Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-04


Spalding read poem entitled "One Home
and One Flag composed by little Miriam
Spalding, and the Misses Hawkins played
duets on the piano and violin. The enter
tainment closed with Miss Hallowells re-
cital Of "Tam-o-Shanta.
Miss Ella Slocum entertained the w. L.
NJ. Club at cards on Wednesday evening.
The members came in a bus dressed with
flags and lanterns. After a number OF
evening finished with dancing. Miss Slo-
Gums home on the Conduit road has large
garden attached in which the club will give
a lawn party before the members leave the
city for the summer.
The last fortnightly meeting of the Fed
eral Woman'S Equality Association was
we'll attended, and several new members
were enrolled. This association considers
that in no way can 1t more certainly bring
about the election to Congress of senator's
and Representatives favorable to woman
part in the elections at the very founda-
ton of political power. The policy of
forming woman suffrage balancing ticket
which had been approved at previous
meeting was made part of the work of the
association by resolution urging ell wo-
man suffragists in all states to adopt the
policy of holding the balance of power be-
tween the parties by nominating a woman
candidates most positively and reliably IA
vorable to woman suffrage. selected in
nearly equal proportions from the. tickets
of the principal political parties in the field.
Chicago is to have a new Womans club
with a smoking den attached. One of the
founders of the club. who, incidentally,
does not smoke herself, has declared that
a club has no right to stipulate what a
woman shall or shall not do. so long as she
is eligible to membership. Men have smok-
ing dens-why not women? There is also
to be a gymnasium and other up-to-date
features, with the sole exception of a bar.
According to a Chicago visitor who was in
Washington to attend the continental con-
gress of the D. A. r., the women's clubs
of this city are more earnest in their OBJ
jects and less given to mere pleasure than
those of any place which she has ever WIS.,
tied, and she has Travelled practically all
over the country.
The Capitol Hill History Club met with
Mrs Nichol on the afternoon of April 1.
Mrs Mattox was elected member. The
papers read were: "Ceylon, the Second
Paradise of ADAM Madame Blavatsky,
by Mrs Webb. and Music and Painting
of India" by Mrs Travis.
The Hoyle Card Club met last night at
the home of MIR. and Mrs. Charles D. Tai
lor. on Kenesaw avenue when prizes were
won by the hostess and Mr.. John w. john
son. respectively. After a dozen games
of euchre the members contributed the
usual informal program of music and reel
tations. Mrs. Rose Miller sang "Killar-
ney" and Goodbye Sweet Heart Good
bye and was followed by Miss Genevieve
Painter with n whistlnG solo, playing her
own accompaniment on the piano. Mrs.
Grace Thompson gave several contralto Sc
lections, accompanied by Miss Merriam.
Miss Daisy Isabel French played a solo
on the violin. Among the visitors present
were Mr.. and Mrs. Allen and Mr.. and Mrs.
Morgan, all of Baltimore.
The Nj NJ. NJ. Club held an open meet
ing Tuesday night, when Mrs. Hull the
president gave interesting account of
simmer pleasures in the Philippines. She
illustrated her talk with fifty snapshot
scenes of the people and country of the
islands that were taken by her brother,
John Peterson. who recently returned from
a term of service there covering two years.
Mrs. Hull, in concluding her remarks,
presented each person present with pref
ty she'll as a souvenir of the islands Miss
Y urell. who has been studying painting in
Germany for the past year and will soon
return to complete her course, spoke in
terestingly of student life as she found it
IN Dresden and Berlin. Music and recita-
lions by several members of the club closed
the exercises.
Miss Jennie Walker of the newly organ
lied South Washington Dramatic Club
has been obliged to withdraw from the
membership of the club. her parents de-
cldlng that participation in the clubs du-
ties would interfere too seriously with her
studies
The Unity Literary Club held an inter-
esting meeting Wednesday evening in the
banquet room of the National Hotel H
X M0nfOn nrpSi6an- of no al, \ \
and John c. Scoteld of the War Depart-
ment read paper entitled ''Our Coast
Defenses." w. D. Slaughter arranged a
program as follows: Miss Laura Bangs. a
tuck Babe i'll response to an encore. She
was accompanied by Miss Rogers H. w.
Jenner, a flute solOr. Flower Song and
for encore, "Alieeretto." Miss Ada Carroll
Recltations, Jane Jones' and "A Society
Play in Four Acts" Miss Ada Louise
Townsend. Cornet solo, "A Dream of Para
disc c. c. Dorsey: accompanies Miss
Gussie Palmer. Recitation. travesty on
THE Raven w. F.. Mcdaniel.
The presence of Miss Susan B. Anthony
in the city this week was matter of gem
eral interest to club women, and especially
to the older members of the Woman's Suf-
frage Association. who have known her
for the last thirty years.
The last monthly business meeting of the
Columbia Heights Art Club was held at
the home of the president. Mrs. Chas. w
Schneider, who acted as chairman for the
day. The annual reports of the recording
secretary, Miss Florence Redway; the cor
responding secretary, Mrs. Sarah S. James,
and the treasurer. Mrs. John II. Stokes
We're read and approved by the club. The
annual election Of officers then took place
as follows: President. Mrs. John Hyde;
corresponding secretary, Miss Florence
Annie Redway; recording secretary, Mrs
S. V. Young; treasurer, Mrs. John H.
Stokes; executive hoard, Mrs. Alphonso
Hart, chairman; Mrs. Evelyn Clark Nor
gan, Mrs. j. l.. McCreery, Mrs. Eleanor H.
B. Tower and Mrs. George Redway; di-
rector to Federation of Womens Clubs,
Mrs Charles w. Schneider. The position
of honorary president was conferred upon
Mrs Schneider in recognition of her faith
full service and executive ability in the past
five years.
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