Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-30

ings was changed from Tuesday the day
J upon which meetings have been held dur
J ing the past year, to Monday evenings.
| Commencing with the next meeting, which
Will be held Monday evening, February j.
| the society will meet bi-weekly.
The executive committee was instructed
to take up the question of engaging in
! joint debate with some other organization.
The euchre club of the institute held its
regular bi-weekly session Thursday even
ing, January 81, with very large attend
ance, nearly 200 members playing. large
number of prizes were awarded, including:
Ladies-First, Miss j. LANCE; second, Miss
Annie R. Murray; third. Mrs. M. f. IIar-
! mon; fourth, Miss NJ. E. Cook; fifth Miss
Ruppel; sixth. Miss Lizzie Dom. Gentle
men-First, Mr.. H. Wenzel; second, Mr.. G.
Giebel; third, Mr.. N. V. Hanlon; fourth.
Mr.. ]. ]. Collins; fifth, Mr.. Thomas B.
Higdon, and sixth. Mr.. David Mccarthy.
That will be the last meeting undl after
Easter, as no sessions will be held during
Lent.
A dance was given Friday evening last
in the hall, which was handsomely deco
rated for the occasion. A large number of
the members of the institute and their
friends were present The committee
arrangements was composed of J. Cassin
Howard, chairman; Dr. William B. DAILY.
Richard j. DoWney, David j. Dunnigan,
William w. Georges, Edwin P. Goodwin,
Joseph NJ. Hausler Arthur ]. May Ber-
nard F. Rover Joseph D. Sullivan and w.
G. Sullivan.
The Capitol Hill History Club held its
regular meeting last Wednesday afternoon
when there were twenty-one members and
two guests, Mrs. Patten and Mrs. Baxter,
present. Mrs. Webb, the president, pre-
sided.
Roll call was RESPONDED to with anecdotes
from the lives of noted singers of Italy
Papers were read as follows: Biography
| of Raphael Mrs. Julius Wilson; Festival
Days in Italy" Mrs. John Cushman: Lit
! erary People of Note Living in Italy To-
| day. Mrs. II. L. Patrick.
! The District Woman's Christian Temper
| ance Union gave reception to the ma
tiona! president Mrs L. NJ N. Stevens and
the national vice president, Miss Anna
| Gorden, last night from to 10. at SO 9th
| street Mrs. Margaret Dye Ellis, superin-
! tendent of the legislative department. and
Mrs. M. E. Cohen, the District vice pres-
| dent, assisted in the receiving line. The
| committee in charge were Mrs Emma ID.
| Shelton, District secretary; Mrs. Jennie
| Robinson. president of the board of trus-
| tees; Mrs. Theo. Moore, president of the
! North Capitol Union; MIS-. T. H. Cusick,
president of the Frances Willard Union,
| and Mrs Don p. Blaine. general secretary
! of young womens work. Among those
present were Mr.. and Mrs. F. NJ Bradley,
| Mrs Hull, Miss L. S. Waitman, Rev and
| Mrs. Walter F. Crafts, Mr.. and Mrs. Hop
per of Honolulu. Mr.. and Mrs. Shelton. Mr..
| and Mrs. II. j Philips, Dr. and Mrs. Chas.
| Granfield Mr. and Mrs w K Cohen. Mr..
and Mrs Don p. Blaine, Mrs. Groo, Mrs.
Jennie Bartlett and Miss Rosalee Bartlett.
| The Columbia Heights Art Club was en-
| tertaned in the parlors of the Portner,
| Thursday afternoon, by Mrs. John Stokes.
| Mrs. E. C. Morgan. the president. presided.
| Mrs. C. w. Schneider drew the attention of
| the club to the fine exhibition now being
| held in the Corcoran Gallery of Art by the
! Pnoto-Secession, under the auspices of the
Capital Camera Club. Under the Hohen-
| actx whit oh nf
a paper by Mrs. Loretta McCreery. was
| laid the basis of Prussia. and Austria was
| made an independent dukedom.
| After the discussion of this paper Mrs.
| Mary Lockwood told How Art Kept Alive
| in the Middle Ages"
| Mrs Belva Lockwood read a paper upon
| Germany and the Germans" as she saw
| them.
| Mr. James Henry Moser artist and art
| critic, addressed the club. He advised the
| members in their study of art. Ito try to
| get each painters point of view. He spoke
| against commercial art, and said that ''all
! true artists painted purely for the love of
| it," how to dispose of the picture after
| ward was of secondary considerations He
! told of the fine work in the exhibition just
! opened in the Pennsylvania Academy of
! Art, and praised American portrait paint
| ers, especially Chases mastery manner
! of handling paint in his portrait of Edouard
| Steichen."
Responses to roll call were dispensed with
and Mrs. Nissen sang 1.-The Swallows" She
| was accompanied by Mrs. Fisher.
"Gae to Sleep" was the title of song
| sweetly sung by Miss Louise Lunsden. Miss
| Margaret Hart delighted her listeners with
| Irish Eyes of Blue" Madame Lii Kwoh
| Chen, Miss Mildred Reid of New York, Mrs.
| ]. H. Moser, Miss II. ". Boswell Mrs.
| Lowell, Mrs. Ralph, Mrs. German, Mrs.
| Ferguson, Mrs. Fisher, Mrs. Fox. Mrs. Nc
/ Laughln, Miss F. McCreery. Miss Hatha-
/ way. Mrs. Downing. Mrs. Knowles, Mrs.
| Irving Ball, Mrs. Zapphone. Miss CHECKER
/ ing, Mrs. Lamm, Mrs. Kimball, Mrs. Rams
| burgh. Mrs. r. Parker, Mrs. Holmes aud
| Dr. Gibbs were the guests of the club.
| The Abra cadabra Club was entertained
| at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. j. d. Croissaut
| last Wednesday evening. There was a large
/ attendance of club members and the
| friends. who listened with interest to d s.
/ cuss.on of the subject. Limitations of
| Government Ownership by Representative
| Theobald Often of Wisconsin. one of the
l Abracadabrans. who treated the subject
| both from the point of view taken by soc al
/ lists and the popuEsts, AMI rather depre-
Gated each, Calming that so radical a
change would be unconstitutional. The
paper was quite generally discussed by
those present Mrs. Stems read paper on
Colonial t." which was a history of to-
bacco. and was well received by her audi
ence. Mrs. Decker read a prose selection.
Two musical numbers were rendered. first,