February 27—his birthday. These memorial
services are an excellent feature of the social work of the C. L. S.
C., and circles would do well to make an effort to observe them.
A public memorial service was held in Franklin, Mass., and the
_Sentinel_, of that place, expresses hearty commendation of its
character.
A very neat, printed program has been sent us from Spencer, Mass. The
exercises, held at the home of one of the members, consisted of essays,
recitations, and music, and were followed by supper.
The “Longfellow” afternoon at Westfield, N. Y., must have been very
pleasant. The society spent the time reading “Evangeline,” and talking
of incidents in the life of the author, completing the entertainment
with a supper.
The Lockport, N. Y., _Daily Journal_ congratulates the C. L. S. C.
of that town upon the success which attended their celebration, and
expresses the wish that the society will have many more such gatherings.
At Hiawatha, Kansas, the circle carried out an excellent program of
music, essays, and recitations.
At Media, Pa., an entertainment was given in honor of the poet. A
pretty feature was the response by a sentiment from each of the guests,
quotations having been written on cards and presented with their
invitations, so that all might join in the exercises. A novel exercise
was the reading of character sketches, the audience being permitted to
guess who it was that was portrayed therein. The literary feast was
followed by refreshments.
The C. L. S. C. of Westminster, Minn., held a celebration with
appropriate exercises.
The Longfellow Memorial Day was observed by the St. Louis, Missouri,
local circle, in a meeting of unusual interest, held Monday evening,
February 26, in their regular place of meeting, the pleasant parlors of
Pilgrim Congregational church. Though quite long, the program was heard
through to the end by a large and intelligent audience, mainly friends
of the members from without.
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