Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-20
W 0MEN'S CLUBS

W ~ A4 ~ ~ ~ " ~ ~ - ~
Mrs. Belva 8. Lockwood. secretary Of the
American branch Of the International
Peace Union. called a meeting at her home
last Monday evening. when she discussed,
with the officers of the union, who were
| present. the future action to be taken by
| them in reference to the military bill.
This bill, which aims to compel all men
between the ages of eighteen and forry-five
| to enter the militia, and which has already
passed the House and been favorably rec
| commended by the Senate, was denounced
| by Mrs. Lockwood as an encrochment OF
| the military upon the civil rights OF the
| entire country. Letters of protest have
been sent by the union to the President and
cabinet, to the Senate and the leading news
| papers of the country.
The Rev. Robert b. Warder. pastor of
| the Friends Church. stated at the meeting
| that he would endeavor the following morn
| ing to get an amendment to the bill provid-
| ing that any man who has conscientious
scruples can be exempt from the conscript.
| as Is the case in Pennsylvania, where the
| old law made by peaceful William Penn Is
still adhered to.
| According to its annual custom the peace
| bureau has sent to all ciergymen of the
| city, regardless of creed, written request
| that each shall preach peace sermon dur
| ing the holiday season. This year attention
| is called to the military bill, and the request
made that reference be called to its dan
| ger to the country and the home.
I Later In the evening Mrs. Lockwood and
| the members took up the Venezuelan prob
I Germany be requested to submit the case
| to arbitration.
Mrs. Mary s. Lockwood also selected the
! military bill as her topic at the last meet
| ing Of the Woman Suffrage Association,
| which holds its session every second Thurs
| day evening of the month at the Scottish
| Rite Hall. After calling attention to the
progress already made by this conscript
| bill, she recommended that people who do
| not believe in putting the whole nation on
| a military footing, with all the expenditure
| this involves, have no time to lose in raj
| lying public sentiment against the measure.
The language Study Club met last night
| at the home of its secretary, Miss Anita E.
| Bliss. All plans formulated at the initial
| session have been carried into practical
| effect and the organization is now on a
| working basis. AS all members must be
| conversant with French and German, the
| vote was in favor of italian as the first
! language to occupy the study hours
| throughout the ensuing year. At each meet
| ing some Italian, of either sex, who has
achieved greatness on historical lines, in
any special field, will be the subject of a
sketch to be followed by a general discus
| sion. The club will not meet again till af-
ter the holidays
The District w. c. T. U. held Christmas
sale on the afternoons and evenings of last
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, at its
home 521 9th street northwest. Mrs. Helen
D. Hartford, president of Oregon w. c. T.
o.. spoke during the week at different
points in the city, under the auspices OF
various local unions.
The December meeting Of Constitution
Chapter, D. A. R., was held Tuesday in the
apartments of Mrs. c. W. Pierce, at the
Portner The chapter elected the follow
ing officers: Mrs. J. Ellen Foster, regent;
Mrs. A. B. Portman, vice regent; Miss
Helen Varrick Boswell, recording secretary;
Miss Belle n. Tanner, corresponding secre-
tary; Mrs. s. E Pittman, treasurer: Miss
Flora NJ Lewis, registrar; Mrs. II. B. Sper-
ry, historian. Mrs. and Miss Pierce pre-
sided in the dining room after the meeting
closed.
Mrs. Emma S. Brinton, the well-known
club woman, was born and reared in Mas
sachusetts, but has lived in Washington
long enough to be identified with it's inter-
ests. She began her career an army
nurse in the civil war, where she did faith
full volunteer service in the hospitals from
the beginning of the struggle to the end.
Later she did mission work among the
freedmen of the Sea Islands, and after her
return north was engaged by leading news
papers to do correspondence work abroad.
1t was at the Vienna exposition that Mrs
Brlnton conceived the plan of building a
new England log caDln at the coming CEN
tennial. AT the Columbian exposition, she
erected and managed a second log cabin,
representative of the life led by the New
Englanders in colonial days. People of all
nationalities found in its simple interior the
one idea of health and home. The hungry
and weary sightseers were thankful for the
abundance Of the colonial dining room and
hundreds daily sat down at its board. AS
delegate to the international peace congress
at Budapest and to the woman's congress
at Berlin, Mrs. Brinton gathered material
for lectures to which she added the inter
est of many realistic views.
Miss Henrietta F. Muller, the disciple of
occultism. who spoke at the Womans Ma
tonal Press Association last night has de-
voted years to the study of her work in life.
In addition to the journey around the
world. which she made alone, leaving Lon
don in 1901 and returning to her starting
point exactly twelve months later she has
spent several years without companion
ship on the Top of the HimalayaS, where
she went for the purpose of acquainting
herself with the occult secrets of the Hin
doc religion. The Hindoostanees have never
impaired their secrets, but Miss Muller got
possession Of them, and her mission here
after will be to impart her knowledge to
others
Postmaster General Payne disapproves of
women mail carriers, but he has not, as re-
ported, called for the resignation for those
already in the service. 1t has been and
will continue to be his rule to appoint to
the rural delivery service men carriers
rather than women in all cases except
where individual circumstances give the
latter the right of preference. For in
stance:
Should a carrier die, or become incapac.-
tated through Illness, and his family be left
without support, the vacancy may be filed
by his wife, if she be capable, and can Sc
cure the consent Of the community in
which she lives. That these instances are
rare, however, is evidenced by the official
roll, which shows an army Of 12,2S5 men
carriers to only forty women. One woman
in Massachusetts, was appointed simply be-
cause a man could not be found to accept
the position. The salary was too small.
The Postmaster General was too busy
today to give personal explanation for
discriminating against women carriers, but
referred the inquiry to the first assistant