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The Esoteric Oriental Center, l443 Q
street. met Sunday evening. the subject
of the lecture being Rama" the first
initiate Of the white race of whom his
tory has retained trace after the catastro-
phe OF the last deluce.
The teaching by Rama Of the immor-
tality of the soul. the speaker said, led
to the idea of the Trinity, to the Divine
Word. developed later by other great
adopts, and formed the basis of human
progress. He did a tremendous work, it
was declared, not only in presenting to
our Aryan prosenitors pure concept of
religion, but also in reorganiz;ng tribal
government and in establishing the So
cial status of woman the equal Of
man, with her chief sphere III the hom3.
Under his teaching she became the
guardian of the sacred fire of the hearth,
therefore having place beside man when
the great Sacritc!al rites of fire We're
celebrated, and to invoke with him the
soul of the ancestors. He thus regener-
ated the family, the root of all society.
1.-The Theosophica Movement was the
subject of an address on Sunday last by
Mrs. Florence Duffie. before the Capital
City Branch of the Theosophical Society.
at 1917 II street northwest.
The speaker defined the theosophical
movement 'as the working of the divine
spirit in nature, to draw all things TO
ITSELF" and claimed that all great move
mentS in history for the good of the race,
such as the founding of a great religion
| the birth OF a civilization, general move
ment toward freedom revival of art,
| science and literature, are. therefore. to
| be classified as theosophical movements.
'Theosophy," she said, (which means
divine wisdom. is identical with the
gnosis of Greece. Syria. Egypt and Pal
estine. the Brahma Vidya Of India and the
| Tao OF China or Japan. For they all
declare, as does theosophy, that man can
know God with actual knowledge, ana
thus gain the wisdom that gives eternal
| life"
First Steps in Theosophy' was the
topic of an address by DR.. w. w. Baker
at pm. He gave an outline or the
course of reading necessary to obtain a
| clear idea of the ethics and philosophy
| of the teaching.
Under the auspices of the conservation
committee of the League of American
| Pen Women. of which Mrs Winnie Rean
Hoxie is chairman, a talk on "Conserva-
ton, a National and Patriotic Duty.
was made by John II. Finney. secre- airy
of the Appalachian National Forest Asso-
dence of Mrs. L. H. Wilder. 1875 18th
| street northwest. The speaker was In
troduced by Mrs. Wilder. Mr.. Finney' s
| address was an appeal along broad lines
for the cooperation Of the patriotic
| women Of the country in definite work
for the conservation idea. for the stop
ping of the waste that surrounds every
| use of our national resources, and fGI
!! instilling into the hearts of our penp.e
the duty which the present generation
owes to the generations yet to come
/ The work Of the forest service IN con
nection with the national forests wa:
graphically described and shown in many
| views of forest scenes. The parlors Were
we'll filled with a representative audience
| of men and women. Mrs. Wilder anc
| Miss Webster received the guests. re
| freshments were served at the close, ane
| a pleasant social session was enjoyed
The Freon Club met Thursday evening
at the home of it's newly initiated mem
| ber, Freon James B. Edmunds, 425 \
street northwest. The entire member
ship was present. The social committee
was commended for the manner In which
the outing on Decoration day was ar
ranged, and which proved one of tn
most enjoyable yet given. The clul