Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-29

Social Club was held last Wednesday
evening at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. A.
B. Watts, 535 9Th street southeast, and
an enjoyable evening was spent by the
members and friends of the club. After
| playing many games the guests repaired
| to the dining room. where refreshments
| were served. Among those present were
| Mr. and Mrs. A. b. Watts. Mrs. Berry,
the Misses Henley. Misses Lillian
Weems. Bessie Thomas. Ruth Sands.
Hattie Padgett, Fannie Padgett. Katie
Lesser Mabel Flood. Isabel Morgan.
| Bessie Roe, the Messrs. Compton Kerr
Sam De Vaughn. Morris Webster. Roy
| Risler. George Watts. Chester Rollins.
| William Woodward. Lesser, Williams and
Kelley.
Mrs Rachel Foster Avery of Swarth-
| more. Pa, vice president of the National
American Woman Suffrage Association.
was in the city Tuesday evening and
met number of friends at the Shore
! ham. Various organizations were repre-
scented. among them being the District
Suffrage Association. the Stanton Political
| Study Club. the Afternoon Political Study
! Club. the Washington branch of the Col
| lege Equal Suffrage Association. the
Woman's Bookbinders' Union, the Wom-
ans Christian Temperance Union, the
Washington College of Law and the Cath
| Ollie Women's Circle. Mrs. Avery. who
| is also secretary of the International
Woman's Suffrage Alliance. spoke of the
ment and outlined the ans that are be-
| ing carried out in the United States. The
first of these. she said, is the gathering
of names in monster petition to be pre-
sented to Congress. There has been no
systematic work of this kind. for a gener-
alton. but much suffrage sentiment mas
grown in this time, and it is believed to
be wise to register this sentiment in the
nation
'"The Man of Impulse" was the subject
of Miss Marsland's lecture Sunday even
ing at the Oriental Esoteric Center. The
speaker discussed the dual nature of man.
the lower or animal nature and the high
er or spiritual nature. This lower nature
that was designated the Man of I'm
pulse. the part of man that confines it
self to the physical and Material things,
and is impeled and guided by their cor
responding desires and impulses. Wednes-
day evening the subject for discussion
was 'clairvoyance.
The Capitol Hill History Club held its
| regular semi-monthly meetings Wednes-
day afternoon at the home of Mrs.
George Felt, 1445 Monroe street. The
MRS was S %ork PIN h hapsr Sy
Louis TX and Philip the Fair" in which
the general characteristics of the rulers
We're dwelt upon. Mrs. Charles Fisher
manner in her paper. Earlier in the
week the club entertained at the
home of Mrs. 0. II. Briggs, to- c
street northeast. Mrs f. II. Beatty, who
has spent several years as teacher
in the Philippines and In foreign travel
was present and gave an entertaining
and instructive lecture on the Fiipinos,
their habits, customs and conditions.
The Short Story Club met at 522 9th
street Tuesday evening. with the presi-
dent. Prof L. H. Wilder. in the chair.
Miss Cornelia NJ. Lloyd had charge of
the program, which opened with instru-
mental selections by Norman Esputa
Daily. "a Morning Mood (Grieg) and ITO
the Sea- (McDonald). contralto solo,
The Fish's Lullaby" was sung by Miss
Lillian ChenoWith. accompanied on the
piano by Mrs. Greenstreet. and later she
rendered "Ah, Let Me Dream" Other
musical features consisted of vocal solo
of Mrs. l.. II. Wilder. The story Of the
| evening was told by Mrs. Christine w
Dunlap. THAT Horrid Wretch" who in
the end was transformed into Prince
Charming Miss Mildred Hainault's es-
say. THE Relations of Authors to Their
Characters and Readers. Especially Kip
ling" was Notwithstanding paper.
Prof. Hyland G. Kirk gave his poetical
effusion. "An Oriental Serenade' imi-
tating by voice and hand the Spanish
lover with his guitar and displaying some
| original features which were warmly ap-
plauded. Mrs. Appleton P Clark, jr..
including a description of the streets Of
the capital city and exhibiting many
souvenirs illustrating the lace, basket
making, pottery and other Industries Of
the country. Miss Ethel Tibbets was adj
mitted to the club.