Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-28
UNITY CLUB MEETING.
Lecture by DR.. KIemm and other
Special Features.

Special Features.
How the Devil Got Into Germany" was
the title Of the lecture delivered before
the members of Unity Club by DR.. Louis
r Klemm, at the fourth regular meeting of
the present season, which was held We'd
nesday evening last. The Christmas meet
Ing of the club was held at the residence
of Mrs. Isabel P. Smith, No. 1911 18th
street northwest, the parlors. reception hall
and other rooms on the ground floor of which
were tastefully decorated with holly, ever
greens and mistletoe. There was a large
attendance of members and their friends.
The clubs president. DR.. William A. Jack,
called the meeting to order at o'clock,
and the program opened with a piano solo,
"Grande Polka de Concert" which was
performed by Miss n. Albert In a manner
which elected much applause. The hostess,
Mrs. Smith, gave a brief history of IN
Old Japanese Fan" sent to her son in the
Philippines, upon which written a
short facetious and cheering letter. The
fan finally fell into the hands of one of the
brave boys who was lying wounded and Ill
in hospital The cheering words written
upon it did much to restore the sick fellow
to health, and when he was able to sit up
in bed he wrote letter of thanks to u.
p. S. the unknown writer Of the letter on
the fan. Mrs Smith read the letter she
had received.
President Jack then introduced the lee
turer Of the evening, DIR. l.. r. Klemm,
and announced the subject of his lecture.
In the course of his lecture, DR.. klemm
gave a brief history of the entrance Of
Christianity into Germany, and maintained
that there never was German devil. The
myths and monster inventions Of the vari-
Gus ancient mythologies," he said, were
crystalized into an idea of a devil, and the Sc
with all the adverse natural forces, at
tributable to some gigantic demons were
all conferred upon the Christian devil"
The lecturer showed that before the days
Of Dante and the writing of his Inferno"
the German hell was a neutral place. sup
posed to be cold, damp, moist and Shiny.
He compared the devils variously de-
scribed by Dantes Lucifer, Milton's Satan
and Goethes Mephistopheles Millions and
Dante's devils, he said, were founded on
blind belief, always Worshiped and feared
living actualities, but when Goethe arose
had thrown off their childish beliefs
and begun to ponder. DR.. Klemm, in CLOS
ing his lecture, expressed congra tulation
and satisfaction that the world moves on,
and with it the thought and intellect of
the human. The usual discussion of the
club on the lecture called forth some adj
verse criticism from Miss 1-eberman, and
some favorable remarks from DR.. Jack and
Mr.. 8. H. Agnew.
The second part of the program opened
with recitation by Mrs. Mary Manly Hay
wood, who gave Angelina Johnson in
negro dialect. and responded to an encore
with "a Boys Essay on Henry VIII"
Miss Leila Lieberman rendered as a piano
SOLO q dl1IlCult SelectlOn from GOunOd
Faust" Mr.. Henry W: selah recited In
gersolps Eulogy on Shakespeare" after
which Miss Albert played the Venetian
Love Song" as a piano solo. An original
short story by DR.. L. r. Klemm, entitled,
His New Year Surprise was read by
the author, after which Mr.. S. H. Agnew
recited Mary Queen Of Scots" The over
ture to 'Tannheuser' (Wagner). per-
formed by Miss Lieberman, concluded the
evenings entertainment.
A cordial vote Of thanks was passed to
the hostess Of the occasion, Mrs. l. P.
Smith, and the president announced the
lecturer for the next regular meeting as
Mr.. Macasson of North Carolina, whose
subject will be Poets"