Evening star., 1909-05-02

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| achieves the necessary sensitiveness of
/ the personality to pour into 1t the menl-
ories OF the storied past, when life grows
richer and the friends of now are recog-
| nized as those of long ago. These MEM
| cries are often brought out under the in
| fluence of mesmerism or the practice of
psychologist methods. Persons hypnotiZed
| have been known to speak languages
unknown In their normal state. The brain
| must be made to answer to the subtle
vibrations Of the ego by pure life and
undehled imagination before the links of
| the golden chain of memory can be
! traced one by one
At the Esoteric Center. 1443 Q street
northwest Sunday evening. the lecture
was on 'Non-Resistance."
| THE scientist claims that the whole
system OF nature is one struggle for ex
istence from the lowest to the highest.
was maintained. The man of war. the
materialist, the one who still believes in
1 separateness and self. holds that prog
ress Is the result of struggle. of resist
ance The occultist knows that we
progress in spite of resistance. for Its es-
sential characteristic is that of tearing
down. while that of non-resistance. or
love, is building up. Some ask. Is not
| non-resis. ance sign of weakness. lack
| of strength? Which requires more
strength. to hate your enemies or to love
them; to curse or to bless them? Is it
easy to pray for those who despitefully
use us? Is it weakened to take the
| Kingdom OF heaven by force?
| Those who put on the vesture of
mercy. kindness. humility of soul. for
giveness, very quickly realize that re-
sistance is negative and non-resistance
positive: the first weak, the second
| strong"
The last meeting of the W. N Y D. c..
which took place at the apartment of Mr..
Chase at the Majestic proved quite as
agreeable as those preceding It, Mr..
| Hamilton. president of the club. gave
talk on current topics. including the barge
canal and the purchase of the Saratoga
Springs. Miss Kelsey spoke OF the Ice
| blockade at Niagara Fails and Columbus
day. soon to become a legal holiday. Miss
Doris gave a description of the plaster
| of paris mines. Miss Sammons spoke Of
the Mohawk river and the barge canal:
Lake Champlain Miss Purdy described
the early history of Yates county. and
with Miss Sammons' reading on Father
| Knickerbocker" proved the most impor-
| tant papers of the evening. The meeting
was entertained by Misses Brown and
Wilson's demonstration of Father knick-
| erbocker and Miss Doris recitation of
THE Three Gray Mice at Tea"
The Columbia Heights Art Club met
| Thursday with Mrs. John A. Chamber
lain. The assignment Of papers for the
coming year and the election OF new mem
| bers were the important business of the
meeting. Following the discussion of
Mrs. Chamberlain's art paper, Modern
Painting in England and America" Mrs
F'oote read the historical paper. The
Poet Byron in Greece The responses
to roll cali were largely selections from
| Byron's poems. The close of the year
gives promise of an unusually successful
life for the club during the ensuing year:
the outline both in art and historical
work being particularly fine.
One of the notable entertainments dur
| ing the D. A. r. congress was the in
| formal reception Friday evening by Mrs.
joaquin Miller. at Florence Court. in
| honor Of Mrs. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Mrs.
! Miller was assisted by her sister. MISS
| Leland and her daughter, Miss Juanita
Miller. The latter rendered several OF
| her fathers poems on the guitar. to
musical settings of her own composition.
The Short Story Club met at the W.
c.. T. L. parlors Tuesday evening. with
President l.. H. Wilder in the chair. An
entertaining program was prepared by
Prof. Hyland c. Kirk. Prof. l.. H. Wilder
contributed the story of the evening.
Vasion Hannl'"s Harry nar!S" W. selah told IA num-
| Der of anecdotes" Prof. Frederic M.
Noa read his translation from the Span
ish of one of the charming gems of the
Cuban poetess, Avelaneda. ITO Child
Asleep William D. Mckenzie present
ed some original poems. his parody on
THE Departure of Teddywatha" provok-
| ing much laughter. "A Lovers Envy,
from Henry Van Dyke, was rendered by
Mrs. Mary A. Agnew The Slave was
recited by Miss Sue H. Murray. while
touch of humor was added in Miss Eva
Hurd's monologue The Milliner's Bill"
given by request: 4 piano number
Townsend. Prof. L. C.>Kenney's auto
harp and vocal numbers. Swinging" and
'.Doxy." were delightful. Mrs: Alphonso
G. Drake sang Because I Love You,
Dear nan hy
Mrs. L. IL. Wilder.
The Housekeepers' Alliance will hold its
quarterly meeting Friday. May 7, at 3
the standing committees will be read, and
plans for next years work will be. uls-
cussed Miss Emma S. Jacobs, chairman
of the home economics of the House.
keepers Alliance. will address the men,
bers of that department at the last ses-
sion of the year, which is to be held
Wednesday afternoon at 2:30, at 6O7 0
street. taking for her subject 1.-The Prin-
ciples Of Cooking
The Excelsior Literary Club met Tues
day afternoon at the home Of Mrs. E.
A. Chambers, 1905 u street northeast
itors present. and Mrs. Florence Duffie
the president. presiding. Mrs. Frances
Smith read the report of the previous
session. after which the delegate to the
-. =. w. r. -. MISS flOra y. McCreery,
gave detailed report of the previous
meeting Of the federation. and announced
that the annual convention will be held
May ). Mrs. Webb followed. giving no.
tices from leading journals that re-
ferred to the activities Of the club, after
which an election for delegates to the
convention was held. resulting in the
choice of Mrs Page. Mrs Foster and
Mrs. Muller. with Mrs. Farren, Mrs.
Frear and Mrs. Webb as alternates. The
report of the chairman of the banquet
committee, Mrs Addte w. Foster, was
then submitted to the club. and after
vote it was decided to celebrate the
twenty-first anniversary of the clubs or
Y. w. c. A. The president appointed
a committee. consisting of Mrs. Baker,
Mrs. Frear. Miss Chamberlain. Mrs. Pep
per and Mrs. Wood, to arrange pro-
gram. A resolution to abolish the hospi-
1alities following the close of the literary
program led to full discussion, and
resulted in large majority vote to retail
the social features of the club. Various
other resolutions, having for their aim
the betterment of the club, were dis
cuSSed and adopted.
The Corinthian Pleasure Club gave an
automobile straw ride to Alexandria Fri
day. A very pleasant evening was spent
at the carnival and sightseeing in the
city The automobile was decorated with
flags, japanese lanterns, banners and col
ors Of the club The most attractive dec
oration was the beautiful banner which
was presented to the club by the Palm
Leaf Social Club. The club was organ
iZed for pleasure in September, 1908, and
has membership of forty. Meetings are