FEINBERG/WHITMAN MISCELLANY Whitman (Walt) Fellowship Agenda & invitations Box 51 Folder 10 MR. AND MRS. THOMAS B. HARNED request the pleasure of your company at a reception given the "WALT WHITMAN REUNION," Thursday Evening, January Fifth, Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-three, 566 Federal Street, Camden, New Jersey, Eight o'clock. Please reply. CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY, May 17th, 1893. To The Sixth Annual Celebration of Walt Whitman's birthday will occur in New York City, May 31st, 6 P. M., and it is hoped that you may determine to be present. The Walt Whitman Re-Union of Philadelphia has made all necessary arrangements and your immediate attention and response in the matter is requested. The dinner will be given under the charge of N. Clark, Restaurateur, at 22 West Twenty-third Street, and the cost per person will be three dollars or less. Correspondence should be addressed to the Secretary at Camden, New Jersey. [Ace. 18, 8803] Boston, October 31, 1894. The committee appointed at an informal meeting (September 2, 1894) of the members of the Walt Whitman Fellowship living in Boston, met on October 25 and voted to call a general meeting for the purpose of organizing a Boston Branch of the Fellowship. This meeting will be held at the residence of Mr. Edward Payson Jackson, 41 Lyndhurst Street, Dorchester, on Thursday evening, November 8, 1894. at 7-45 o'clock. In addition to the business to come before the meeting there will be a discussion of TOLSTOI AND WALT WHITMAN IN THEIR RELATION TO DEMOCRACY, which will be opened by Mr. Edward Payson Jackson and Mr. William Sloane Kennedy. YOU ARE MOST CORDIALLY INVITED TO BE PRESENT. CHARLOTTE PORTER, HELEN A. CLARKE, T. H. BARTLETT, SYLVESTER BAXTER, EDWARD PAYSON JACKSON, CH. EADWARD PRATT, LAURENS MAYNARD, Committee. Take electric cars via Washington street, Dorchester to Lyndhurst street : or the 7.41 P. M. train from N. Y. N. H. & H. Kneeland street depot to Shawmut station. The committee, in order to assist in expediting the necessary preliminary business, voted to recommend the following draft of a constitution (which is modeled as closely as possible upon the constitution of the international Fellowship) to the general meeting for its consideration and action. CONSTITUTION. Article I—Name This association shall be known as the BOSTON BRANCH OF THE WALT WHITMAN FELLOWSHIP. Article II—Objects Its objects shall be to form a social bond of union between all members of the Walt Whitman Fellowship (International) living in Boston or its vicinity; to assist in the appreciation of the writings of Walt Whitman; to aid in the perpetuation and growth of the principles for which he lived and wrote; and locally to assist and further the work of the international Fellowship. Article III—Executive The management of the affairs of the Branch shall vest in a President, a Secretary-Treasurer, and an Executive Committee which shall consist of the President and Secretary ex-officio, and three other members. Article IV—Meetings The annual meeting of the Branch shall be held on the 31st day of May. Regular monthly meetings shall be held on the second Thursday of each month from October to May inclusive. Special meetings may be called by the Secretary at any time when deemed advisable by a majority of the Executive Committee, but the object of each special meeting shall be stated in the call. Article V—Quorum At any meeting of the Branch five members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Article VI—Membership Any member of the Walt Whitman Fellowship (International) may become a member of the Branch by declaring himself as such to the Secretary in writing and upon payment of the dues as hereinafter provided. Article VII—Dues The annual dues shall be one dollar. Article VIII—Election of Officers Officers shall be elected at the annual meeting after nominations made from the Branch at large. Article IX—Funders and Expenditures The Treasurer shall render an account to each regular meeting of the Branch. All expenditures must first be authorized by the Executive Committee and all bills must be approved by a majority of the Committee and countersigned by the President before being paid. Article X—Amendments This constitution may be altered or amended by a majority vote of those present in person at any meeting of the Branch, provided that not less than thirty days' notice shall have been given to every member of the date of such meeting and of the nature of the alterations or amendments proposed. Persons desiring to propose alterations or amendments must submit the same in writing at a regular meeting of the Branch, the proposition to be endorsed by at least two other members of the Branch. THE WALT WHITMAN RE-UNION will meet at Reisser's, 22 South Fifth Street, Tuesday Evening, March Twenty-Sixth, at six o'clock. This is the third Anniversary of Walt Whitman's death. Doctor Daniel G. Brinton has consented to speak upon "Walt Whitman and Science." Costs to diners will be one dollar per plate. It is necessary that those intending to be present should send in their names without delay. HORACE L. TRAUBEL, Secretary. Philadelphia, March 11th, 1895. The Secretary is to be addressed at Camden, New Jersey.THE WALT WHITMAN RE-UNION will meet at Reisser's, 22 South Fifth Street, Monday Evening, April Twenty-Ninth, at six o'clock. Miss Helen A. Clarke, of Boston, has consented to speak in answer to this question: "Does Whitman Harmonize his Doctrine of Evil with the Pursuit of Ideals?" Costs to diners will be one dollar per plate. Payment may be made to the Secretary upon acceptance. It is necessary that those intending to be present should send in their names without delay. HORACE L. TRAUBEL, Secretary. Philadelphia, April 16th, 1895. The Secretary is to be addressed at Camden, New Jersey.Walt Whitman Fellowship: International Horace L. Traubel, Camden, New Jersey, U. S. A. The stated monthly meeting of the Council will be held on Monday [May 6th] 8 p. m., at [2041 Chestnut.] Your presence in important [- Dr Boutin's residence ???] Non-resident or other members not able to be present at Council meetings are requested to forward to the Secretary any itmes of business which they may with to submit. HORACE L. TRAUBEL, [1895] Secretary. POSTAL CARD-ONE CENT PHILADELPHIA MAY 3 1895 United States of America. THIS SIDE IS FOR THE ADDRESS ONLY. Horace L Traubel Camden NJ CAMDEN MAY 4 6 A.M. 95 REC'DWALT WHITMAN FELLOWSHIP: INTERNATIONAL: PHILADELPHIA, MAY 31, 1895: FIRST ANNUAL MEETING: SEVENTH CELEBRATION OF WALT WHITMAN'S BIRTHDAY. AFTERNOON SESSION, FOUR O'CLOCK, MERCANTILE LIBRARY HALL, TENTH, BETWEEN MARKET AND CHESTNUT