Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-15

fluids in the whole of the nervous CEN
ters and that in proportion as man is able
by his will to control and concentrate
these forces will be the sum-total of the
The Short Story Club met Tuesday even
ing at the w; c. T. L. parlors, 522 9Th
street.
y piano solo by Miss Duffey opened the
meeting The story of the evening, en-
titled An Illusion Disillusioned,' was
read by Mrs. l.. H. Wilder, and with a
mountain resort for a scene, an artist on
vacation. beautiful girl and little
dog for actors. illustrated how wrong
of a lifetime. Mrs. Drake sang Sum-
mer" and Love Is Bubble accom-
panied by Miss Esther l.. DeCoster. THE
Short Story at Long Range" was the SUBJ
ject o: the essay of the evening. humor-
ously treated by Mr.. Fl. P. Holden. who
ranged from the oral tale of the cave
dweller to the present-day love story with
chauffeur hero. Mr.. Charlton Howarth. &C
companied by Miss DeCoster sang 1.-The
Holy City and Queen of the Earth"
Mrs j. Q. ESterbrOOk read short sketch
entitled 1.-The Observations of Mrs Doo-
ley in the treatment of which humor and
pathos Were cleverly combined. A So
pranO solo by Mrs. D. s. Corser, Mia
Piccire.la" (GOmes). closed the program.
Mrs. Jennie Parker. III3 East Capitol
street. Tuesday afternoon, with thirty -two
persons present After the usual bust
ness program the study of Egypt was re-
sumed under the direction of the presi-
dent, Mrs. Engle, and a lecture on "Pyra-
mids and sphinxes' was given by Miss
Flora McCreery. The lecturer classified
the various groups of pyramids and
sphinXes. giving the various opinions as to
the use and object of the pyramids and
fI,0 vol riA IS
For roll call the following responses were
given: Study Of the Sphinx Mrs
Engle: Fossils From Egypt Mrs. Null
Ter: The Egyptian Arch Mrs. Bar
ringer; "A Lost Necklace Mrs. Baker
Gems Mrs. Bradley: The First Re-
porter Mrs. Smith; Cat Superstition in
Egypt Mrs. Farren. A vocal solo by
Miss Amy kibby, entitled "Imparfectus.'
by BischOff. with accompaniment by Mrs.
Smith, concluded highly instructive pro-
gram.
The Potomac Literary Club gave a card
party Saturday evening. and much credit
is due the committee of arrangements for
were won follows: First. Mrs NJ. A.
Baker Mr.. F. NJ. Hoadley; second Ms
Campbell; third, Mrs. A. A. Darrah, Mr..
r. B. Campbell: fourth. Miss l.. H. Hos
kiss. Mrs. c. P. Sweet: fifth, Miss r.
Baptiste. Mr. C. c. Wagner; sixth, Mr.
E. Marsh. Mrs. S. NJ. Boyce: seventh.
Mrs. r. l.. Townsend. DR. A. A. Darrah;
eighth, Mrs. c. E. Marsh. Miss Laura
Shipe. The consolation prizes were won
by Mrs NJ. j. Rub and Mr.. r. r. Lee.
The young men and women of Draugh-
ons Spencerian Business College have or
ganized debating society to be known as
the Young Peoples Success Club. The
initial meeting was held Friday, March
IL. this date being purposely selected in
defiance Of superstition and as a proof
that the members of the society do not
believe In such worn sayings. as luck or
chance. but will build upon the princi-
pies that success in life depends upon
ones individual efforts.
The following extract from the clubs
constitution and bylaws explains the OBJ
ject: THE object of this club shall be the
mental Improvement of all connected with
it by the diffusion of such knowledge to
its members as will be helpful in COM
batting the problems of life. All questions
shall be excluded which verge on immor-
tally. sectarianism. or politics and only
those admitted for discussion which are
calculated to build character and instill
those sterling principles into the minds of
it's members which are SO essential in the
real activities of life.
The motto, which the club has adopted
is Work and win" The question discuss
ed at the initial meeting was: Resolved,
That Congress shall pass a law abolish
ing saloons in the District of Columbia
The speakers on the affirmative side were
James c. Cross. Miss Florence Abbott J.
Alexander Glascock, Miss Mamie Gar
man and Edward B. Allsworth. Those on
the negative side were A L. Meats
Douglas Walters. David Taylor, Miss Bet
tie Manning and Miss Hattie Calls Will
liam F. Lyman William Hart and Harry
S. Senseney were the judges and rendered
the decision in favor of the affirmative
side.
The same subject will be discussed by
the debating club of the Y. NJ. c. A at an
early date and ii is likely that an ar
rangement will be made to have the Y. p.
S. Club of Draushons College to meet and
contest with the Y. NJ. c. A. Club at an
early date.
Stephen L. Parrish of Richmond, Ky,
addressed the Capital City Theosophical