Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-12
AMONG THE CLUBS

The Capitol Hill History Club met We'd
nesday at the home Of Mrs. c. F. Wood.
311 East Capitol street Mrs. D. ]. Rob-
and Mra HaIns ana
on British, French and Dutch Guinea.
Mrs. Glass gave talk on "a Trip Down
the st. Lawrence" after which refresh
ments were served by the hostess.
The Washington branch of the Theosophi-
cal Society held its regular meeting at the
headquarters, 222 A street southeast, Sun
day evening, at which time the subject of
"Karma, or the law of cause and effect"
was taken up for study and discussion.
or the day Of remembrance, In memory Of
all departed Theosophists was celebrated.
The reception room was decorated with
flowers and picture Of the late president
prominent place.
The following order of exercises was
given: Music-'Idilio." by Mrs Gregory:
dedication to II. P Blavatsky, Mrs. DUNE:
selection from Bhagavad Gita, DR.. Baker;
1.-The Blue Lotus" Mrs. Broadway; selection
from Doctrine of the Heart" Mrs. Shib-
ley; selection from Occult World" Mr..
SHIRLEY: selection from Light Of ASIA"
Mr.. Carnes; recitation, Truth" Miss Hoyt,
remarks, Mr.. Severdfeger; "Valse Ell ,sode."
class in the science Of the emotions con-
unued its work.
The Builders Club of the Rhode Island
Avenue Methodist Protestant Sunday
school held an interesting meeting Friday
evening" there being almost full attend
ance Of the members. debate on the
subject, Affirming that the telegraph is
more useful than is the telephone" was
the feature Of the evenings program.
Irwin Hall and Emory White, on the at
firmative. and Edwin Johnson and Earl
Jones. on the negative. were the principal
speakers. Mr.. and Mrs. Harry G. Weeks,
the host and hostess, who acted as Judges,
decided in favor of the affirmative. The
from GunckeIrs book "Boyville." Harold
Harvey and Francis Robinson were elected
members. Songs, refreshments and games
completed the evenings entertainment.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Bloomingdale W. c. T. U. was held at the
residence of Mrs. Duehay, No. 308 Ran
den n se shar May the
were conducted by Mrs. Ong. The treas
urer's report was received and showed
surplus In the treasury. The subject for
grafton" Mrs. Proctor gave a recitation.
Mrs. Harlan was elected superintendent of
flower missions and the plan Of work was
discussed. The union will visit the Old
Ladies' Methodist Home, 9Th and M streets
northwest. May "a. and distribute flowers
A program has been arranged for the occa-
sion. ~
The Columbia Heights Art Club met
with Mrs. McCreery Thursday with q full
attendance of members and visitors. The
art paper, by Mrs. Wolhaupter, on Public
cursory glance over the most famous,
noting their influence in the rapidly grow
ing esthetic culture of our country.
dwelling particularly on our National Gal
lery, which has received great impetus
from recent generous gifts. Mrs. Doris
read the historical paper, '.Napoleon's Elk
periences in Egypt" The hostess had re-
aussted the club b. members to bring . some ne
the miscellaneous program. Many re-
sponded. The president, with a humorous
resume Of the years work: Mrs. Doris,
with a poetical tribute to Napoleon; Mrs.
Stokes with a child's first attempt at ora
tory; Mrs. Emerson with blank verse on
friendship; Mrs. Ensle read one OF Mr..
McCreery's poems, entitled Now Lay
Me Down to Sleep" Refreshments were
served.
At the Oriental Esoteric Center, 1443 Q
week In the course Of the talk on Sunday
evening I'm the world. but not Of It.,
the lecturer said IL this law Is adopted as q
rule of life 1t is surprising how much
storms. The wise man pays no heed to-
the faults. abuse or malice OF others, nor
does he allow any OF these to arouse, in
him either anger or indignation. He Is ruled
Oy prlnclpl6,- HOL ny Scil-tuLcEcSb VI Ia
price. and so he is always at peace. On
Wednesday evening the subject was
.sClairvoyance and Teiepathy,' and Miss
Marsland pointed ont the unwfsdom and
danger OF the methods often followed for
inducing some OF the lower phases of
vision and phenomena If any man would
become seer, the lecturer said let him
live the higher life; let him be pure and
noble In his daily walk, and when he IL
ready the gift will come to him-his natural
birthrigflt. $500
The l. F. F. Club gave its initial dance at
In charge of the successful affair was CONF
posed OF the following: Elmore NJ. Phelps,
chairman: Chas. Johnston, Lula Penley,
Laura Folks and Lucy Homer.
The Excelsior Literary Club held itsr egu-
lar meeting with Mrs. Narrower The main
topic. american Art" was given by Mrs.
Gordon, and Mrs. Alexander read a. de-
scription OF st. Louis. Mrs. Bearton read
an original story.
The regular meeting of the Freon Club
was held Thursday evening at the home OF
the president. Freon Curtis 1ol1 x street
northwest, every member being present
The chairman announced the success Of the
theater party which the club held on the
last social night to witness the perform
ance of Wang at the BelascO Theater.
The club decided to attend in q body a
Birthday party to be given by Miss Ellen
Andersen on May II and to hold the social
on that date instead of Thursday, which
the club has as its social night.
Important plans came up for discussion,
severa. Of which resulted in the naming
of three Freons. each as committee Of
one, appointed to arrange and complete
certain important projects by the next
meeting of the club.
The chairman of the social committee. an
nounced that arrangements were being per-
fected for an outing Of the club on Decora-
ton day, and also plans to celebrate the
first anniversary of the Freon Clubs ex-
istence. in June.
A recess was called at II o'clock, when
the host took the members to the dining
ROOM where repast was served. A vote
of thanks was rendered the president for his
hospitality.
The District Of Columbia Federation Of
Women's Clubs. through Mrs. Evelyn Clark
Morgan, delegate, has had the following
resolution incorporated in those sent by the
national peace congress to The Hague con-
ference:
Resolved, That In conjunction with and