Woman's Club Work and Programs, by Caroline French Benton.

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Title

Woman's Club Work and Programs; Or, First Aid to Club Women

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Produced by Annie McGuire. This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Internet Archive.

Language

English

LoC Class

HQ: Social sciences: The family, Marriage, Sex and Gender

Subject

Women -- Societies and clubs

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eBook-No.

33265

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/33265

Release Date

July 26, 2010

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.WORK and PROGRAMS — for WOMENS' CLUBS
2. 2.Caroline French Benton
3. 3.AND PROGRAMS
4. 4.and Programs — or — First Aid to Club Women — BY — CAROLINE FRENCH BENTON — Author of "A Little Cook Book," "Easy Entertaining," — "Living on a Little," "Easy Meals," etc. — BOSTON — DANA ESTES & COMPANY — PUBLISHERS
5. 5.CONTENTS
6. 6.CHAPTER I — Introduction — HOW TO BEGIN CLUB WORK
7. 7.CHAPTER II — The Modern Drama — I—BEGINNING OF MODERN ENGLISH DRAMA—THE AGE OF ELIZABETH — II—THE RISE OF MODERN COMEDY — III—THE DRAMA IN ENGLAND; VICTORIAN PERIOD — IV—THE GERMAN DRAMA — V—FRENCH DRAMA — VI—ENGLISH DRAMA OF TO-DAY — VII—IBSEN — VIII—BERNARD SHAW AND THE IRISH MOVEMENT — IX—MAETERLINCK — X—THE AMERICAN DRAMA
8. 8.CHAPTER III — Our Own Country — I—DISCOVERY — II—COLONIZATION — III—THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR — IV—THE REVOLUTION — V—THE CRITICAL PERIOD — VI—THE WAR OF 1812 — VII—EXPANSION AND IMPROVEMENTS — VIII—THE CIVIL WAR — IX—PRESENT-DAY CONDITIONS AND PROBLEMS — X—AMERICAN LITERATURE AND ART
9. 9.CHAPTER IV — The Home — I—THE DWELLING-HOUSE — II—FURNISHING THE HOUSE — III—DOMESTIC ECONOMY — IV—SERVANTS — V—FINANCING THE HOME — VI—SOCIAL LIFE — VII—RECREATION IN THE HOME — VIII—VACATIONS — IX—CHILDREN IN THE HOME — X—THE FAMILY AND TRAINING FOR LIFE
10. 10.CHAPTER V — Myths and Folk-Lore — I—INTRODUCTORY — II—THE OLDEST MYTHS, THE HINDU — III—GREEK MYTHS AND LEGENDS — IV—SCANDINAVIAN FOLK-LORE — V—PERSIAN FOLK-LORE — VI—CELTIC FOLK-LORE — VII—FOLK-LORE OF THE SLAVS — VIII—GERMAN FOLK-LORE — IX—FOLK-LORE OF ENGLAND — X—AMERICAN FOLK-LORE — FOLK-LORE IN OTHER LANDS
11. 11.CHAPTER VI — A Trip Through the British Isles — I—NEW YORK TO LONDON — II—LONDON — III—THE GREAT CATHEDRALS — IV—OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE — V—THE LAKE COUNTRY — VI—THE SHAKESPEARE COUNTRY — VII—SCOTLAND (PART I) — VIII—SCOTLAND (PART II) — IX—WALES — X—IRELAND
12. 12.CHAPTER VII — The Opera — INTRODUCTORY — I—RISE OF OPERA IN ITALY — II—THREE GREAT COMPOSERS — III—THE CLASSICAL SCHOOL — IV—THE ROMANTIC SCHOOL — V—THE EARLIER ITALIAN SCHOOL — VI—THE EARLIER FRENCH SCHOOL — VII—WAGNER AND HIS SCHOOL — VIII—THE FRENCH SCHOOL OF TO-DAY — IX—THE LATER ITALIAN SCHOOL — X—COMPOSERS OF MODERN GERMANY AND NORTHERN EUROPE
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII — The World's Great Painters — I—THE ITALIANS (PART I) — II—THE ITALIANS (PART II) — III—SPAIN — IV—HOLLAND AND BELGIUM — V—FRANCE (PART I) — VI—FRANCE (PART II) — VII—GERMANY — VIII—ENGLAND (PART I) — IX—ENGLAND (PART II) — X—AMERICA
14. 14.CHAPTER IX — Ten American Women Writers — INTRODUCTORY — I—HISTORICAL NOVELS — II—STORIES OF ROMANCE AND MYSTERY — III—STORIES OF LIFE PROBLEMS — IV—STORIES OF SOCIETY AND ITS PROBLEMS — V—STORIES OF HUMOR AND PATHOS — VI—STORIES OF DOMESTIC LIFE — VII—STORIES OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE — VIII—STORIES OF LOCAL TYPES — IX—SHORT STORIES
15. 15.CHAPTER X — Town Improvement — I—OUR LOCAL CONDITIONS — II—THE WORKING-PEOPLE'S HOMES — III—FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS — IV—PUBLIC SCHOOLS — V—AMUSEMENTS OF THE TOWN — VI—THE TOWN CHILDREN — VII—PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS — VIII—THE TOWN CHURCH — IX—CHARITIES — X—LOCAL AMBITIONS
