Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-24

called one for the moral support of the
cause rather than an aggressive one TO
force privileges which are withheld.
"A few years ago. with the earnest CO.
operation of Mrs. Katherine Egan and
Mrs. Lawrence Haines, l aided in estab-
fishing the womens club in Jacksonville,
and we are all proud of some OF our
achievements with that organization. 1t
has realized all that club should mean
to those wao seek culture and literary
entertainment rather than mere creature
comforts. One feature which justifies the
existence of this woman's club is that we
have luncheon room for girls and
women connected with the business
houses of Jacksonville. 1t is comfortably
and artistically furnished in mission
STYLE with abundance of snug tables and
chairs where they can partake of their
MONDAY meal with privacy and ease.
They may get cup of tea or cofee or
milk or buttermik on the premises and
al a nominal price Or they may bring
all their refreshments with them and
they are given the same attention from
the cafe as il they purchased the most
expensive meal. There are papers and
magazines about and every opportunity IS
afforded to give these clerks breath of
good cheer. mental as we'll physical. in
the midst of their working day. Before
We provided this little room the girls
meal, and it was forlorn indeed. The
city of Jacksonville owes much to the
industry and painstaking work of these
girls, and we feel deeply gratified to al
ford them this small attention.
Senator and Mrs. Fletcher are among
the new deniZens of the capital TO whom
the lure of living here has appealed most
irresistibly. They purchased home at
the beginning of their residence and are
now as comfortably established as though
oil in
cles This home is on the corner OF 18TH
street and Massachusetts avenue, and at
tanned some local celebrity during the
lifetime Of its former owner. Mrs Pat
tie Starring The Fletchers purchased
the mansion furnished. but have made
extensive improvements. The spacious
art gallery and library. well known dur
ing Mrs. Stariing's regime. is now din
ing hall which claims place among the
most spacious and best appointed in the
city. 1t is full of pretty Florida sugges-
tions the long gray moss clinging 10
the chandeliers and dropping gracefully
above the broad mahogany table and
numbers of ornaments in alligator skin
and tusks of the wild boar.
AS in all southern homes. the dining
room is an apartment of great impor-
lance and must be the sunniest and
most inviting in the house. The library
has been generously placed all over the
lower floor OF the ma nsion. There are
books in the cool dra wing room. in the re-
ception hall and in a room which Is pre-
sumably the senator's den. but which is
the living room of the family, and every
where are reminders of the wonderful re-
gion o. the everglades and flowers and
tropical plants.
IT can be counted among those who
are enamored of life in Washington even
though We miss our sunshine so much
during the winter months" said Mrs.
Fletcher. II have always been absorbed
By the study of politics and here l have
the longed-for opportunity of studying
the question at the fountain head ] go
often to the Capitol and | was as regular
an attendant at the Ballinger-Ptnchot in
vestisation as though | had millions at
stake Indeed. one day when | ventured
to visit the Senate gallery an oblising
and observant doorkeeper asked me
blandly if the Ballinger sessions had end