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Woman Traveler BackFrom Africa to Speak HereMEET ON MONDAYOctober Gathering of Club to Be at Mac-Clary HometI»*]1I3Art will be the topic of the* October meeting of the Woman's Glub of Endicott to be held Monday afternoon, October 28, at 2 :S0 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Thomas A. Mac-Clary, and Miss Helen Jewett of “The Little Biihgalow Shop” of Cortland will be thespeaker.Miss Jewett has just returned from six months' travel in Northern Africa, Southern and Central Europe, and has many fine specimens of pottery, exquisite metal and leather work, and beautiful textiles from several countries.Many of these will be displayed atike local meeting.~The program will be in charge of Mrs. Theodore J; Lairiharfc, -Mrs. Prank L. Myers and Mrs. D'orto Kramer.Miss Jewett made the journey to Africa and Europe in company with her* mother, Mrs. Clara L. Jewett, and her uncle, Dr. David Eugene Smith. Their finds include the i handicraft of artists in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Marrakech and Per in Africa, and of artists In Vienna, Florence, Venice and other European cities.Miss Jewett and her mother and uncle had many experiences unknown to travelers in the more frequented parts of the country* With their own car and chauffeur they were not obliged to conform to ra|iroad schedules nor to follow a definite bourse. They visited curious old cities with streets so narrow th*t the car had to be sent around •the towns while they rode donkeys or walked through.Once the women were privileged to visit a harem, and again, Dr. Snpth, being a man of the law as well as a mathematician, was invited to sit on the bench with the Baslia while justice was dispensed.Dr. Smith is a collector of manuscripts and in Northern Africa he foupd numerous specimens of the Koran and writings from the Kpran. Some of these arc displayed 3prmg the opening weeks at the Little Bungalow Shop. One piece tKat is especially a curiosity in a country where the schoolboy's slate is. a ’thing of the past is a slab of Cyprus, once used by a Mohammedan lad In school at Biskra. The youngsters learn to write by copying passages from their holy book,the Koran. Once learned, the lesson is erased and another is wit-ten and committed to memory. The boy who wrote on the piece brought home by Dr. Smith did so well that his work was saved, finally to besold..French dealers In old manuscripts and parchments have Dr. Smith's standing order to submit tohim any-unusual specimens devot*ed to mathematics or Masonry. He obtained- aeyeral fine and rare specimens on *h»s recent trip.
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Endicott Bulletin
Endicott, New York, US
Fri, Oct 25, 1929
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