Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-15
AMONG THE CLUBS

had ceased. Miss F'lavia Hill gave as
piano solos Neyins "Barcarolle' - Shadow
Dance" and March Grotesaue," Mac
Dowell. Prof. Leonard II. Wilder presi-
dent of the club, read the essay of the
evening The Comic Short Story" Miss
Terwiliger one of the faculty of Fair
mont Seminary, recited "Papina" and
Little Araballa Tronett' with fine ex-
preston. \ sketch. "A Night Adven-
ture, was read by Mrs. Dunlap.
The Unity Club met at 522 9th street,
northwest Wednesday evening, Mr.. l.. II.
Patterson. the president presiding. The
minutes of the preceding meeting We're
read by Mr.. 7. NJ. Sullivan. the acting
secretary in which were embraced resC-
lutioEs of sympathy in the recent death
OF Mrs. Massia Dickson Hall. wife of Mr..
Samuel Il Hall, who is the Nestor of the
club. Mr.. Sullivan then vacated his seat
in favor of Mrs. l.. ]. Dung Withee, who
was elected recording secretary at the
last meeting.
The feature of the evening was a lee
ture by Judge Edward 2. Seeds, deputy
auditor for the War Department. OF our
twenty-five Presidents, he said. only six
reached the pinnacle OF real greatness
Washington. Jefferson, Andrew jackson,
Lincoln, Cleveland and Roosevelt. Four
of them just missed 1.-THE two Adams,
Mckinley and Benjamin Harrison. Grant
was great as a general, but not as
President. Complimentary remarks were
made by MIR. Henry P. Holden and Maj.
George E. Lawrence, after which a unan-
imous rising vote of thanks was extended
to Judge Seeds. The musical and literary
numbers were given by Mr. c. ]. Desmond
piano solo with encore; Mr.. Charlton
Howarth, the English tenor, a solo,
Come Back to Erin" with Mr.. Desmond
as accompanist. For an encore he gava
Come Back to Me- Miss H. Rea Wood
man read several original poems. The
Red Rat The Captain in Fog "A
Vicarious Vacation" and, by request, The
Little Bread Wagon Horse Mrs. Rosa
L. Townshend. called upon for musical
number. responded with recitation, "A
Balky Mule which elected much merri-
ment The evening closed with the sing
ing OF Eileen llama by Charlton Ho-
warth. The next meeting of the Unity
Club has been postponed until the second
Wednesday evening in January.
A meeting of the Sara Franklin Chapter.
D. A. R., was held in the parlor of the
Savoy Thursday afternoon. The election
of alte-nates for the coming congress took
place and resulted as follows: Miss Min,
ME Carroll. Mrs. H. X. Averill, Mrs. j.
Z. Alexande-. Mrs: ]: Carberry and Mrs.
gave a talk on the first naval battle
fought during the revolutionary war.
At the Oriental Esoteric Center. 1443 Q
street, the usual meetings were held last
week Sunday evening Miss Marsland
spoke on Freedom" saying that what is
generally looked upon as freedom is but
the imposition of the selfish desires o
one man or class upon others Man feels
innately. she said, that he should be free.
and the way to freedom is by curbing the
selfish man, teaching him to rise into
tue freedom. Wednesday evening a
sketch was given of the schools of ancient
initiation, with their methods of investiga-
ton. Analogy, it was said. was the
means which the ancients used for arriv-
ing at the laws and principles of the uni
verse. The meanings and powers of the
first three numbers were explained. and
some questions were asked and answered
Thursday evening the study class under
the direction of Mrs. Florence S. Duffie
continued its work, the SPECIAL topic being
THE Aura
Club was held at the apartments of Dr.
and Mrs. McKee, In the Plymouth. Deem
bar 4. The first business was to elect
secretary. Several members were pro-
posed fo- the office, but all declined. DR..
Mckee was then nominated and elected.
Twenty-Five members and five guests
were present. Quotations from Dickens
were given in answer to roll call. Two
ed were voted upon and elected. l.. Nv
Mckee asked that the date o. the meeting
to be held with him be changed from
January to some later time. The re-
quest was granted. and the date changed
to January 3. d.. Baker read paper,
"A Trip Through England and the Con-
tinent." After a brief intermiss!on Mrs.
Paturin gave some amusing Impressions
of Childhood The usual social hour
with refreshments closed the meeting.
The Political Study Club held meet
ing. recently at the home of Mrs. George
H. Wright. Forest Glen. Md. After lunch
con the meeting was called to order by
the president, Mrs. Mackrille. Mrs. Helen
r. Tindall was elected treasurer of the
club. and the following were chosen as
delegates to the Equal Suffrage Associa-
ton of the District of Columbia: Mrs. l..
II. Engle, Mrs. Katherine Reed Balentine.
Mrs. Whiting and Mrs. Henrietta NJ.
Davis. Mrs. Whiting presented paper
In which she outlined the principles of the
single tax. as advocated by Henry George.
The paper evoked a spirited discussion.
in which Mrs. Mackrille. Mrs. EngIe,
Mrs. Wright. Mrs Tindall, Mrs Davis
and others took part.
The District Woman's Suffrage Asso-
citation met Thursday night at the home
of the president, Mrs. Helen r. Tindall,
134S Euclid street The regular routine
business was disposed of and discussion
followed about the coming lecture by Mrs.
Cobden-Sanderson of London. The follow
ing officers were unanimously elected for
the coming year: Mrs. Helen R. Tindall,
president; Mrs. Carrie f. Kent vice pres
ident: Mrs. Mary L. Talbot, recording
secretary; Mrs. Margaret C. Lohr, cor
responding secretary; Mrs. Anna L. Hen
dley. treasurer; Mrs. Fannie S. Reynolds,
auditor.
The Fairfax County Chapter of Inc
Daughters of the American Revolution
g. at the home of Mrs. E. S. Bethel, in
Vienna, Va. The regent, Mrs. Charles c.