Evening star., 1909-02-14

| held last week under the presidency of
| Miss Marsland. who gave an address
Sunday evening on Tho Masters of the
Orient" The knowledge OF the existence
of a brotherhood of adopts actually living
! in our world has been carefully kept
| from the masses for many centuries, the
speaker said, for the governments OF men
are still aggressive. intrusive. curious 6nd
| intolerant Of seclusiOn and superior wis
dom. High beyond our reach these mas
ters live apart, and yet more truly with
us than II they mingled in our turmoil.
for. understanding the law OF vibration.
| they are not bound, as we. by distance
or time. and wherever the progress of
| humanity is threatened. wherever man
| suffers, there is their presence felt
Wednesday evening Miss Marsland
! spoke on "In Paths OF Peace" the gist
| of the lecture going to show that peace
ment of man to his conditions and his
resolute struggle for self-mastery and VIC
| tory from within. Scientific reasons were
given and examples and many interesting
points were brought out In the discussion
| which followed.
The second annual banquet and birth
| day party Of the Indoor Outdoor Club of
| ing at the Y w. c. A. cafeteria, 626 E
street. The tables formed an oval and
| were tastefully decorated with yellow
jonquils and tulips and ferns-the club
colors. The place cards were birthday
| cards The retiring president. Miss
| Maize Kunsman, presided, and the guest
Of honor was Miss Laura jacques, who
was also celebrating her birthday. She
| sat at the presidents right. The usual
| birthday cake was not missing. Follow
| ing supper the retiring officers presented
| interesting reports of their years work.
The election resulted as follows: Presi-
dent, Miss NJ. Carrie Smith; first vice
president Miss Marian B. Nevius; second
vice president, Miss Imogene James; third
vice president. Miss Ardella Payne: re-
cording secretary. Miss Irene Shirley;
| corresponding secretary. Miss Hollenber-
ger; treasurer, Miss Mary j. Van HOOK;
historian, Miss Mae Catlett.
| Those present We're Misses Mildred
! Bartholow, Alice NJ. Fletcher, lmogene
James. Irene Shirley Alice f. Smith, NJ
| Carrie Smith. Maize kunsman, Nellie
Dom, Mae Catlett. Bessie Catlett, Laura
Jacques. Clara Ballard, Lucy Craycroit
Elsie Shimman, Amy White. Marian B.
Nevius, Agnes Hawken. Mamie Turpin.
Elizabeth Beail. Edith NJ. Church. Mary
fret, Alice Crane. Florence f. Mentzer,
Miss Webb Miss Frances Chickering and
| Dr. Ada Thomas, honorary members. and
| Secretaries Florence M. Brown, NJ. o.
| Buckingham, Anna Hall, Marion Hop
kins and Ludena Sayre were also in at
| tendance.
| The members of the Capital City branch
| of the Theosophical Society, 1911 III street
northwest, were addressed at their public
| lecture Sunday morning by DR.. a. j.
Cory. who took for his subject SYM
| bolism," which was illustrated by large
| number of drawings copied from ancient
| Egyptian, Chaldean, Hindu. Greek and
other sources. DR.. Cory began by ex-
planning the cosmical changes which take
place when solar system comes into be-
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| ness which accompany differentiation of
| form. These changes and notifications,
the lecturer said, ''are graphically told
by symbolism, which to the initiated
man speaks language louder than
| wcrds.''
| The universally and agreement of
| such symbols the circle, point. line.
cross, swastika. triangle. serpent, madon-
ma and child and others proved. the speak
er said, that the same great truths of
evolution had been taught to every race of
man at Some period In it's history Friday
evening DR.. w. ". Baker gave All
address on The Mystery Of Evolution" :"
showing the gradual development of
great root races and the evolution of
planetary chains and worlds suited to va
rious grades of consciousness and in
| telligence. ~e.a-N~
The Excelsior Literary Club was en-
| tertained Tuesday afternoon by Mrs. a.
G. Powell at the home of Mrs. McCreery.
lIhere were seventeen members ana tnree
visitors present and Mrs. Florence Duff
ie presided. The study of Latin Amer
lea was resumed and Mrs. Dunlap read a
paper entitled Bolivia, the Switzerland
Of South America" Mrs. Powell read 4
sketch Of General Bolivar" Mrs. Seeley
followed with a paper on La Paz and
Sucre,'' which was a glimpse at the
most important cities of Bolivia. Mrs
Mary Hatch Riggs gave vocal solo en-
| titled IF All the Stars ere Mine" and for
an encore 1.-The Songs My Mother Sang"
and later, by request. a Scotch ballad
At the conclusion of the literary program
Mrs. Powell, assisted by Mrs. and Miss
McCreery, served refreshments.
The Washington Readers Club for the
study of oral Interpretation Of literature
held its last regular meeting at the resi-
dence Of Mrs. E. r. Walton, zoos G. street,
the president, Miss Emma L. ostrander,
in the chair. Several changes in the
constitution were proposed and new men,
bers elected. after which the club pro-
ceeded with the usual program of study.
Mrs. M. Landon Reed gave a talk on the
| Oral Interpretation of Literature" and
Miss Grace Ross. the vice president of
the club, gave a talk on Edgar Allan
Poe. The other members of the club then
gave interpretations of "Annabel Lee -
William II. Saunders and Mrs. Ethel
Bartlett acting as critics.
Miss Edna L. Boyd. a former president
tanned its members at her home. 2l7 9TH
street northeast, Wednesday night. Pres
ident William J. Boyd called the club
to order and several new laws were made
and put into effect. When the business
meeting was over games, music and reci-
Itations were enjoyed, after which refresh
ments were served. The parlor. recep-
ton and dining rooms were decorated
with flowers. potted plants and the club
colors-orange and blue The club con-
siStS of Misses Ethel Pryor Alberta
Thorn. katharyn Thompson. Irene Frick.
Mabel Hamann Irene Wade. Marie Wade.
Edna z. Boyd, Messrs. William Boyd,
Victor e. Jaeger. Ray Barrick, John
Lesch, Joseph Dawson. Aloysius Stormont.
Arthur Frick and Fred Lake. Others pres
ent were Mr.. and Mrs. Rely Mrs. JefferS
and the parents Of the hostess.
| The meeting of the Unity Club Wednes
day evening. at 522 9th street. was opened
by Frank NJ. Hoadley, president Of Po-
tomac Club, in the temporary alb
lsence of President L. II. Patterson, and
1.-THE program was under the direction of
Dr. NJ S Iseman. The Fourth Estate
held the floor. and the large contingent
of newspaper people. we'll As the laity
listened with interest to the story of the
lgrowth of this great world power, as told
by H. A. Colman, city editor of the
Washington Post. in his paper. How
News is Gathered Over the World ''ln
1898" he said, "the first real effort was
made to gather news" From that time
to the present day of the all-pervading
Telegraph and telephone on land. and the
cable and wireless beneath and above the