16. 16.CHAPTER XI — Holland — INTRODUCTORY — I—THE LOW COUNTRIES — II—PHILIP THE GOOD — III—TROUBLE WITH SPAIN — IV—ACCESSION OF PHILIP II. OF SPAIN — V—THE WAR — VI—AFTER THE WAR — VII—HOLLAND AND PROTESTANTISM — VIII—TROUBLES BETWEEN HOLLAND AND ENGLAND — IX—THE SECOND NAVAL WAR WITH ENGLAND — X—HOLLAND'S LATER HISTORY — HOLLAND AND LEARNING, ART, LITERATURE, AND SCIENCE
17. 17.CHAPTER XII — The Homelike House — I—THE EVOLUTION OF THE MODERN HOUSE — II—THE AMERICAN HOUSE — III—BUILDING A HOME — IV—THE REMODELLED HOUSE — V—THE SUMMER COTTAGE — VI—THE APARTMENT — VII—FURNISHING THE HOME — VIII—SPECIAL ROOMS — IX—THE CARE OF THE HOUSE — X—GARDENS
18. 18.CHAPTER XIII — Nature — I—TREES — II—LOCAL GEOLOGY — III—WATER IN NATURE — IV—INSECT-LIFE — V—FISH — VI—WILD ANIMALS — VII—DOMESTIC ANIMALS — VIII—BIRDS — IX—FLOWERS — X—SHRUBS, VINES, FERNS, MOSSES, LICHENS
19. 19.CHAPTER XIV — The Great English Novelists — I—SIR WALTER SCOTT — II—JANE AUSTEN — III—CHARLOTTE BRONTË — IV—THACKERAY — V—DICKENS — VI—TROLLOPE — VII—BULWER LYTTON — VIII—GEORGE ELIOT — IX—ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON — X—GEORGE MEREDITH
20. 20.CHAPTER XV — English Novelists of To-day — INTRODUCTION — I—THOMAS HARDY — II—MAURICE HEWLETT — III—MRS. HUMPHRY WARD — IV—HALL CAINE — V—STANLEY J. WEYMAN — VI—JAMES M. BARRIE — VII—HORATIO GILBERT PARKER — VIII—HERBERT G. WELLS — IX—WILLIAM J. LOCKE — X—ARNOLD BENNETT
21. 21.CHAPTER XVI — The Gilded Age of Louis XIV — I—THE KING — II—SOCIAL FRANCE UNDER LOUIS XIV — III—PARIS UNDER LOUIS XIV — IV—THE WARS OF LOUIS XIV — V—LITERATURE (PART I) — VI—THE DRAMA UNDER LOUIS XIV — VII—ART — VIII—THE KING AND THE CHURCH — IX—THE STORY OF PORT-ROYAL — X—FAMOUS MEMOIRS OF THE TIME
22. 22.CHAPTER XVII — Forestry — I—INTRODUCTORY — II—THE BEGINNINGS OF FORESTRY — III—PRESENT CONDITIONS ABROAD — IV—THE PAST IN AMERICA — V—CONSERVATION — VI—RENEWAL — VII—SCHOOLS OF FORESTRY — VIII—THE RETURNS — IX—FAMOUS TREES — X—TREES AND FORESTS IN LITERATURE
23. 23.CHAPTER XVIII — Shakespeare — I—SHAKESPEARE'S LIFE STORY — II—THE ENGLISH HISTORICAL PLAYS — III—TYPICAL TRAGEDIES — IV—TYPICAL COMEDIES — V—PLAYS OF SENTIMENT — VI—PLAYS OF FANCY — VII—SONNETS AND OTHER POEMS — VIII—THE WOMEN OF SHAKESPEARE — IX—SHAKESPEREAN PROBLEMS — X—FAMOUS PRESENTATIONS OF SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS
24. 24.CHAPTER XIX — The Employments of Women — I—POTTERY — II—SPINNING AND WEAVING — III—EMBROIDERY — IV—LACE-MAKING — V—BASKET-WEAVING — VI—MODERN HANDICRAFT FOR WOMEN — VII—WOMEN IN THE PROFESSIONS AND ARTS — VIII—WOMEN IN BUSINESS — IX—SUMMARY
25. 25.CHAPTER XX — Important Movements of Our Times — I—THE PEACE MOVEMENT — II—WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE — III—THE PROHIBITION MOVEMENT — IV—MODERN MEDICINE AND SURGERY — V—MODERN MOVEMENTS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH — VI—MODERN IMPROVEMENTS IN CHILDREN'S EDUCATION — VII—MODERN MUNICIPAL ART — VIII—MODERN BENEVOLENCE — IX—MODERN DEVELOPMENT OF COUNTRY LIFE — X—SOCIAL SERVICE
26. 26.CHAPTER XXI — The Study of Childhood — I—THE BABY — II—SCHOOL — III—PLAY AND PLAYMATES — IV—DISCIPLINE — V—MORAL TRAINING — VI—MANNERS — VII—OCCUPATIONS — VIII—THE CHILD AND MONEY — IX—THE CHILD AND RELIGION — X—MODERN CHILD STUDY
27. 27.CHAPTER XXII — Miscellaneous Programs — I—A CENTURY OF DRESS — II—EMERSON AND HIS TIMES — III—CHILDREN AND BOOKS — IV—MURAL PAINTING — V—THE ART OF CONVERSATION — VI—MENDELSSOHN — VII—COLLEGES FOR BOYS AND GIRLS — VIII—THE CARE OF CHILDREN AND THE AGED BY THE STATE — IX—RECENT BOOKS — X—MARKETS — THE END

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