Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-07
AMONG THE CLUBS


the organisation. has returned from an ex-
tended visit to New York and other north
ern points and Is mapping out work for the
various committees. The legion Is still do
| ing its share toward having a bill passed by |
Congress for a new temporary home for I
soldiers and sailors. Mrs Ada H. Weiss. l
| secretary Of the legislative committee that |
has the matter in charge Is home from an |
al-summer outing divided between the |
mountains of Pennsylvania and Atlantic |
City. Other homecomers Of the legion are
Mrs. E. Kate Gillette. Mrs. Lizzie Calver, !!
| who has recently closed her summer home |
! at Chesapeake Beach; Mrs. Florence Dom |
ohue, who spent the summer at the sea- |
| shore, and Miss Mary Smith. who Is back |
from visit to Plymouth, Mass The le- |
| a fair and luncheon for the benefit of Its |
relief work.
The Columbia Heights Art Club held its |
| first meeting Of the season in the parlor OF |
| the Portner Thursday. The president. Mrs.
| John Stokes, was hostess and chairman and |
greeted the members in brief address. |
The principal business transacted was the |
appointment of a new recording secretary, |
which was made necessary by the resigna- |
ton Of Mrs. Garner who leaves the city
named to succeed her. Mrs. Garner will |
/ become an associate member |
A motion was passed expressing sympa- |
thy for Mrs. McCreery in the death Of hez
husband, Mr.. John L. McCreery. IA
AS the club expects to give a series OF |
entertainments during the winter for the |
tainment committee. consisting OF Mrs. |
Martha L. Schneider. Mrs. Jessie l.. Engle |
and Mrs Edith S. Emerson. was appointed. !
A credentials committee was also appointed |
and other details of business attended to, |
! after which the members, in respone to |
| roll call, told stories of adventure and
were varied and covered happenings at
home and abroad, travels by land and by
| sea, at the seashore and by the lakes. Big
boats and little boats motor cars and rail- |
ways afforded some exciting experiences.
but serious mishap Even arrest for
speeding was let off with reprimand.
c. H. A. c. was being talked about both in
Paris and in Canada. told by two inter-
esting experiences of two of the members
devoted their holiday to serious reading
and study for club work. One spent con-
| siderable time at the British Museum in
research and study for her club paper on
Egypt: The members Of the Columbia
| Heights Art Club do not study the manip- |
ulation of the brush, but have taken for
their motto Literature and the elegant
| coarser plants of daily necessity and |
those recently returned from abroad told
how much the club work in the past helped |
them to appreciate and understand the |
works of art seen on their travels and |
added to the interest of the historical
| spots visited.
| The Abracadabra Club resumed its usual |
| series of entertainments last Wednesday |
night by a successful opening meeting with |
| Miss c. A. Van Doren East Capitol |
street. Responses to the roll-call were short |
selections from the Elizabethan poets. Two
| bright original stories were read by Mrs.
| T. p. Clark and Mrs. Loretta w. McCreery. |
| George r. Ide described the sights and ex-
! periences of his late summer cruise on the
| waters of the bay. Miss Cowl added a cou- |
| pie of pleasing recitations, and Dr.. Henry |
| E2oL hrie alleged
! Of psychical phenomena. The recent death |
| of a most valued member. Mr.. ]. L. Nc |
| Creery, caused the selection of a committee
to present resolutions of sorrow. The Gus
tomary social entertainment was pleasantly |
| prolonged.
! The WASHINGTON branch Of the Theosophi-
| cal Society held it's regular Sunday evening |
meeting at the headquarters. 222 A street |
southeast. The meeting being public, the
regular order was suspended and the vice
| president, Mr. ]. Harry Carnes. read |
lecture on Myers Human Personality"
The writer in his review Of the authors
tween the conclusions reached by Myers
! through his Individual investigations and |
the teachings of theosophy. Wednesday
evening the study Of THE Pedigree OF
Man" was continued. The topic for the
evening dealt with the cosmical evolution |
| and the great hierarchies Of beings who |
| guide and evolve man. The lesson was IL
| lustarted by diagrams.
| The Friday evening class in the study of /
thought power. Its control and culture con- |
| tinued its work.
| Friday evening last reception was given |
at the local home Of the Florence Critten- |
ton Mission, 307 c street northwest. to well
come Mrs r. c. D. Durham as the new ma
| iron Many of those interested called to |
pay their respects. Mrs. Kate Waller Bar
rett, Mrs. Simpson, Mrs. Ellis, Mrs. Robert
members Of the auxiliary committee Of the |
Crittenton mission, received the guests.
The Crittenton Wheel Club. formed Of
| a hub and fourteen spokeS, was organized
Thursday. Meetings will be held on the |
first and third Thursdays of the month at
| 2 o'clock pm.
| The Iynioue Pleasure Club held it's quar- |
terly meeting recently. when the following |
officers were elected for the ensuing year: |
Mr. s. B. Loveess president ss MISS @on "A, M
secretary; Mr.. c: P. Orton, treasurer, and |
Mr. H. Sigourney, sergeant-at-arms. The |
club will give its initial dance in the near |
| future.
The first meeting of the Star Mount |
Auxiliary was held at Mrs Appleton z.
| Clark's jr 1862 Lanier place, October 3, |
and was well attended. constitution was |
adopted and officers were elected for the |
ensuing year as follows: Mrs. A. P. Clark. |
vice president; Mrs. A. NJ. McLachlen, sec
ond vice president; Mrs. F. w. Parker. |
treasurer; Mrs. G. B. Young. secretary; |
Mrs. George S. Rees, corresponding secre- |
| tary A bazaar will be held some time in |
November for the benefit of the associa- |
ton. |
The Excelsior Literary Club held its first |
| meeting of the season at the home of the |
! president, Edith Sage Emerson. There was |
| a large attendance of members and several |
| visitors were present. After the installa- |
| ton of new officers the members gave their |
| experiences Of summer outings in this ]
| country and Canada. Great sympathy was !
| extended to Mrs. ]. L. McCreery for the |
loss of her husband. whose death is SO gen.
orally deplored. Music was contributed by
| solos.
| The Greater Washington Bowling Club |
was organized a few days ago with the fol- |
lowing members: Aaron Jackson, pres
| ident; Lewis s. Kann. secretary and treas |
| urer; Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Rothschild. Mr. |
| and Mrs. Mark Blum, Mr. and Mrs. ]. |
Eisenman, Mr. and Mrs j. 8. Kann. Mr. |