STREETS. ISAAC HULL PLATT: "In Cabin'd Ships at Sea." MRS. WEDA COOK ADDICKS: Whitman Songs, (Weda Cook Addicks.) THOMAS B. HARNED: Address. FRANK KG. CAUFFMAN: Whitman Song: Death Carol, (Frank G.. Cauffman.) JOHN HERBERT CLIFFORD: Sonnets: "The Fellowship of Whitman." RICHARD MAURICE BUCKE: "Was Walt Whitman Mad?" (Read by Thomas B. Harned, Dr. Bucke being unable to be present.) ISAAC HULL PLATT: Reading: From "Starting from Paumanok." KELLY MILLER: Address: "What Walt Whitman Means to the Negro." ISAAC HULL PLATT: Reading, From "Song of the Open Road." OSCAR LOVELL TRIGGS: Letter. } (Read by Thomas B. Harned.) MME. EL DE LOUIE: Letter. } WEDA COOK ADDICKS: Whitman Songs. (Nicolas Douty.) ISAAC HULL PLATTE: Reading: (a) "I will Sing the Song of Companionship;" (b) "I saw in Louisiana a Live Oak Growing;" (c) from "Salut au Monde." EVENING SESSION AND DINNER, EIGHT O'CLOCK. REISSER'S, 22 SOUTH FIFTH STREET. REPORT OF SECRETARY. REPORT OF TREASURER. ELECTION OF OFFICERS. GENERAL BUSINESS. INFORMAL SPEECHES are expected from Dr. Frank Baker, Mrs. May C. Baker, J. H. .Johnson, Thomas Earle White, and others. Both Session are freely opened to the public. HORACE L. TRAUBEL, Secretary.WALT WHITMAN FELLOWSHIP: INTERNATIONAL: PHILADELPHIA, MAY 31, 1895: FIRST ANNUAL MEETING: SEVENTH CELEBRATION OF WALT WHITMAN'S BIRTHDAY. AFTERNOON SESSION, FOUR O'CLOCK, MERCANTILE LIBRARY HALL, TENTH, BETWEEN MARKET AND CHESTNUT STREETS. ISAAC HULL PLATT: "In Cabin'd Ships at Sea." MRS. WEDA COOK ADDICKS: Whitman Songs, (Weda Cook Addicks.) THOMAS B. HARNED: Address. FRANK KG. CAUFFMAN: Whitman Song: Death Carol, (Frank G.. Cauffman.) JOHN HERBERT CLIFFORD: Sonnets: "The Fellowship of Whitman." RICHARD MAURICE BUCKE: "Was Walt Whitman Mad?" (Read by Thomas B. Harned, Dr. Bucke being unable to be present.) ISAAC HULL PLATT: Reading: From "Starting from Paumanok." KELLY MILLER: Address: "What Walt Whitman Means to the Negro." ISAAC HULL PLATT: Reading, From "Song of the Open Road." OSCAR LOVELL TRIGGS: Letter. } (Read by Thomas B. Harned.) MME. EL DE LOUIE: Letter. } WEDA COOK ADDICKS: Whitman Songs. (Nicolas Douty.) ISAAC HULL PLATT: Reading: (a) "I will Sing the Song of Companionship;" (b) "I saw in Louisiana a Live Oak Growing;" (c) from "Salut au Monde." EVENING SESSION AND DINNER, EIGHT O'CLOCK. REISSER'S, 22 SOUTH FIFTH STREET. REPORT OF SECRETARY. REPORT OF TREASURER. ELECTION OF OFFICERS. GENERAL BUSINESS. INFORMAL SPEECHES are expected from Dr. Frank Baker, Mrs. May C. Baker, J. H. .Johnson, Thomas Earle White, and others. Both Session are freely opened to the public. HORACE L. TRAUBEL, Secretary. WALT WHITMAN FELLOWSHIP: INTERNATIONAL: PHILADELPHIA, MAY 31, 1895: FIRST ANNUAL MEETING: SEVENTH [*EIGHTH*] CELEBRATION OF WALT WHITMAN'S BIRTHDAY. AFTERNOON SESSION, FOUR O'CLOCK, MERCANTILE LIBRARY HALL, TENTH, BETWEEN MARKET AND CHESTNUT STREETS. ISAAC HULL PLATT: "In Cabin'd Ships at Sea." MRS. WEDA COOK ADDICKS: Whitman Songs, (Weda Cook Addicks.) THOMAS B. HARNED: Address. FRANK KG. CAUFFMAN: Whitman Song: Death Carol, (Frank G. Cauffman.) JOHN HERBERT CLIFFORD: Sonnets: "The Fellowship of Whitman." RICHARD MAURICE BUCKE: "Was Walt Whitman Mad?" (Read by Thomas B. Harned, Dr. Bucke being unable to be present.) ISAAC HULL PLATT: Reading: From "Starting from Paumanok." KELLY MILLER: Address: "What Walt Whitman Means to the Negro." ISAAC HULL PLATT: Reading, From "Song of the Open Road." OSCAR LOVELL TRIGGS: Letter. } (Read by Thomas B. Harned.) MME. EL DE LOUIE: Letter. } WEDA COOK ADDICKS: Whitman Songs. (Nicolas Douty.) ISAAC HULL PLATT: Reading: (a) "I will Sing the Song of Companionship;" (b) "I saw in Louisiana a Live Oak Growing;" (c) from "Salut au Monde." EVENING SESSION AND DINNER, EIGHT O'CLOCK. REISSER'S, 22 SOUTH FIFTH STREET. REPORT OF SECRETARY. REPORT OF TREASURER. ELECTION OF OFFICERS. GENERAL BUSINESS. INFORMAL SPEECHES are expected from Dr. Frank Baker, Mrs. May C. Baker, J. H. .Johnson, Thomas Earle White, and others. Both Sessions are freely opened to the public. HORACE L. TRAUBEL, Secretary.WALT WHITMAN FELLOWSHIP: INTERNATIONAL: MEETING, PHILADELPHIA, MAY 31, 1895 This is at once the first annual meeting of the Fellowship and the eighth consecutive celebration of Walt Whitman's birthday. The meeting will be divided into two sessions. An afternoon session will take place in Mercantile Library Hall, Tenth street, between Chestnut and Market, at four o'clock. There will be Whitman songs by their authors—Mrs. Weda Cook Addicks, and Mr. Frank G. Cauffman—and addresses are expected from Dr. R. M. Bucke, Mr. Thomas B. Harned, Mr. John Herbert Clifford, Prof. Kelly Miller, of Howard University, Washington, and others. The program of this sitting has not been absolutely completed. An evening session at eight o'clock, has been arranged for at Reisser's, 22 South Fifth street, where a dinner will be provided (the cost to each participant being one dollar) and where the regular business of the annual meeting, which includes the election of officers, will be transacted, informal speeches following. Both session are to be free to the public. Visitors will be asked to refrain from voting on matters of business. Members or others who purpose attending the dinner should express themselves to that effect immediately. HORACE L. TRAUBEL, Secretary. April 18th, 1895. The Secretary's address is Camden, New Jersey.THE PHILADELPHIA BRANCH OF THE WALT WHITMAN FELLOWSHIP will hold its first meeting at Reisser's, Twenty-two South Fifth Street, Monday evening, December Ninth. Dinner will be served at six-thirty sharp. Costs to diners will be one dollar per plate. Speaking will commence at eight-thirty. Persons unable to attend the dinner are at liberty and are invited to be present to hear the speeches. Privileges are extended to members and friends alike. Arrangements have been made with Thomas B. Harned to speak upon "Walt Whitman and the Attorney General of Mas- -sachussets," and the causes of the desertion of Whitman by his Boston publishers in 1883. Mr. Harned will present valuable biographical memoranda, heretofore inaccessible, left among the private papers of Walt Whitman. It is necessary that those intending to be present at the dinner should so advise the undersigned without delay. The Secretary's post-office address is Camden, New Jersey. HORACE L. TRAUBEL. Secretary. Philadelphia, November Twenty-ninth, Eighteen Hundred Ninety-five. TO THE FRIENDS OF WALT WHITMANWalt Whitman Fellowship: International: Philadelphia Branch: Meeting, Mercantile Library Hall, Tenth below Market Streets, Saturday Evening, February Eighth, Eighteen Hundred Ninety-six. FRANCIS HOWARD WILLIAMS: Readings from "Calamus." WEDA COOK ADDICKS: Whitman