CERCLE FRANCAIS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2188, 29 June 1914, Page 2

CERCLE FRANCAIS.

Tito "I.egeudes of the Rhine" was tho ti'Jo of {in address jjiven at. tlio Corde Francais on Fnd.ay evening by Mcllic. . lieiono Dwlcene, tho lion. J. Kfgg presiding. Ably written, personifying tlfa •personal charm of the. young lec.ture.ss, aiul delivered in perfect French, tlio address was a pleasattt contrast to thy serious discussions <m Socialism thai . ljn.Vo lately occupied the attention of the society, Commencing with interesting historical information St regard to the ' Rhine, MtH-le,' Dfcieone followed tlio eourso of the river northwards, describing places of interest., and relating by the \say sei'sfal, quaint legends—erne otwhich relauwl to r. church at Aix la ' Ohapeile. where tlu> Devil found htnise:f outwitted by a monk., and another to a ■certain Count <le Falkstchi. who, tearing neither God nor Devil, iu flue course paid with his life for his unbelief, jldll.o. Decieenn concluded her address with a ■wish prettily e'xpress'ttL and evidently seriously endorsed by her aiujitmce. thai the beaiit if id river Rhine, with its bloodstained stores, would Opt serve as a "ira.it d'union" to the Freueli -and Gcitvtgii peoples, and that. tlicy wsmkl both stretch 'hands across its flood iii oi'cl&r iliem in a fraternal grasp. . ■ A cordial vote of thanks wao accorded, hy aGeb'mttiion to Md-lltt. Dec.ieehe, ajsi? to Miss I.lildi Flanaixnn, who eontiilmt- ... Ed a pianoforte solo; Miss. Mead, who recited a jieeiii by Fonieirelk; and .Mr. who ft>a<J Urn incident roneem- ' ifig the French occupation <;f Algeria. , .