Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-16
AMONG THE CLUBS

The Stanton Study Club and the
Equal Suffrage Association Of The Dis
trict held Joint meeting at the Board
of Trade rooms last night. The sub
5ect for discussion was The Child.
Mrs. Lavinia Engel read an excellent
paper on The Legal Status OF the
Child" Mrs. Henry T. Rainey OF Illinois
gave a very interesting talk on the
comparative influence Of the home and
public institutions. Mrs. Giles Rofter Of
the Fairgrounds Association read an
instructive paper on THE Child at
Play" Judge De Lacy of the Juvenile
Court was the last. and. owing to his
experience with children, probably the
most interesting, speaker Of the even
ing. He spoke Of the child as a social
problem and gave many interesting
experiences of his work among young
offenders.
The Catholic Conversation Circle was
entertained by Miss Thel Colford at her
residence. 1867 v street northwest.
Thursday evening. The topic for con-
versation was Cathoiic poetry by Cath Cath.
Coiford invited the members to her
well-f1lled library. telling them to make
their own selection of authors. Tributes
to the Catholic Church were found
among the writings Of Chaucer; Dante,
Keble. Lowell. Scott, Wordsworth.
Longfellow, Poe. Ryan, Patmore. De
We're. Moore. Proctor. Newman. etc.
Miss Coiford gave an exquisite reading
hymn. Lead. Kindly Light Among
those present were Mrs. Ida NJ. Colford.
Miss Kathryn Kirby. Miss Mabel
Knight Miss Florence Colford. Miss
Clare Dillon. Mrs. Gitterman Mrs. M. C..
| nh FRS MHN6nn.
aid, Miss NJ. N. OToole, Miss Mildred
Hewett. Mrs. Mary Virts. Miss v. Coxen
and Mrs. Coope. Refreshments were
served. A motion was made and car
Lenten season. the circle meet on
Thursdays instead of Fridays.
The Unity Club met at 500 9Th street
northwest Wednesday evening, with
President l.. H. Patterson in the chair
piano solo was played with fine eff
feet by Miss Miriam selah. followed by
vocal duet, "A Light Castanet." by
Young, accompanied by Miss Meta AL
bert.
The paper OF the evening was on
Florence" given by Mrs. w. i. Bow
man. She wildly described the city on
| the Arno. with it's architectural Rlories
and multitude of art treasures. illus
trating the same by passing around a
large number of fine pictures. At the
close a vote of thanks was extended to
Mrs. Bowman for her interesting and
by Miss Meta Albert and Miss Miriam
Selah; vocal solos. My Desire" and
I'm 'wearin' ava to the land O. the
lsal" by Miss Blanche Young Ysd5ad and nd
Mrs. Nellie B. Kelser Mrs. Lewis F.
Holden gave several Rotations, ia
mie,' Penelope Penwick's Christmas
Dance" with repeated encores. Miss
n
through her recital of "A Few Bars in
the Kew of G." a condensation Of her
prize story.
A vote of thanks was given Mrs. c. S.
Snow for her efficient program and to
the talent who had contributed to the
occasion.
Announcement was made of the death
Of Mrs. M. NJ. Thomas. one of the older
members Of the club. and the secre-
tary was directed to write letter OF
coincidence to the bereaved family.
The Capital City Philosophical Society,
at its public meeting Sunday in the Pyth-
ian Temple. had for its lecturer Mrs.
Mary e. MaoAdam, whose subject was
Mature. Visible and Invisible"
After reviewing at some length the in
terplay OF the forces Of nature and the
lessons mankind may draw from this
Adam pointed out how all visible things
are but embIems Of the invisible divinity
back Of nature. and that mankind re-
fleets, even though dimly. that inner di-
vine self that ensouls us all.
To learn the meaning of the spiritual
side OF nature and carry the lessons into
practice in our daily. lives was the only
path, she alleged. by which we could
reach complete embodiment, and was the
same road by which all the great ones
Of the past had achieved illumination,
power and beauty. thus becoming the wise
teachers and saviors of their time.
The Capitol Hill History Club met We'd
nesday at the home Of Mrs. 0. HI. Briggs.
with seventeen members present "Philae,
the Pearl Of the Nile" was the subject
Of paper read by Mrs. A. NJ. Condra.
The responses to ron call brought out
many interesting facts regarding Thebes s.
The Excelsior Literary Club met at the
homo Of Mrs. Chambers, 1905 d street
northeast, Tuesday afternoon. with TWEEN
ty-two persons pre- sent After the bust
ness program Mrs. Chambers gave a
paper on Egypt. the Birthplace of the
Arts and Sciences Egypt" the lee
human race. and in the ancient civiliza-
ton is found the germ of all our modern
arts and sciences The club thanked
the essayist by rising vote. Mrs. Brad
ley read an article on'"Alexandria" Mrs
Engle gave talk on "Baske try and Pot
"
Egypt while in answer to roll call Mrs.
Robinson gave Egyptian Finance; Mrs.
Norris. Ancient Superstitions' Miss Nc
Creery. "A Recently Discovered Temple
Mrs Smith. Egypt in America" and Mrs.
Muller. THE Great Assouan Canal" After
adjournment refreshments were served.
The Capitol Hill Literary Society met
Monday evening at the residence Of Mr.
and Mrs. John Bryson, ia 18th street
northeast. The president. Mrs. M. M
Gordon was in the chair, and q large
number of members and guests were
present.
A piano solo was played by Mrs. Mary
s. Hicks. Mrs B. F. Hoover read a
paper on Longfellow. Miss Lila Lee
sang a soprano solo. Sometime" A
scholarly paper on the life and works of
Sir Walter Scott was read by Mr.. John
Bryson. The paper was discussed by Maj
Lawrence. MING. U. Brown, Prof Kirk
Capt. Hart and Miss Smith. Mr. G. N
Brown read several Of James Whitcomb
Riley's poems. Mrs. Mary S. Hicks gave
a piano solo and a soprano SOLO "I.och
Lomond" was sung by Miss Annie Ten
nisOn.
The Woman's League of the National
Junior Republic met Friday sN the Ar
lington Hotel. The annual reports of the
officers formed the history OF the best
years work since its organization-seven
years ago. All the officers were re-
elected: Mrs. Charles w. Fairbanks.
pfesident: Mrs, Mary s. Lockwood vice