Song. THOMAS B. HARNED: Readings from Whitman's Patriot Poems. CHARLES H. GARRISON: Address. HORACE L. TRAUBEL: Reading of William Gay's Essay: "Walt Whitman: His Relation to Science and Philosophy." Informal Remarks or Discussion. WEDA COOKM ADDICKS: Whitman Song. FRANCIS HOWARD WILLIAMS: Readings from "Calamus."Walt Whitman Fellowship: International: Boston, May 31, 1896: Third Annual Meeting: Ninth Celebration of Walt Whitman's Birthday. AFTERNOON SESSION, THREE O'CLOCK, TWENTIETH CENTURY CLUB, 14 ASHBURTON PLACE. FREDERICK W. PEABODY: Reading: From "Song of Myself." FRANCIS HOWARD WILLIAMS: Opening Address. MARY DANA HICKS: Reading: From "The Mystic Trumpeter." CHARLOTTE PORTER: Address: "The American Idea in Whitman." FREDERICK W. PEABODY: Reading: From "When the Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd." RICHARD MAURICE BUCKE: Address: "Further Memories of Whitman." MARY DANA HICKS: Reading: From "Passage to India." THOMAS B. HARNED: Address: "Walt Whitman and Oratory." EDWARD PAYSON JACKSON: Address. FRANCIS HOWARD WILLIAMS: Final Words. FREDERICK W. PEABODY: Reading: From "So Long." EVENING SESSION AND DINNER, EIGHT O'CLOCK, HOTEL BELLEVUE, 13 BEACON STREET. Report of Secretary. Report of Treasurer. Election of Officers. General Business. Informal Speeches. Whitman Songs from H.D. Young and others. Both Sessions are freely opened to the public. HORACE L. TRAUBEL, SECRETARY, CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY, U.S.A."The soul of the man I speak for rejoices in comrades, I sing no songs to-day but those of manly attachment, He ahold of my hand has completely satisfied me, I wish to infuse myself among you till I see it common for you to walk hand in hand. There is no unreturn'd love, the pay is certain one way or another." "O you whom I often and silently come where you are that I may be with you, As I walk by your side or site near, or remain in the same room with you, Little you know the subtle electric fire that for your sake is playing within me."WALT WHITMAN FELLOWSHIP: INTERNATIONAL: MEETING, BOSTON, MAY 31, 1896 This is at once the third annual meeting of the Fellowship and the ninth consecutive celebration of Walt Whitman's birthday. The meeting will be divided into two sessions. An afternoon session will take place in the rooms of the Twentieth Century Club, 14 Ashburton Place, at three o'clock. Addresses are expected from John Burroughs, Charlotte Porter, Francis Howard Williams, Richard Maurice Bucket, Thomas B. Harned, Edward Payson Jackson, and others. Readings will be given by Mary Dana Hicks and F.W. Peabody. A more definite program of this sitting will be issued at a later date. An evening session, at eight o'clock, has been arranged for at Hotel Bellevue, 13 Beacon street, where a dinner will be provided (the cost to each participant being one dollar and a half) and where the regular business of the annual meeting, which includes the election of officers, will be transacted, informal speeches following, together with Whitman songs, by H.D. Young and Miss Van Wagenen. Both sessions are to be free to the public. Visitors will be asked to refrain from voting on matters of business. Members or others who purpose attending the dinner should express themselves to that effect immediately, addressing H.D. Young, 314 Boylston street, Boston, who is Chairman of the Local Committee on Arrangements. HORACE L. TRAUBEL, Secretary. Philadelphia, May 4th, 1896. The Secretary's address is Camden, New Jersey, U.S.A. WALT WHITMAN FELLOWSHIP: INTERNATIONAL: MEETING, BOSTON, MAY 31, 1896 This is at once the third annual meeting of the Fellowship and the ninth consecutive celebration of Walt Whitman's birthday. The meeting will be divided into two sessions. An afternoon session will take place in the rooms of the Twentieth Century Club, 14 Ashburton Place, at three o'clock. Addresses are expected from John Burroughs, Charlotte Porter, Francis Howard Williams, Richard Maurice Bucke, Thomas, B. Harned, Edward Payson Jackson, and others. Readings will be given by Dana Hicks and F. W. Peabody. A more definite program of this sitting will be issued at a later date. An evening session, at eight o'clock, has been arranged for at Hotel Bellevue, 13 Beacon street, where dinner will be provided (the cost to each participant being one dollar and a half) and where the regular business of the annual meeting, which includes the election of officers, will be transacted, informal speeches following, together with Whitman songs, by H. D. Young and Miss Van Wagenen. Both sessions are to be free to the public. Visitors will be asked to refrain from voting on matters of business. Members or others who purpose attending the dinner should express themselves to that effect immediately, addressing H. D. Young, 314 Boylston street, Boston, who is Chairman of the Local Committee on Arrangements. HORACE L. TRAUBEL Secretary Philadelphia, May 14th. 1896. The Secretary's address is Camden, New Jersey, U. S. A. WALT WHITMAN FELLOWSHIP: INTERNATIONAL: MEETING, [PHILADELPHIA,] Boston MAY 31, 189[5]6 This is at once the [first] third [*shouldn't this be second?*] annual meeting of the Fellowship and the [eighth] ninth consecutive celebration of Walt Whitman's birthday. The meeting will be divided into two sessions. An afternoon session will take place in [Mercantile Library] Twentieth Century Club [Hall, Tenth street, between Chestnut and Market] 14 Ashburton Place, at four o'clock. [*(or 3?)*] There will be [Whitman songs by their authors. Mrs. Weda Cook Addicks and Mr. Frank G. Cauffman and] addresses are expected from Dr. R. M. Bucke, Mr. Thomas B. Harned, [*?*] [Mr. John Herbert Clifford, Prof. Kelly Miller, of Howard University, Washington,] and others. The program of this sitting has not been absolutely completed. An evening session, at eight o'clock, has been arranged for at [Reisser's, 22 South Fifth street] Hotel Belleview 13 Beacon St., where a dinner will be provided (the cost to each participant being [one dollar] 1.50) and where the regular business of the annual meeting, which includes the election of officers, will be transacted, informal speeches following. Both sessions are to be free to the public. Visitors will be asked to refrain from voting on matters of business. Members or others who purpose attending the dinner should express themselves to that effect immediately (to Chair Com. of Hosts) HORACE L. TRAUBEL, Secretary. [April 18th], 189[5]6. The Secretary's address is Camden, New Jersey. [*Address by Miss Charlotte Porter & Mr. Jackson Readings by Mrs. Hicks and Mr. Peabody - Songs of Whitman by Mr. Young and Miss Van - (Fragenen) - songs to come at dinner -*]Walt Whitman