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

/ drea brought to the Juvenile Court and
REFORM School here are supplied by this
employment. Then. too. the majority of
| unskilled labor comes from this same
source. DR.. Harris also stated that the
object of the compulsory education law
! was nulltfed to a degree by ads for
| boys after school hours, and added that
few boys in a city like Washington were
| In condition to study after working until
late hour the previous night and being
exposed to all kinds of weather, to say
| nothing of the effect of irregular hours
for meals, which Is always deporable
the District of Columbia, Hawaii and
| the two territories are the only jurisdic-
| lions with absolutely no restrictions for
child labor.
Mr.. John Sheridan Neeligh deplored the
monopolizing use of power machinery
from the point of view of an arts and
craftsman quite as vehemently as Dr.
Harris did from the viewpoint Of a
philanthropist Mr.. Neeligh then gave
brief history Of the growth of the arts
and crafts movement. which recently re-
suited in the establishment of an arts
| and crafts institution in Washington
| under distinguished patronage, and also
| the forming of a branch school in George
| Washington University.
Michael Angelo has said that art is all
that embellfshes and sweetens life, and
SO Mr.. Neeligh declared handwork to be
| q God-gtven desire for self-expression.
| L Ills OcSAo OcSdu " SHOW ltSoll In Amer
lea in the form of hair and wax work
which our infancy KNEW" and reached
Its perfection in fine tapestries and lace
making. The talk was illustrated by an
exhibit of the handiwork of Washing on
| craftsmen.
Miss Pettigrew, sister of former SEN
ator Pettigrew Of South Dakota, who was
then introduced, advocated municipal own
ership of street cars and gas as me ans
Of reducing taxes, and Mrs. Lydia A.
| lia lo1 att he
the local federation Of clubs was the
| first woman's organization to indorse
President Roosevelt's policy of conserving
the natural resources Of the country.
The Catholic Conversation Circle met
| Thursday evening, With the president,
Mrs. Harry Coope. FOG 18th street north
| west. Miss Frank Connolly was director
| Passion Sunday and Ash Wednesday,
| giving a brief history Of the origin and
devOtions of each. She then requested the
members to read in turn a paragraph on
Ash Wednesday from the Catholic ency-
| clopedia. Miss l.. Bernie Gallaher pre-
! sented the circle with six large photo
graphs. her own work, of two interiors
| of st. Patrick's Church on Easter Sunday
and Palm Sunday, showing the decora-
J tons for the day and other religious
subjects. Miss Kathryn Kirby distributed
the photographs for study purposes. and
a vote of thanks was given to the donor
| Mrs. Coope extended an Invitation to
| the public to attend talk to be given
| at her home Thursday evening. March 49,
upon ''St. Patrick by Mr.. Philip Gerry
/ A general conversation then took place
upon Catholic current events which was
| participated in by Miss Frank Connolly
Miss Agnes Carroll, Miss Kathryn Kirby
| Miss Grace Connolly. Mrs. Mary Vfrts.
MISS Mary Schneider, Mrs. Lohr. Miss
Alice Rennolds, Miss Clare Dillon and
Mrs. Coope.
The Capitol Hill Literary Society met
Monday evening at the residence of Mrs.
Curtis Eisinger, 1873 Adams street norEl-
west The president, Mrs. M. M. Gordon.
! presided. and the parlors were filled with
members and guests of the society.
piano solo was played by Miss Nelie
Fulton. The paper of the evening, upon
Reciprocity" was given by Capt. J. e.
| Hart. The speaker touched upon every
phase OF the subject. from it's inter-
paper was discussed by Mai. George
Lawrence, DR.. James Mckee,, Judge
George c. Ross. Mrs. A. c. Boynton, Mr..
John Bryson. Mr.. c. T. Walporte and
rendered by MRS Philip Addison, accom-
panied by Mr.. Addison. Judge G.. c.
| Ross, by request. gave a bass solo,
ASLEEP In the Deep" accompanied by
Mrs. Eisinger.
''Self Sacrifice" was the subject of Miss
Marsland's lecture at the Oriental ESQ
| teric Center, 1443 @ street. Sunday even.
| ing. True sacrifice, the speaker said, Is
always secret; it hides itself from even
| the recipient of its benefits. and such acts
of pure devotion transmute vast stores
of hitherto unexpressed spiritual love,
bringing blessings to all mankind. This
| is the real secret of the efficacy of the
sacrifice of the death of Jesus. the Christ
How to Increase the Nervous Energy
| was the subject dealt with Wednesday
evening. Miss Marsland said that very
| little is known in the western world of
! the nature of the nervous force in man.
| In the orient, however, it has long been
| a matter Of experimental knowledge that
there Is a circulation Of several different