Evening star., 1908-01-26
AMONG THE CLUBS

The Excelsior Literary Club met at the
! home of Mrs. E. Ide Muller. 1861 B street
| southeast. Tuesday afternoon with tWen-
ty-six persons present. The president,
Mrs. J. Finney Engle. opened the meeting
| with appropriate remarks. after which the
reports of the various committees were
| handed in.
The lecturer of the day. Mrs. Florence
Barringer. gave a paper on Cleopatra. the
Last of the Ptolemies. which concluded
| the series on the Ptoiemaic dynasty as
| outlined for the years work.
The lecturer tracing the lineage or the
| "dusky queen claimed her to be nneai
descendant of a famous Greek line ana
not a woman of Egyptian blood. as COM
monty supposed. Inheriting from her IL
lustrious ancestors love iDr learning
| she possessed a highly trained and cuitl-
waited mind, had mastered various IAN
ruaees and was proficient in the arts ana
sciences OF her day Mrs. Muller gave a
description of the impersonatlons Oh the
| character of Cleopatra by Sarah BERN
| hardt and Fanny Davenport ana appro-
pirate selections were given IN s,. answer oe oe
| roll call. among which was a readlng OF
| THE Sphinx by Mrs. Tranty. AFTER ao-
| journment refreshments were served.
| The CerClc QeS PTeCleuSeS ISiuiSoioo 49,
Wednesday evening at the residence OF
Senator and Mrs. Carter. The program.
| which was given by members OF the Ger
| Gle, was thoroughly appreciated oy al,
| present. A little one-act COMEDY en1lIeo
.Lidee de Colette was ceVsriy d ,,ar.snr acteu W
| Mile. Clemence Martin: La BarQnne dc
| Brantane, Mile. Leavitt; Ffancoise. Nine.
MacNamee; Hector de Baumont, Nj.
| Henry r. Cover.
| Nine. Window sang two songs. vous
| Dansez Marquise," by Castor Lemalre,
and "Chanson Espagnole," by Delibes. Mr..
| Schultz gave a laughable monologue,
tires Presse." Two piano solos by M.
Hans Kowsky, entitled "Black-eyed Maid
| en- Bud" by koWsky, and Danse MAC
| bre'' by Saint-Saens
Nine. Emma Sheridan. who has been an
| active and appreciated member for many
years, was made an honorary member by
acclamation.
were served by the hostess and half
| hour was spent socially.
A large audience gathered at the Unity
Club in the w. c. I. u parlors' Weohes-
day evening, to listen to DR.. w. A. Crot-
| futs recital of Interviews with Emi-
men. Men," President l.. II. Patterson
presided. but after the opening exercises
Vi.e President III. w. Selah took charge
of the program, which began with piano
| DR.. Croffut was introduced
| He depicted Washington in the early
days of the civil war, undeveioped ana
unattractive, surrounded with forts a.d
dotted with hospitals, relating many
anecdotes of the men and women who
made history in those days. Gen. Spin
ner, he said, was a most energetic man,
with an autograph SO preposterous II
could not be counterfeited by the prince
of darkness.
Dao,,, n,Nail the ujnS0me Irish laSSfe,
Andrew Jackson's good little Peggy, :,
who as the wife of Senator (afterWard
Secretary of War; John fl. Eaton. was
the dynamic force of Old Hickory's ad-
ministration he had often remarked In
the streets of Washington, "a unique
personality, face surrounded with White
curls, a poke bonnet. with suggestions
still of youthful grace, vivaclty ana
beauty" In her day she had disrupted
society, revolutionized political parties.
sentenced John c. Calhoun to political
oblivion made Van Buren, presidential
possibility, called Francis P. Blair into
powerful journalism. caused Randolph to
pull President Jackson's nose, etc, until
her personal influence was removed Dy
Senator Eaton's appointment as minister
to Spain. where his wife was relgnlnS
beauty at the court of Madrid for fifteen
years Thurlow Weed. the American
Warwick with his anti-civil service re-
| form theories: facile Joe Howard, the war
| correspondent. fiery and flaming with pen
| and spe ech; Horace Greeley. the famous
editor of the Tribune. queer compound
| of brain. self-will and hard work. were
incisively portrayed. As reporter on
| the paper the speaker had been brought
| into close touch with the personnel OF
| the old Tribune Office when that paper
| was power in the land, Its stan COM
posed of such men as Charles A. Dana.
George W. Smalley, Bayard Taylor.
| George Ripley, Clarence Cook. William
Writer. Charles Congden and Jonn Rus
| sell Young, and he had an abundant
| storied store of these giants OF the pow
erfu. fourth estate. The thanks of the
assembly were rendered to DR.. Croffut
for his witty and entertaining address.
| Mrs II. c. Jordan recited An. Adver-
| tisement Answered. Miss Grace Ross
gave darky recitation of an Easter
| Symbol. with an encore, slippery Eln.
Mr. Charlton Howarth favored the audi
| ence with a tenor solo, The Queen or
! the Earth accompanied by Miss Miriam
Seah.
| The Catholic Conversation Circle met
| Friday night at headquarters, the home
| of Capt and Mrs. Harry Coope, 1O6 11th
| street northwest. Miss Mildred Hewitt
distributed penny prints OF paintings OF
| 100 different Madonnas. representing ltal-
| ian art and the art of the Netherlands
! and Germany. Mrs. CooDe stated that
| the history of few of the paintings
would be read by the members, and that
| the classification for the evening would
| be arranged as follows: 1.-THE Madonna of
| Love-" THE Madonna Enthroned." The
Madonna in Alteration" '~rhe Pastoral
| Madonna and public and family votive
Madonnas with saints and donors. Mrs.
| Ida Colford then gave the history of I'll
tian's Madonna of the Pesaro Family"
Miss Mabel knight. IlSodoma's Madonna
and Child Brera. Milan Miss Clare
Dillon. Fra Fillipo Lippis Madonna and
| Child" Uffizi. Florence: Miss Kathryn
Kirby, Botticelli's Madonna of the Mag
nificat." Uffizi Florence: Miss Ethel Col
| Florence: Miss Violet Coxen. Fra Bar
| tolommeo's Madonna and Child" Sem
| mario. Venice: Mrs. Margaret Lohr, Cor
| reggio's Madonna della Cesta," National
| Gallery. London; Miss Florence Colford,
| Raphaers 'Sistine Madonna" Dresden:
Mss Mary O'Toole. Raphaels Madonna
| del Granduca." Pitti. Florence: Mrs.
| throned," cathedral. Castelfranco; Miss
Mildred Hewitt. Michaelangelos THE
| Donis Madonna" National Gallery, Lon
| don: Mrs. Coope. Adam Kraft's Ma
donna of Mercy Frauenkirche. Nurem-
burg.
Tie prints of the paintings were then
exchanged, and gave great surprise to
| their favorite Madonna was only part of
| the original. the entire painting not being
appropriate for general use, in most in
| stances too large.
| The League of American Pen Women
| met Thursday at the clubiooms, 1347 L.
street. the president. Miss Mabel L. White.
| in the chair. The program was In charge
| of Miss Emma j. Hughes, and consisted
| of forcible address. preventive Medi-
| cine by Mrs Mary r. Alling Wood, dis
cussed by Prof. L. II. Wilder: an able