Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-31

dance Wednesday night at 613 ODD street
northwest, when John +. Sheehan, the
clubs president. made an address OF wei
come, followed by remarks by Miss Mary
Riordan, secretary and treasurer. and Mr.
Goss, vice president.
The semi monthly meeting Of the Capitol
Hill History Club met Wednesday at the
home of Mrs. B. c. Yorks, IA 4th street
southeast. After the usual order of bust
ness one new member was elected. The
program of the afternoon was taken up as
follows: Mrs. A. D. CASTOR on the Hun.
dred Years War; covering the period
from 1896 to 1853; 'Richelieu and MAJ
arin.'' discussed by Mrs. L. B. Slime. Mrs
r. B. Bare told of the French Hugue-
notS "
The Columbia Heights Art Club met
Thursday with Mrs. Julia Trumbull, 1l43
Connecticut avenue. Mrs. WolhaupteT
presided. Mrs. Ada l.. Clarke gave the
art paper. byzantine Mosaics.' sub
ject she proved herself competent to pre-
sent as the result of her study of the
finest examples in Europe. The historical
paper. AN Afternoon With Homer was
prepared by Mrs. Jessie T.. Engle. She
was assisted by Mrs. Foote, Mrs Staley
and Mrs. Chamberlain, who read selec-
tons from the Had supplementing the
biographical study. The responses to roll
call were unusually interesting, that by
Mrs. w Qeeler DelnS d cOIlcCllou VI
prize poems pertinent to the historical
topic of the day, written by Mr.. Wheeler
while a student at Yale. During the social
hour Mrs Foote and Mrs. Wheeler enter
tanned the club with piano duets. and sew
eral members contributed witty stories.
The Short Story Club met Tuesday even
ing at J22 9th street to enjoy program
arranged by MRS. Mira NJ. MetcaIf. the
recording secretary. Prof. l.. II. Wilder
2f no .l,, tIn t{vlp
and the leading story of the evening. "A
Schoolmaster of the Sixties the scene of
which was laid in the Bethel. School, in
northern Illinois, was read by Mrs. T. Il.
Young. DR.. M. S. Iseman gave sketch
entitled MY Fifth Wife," and Prof Fred
eric NJ. Noa of the bureau of American
republics contributed a scholarly paper.
THE Story, Novel and Drama in the
Two Americas" There are several ele-
ments affecting the literature of Latin
America" the speaker said. 1.-The tremen-
dous scale of nature, with its infinite
variety of outline, light, shade and color;
racial characteristics, customs of the peo-
Pile, and the blending of the Ideals of the
Spanish with those of the aboriginal In
dians. Flowery, fervid and romantic, love
plays a most important part" Prof. l..
H. Wilder read several original poems.
and the musical numbers were especially
noteworthy. Miss Ethel Tibbetts played
a piano solo. Der ScharpentanZ' (Scarf
DdnCeD, 4. AHdIilidOc, tie S"eCl VIZ VI
Mrs. c. L. Macauley was heard In Sing
Ne to Sleep" to her own accompaniment.
and Mrs. D. s. Corser sang two soprano
solos, Katie (Bischoff) and a Wood
land Groom Song" with much expression.
Mrs NJ. l.. Willis was made an honorary
member of the club.
The Unity Club met at I'D 9th street
Wednesday evening. President l.. IL. Pat
terson presiding, and an excellent audi
ence in attendance. The opening number
was 1.-The Rosary. played by Mrs. Ellen
Vockey Seifert. The paper of the evening
was by Col. A. II. Chase. "Our Folks. -
but owing to a sudden call from the city
he delegated the reading of it to Mrs.
Withee, on short notice. 1t was charac-
teristically human, depicting many types
Of daily life.
An excellent miscellaneous program fol-
lowed. Miss Elise Ruebsam sang "Liebes-
lied" Gloves Sorrow. A vocal duet
"Huntingtower," in Scotch dialect was
contributed by Mr.. and Mrs. Charles A
Woodhead. and later a second duet, Sing
Me to Sleep" The accomplishments
throughout were by Mrs. Ellen Vockey
Seifert. Mrs. d. ]. Roberts gave a reel
tation. Mrs. Joseph E. Cotton won much
applause by the realism of her dialect
recitation, Mrs. Maloney on the Chinese
Question" and Mr.. William N. Brock
well told several humorous stories An
invitation was extended to the members
of the club to attend an entertainment by
the Excelsior Literary Club at the Public
Library February 30 at s o'clock pm.
An interesting meeting of the Capitol
Hill Literary Society was held at the
home of Mrs. Beaton, lob Sd street
southeast, Monday evening. After a
short business session 1.-The following liter.