Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-31

| E. Hawkins, Mrs. Margaret Bateman, Mrs.
| Tullock. Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Wagner,
! Miss Lily Ferguson, Miss Daisy Mankin.
| the Misses Laura and Nellie Smith, and
Messrs John K. Ferguson, Frank Wagner,
James Morrison, Hal Wagner, Oscar Smith
and j. e. F. Hall.
The club will omit its regular meeting
next Tuesday in order to allow many of the
members to attend social engagements The
usual sessions will be resumed on the regu-
lar night of the following week.
The Poinsetta Club gave an at home
Thursday evening, at which there were a
number of specially invited guests. The
the first time gave several selections on the
violin, mandolin, guitar and piano. After
an excellent program of music and recita-
tons the members danced until after mid
night, when a hot supper was served.
The Washington branch of the Army Re-
lief Society, of which Mrs. Adna r. Chat
fee is president, will give a series of card
parties for the purpose of raising funds for
the society's needs. The object of the So
ciety Is to raise money for such emergen-
cies as Illness and burials in the families OF
dead officers and enlisted men of the army.
Also to assist in educating the children OF
such men so that they may not grow up
ignorant and a discredit to the name of the
soldiers who gave their lives to their coun-
try.
The card party at the barracks on Thurs
day was a financial success, three hundred
tickets having been sold. Mrs. Daniel 5.
Lamont of New York is the national presl-
dent of the society, which has its head
quarters in New York.
Mrs. Everett Wheeler entertained the
members of the Mothers Sewing Club, OF
which she is president and other guests
Thursday evening at her apartment on
East Capitol street. The evening. opened
with a program that combined literature
music and vaudeville stnrnS' and closed
with the singing by the entire company of
Aud Lang Syne. Supper was served at
table gay with poinsetta blooms and holly
and from the vine wreathed chandeliers in
each room swung a large red bell. The
company included Mr.. and Mrs. Lathrop of
Boston, the latter prominent club woman
OF that city; Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Grey,
Mrs. Melton Chandler Miss Corinne Vain
wright. Mrs. Augustus Stephens and
Messrs. John E. Flanagan, James Monroe,
Frank Bell and James Morton. The club
VIII hold its regular meeting next Friday
afternoon.
The regular session of the Short Story
Clup was held Tuesday evening, December
piano solo. and Miss Alice E. Brown played
La Favorite," and in response to a recall
gave The Birds Of Notre Dame" The
story Of the evening was read by the
author, Mr.. E. A. Tibbetts, under the cap
ton The Wooing of Joseph" Two espe-
cially pleasing duets were played by Mrs.
j. w. ana Miss Beatrice Bulla Miss Au-
gusta Pratt read original paper, enti-
tied "A Carnegie Storiett,'' and Mrs. c. L..
Macauley gave the Scotch song, Whats
All This About?' Miss NJ. C. Bennett read
a selected poem based the trials of the
would-be author. "a Christmas Thought"
was the title of poem read by the author,
Mrs. Clara o. Bland. Mrs. McCauley sang
that cld-time ballad, Sweet Alice, Ben
Bolt" and in conclusion Mr.. Leslie Coombs
played THE Bustle of Spring." receiving
an enthusiastic encore, to which he re-
sponded.