Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-19

The District of Columbia Federation OF
Womens Clubs held It's annual meeting
November Is in the Washington Hebrew
TempIe. Mrs Charlotte Emerson Main pre-
siding in the absence of the president Miss
Frances Graham French, who was report
ed to be quite i'll.
The reports OF officers, which showed an
excellent condition of the work of the or
ganization, were followed by reports from
chairmen of standing committees: Plan OF
work, Miss F. G. French; legislative, Mrs.
Ellen S. Mussey; civic, Mrs. c. E. Kent;
public schools Mrs NJ. L. Willis; reciproc-
ity, Mrs Charlotte E. Main; club extension,
Mrs Mary s. Lockwood; Industrial, Mrs.
Kittie r. Pepper; philanthropic work, MIS-.
Hannah B. Sperry; art, MIS-. Marina Il.
schneider: libraries, Mrs. ELLEN S. Knight;
hall, Mrs r. NJ. G. Pealer; editorial. Mrs.
Grace Porter Hopkins. Mrs. Ada H. Weiss,
chairman of the social committee, and Mrs.
Belya A. Lockwood chairman of the for
estrv committed were absent hence no re-
norts from those committees were pre-
sented
Resolutions, offered by Mrs. Pepper. were
passed indorsing the movement OF the IL
linois federation in it's work before Con-
gress. Apropos to this, Mrs. Behrend,
guest, spoke on the servant question, ex-
planning a system successfully adopted py
the housewives Of Germany, whereby no
book containing a satisfactory recon-
mendation from her last employer. To
make the matter more emphatic the IN
dorsement must bear the seal OF the mayor
of the town.
Each of the fourteen affiliated clubs re-
ported It's years work to the federation
through its president, as follows:
Woman's National Press Association. Mrs
f. s Cromwell Pro Re Nata, Mrs. Sarah
Chase Cess, director; legion of Loyal Wo-
men, Mrs Julia G. Burnett; w. z. I. u,
Mrs Clinton Smith, District of Columbia
Woman's Suffrage Association, Mrs. Helen
r. Tindall; Excelsior Literary Club, Mrs.
Emma A. Hawkes.; Washington Kindergar-
ten Club, Miss Susan Pollock; Wimodausis,
Miss Emma Gillette; Womans Blndery
Union Miss Mamie I. Daniels; Aid Asso-
citation for the Blind Mrs Charles M. Pep
per, director; Ladies' Union Veteran Lee
eion, Mrs Ella s. Knight; Columbia
Heights Art Club, Mrs M. L. Schneider,
honorary president, and the woman
Clinic, Mrs. Reagan, president. sappieme NJ
ed by remarks by the superintendent Oh the
clinic, DIR. Ida Heiburger.
A feature of the afternoon session was
the election of officers and a general resume
of the work of the federation since Its IN
ception by Mrs Mary A. Lockwood.
Before the election took place Miss
French, the retiring president, was eulo,
gized for her excellent administration, and
resolutions of appreciation and hope for
her speedy recovery to health were passed.
The election of Mrs Henry F. Blount OF
Georgetown as presiding officer of the fed
GRAFTON was then made unanimous. DR.. A.
=. Portman of the Press Association was
made treasurer to succeed Mrs. Schneider.
The Legion of Loyal Women will give an
"at home tomorrow evening The thfr-
teenth anniversary Of the banquet Will be
celebrated Monday evening, November n.
All honorary members have been invited to
the celebration, and each active member
Is privileged to bring one friend. Mrs.
TIA WI
Thirteen is sometimes considered an UNI
lucky number. but the president of the le-
gion Mrs. Julia G. Burnett. declares to the
true and tried, whom she had never before
priced as such.
Early in December the legion will hold a
bazaar at its hall.
The Potomac Literary Club held its
monthly meeting at the National Hotel
Prof A. s. Marye, for some twenty years
a teacher of Shakespeare, gave a paper en-
titled "A Criticism Of Julius Caesar" His