Fellowship: International: Philadelphia Branch: Meeting, Reed's Hall, 1321 Arch Street, Third Floor, Monday Evening, December Fourteenth, Eighteen Hundred Ninety-six, at Eight Fifteen o'clock. This meeting will be addressed by Oscar Lovell Triggs, of the University of Chicago, whose subject will be: "The Critical Approach to Whitman." Members are urged to be present and to invite any other persons who may be interested. FRANCIS HOWARD WILLIAMS, President. HORACE L. TRAUBEL, Secretary.Walt Whitman Fellowship: International: Philadelphia Branch: Meeting, Reed's Hall, 1321 Arch Street, Second Floor, Monday Evening, January Twenty-fifth, Eighteen Hundred Ninety-seven, at Eight Fifteen o'clock. This meeting will be addressed by Helen A. Clark, of Boston, whose subject will be: "The Independence of Whitman in Practical Life." Members are urged to be present and to invite any other persons who may be interested. FRANCIS HOWARD WILLIAMS, President. HORACE L. TRAUBEL, Secretary.Walt Whitman Fellowship: International: Philadelphia Branch: Meeting, Reed's Hall, 1321 Arch Street, Second Floor, Monday Evening, January Twenty-fifth, Eighteen Hundred Ninety-seven, at Eight Fifteen o'clock. This meeting will be addressed by Helen A. Clarke, of Boston, whose subject will be: "The Influence of Whitman in Practical Life." Members are urged to be present and to invite any other persons who may be interested. FRANCIS HOWARD WILLIAMS, President. HORACE L. TRAUBEL, Secretary."The reader will always have his or her part to do just as much as I have had mine" Boston Branch of The Walt Whitman Fellowship (INTERNATIONAL) Meetings at 7.45 P.M. at 410 Hotel Pelham Programme, Fourth Session, 1897-98 PERSONALITY IN WHITMAN [A line of informal but coherent discussion taking its start from Whitman's own design and claim for Leaves of Grass: "to articulate and faithfully express in literary or poetic form, and uncompromisingly, my own physical, emotional, moral, intellectual, and aesthetic personality" (A Backward Glance o'er Travel'd Roads, p. 6); and finding its cues for the two-fold (1) literary, (2) scientific illustration proposed in Whitman's statements that "the conclusions of the Leaves are arrived at through the temper and inculcation of the old works as much as through anything else - perhaps more than through anything else" (p. 12), and that they grew out of a desire that American poetry should "build on the concrete realities and theories furnish'd by science" and "the modern time" (p. 10).] October 21. Open Meeting. Annual election of officers. November 18 I. Physical Personality. In Leaves of Grass. Poems : "As Adam Early in the Morning"; "I sing the Body Electric." FREDERICK W. PEABODY. Literary Illustraion. HELENA BORN. Scientific Illustration. EDWARD P. JACKSON. Query for Symposium of Opinion : Do you think Whitman confuses body with soul?December 16. II. Emotional Personality. In Whitman. Poems: "Recorders Ages Hence"; "Earth my Likeness." GUSTAVE P. WIKSELL. Friendship in Bacon and Shakespeare. CHARLOTTE PORTER. In Emerson and Others. LEVI M. POWERS. The Emotions physiologically considered. ARATHENA B. DRAKE. Symposium: What do you think Whitman means when he says "'Calamus' exposes me more than all my other poems"? January 20. III. Moral Personality. In Whitman. Poems: Songs of the "Open Road," "Broad Axe," "for Occupations," "Prudence." ALFRED NORTON. Social Passion in William Morris and Edward Carpenter. ISABEL H. FARRINGTON. Modern Socialistic Plans and Experiments. GEORGE E. MCNEILL. Symposium: Does Whitman seem to you to be in sympathy with modern reforms? February 17. IV. Intellectual Personality. In Whitman. Poems: "With Antecedents"; "Beginning my Studies"; "Shut not your Doors"; "Laws for Creations." T. C. O'BRIEN. In Other Poets. MARY D. DAVENPORT. Recent Results in Psychology. ------. Symposium: Do you find Whitman lacking in expression of the Intellectual in personality? March 17. V. Aesthetic Personality. In Whitman. Poems: "Vocalism"; "Song of the Answerer"; "Poets to come"; "Man and Nature"; "By Blue Ontario's Shore." MARY DANA HICKS. In Other Poets. HENRY D. YOUNG. Aesthetics on the Scientific Side. HELEN A. CLARKE. Symposium: Does Whitman contravene democracy in any respect by his exaltation of the poet? April 21. Open Meeting. Reminiscences of Walt Whitman by those who knew him personally. May 31. Whitman Birthday Commemoration. Afternoon meeting in Walden Woods, Concord, Mass. EXTRACTS FROM THE CONSTITUTION ARTICLE I.--Name. This association shall be known as the BOSTON BRANCH OF THE WALT WHITMAN FELLOWSHIP. ARTICLE II.--Objects. Its objects shall be to form a social bond of union between persons living in Boston or its vicinity; to assist in the appreciation of the writings of Walt Whitman; to aid in the perpetuation and growth of the principles for which he lived and wrote; and locally to assist and further the work of the International Fellowship. ARTICLE VI.--Membership. Anyone may become a member of the Boston Branch, which includes membership in the International Fellowship, by declaring himself as such to the Secretary in writing, and upon payment of the dues as hereinafter provided. ARTICLE VII.--Dues. The annual dues in the Branch shall be one dollar, payable at the October annual meeting.Boston Members OF THE WALT WHITMAN FELLOWSHIP KATHERINE LEE BATES, Wellesley, Mass. HELENA BORN, 47 Beach Street, Somerville, Mass. HELEN A. CLARKE, 3 Joy Street. MARY D. DAVENPORT, 68 Dudley Street. SAMUEL DAVIS, 82 Devonshire Street. ARATHENA B. DRAKE, 33 G Street, South Boston. ISABEL H. FARRINGTON, 223 Newbury Street. L. G. FENOLLOSA, The Charlesgate. ALBERT EUGENE GEORGE, 530 Broadway, South Boston. ELIZABETH PORTER GOULD, 100 Huntington Avenue. MARY DANA HICKS, 51 Chestnut Street. EDWARD PAYSON JACKSON, 41 Lyndhurst Street, Dorchester. WILLIAM H. JONES, 131 Devonshire Street. HELEN ASHLEY JONES, Newton Centre, Mass. LAURENS MAYNARD, 6 Beacon Street. GERTRUDE CAIN MAYNARD, East Weymouth, Mass. GEORGE E. MCNEILL, 131 Devonshire Street. ABBIE J. MCNEILL, 27 Rindge Ave., North Cambridge. SARAH ELIZABETH MACDONALD, 3 Joy Street. ARTHUR MICHAEL, 44 Mount Vernon Street. HELEN ABBOTT MICHAEL, 44 Mount Vernon Street. ALFRED NORTON, Arlington, Mass. T. C. O'BRIEN, 17 Pinckney Street. FREDERICK W. PEABODY, 39 Court Street. CHARLOTTE PORTER, 3 Joy Street. HARRY FLETCHER POWELL, Herald. LEVI M. POWERS, Flint Street, Somerville. CHARLES EADWARD PRATT, 7 Devon Street, Roxbury. EMMA HELLER SCHUMM, 73 Wenham Street, Jamaica Plain. HERBERT SMALL, 6 Beacon Street. E. S. TRASK, 212 Columbus Avenue. HELEN M. TUFTS, Arlington, Mass. GUSTAVE P. WIKSELL, 410 Hotel Pelham. HENRY DEMERRITT YOUNG, 517 Hotel Pelham. Officers of