The Washington times., 1895-02-10
FIN De Steele FEhININITI
Pro Re Rata Struggles with the
Armenian Question.
PUBLIC EXPECTORATION AGAIN
The Club will Take Definite Action at Its
Next Meeting-Mrs. John ". Foster En-
tertalns the Society of the Covenant with
Her Oriental Comments-Southern Relief
Ladies will Give Grand Ball.

Pro Re Nata met at the residence OF Mrs.
Thomas on Q street on Wednesday morning
and discussed the Armenian question.
Mrs. Wilson made a very able discourse
and the members entered into very spirited
discussion of the subject. Unfortunately the
Armenian situation is beyond the influence OF
Pre- Re Nata and the club deplored its in
ability to do anything other than give its
sympathy to the oppressed Christians of
Armenia.
The next meeting, will be held in the Con-
cord Flats, on Wednesday, 9th instant.
and some action will be taken towards the
matter Of "expectoration in public places, y
which the club discussed some time since.
Woman's National Press Association is
making arrangements. through its committee
appointed at the last regular meeting. TO
give reception to the National Council OF
Women.
The Woman's Anthropological Society, in af-
flliaiion with the Columbian University, OF this
city, has afforded to Washington the benefit
OF four lectures on Buddhism. by Prof. Rhys
Davids, Phi. D., LII D., of University College.
London. The first OF the course, delivered
on February 2, was on the lie OF Gotama.
Society of the Covenant met in the lecture
room of the church on Monday last and re-
elected the staff of officers for the year.
| The current business transacted, Mrs. John
| W. Foster gave most interesting and graphic
| account Of her late travels throughout the
Eastern countries She illustrated her dis
course by articles Of the wearing apparel
and adornments of the women OF many coun-
| tries. II +" ie
Mrs. Foster dweIt uBon the condition OF
the women of the East t-of Syria. Palestine,
Egypt. and of Turkey particularly. The one
bright spot. she said was Japan, where the
| finger of civilization, as we understand ii,
| seems to have made mark, and from which
the future may reasonably expect many bril-
| liant results Al
Mrs. Foster was enabaed to secure access
| to these homes and to meet face to face the
women of these countries of which SO little Is
| known. n
She deplored their social condition. The
! child-wives and the broken grandmothers OF
| twenty-five years OF agelparticularly appealed
to her sympathy. Monogamy was becoming
popular in some parts of the East and, as
| the khedive is still unmarried, 1t is hoped
that he will set the fashion to his people of
| having but one wife.
The Woman's Christian Association has
| just Issued its report for the year ending De-
cember, 1894.
During the past year 366 women and 81
| children have been sheltered in the home and
employment found for ITO persons as cham
| bermaids, cooks, mattresses, seamstresses,
nurses and teachers There are now in the
home several women anxious to find employ
| ment.
Six old ladies are in the homo for life; many
women are boarded for nominal sum, and a
| temporary shelter is given many in search Of
| work.
AS the home is undenominational, the
managers cannot apply for assistance to any
particular church. and are dependent for tho
| most part upon voluntary contributions.
Martha Washington Chapter, D. A. R., met
on Tuesday evening.
| This chapter counts among the member
| ship number OF musicians. Miss Lillian
Pike, regent, is fine pianist, as is also Mrs.