Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-06
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pICSSAtAcu xcCSutly- With y C820leStlChs sAAS
gift of the daughters OF the Jhole country,
made through the delegates aasembled here
for the ceremonies attendant upon the
breaking Of the ground foss Continental
Hall. This reminder OF the hight Of other
days is Of silver. in colo4iai design, with q
medallion head Of Martha Washington Or
namenting It's base Thief presentation was
| made informally at a bbarde meeting re-
Gently. when one Of the members asked fol-
five minutes time to make a few re-
marks" Mrs. Fairbanks, In accepting, ex-
pressed her appreciation and surprise In
her usual happy style, and the candlestick
now occupies place Of horJr In her home.
Mrs. Fairbanks left for New York yester-
| day in the interest of the organization of
which she is the head and viii be the guest
OF honor at breakfast to be given at noon
today by Mrs. Abner Mckinley at the Hotel
| Manhattan. -
The National Indian Association will hold
| Its tWenty-third anniversary sessions at the
| Church of the Covenant December 10, IL
| and II. At the opening meeting at 1880
| o'clock the address of welcome will be
! made by Mrs NJ E. C. WILDER of this city.
= Wednesday morning Miss Emily Cook,
| also of Washington. will read a paper con-
corning The Indian News Of the Year"
Thursday evening the delegates will be
| given reception by Mr.. and Mrs. William
| Jones, 1884 Vermont avenue, from to 1880
| o'clock.
| The Society of Philosophical Inquiry, of
| which the Rev. j. Macbride Sterrett, M. A.
| d. D., of the Columbian University, is pres-
| dent numbers among it's members dozen
| or more women who must necessarily de-
| vote a great deal of time to the study which
| enrolment in such an organization entails.
The gentlemen who founded the society
| in 1888 for the purpose of philosophy are all
| well known in the educational and scientific
world, and their recognition of the intelec-
| tual CaDaCltV of WOma nlyind EXPRESSED
| at one of the first meetings, when it was
| recommended that women be admit ted to
the society on the same conditions as are
| men," In pursuance of this enactment the
| names Of Olive Risley Seward, Sara c.
| Upton, Annie T. Smith, Frances G. French.
| Julia Mindeliff, and Caroline H. Dali were
| presented to the society. and they were
| elected. Other women who have since be-
| come members include Mrs Charles w.
| Boarman, Mrs Clara Bewick Colby, Char
| lotte F. Daley, Miss Nina Goetz, Miss
| B. Harrington, Miss Ella r. Jones, Mrs. R.
| L. johnson, Miss Julia Leavans, Mrs. NJ
| R. Mcconnell, Mrs Josephine Parkman,
| Miss Marie E. Patterson, Miss Julia Rep
| George Stoneman. Miss B. V. Sherwood
| Anna T. Smith, and Mrs. Hiram p. Ward.
| The meetings of this society are held the
| first Tuesday in the month in DR.. Sterretts
room at the university at 4:30 o'clock. The
| first problem for discussion, whether Mind
| is a Substance or a Relation" will give
| some idea of the line of work which the
| society has been pursuing from that time
| to the present.
| Local club women have been interested
| in the meeting of the Spanish-American
war nurses, whose third annual meeting
began at the Ebbitt House last Tuesday.
| At Wednesdays session Mrs. J. Ellen Fos-
ter paid the members this tribute in her
address: ST.
ut is the most promising field for the
best work which women can do 1t re-
quires training and education, and you
form a profession, not merely guild of
workers. The necessities of every day
life make an open door for their activities
and guarantee returns both eremunerative
and honorable
Mrs. Kate Waller Barrett has returned
from a visit of three months to Mexico,
Diaz, wife Of the president, she established
a Florence Crittenton Industrial school,
with classes day and evening.
There are few women in Washington so
thoroughly identified with air prog essve
movements as Mrs. Mary s. Lockwood.
The now world-famous association of the
Daughters of the American Revolution was
organized at her home in This city, and she
was made its first historian. In her con-
nection with the Woman's National Press
Association, of which she was president
for three consecutive years, she secured
q
ton room Of the woman's building at the
worlds fair, and, curiously enough, it was
the only place on the whole grounds which
Washingtonians could claim especially
their own.
Miss Frances Graham French recently
elected vice president of the District Fed
GRAFTON of Womens Clubs, had the honor
of representing the United States in 1886
at two international congresses in Switzer-
land and also represented the international
Press and the Women's National Press AS
ISOLATION of Washington in Berlin for re-
formatory and phiianthropic work Dur
ing the Paris exposition she was delegate
to both congresses of women, and also re-
ceived invitation from the president of
the congress of charities and corrections.
Miss French had been a delegate from var
ious local clubs to nearly every educational
and journalistic congress at home and
abroad, during the last ten years. She is
attached to the United States bureau Of
education. and is said to be one of the most
accomplished lingusts in the country.
Dr. Anita Newcomb MCGEE. president of
the Spanish-American War Nurses, was
president of the society in charge Of the
army nurses during the war with Spain, in
the Philippines. Cuba, Porto Rica and
China. She resigned her commission as
acting assistant surgeon in the United
States army, but continues actively inter-
ested in the Army Nurse Corps which she
aided so materially in founding. DR.. Nc
Gee Is member of the Washington Club,
and wears the badges of the Daughters of
the American Revolution and several other
organizations.
The Woman's Single Tax Club of the
District of Columbia held its December
meeting last evening at the home of Mrs.
Henrietta NJ. Davis at As H street north
east The subject for the evening was
''The Single Tax in Operation and the
following program was presented: 1.-THE
Single Tax in New Zealand" Mr. William
s. Heath; recitation, AUX Italiens," Mrs.
Willis, accompanied by Mrs. Davis; AN
Account Of Fairhope Colony, Alabama"
| Mrs. Munroe; 1.-The Hyattsville Venture"
Prof. Charles Newburgh; tom Johnson
and His Work." Mr.. Maurice Pechin: reel
tation, '"The Conversations" Mrs. Willis.
Refreshments were served and the club
adjourned to meet January with Miss
Gertrude E. Metcalf, 1413 9TH street north
west
Among those present were Mrs. Jennie
L. Munroe MES William Geddes, Mrs. Hen
rietta M. Davis, Mrs. Harry M. Coope Mrs
| Llewer1yn F. Davis. Mrs. Mark c. Davis
| Mrs. Mary C. Agnew, Mrs. NJ. L. Leff1ler
Mrs. F. M. Willis, Mrs. Mary Ream Fuller
Misses Bessie A. Dwyer, Flora Raymond
| Lizzie ]. Magic, Nellie hRamby. Adelia
| Bowen. Gertrude E. Metealf Miss Thorn
| Prof Chas. Newburgh. Dr. Elewellyn F.
Davis, DR.. Mark o. Davis, Messrs George
r Davis Maurice Peohiu Martin Rriplr