the Branch President -- LAURENS MAYNARD. Secretary-Treasurer -- HELENA BORN. Executive Committee: -- MARY DANA HICKS. EDWARD PAYSON JACKSON. CHARLOTTE PORTER. GUSTAVE P. WIKSELL. HENRY DEMERRITT YOUNG. "The reader will always have his or her part to do just as much as I have had mine." Boston Branch of The Walt Whitman Fellowship (INTERNATIONAL) Meetings at 7.45 P.M. at 410 Hotel Pelham Programme, Fourth Session, 1897-98 PERSONALITY IN WHITMAN [A line of informal but coherent discussion taking its start from Whitman's own design and claim for Leaves of Grass: "to articulate and faithfully express in literary or poetic form, and uncompromisingly, my own physical, emotional, moral, intellectual, and aesthetic personality" (A Backward Glance o'er Travel'd Roads, p. 6); and finding its cues for the two-fold (1) literary, (2) scientific illustration proposed in Whitman's statements that "the conclusions of the Leaves are arrived at through the temper and inculcation of the old works as much as through anything else-perhaps more than through anything else" (p. 12), and that they grew out of a desire that American poetry should "build on the concrete realities and theories furnish'd by science" and "the modern time" (p. 10).] October 21. Open Meeting. Annual election of officers. November 18. I. Physical Personality. In Leaves of Grass. Poems: "As Adam Early in the Morning"; "I sing the Body Electric." FREDERICK W. PEABODY. Literary Illustration. HELENA BORN. Scientific Illustration. EDWARD P. JACKSON. Query for Symposium of Opinion: Do you think Whitman confuses body with soul?December I6. II. Emotional Personality. In Whitman. Poems: "Recorders Ages Hence" ; "Earth my Likeness." GUSTAVE P. WIKSELL. Friendship in Bacon and Shakespeare. CHARLOTTE PORTER. In Emerson and Others. LEVI M. POWERS. The Emotions physiologically considered. ARATHENA B. DRAKE. Symposium : What do you think Whitman means when he says " 'Calamus' exposes me more than all my other poems" ? January 20. III. Moral Personality. In Whitman. Poems : Songs of the "Open Road," "Broad Axe," "for Occupations," "Prudence." ALFRED NORTON. Social Passion in William Morris and Edward Carpenter. ISABEL H. FARRINGTON. Modern Socialistic Plans and Experiments. GEORGE E. McNEILL. Symposium: Does Whitman seem to you to be in sympathy with modern reforms ? February I7. IV. Intellectual Personality. In Whitman. Poems : "With Antecedents" ; "Beginning my Studies" ; "Shut not your Doors" ; "Laws for Creations." T. C. O'BRIEN. In other Poets. MARY D. DAVENPORT. Recent Results in Psychology. ——. Symposium : Do you find Whitman lacking in expression of the Intellectual in personality ? March I7. V. Æsthetic Personality. In Whitman. Poems : "Vocalism" ; "Song of the Answerer" ; "Poets to come" ; "Man and Nature" ; "By Blue Ontario's Shore." MARY DANA HICKS. In Other Poets. HENRY D. YOUNG. Æsthetics on the Scientific Side. HELEN A. CLARKE. Symposium: Does Whitman contravene democracy in any respect by his exaltation of the poet ? April 2I. Open Meeting. Reminiscences of Walt Whitman by those who knew him personally. May 3I. Whitman Birthday Commemoration. Afternoon meeting in Walden Woods, Concord, Mass. EXTRACTS FROM THE CONSTITUTION ARTICLE I.—Name. This association shall be known as the BOSTON BRANCH OF THE WALT WHITMAN FELLOWSHIP. ARTICLE II.—Objects. Its objects shall be to form a social bond of union between persons living in Boston or its vicinity ; to assist in the appreciation of the writings of Walt Whitman ; to aid in the perpetuation and growth of the principles for which he lived and wrote ; and locally to assist and further the work of the International Fellowship. ARTICLE VI.—Membership. Anyone may become a member of the Boston Branch, which includes a membership in the International Fellowship, by declaring himself as such to the Secretary in writing, and upon payment of the dues a hereinafter provided. ARTICLE VII.—Dues. The annual dues in the Branch shall be one dollar, payable at the October annual meeting. Boston Members of the WALT WHITMAN FELLOWSHIP Katherine Lee Bates, Wellesley, Mass. Helena Born, 47 Beach Street, Somerville, Mass. Helen A. Clarke, 3 Joy Street. Mary D. Davenport, 68 Dudley Street. Samuel Davis, 82 Devonshire Street. Arathena B. Drake, 35 G Street, South Boston Isabel H. Farrington, 223 Newbury Street. L. G. Fenollosa, The Charlesgate. Albert Eugene George, 530 Broadway, South Boston. Elizabeth Porter Gould, 100 Huntington Avenue. Mary Dana Hicks, 51 Chestnut Street. Edward Payson Jackson 41 Lyndhurst Street, Dorchester. William H. Jones, 131 Devonshire Street. Helen Ashley Jones, 27 Rindge Ave., North Cambridge. Laurens Maynard, 6 Beacon Street. Gertrude Cain Maynard, East Weymouth, Mass. George E. McNeill, 131 Devonshire Street. Abbie J. McNeill, 27 Rindge Ave., North Cambridge Sarah Elizabeth MacDonald, 3 Joy Street. Arthur Michael, 44 Mount Vernon Street. Helen Abbott Michael, 44 Mount Vernon Street. Alfred Norton, Arlington, Mass. T. C. O'Brien, 17 Pinckney Street. Frederick W. Peabody, 39 Court Street. Charlotte Porter, 3 Joy Street. Harry Fletcher Powell, Herald. Levi M. Powers, Flint Street, Somerville. Charles Eadward Pratt, 7 Devon Street. Roxbury. Emma Heller Schumm, 73 Wenham Street, Jamaica Plain. E. S. Trask, 212 Columbus Avenue. Helen M. Tufts, Arlington, Mass. Gustave P. Wiksell, 410 Hotel Pelham. Henry DeMerritt Young, 517 Hotel Pelham. Officers of the Branch President -- Laurens Maynard. Secretary-Treasurer -- Helena Born. Executive Committee : -- Mary Dana Hicks Charlotte Porter. Edward Payson Jackson. Gustave P Wiksell. Henry DeMerritt Young.SIXTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE Walt Whitman FELLOWSHIP (INTERNATIONAL) IN COMMEMORATION OF THE BIRTHDAY OF Walt Whitman (From a photograph by Gardner, Washington, 1863) BORN AT WEST WHILL, L.I., 1819 DIED AT CAMDEN, N.J., 1892 REVERE HOUSE, BOSTON MAY 31, 1899Stop this day and night with me and you shall possess the origin of all poems, You shall possess the good of the earth and sun, (there are millions of suns left,) You shall no longer take things at second or third hand, nor look through the eyes of the dead, nor feed on the spectres in books, You shall not look through my eyes either, nor take things from me, You shall listen to all sides and filter them from your self. WALT WHITMAN FELLOWSHIP (INTERNATIONAL) AFTERNOON SESSION ADDRESSES...3.00 P.M. Parlors of Revere House BUSINESS MEETING ELECTION OF OFFICERS...5.30 P.M. Following Afternoon Session DINNER...6.30 P.M. Rhymes and rhymers pass away, poems distill'd from poems pass away, The swarms of reflectors and the polite pass, and leave ashes, Admirers, importers, obedient persons, make