The Washington herald., 1911-05-28
NOTES OF CLUBDOM

The following persons have been elect
ed officers of the Potomac Literary Club
for the ensuing year: President, Frank
II. Hoadley; vice president, Seth A. Ter
~; treasurer. S. Marie Boyce; recording
secretary. James G. McFadden; cor
responding secretary, Charles c. