Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-13
THE WOMEN'S CLUBS

| LII WUMIy - OIU Do
| The Y u c. Club held it's last indoor
meeting Thursday evening at the home of
| Miss Katie Franc Bell OF U street. The
program was opened with an overture by
| the Misses Riddle upon the piano, and af-
| ter the reading of the minutes the follow
| ing officers were elected for the coming
year: Miss Madge Morrison, president;
| Miss Loula Byrnes, secretary, Miss Kate
| Withers. treasurer.
The club will continue Its meetings
| throughout July. though each gathering
will be entirely social in character and con-
sist of an outing either by trolley car or
boat The initial trip will be an excursion
| to Marshall Hall and be followed by long
one the week after. when the members
| and several friends and relatives will spend
| Sunday at Colonial Beach.
Miss Jennie Clemens of the club left Fri
day for her grandfathers home. near Hot
| Springs, Va. Miss Maude Bailey, also Of
the club, accompanied her and both will re-
main all summer.
| The Old Men and Women's Club, recently
| organized at Boyds, Md, has already de-
! veloped SO successfully that membership
| is being eagerly sought, though to be ell
| gible applicant must have attained the
| scriptural limit of three score years and
ten.
The Minerva Club met Monday at the
| home of the secretary, Miss Jane Beren.
| After the transaction of routine business
| the members gave an informal program of
| a literary character, interspersed with mu-
solo from Faust Mr.. M. N. Stephens
| read from the "IdyIs of the Kings and
| Miss Beren repeated by request her original
| ballad, "Heartsease," accompanied by Miss
| Bertha Halleck. ...-l
| The Jonquils met last night with Miss
| Nellie Spalding to arrange for their first
annual outing, which, it was decided,
| should be given the day following the clos
| ing of the High School, to Glen Echo. The
chaperons selected were Mrs. Albert Strick
er and Miss Alice Brown. Miss Katharine
HornbloWer, Miss Mary Barker Miss Lulu
Haines and Miss Myra OConnel were in
vited to join the club on it's excursion. The
gentlemen guests were limited to Mr.. Stric-
ker, the guide to Glen Echo, and Mr.. Jules
Brown as pathfinder through the woods.
The w. p. Club met last night at the
home of Miss Rita Dent on 4th street At
ter the close of routine business the club
gave vote of thanks to Mrs NJ L. Bates
former president of the club, who has re-
Gently returned from Mexico and has given
to each of the club members a souvenir Of
her travels. The club decided to continue
its meetings until after the first Friday in
July.
Miss Mole Walters and Miss Jennie
Sprague of the club will leave tomorrow
for Virginia, and Miss Bertha Williams
will go in day or two to her aunt's cot
Mrs. A. E. Baker of the Weekly Literary
Club will leave for New York tomorrow.
and sail for England Wednesday to spend
I a xryifh alo1; dow
Miss Irene Baker also a member of the
club. is with her grandparents, Col. and
Mrs. A. A. Baker of lower Maryland, in
the vicinity of Leonardtown.
The June meeting of the NJ C. L. Social
Club was held Wednesday at the home of
Miss Ella Murray, 1t being the closing ses-
sion of the year. The program was as
sentation of two candidates for admission
to the club, closing with songs, instru-
mental solos, graphophone series and
two recitations.
Miss Marion Hill, Miss Josephine Morgan,
Miss Louise Henderson and Messrs. John
Moore, Harry Peterson and Arthur Low.
Additional guests included Miss Laura
Whitman. Miss Georgia Bennett William
M. Wheat and John and William Tucker.
The M. c. NJ Card Club adjourned last
| night until October. Eleven games were
mons and William Henderson The officers
for the coming season are: Kate Whitman,
president: Mary F. Morgan. secretary;
Madge Butler, treasurer, and Morice Ball,
director of games.
The Lily Pleasure Club gave an informal
dance Thursday, being the last of a series
of ten. Miss Anita Barber of Capitol Hill
was the hostess. The parlorS were prettlly
decorated with wild flowers and ices were
served on a veranda, which was pictur-
esquely lighted with fancy lanterns. The
twenty members were reinforced by as
many invited guests, among whom were the
Misses Ella and Madge Watson Miss Flora
Hill, Miss Bessie Bonner Miss Grace
Madigan, Miss Lulu Murphy, Miss Cathe-
rine Hall and Messrs John Gunton. Joseph
Wlldman, George Henderson, Jack Hall,
Frank Ferguson, Jules Hartford and James
Barnes.
The Query Club varied it's usual pro-
gram at last nights meeting by devoting
the evening to music and cards it being
the second of similar innovations. The
members We're entertained by Miss Grace
Miller who also contributed to- the pleas
ure OF the evening by singing several songs,
accompanying herself upon the guitar. The
club Will hold business meeting next Fri
day, after which 1t will adjourn until the
second Friday in October b t1s
The regular meeting of the Missouri La
dies Literary Club was held Monday after
noon at the residence of Mrs. Mary Tomlin,
1903 b street northeast. The program con-
sisted of readings from the books of Alice
Hogan Rice. Selections from Mrs. Wigs
OF the Cabbage Patch were read by Mrs.
Witten and Mrs. Andrew, and from "Lovey
Mary" by Mrs Mabrey and Mrs. Burkhart.
Master Robert Tomlin, accompanied by
Miss Josephine Tomlin, entertained the club
with several vocal solos
This being the day for the nomination of
officers, Mrs. Mabrey was chosen for presi-
dent, Mrs Andrew vice president and Miss
Katherine McCardell secretary. Ices and
cake were served by the hostess.
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