but the soil of literature. (The proof of a poet shall be sternly deferr'd till his country absorbs him as affectionately as he has absorb'd it.) I have perceiv'd that to be with those I like is enough, To stop in company with the rest at evening in enough. MENU COMSOMME A LA ROYAL BROILED SHAD, MAITRE D'HOTEL FRENCH FRIED POTATOES FILET OF BEEF, MADEIRA SAUCE BAKED MASHED BROWNED POTATOES STEWED TOMATOES VEGETABLE SALAD STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE AND CREAM HARLEQUIN ICE CREAM ASSORTED CAKES FRUIT NUTS RAISINS COFFEE And thou America, Thy offspring towering e'er so high, yet higher Thee above all towering, With Victory on thy left, and at thy right hand Law; Thou Union holding all, fusing, absorbing, tolerating all, Thee, ever thee, I sing.WALT WHITMAN FELLOWSHIP (INTERNATIONAL) OFFICERS 1898-99 PRESIDENT: Thomas B. Harned, Philadelphia. VICE-PRESIDENTS: Robert G. Ingersoll, New York ; John Burroughs, West Park, New York ; Francis Howard Williams, Philadelphia ; Richard Maurice Bucke, London, Ontario ; H. Buxton Forman, London, England; Helen A. Clarke, Boston. DIRECTORS : Horace L. Traubel, Camden, New Jersey ; John H. Johnston, New York ; Wayland Hyatt Smith, Philadelphia ; Oscar Lovell Triggs, Chicago ; Isaac Hull Platt, New York ; Helena Born, Boston ; Mary B. Talmage, New York ; Gustav P. Wiksell, Boston ; James Walter Young, Clinton, Tennessee ; Lucius D. Morse, Atlanta. SECRETARY AND TREASURER : Horace L. Traubel, Camden, New Jersey. - BOSTON BRANCH OFFICERS 1898-99 PRESIDENT : Helen A. Clarke. SECRETARY : Sarah E. MacDonald, 3 Joy Street, Boston. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: Helen M Tufts, Gustav P. Wiksell, Mary D. Davenport, Charlotte Porter, Laurens Maynard. - Camerado, I give you may hand! I give you my love more precious than money, I give you myself before preaching or law; Will you give me yourself? will you come travel with me? Shall we stick by each other as long as we live?Afternoon session at three, business session at six and dinner at seven of the clock, guests at the table to be charged two dollars each Seventh Annual Convention of the Walt Whitman Fellowship : International, at the Colonnade Hotel, Philadelphia, May Thirty First Nineteen Hundred Program : afternoon a. Aboard at a Ship's Helm b. Portals c. Reconciliation d. Night on the Prairies Dalmas Philip Dalmas "I believe in you my soul, the other I am must not abase itself to you" Thomas B. Harned The Awakening of the Soul: Whitman and Maeterlinck Helen A. Clarke O Tan Faced Prairie Boy Addicks Weda Cook Addicks "Allons ! whoever you are come travel with me" Thomas B. Harned Individuality as Whitman's Primary Motive Francis Howard Williams Come Lovely and Soothing Death Cauffman Sarah Macdonald "O I see flashing that this America is only you and me" Thomas B. Harned Walt Whitman's Ultimate Human Problem Charlotte Abbey O Captain, My Captain Addicks Weda Cook Addicks "I hear it is charged against me" Thomas B. Harned Whitman's Protest Against Plutocracy and Imperialism George Frank Stephens "And I say to mankind, Be not curious about God" Thomas B. Harned The Godliness of Whitman Charles G. Garrison a. Look Down, Fair Moon b. Twilight c. A Clear Midnight d. As I Watch'd the Ploughman Ploughing Dalmas Philip DalmasAfternoon session at three, business session at six and dinner at seven o'clock guests at the table to be charged one dollar fifty cents each Eighth Annual Convention of the Walt Whitman Fellowship: International at the Hotel St. Denis New York May Thirty First Nineteen Hundred One Program: afternoon a. To You b. The Voice of the Rain c. Reconciliation d. Night on the Prairies Dalmas Philip Dalmas Walt Whitman and Cosmic Emotion Isaac Hull Platt A Broadway Pageant Thomas B. Harned He Puts Things in Their Attitudes Charlotte Perkins Gilman Give Me the Splendid Silent Sun Thomas B. Harned Whitman and American Poetry Edwin Markham Dirge for Two Veterans Ella M. Powell The Walt Whitman Philosophy of Rectitude and Prudence Alma Calder Johnston Mannahatta Thomas B. Harned The First and the Last John Swinton From Crossing Brooklyn Ferry Thomas B. Harned Dear Walt Bliss Carman Old Salt Kassabone Thomas B. Harned The Expression of Technique Henrietta Hovey Broadway Thomas B. Harned Walt Whitman and the Social Conscience Samuel M. Jones a. Portals b. Look Down, Fair Moon c. As Adam Early in the Morning d. Twilight e. A Clear Midnight f. As I Watch'd the Ploughman Ploughing Dalmas Philip Dalmas President: Isaac Hull Platt Secretary-Treasurer: Horace Traubel E President Isaac Hull Platt Vice President R. M. Buelle John Burroughs F. H. Williams H. B. Forman Helen A. Clarke Laurens Maynard Directors Horace Traubel J H Johnston Thos B. Harned O. L. Triggs S. M. Jones G. P. Wiksell Mary B Talmage J. W. Young S M Reynolds Sarah McDonald Sheridan. Sec-Treasurer Horace Traubel.Afternoon session at three, business session at six and dinner at seven o'clock guests at the table to be charged one dollar fifty cents each Eighth Annual Convention of the Walt Whitman Fellowship: International at the Hotel St. Denis New York May Thirty First Nineteen Hundred One Program: afternoon a. To You b. The Voice of the Rain c. Reconciliation d. Night on the Prairies Dalmas Philip Dalmas Walt Whitman and Cosmic Emotion Isaac Hull Platt A Broadway Pageant Thomas B. Harned He Puts Things in Their Attitudes Charlotte Perkins Gilman Give Me the Splendid Silent Sun Thomas B. Harned Whitman and American Poetry EdwinMarkbam Dirge for Two Veterans Ella M. Powell The Walt Whitman Philosophy of Rectitude and Prudence Alma Calder Johnston Mannahatta Thomas B. Harned The Firs and the last John Swinton From Crossing Brooklyn Ferry Thomas B. Harned Dear Walt Bliss Carman Old Salt Kassabone Thomas B. Harned The Expression of Technique Henriette Hovey Broadway Thomas B. Harned Walt Whitman and the Social Conscience Samuel M. Jones a. Portals b. Look Down, Fair Moon c. As Adam Early in the Morning d. Twilight e. A Clear Midnight f. As I Watch'd the Ploughman Ploughing Dalmas Philip Dalmas President : Isaac Hull Platt Secretary-Treasurer : Horace Traubel Afternoon session at three, business session at six and dinner at seven o'clock guests at the table to be charged one dollar fifty cents each Eighth Annual Convention of the Walt Whitman Fellowship: International at the Hotel St. Denis New York May Thirty First Nineteen Hundred One Program: afternoon a. To You b. The Voice of the Rain c. Reconciliation d. Night on the Prairies Dalmas Philip Dalmas Walt Whitman and Cosmic Emotion Issac Hill Platt A Broadway Pageant Thomas B. Harned He Puts Things in Their Attitudes Charlotte Perkins Gilman Give Me the Splendid