Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-04
AMONG THE CLUBS

Young's Hotel-Miss Havemeyer.
AMONG THE CLUBS
| Mrs ]. Finney Engle, president OF the
| District Federation of Womans Clubs,
announces the following chairnen o.
standing committees: Art. Mrs Sarah
| CrCissant: child labor. Mrs Z len Spencer
| Muss y; cyics. Mrs LUCIA f. B,ourt !;
civil service reform. Mrs. Ellen Foster:
club extension. Mrs. j. Fl. Stokes: eGi-
, torial, Mrs. c. NJ. Pepper: education. Mrs.
Miranda 3. Tulloch: forestry. Mrs. Jo-
sepl!ne Arnold Rich; health, DR.. Ad line
| f. POrtman; household economics and
pure food, Mrs Grace Porter Hopkins
| egis!a I've. Mrs. Mary S. Lockwood; lit
erature. Mrs. Edith Sage Emerson
! printing. Mrs. Hannah f. Sperry: reel
procity. Mrs. VII am E. Andrews: Sd
! The first meeting of the season will be
held Saturday. October 81 III he parlors
| of the RIGGS Fouso. The keynote of the
meeting Will be Retrospect and Pros
| Grafton viii be invited to speak OF the
| rganiZatior ard growth OF the fedora
! ton. and the presidents CT the affiliated
| clubs will each be expected to speak o.
An enjoy able time is anticipated. There
will be no cards issued. but all ub
| wom1n are cordially invited TO be pres
| ent.
Tomorrow has been designated by the
| International Congress on Tuberculosis
| as Woman's Club day. Mrs Philip n.
| Moore. The president of the G. nera Fed
| GRAFTON OF WOmen's Clubs. will preside
| On the platform with Mrs. McCre Will be
the District president. Mrs j. F'inney
70. trYVnn r,f fl,n hn0 ~ Il
par; ment Of he general federation, Mrs.
| Rufus =. Williams, the chairman of the
| health department OF the District fedora
! ton DR. Adel:re e. Portman. ard other
open al 10 am. All clubwomen are urged
! 10 attend.
! A joint meeting of the Alpha Charity
! Club If Garfield. the Round Table Climb
| Of Washington and the Alpha Charity
| Club Of Anacost:a was held az the resi-
dence of Mrs. Leila Amos Pend eton
| 1924 nth s're"', Wednesday evening for
the purpose OF discussing club matters
| and hearing the report OF the delegate
| ems Clubs. which convened in Norwich,
Conn, in August. The meeting was large
| " attended among those present being
Mrs. Thomas Thomas of Springhe G.
| Mass. who was one Of the delegates to
the meeting called by Mrs. Ruf!in about
fourteen years ago in Boston. Others
present were Mrs. ". Z. Evans, DR.. NJ
l.. Thomas Mrs. Carrot. Mrs. Rosa
| Smith. Mrs. Douglas. Miss Quarles. Mrs
Marshall Miss Moore. Mrs. Bruce. Mrs
Butler. Mrs +. Tay'or, Mrs Addison.
Mrs. Harris. Mrs. Robinson. Mrs. Young
| Mrs johnson, Mrs. Warner. Mrs J f..
| Hunter. Mrs Lula Scott. Mrs. Hi. Mrs.
Fletcher. Mrs LT.t!e Mackall. Mrs Bow
ie. Miss Lillian Evans. Mrs NJ. Worm
ey, Mrs. Ray. Mrs. Bias. Mss Ashe
MIS- Baylor. Mrs. Carter, Mrs Mary
| Dent Mrs. Martha Jon s. Miss I r
Wilkes Miss J e. Jores. Mrs, V. Wood
| Ms Blarche e. Wilkinson Mrs. Lyles
| Mrs Anderson and Miss NJ z II te
| Mrs Pendeton. the delegate. made q full
report of the doings o. the convention
ard the discussion which followed was
| shared by many OF these present. l;
| was decd d that the officers Of the three
/ clubs Should constitute a council! of clubs
which shall meet quarterly and make
| plans to further the work. During the
evening several vocal and ms rUment al
selections were given ny Mss LILLIAN iIv-
| ans At the close Of the meeting COLA
! ton was served.
| The Columbia Heights Art Club held lis
| first meeting OF the season at the HON =
OF the president. Mrs. Sarah Wolhaupter.
Thursday afternoon. \ ter an informal
rece ption the meeting was called to order
by the president. who referred in Il feel
| ing manner to the loss the club had
sustain I'd in the death Of one OF its most
! gifted menlb rs, Mrs. Fannie IIabcrt
! Nelson. Many Of tn. III nbers added
expressions OF est EN- and appreciation Of
! this lovabla woman. The routine bust
ness of the club was then dispatched.
| Following annual custom. the members
| then related their vacation experiences.
| some instructive. some ed:fying. some
! humorous and all entertaining. Letters
were read from several members who.
| though still out OF town. contributed Il cir
.fx.;@
trrs fire. A social hour Il llowed. the goo 1
! fellowship of which marked che o. the
most pl asant opening sessions the club
! has ever enjoy ed
! Mr.. and Mrs Charles T. Nalporte have
! returned from Il ten-day visit TO Rich-
mond, Williamsburg and Norfolk. Mrs.
Walporta is the founder of the Capitol
| Hin Literary Society, which three years
! ago won silver loving cup off red by
as a pre- to the b1st debaters and ora
tors among the clubs OF Washington.
THE Path of Initiation" was the sub
| ject of lecture given by Miss Marslard
| Sunday at the Oriental Esot rio Center
His Q street northwest. Resolution to
| serlz out the way is good. til speaker
stated, but resolution can do nothing
eff ,ctve without the motor power of tn
! irdomi1able will behind it. Hence the
necess ~ o cultivatirg til, will and a ong
| the right lin IS. Won sday the subj CT
for discussion was Life n the Beyond"
Life in the beyond. the speaker said de-
ponds on what lie is here. In spiritual
progress the aspiring soul has difficult
| path to climb. In the early stage o
| its career the loW>r or animal pr nciples
predominant. but It gradually reaches a
stag when the higher principles drawing
| upward count ract the low principl S
drawing downward. This constitutes tn
battle-ground of the soul. The will is the
deciding factor
| The Mnnehaha Dime School Club was
entertained Thursday evening by Mrs. l.
| j. Allen at her home, 1905 Pennsylvania
! avenue southeast. She was assisted by
her daughters. Mrs Edith Parsons and
Miss Louise Allen. The club effected a
temporary reorSaniza lion. eIecting Mr.