Silent Sun Thomas B. Harned Whitman and American Poetry Edwin Markham Dirge for Two Veterans Ella M. Powell The Walt Whitman Philosophy of Rectitude and Prudence Alma Calder JohnstonEighth Annual Dinner of the Walt Whitman Fellowship: International at the Hotel St. Denis, New York May Thirty First Nineteen Hundred One Menu Clams Celery Radishes Olives Consomme Royale Planked shad, Baltimore style Potatoes Parisienne Cucumbers Lamb cutlet, new peas Roman punch Roast squab, currant jelly Tomato and lettuce salad Chocolate mousse Assorted cakes Compote of fruits Roquefort and Camembert cheese Toasted crackers Coffee Eighth Annual Dinner of the Walt Whitman Fellowship: International at the Hotel St. Denis, New York May Thirty First Nineteen Hundred One Menu Clams Celery Radishes Olives Consomme Royale Planked shad, Baltimore style Potatoes Parisienne Cucumbers Lamb cutlet, new peas Roman punch Roast squash, currant jelly Tomato and lettuce salad Chocolate mousse Assorted cakes Compote of fruits Roquefort and Camembert cheese Toasted crackers CoffeeAfternoon session at three, business session at six and dinner at seven o'clock guests at the table to be charged one dollar fifty cents each Ninth Annual Convention of the Walt Whitman Fellowship: International at the Hotel St. Denis New York May Thirty First Nineteen Hundred Two The readings are all from Leaves of Grass of which the pages quoted from ( current editions ) are indicated Program : afternoon a. O tan-faced prairie boy b. Sing on there in the swamp c. A fragment Weda Cook Addicks Weda Cook Addicks That music always round me 343 Henriette Hovey A Whitman Note Book Isaac Hull Platt You who celebrate bygones 11 Henriette Hovey Identity of Whitman's Work and Character William E. Davenport Underneath all, Nativity 274 Henriette Hovey Whitman Oversea without Conquest Gustav Wiksell I will make a song for these States 21 To hold men together by paper or seal or compulsion 269 Of public opinion 364 Henriette Hovey The Democracy of Whitman and the Democracy of Socialism Leonard Abbott The place where the great city stands 152 Henriette Hovey O Captain, My Captain Weda Cook Addicks Weda Cook Addicks A Brief Word About Poetry Edwin Markham The singers do not beget, only the poet begets 137 Henriette Hovey Woman in Whitman Charles Bell Burke With all thy gifts America 309 Unfolded out of the folds of the woman 302 Henriette Hovey The Wills and Testaments of Walt Whitman Thomas B. Harned The business man the acquirer vast 376 Henriette Hovey A Harvard View of Whitman George J. Smith Who are you indeed who would talk or sing of America? 271 Henriette Hovey a. Here the frailest leaves of me b. Last lingering drops Nicholas Douty c. Sometimes with one I love Weda Cook Addicks Weda Cook Addicks President : Isaac Hull Platt Secretary-Treasurer : Horace TraubelAfternoon session at three and dinner at seven o'clock, guests at the table to be charged one dollar and fifty cents each Tenth Annual Convention of the Walt Whitman Fellowship: International at the Hotel Lafayette-Brevoort New York, May Thirty First Nineteen Hundred Three Program : afternoon Weda Cook Addicks will sing. The authors of her songs will be specified. Miss Vermilye, pianiste. Thomas B. Harned's readings will all be from Leaves of Grass a. The dandelion, Nicholas Douty b. Twilight, Nicholas Douty Poems, Henriette Hovey I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear From Emerson to Whitman and After, George J. Smith Walt Whitman, a kosmos, of Manhattan the son Walt Whitman in Germany, A. von Ende My spirit has pass'd in compassion and determination around the whole earth a. Sometimes with one I love, Nicholas Douty b. O tan-faced prairie boy, Weda Cook Addicks c. Shine, shine, shine, Weda Cook Addicks Here is the efflux of the soul Our relations, Percival Wiksell Sail, sail thy best, ship of Democracy The Essentials of Poetic Kinship to Whitman, Laurens Maynard Who are you indeed who would talk or sing to America? Out of the rolling ocean the crowd, Weda Cook Addicks Program : evening At the dinner and after a poem will be read by Elsa Baker, and brief informal speeches will be made by Michael Monahan, Courtenay Lemon, William Ordway Partridge, Appleton Morgan, Thomas B. Harned, Leonard Abbot and others. Letters will be read. President, Samuel M. Jones Secretary-Treasurer, Horace TraubelWALT WHITMAN FELLOWSHIP: A MEMORANDUM: DINNER AT BOOTHBY'S, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER FOURTEENTH, NINETEEN HUNDRED FOUR, AT SIX THIRTY. COST ONE DOLLAR AND FIFTY CENTS. ORDERS FOR DINNER CAN ONLY BE SECURED FROM HORACE TRAUBEL, SIXTEEN HUNDRES TWENTY FOUR WALNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA. THE COURTESIES OF THE OCCASION ARE TO BE EXTENDED ALIKE TO MEMBERS AND THE FRIENDS OF MEMBERS AND TO ANYBODY ELSE. AS CERTAIN GUARANTEES ARE NECESSARILY MADE TO OUR HOSTS THOSE WHO INTEND TO BE PRESENT SHOULD REMIT AT ONCE TO HORACE TRAUBEL.Afternoon session at three and dinner at seven o'clock, guests at the table to be charged one dollar and fifty cents each Twelfth Annual Convention of the Walt Whitman Fellowship International at the Hotel Lafayette-Brevoort New York, May Thirty First Nineteen Hundred Five Program : afternoon The musical interludes have been arranged for by Mrs. Von Ende. Thomas B. Harned's readings will all be from Leaves of Grass Starting from fish-shape Paumanok where I was born I will sing the song of companionship Invocation, Percival Wiksell I am the poet of the woman the same as the man Unfolded out of the folds of the woman man comes unfolded Walt Whitman, the poet-liberator of woman, Mabel MacCoy Irwin It is time to explain myself-let us stand up The breaker of the seals, Franklin Wentworth Will you seek far off? you surely come back at last I sit and look out upon all the sorrows of the world Applying the spirit of Whitman to the problem of poverty, Robert Hunter The sum of all known reverence I add up in you The place where the great city stands Whitman's service to the future commonwealth, Charles Nesbit Out of the rolling ocean the crowd cam a drop gently to me My spirit has pass'd in compassion and determination around the whole earth The fraternal impulse in Whitman, Leslie Willis Sprague Dear friend whoever you are take this kiss President, Percival Wiksell Secretary-Treasurer, Horace TraubelThe Philadelphia members of the Walt Whitman Fellowship: International, and their friends, will have their usual December dinner at Boothby's, Thirteenth and Chestnut streets, on Thursday evening the nineteenth at half past six. Cards for the dinner, which will cost one dollar and fifty cents, may be obtained of me. I suggest those intending to be present should say so without delay. All are welcome. There will be readings and speeches. I may be addressed at Camden, New Jersey, or at sixteen hundred twenty four Walnut street, Philadelphia 1907 HORACE TRAUBELThe Philadelphia members of the Walt Whitman Fellowship: International, and their friends, will have their usual December dinner at Boothby's, Thirteenth and Chestnut streets, on Thursday evening the nineteenth at half past six. Cards for the dinner, which will cost one dollar and fifty cents, may be obtained of me. I suggest those intending to be present should say so without delay. All are welcome. There will be readings and speeches. I may be addressed at Camden, New Jersey, or at sixteen hundred twenty four Walnut street, Philadelphia 1907 HORACE TRAUBELThe Philadelphia members of the Walt Whitman Fellowship: International, and their friends, will have their usual December dinner at Boothby's, Thirteenth and Chestnut streets, on Thursday evening the nineteenth at half past six. Cards for the dinner, which will cost one dollar and fifty cents, may be obtained of me. I suggest those intending to be present should say so without delay. All are welcome. There will be readings and speeches. I may be addressed at Camden, New Jersey, or at sixteen hundred twenty four Walnut street, Philadelphia 1907 HORACE TRAUBEL[*Dear Horace Would be glad to have a letter or*] [*word of greeting-*] Walt Whitman Fellowship [*conte*] The Annual Dinner in honor of the poet's birth will be held FRIDAY, EVE., MAY 31st, 1912, at 6 P. M. AT KIMBALL CAFE, 118 WEST MONROE ST. DINNER WILL COST SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS In the spirit of Whitman the Fellowship is a free unorganized group of comrades. Everyone is invited to participate. As we cannot reach all who desire to be with us we ask you to notify comrades who may wish to attend. Every year some are disappointed in not receiving notice. Perhaps your co-operation will aid in lessening the number. As number of guests must be known beforehand, kindly use enclosed stamped and blank postal cards for reservations. Kindly urge your friends to make early reservations. My telephone number is Central 1475. Residence phone, Rogers Park 6171. The management of the cafe are willing to add to the list at the last moment if reservations are made by phone. Their phones are Central 3485 and 1196. We do not want to disappoint anyone, so this arrangement was made for those who could not arrange otherwise. Inspire and be inspired by fellowship with kindred souls. Hoping you can be with us. Yours in comradeship, [*Horace Traubel's*] [*Brother-in-law*] MORRIS LYCHENHEIM Suite 162 Mentor Building N. E. Cor. State and Monroe Sts. Enclosed are a number of copies of this letter and blank postals for notifying friends.THE TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE WALT WHITMAN FELLOWSHIP : HOTEL BREVOORT : NEW YORK : MAY THIRTY-FIRST : NINETEEN HUNDRED FOURTEEN PROGRAM Afternoon session at three o'clock Speakers Anna Strunsky Walling Mrs. Wyatt Eaton Max Eastman Henrietta Rodman Gertrude Traubel will play from MacDowell and Debussy. There will be readings from Leaves of Grass by Percival Wiksell The dinner will be at seven o'clock evening and will be followed by a number of brief addresses Speakers George Jay Smith William English Walling Mrs. Havelock Ellis Charles Keeler James F. Morton, Jr. Henry Frank Gustavus Myers Percival Wiksell and othersBorn May 31st 1819 Died March 26th, 1892 Walt Whitman Fellowship of Chicago The Annual Celebration in honor Of the Poet's Birth will be Held Friday Evening, May 31st, 1918 At The MORRISON HOTEL (A Floor Ball Room) S. E. Corner Madison and Clark Streets DINNER AT 6 P. M. And MEETIN AT 8 P. M. PROMPTLY Dinner and Celebration One Dollar and Fifty Cents Or Separate Admission to Celebration Fifty Cents Yearly we gather to renew our faith in Love, Comradeship and Justice "The dear love of comrades "finds full expression at Fellowship celebrations. We do this in the name of Whitman because he lived and died in the faith. The Fellowship is unorganized. Every on is a member. As a member you are Asked to make reservations on stub attached below, also please spread this notice with the request that reservations be made immediately (as capacity of hall is limited) with check or money at rate of $1.50 for dinner and celebration or the celebration alone at rate of 50¢. Small dining tables, each sitting eight guests, have been provided. Kindly act as host or hostess in making up reservations for a table for your friends and on receipt of money or check for eith guests table will be reserved. Co-operate by inviting your friends. Will gladly send this announcement on receipt of names from you. Brief addresses by the following speakers: LLEWELLYN JONES, Literary Editor of the Chicago Evening Post HARRY BLACKMAN SELL, Literary Editor of The Chicago Daily News BURTON RASCOE, Literary Editor of the Chicago Tribune JOHN NICHOLAS BEFFEL, Literary Editor of Chicago Herald-Examiner ETHEL M. COLSON, Associate Literary Editor Chicago Herald-Examiner HORACE J. BRIDGES, Lecturer of The Chicago Ethical Society. HARRIET MONROE, Editor of Poetry Magazine G. FRANK LYDSTON, M. D. Physician and Writer BEN HECHT, Poet and Writer of Stories PERCY WARD, Lecturer of The Chicago Rationalist Society SHERWIN ANDERSON, Poet and Writer of Stories ADOLFO LURIA, M. D. Italian Physician and Lecturer CARL SANDBURG, Poet and Writer FRANCIS NEILSON, English Lecturer and Writer CLARENCE DARROW, Lawyer, Writer, and Lecturer GEORGE BURMAN FOSTER, Professor, University of Chicago Songs by Grant Kimbell. Marion Lychenheim at the piano REV. WALT McPHERSON will act as Chairman Hoping you can be with us, Yours in comradeship, MRS. MARIE S. TOLMAN CLARENCE DARROW E. C. WENTWORTH MASON WARNER LLEWELLYN JONES GEORGE A. SCHILLING MORRIS LYCHENHEIM MRS. WARREN RAYMOND CARMAN Committee S. B. WEINBERGER W. F. McGEE LOUIS REICH MRS. S. CLAYSON F. GUY DAVIS MRS. JEAN WALLACE BUTLER FRED L. TURNER Reservations can be made by addressing MORRIS LYCHENHEIM 162-39 S. State St. Telephone Central 2223. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MORRIS LYCHENHEIM, Suite 162 Mentor Building, N. E. Cor. State and Monroe Sts., Chicago: Please find enclosed______________dollars for _______ reservations for dinner and celebration of the birth of Walt Whitman. Tickets for Dinner and celebration of the birth of Walt Whitman. Tickets for Dinner and celebration $1.50 each or celebration alone 50c. Tickets for Dinner and Celebration or Celebration alone to be sent to me. Name____________________________________________________ Address__________________________________________________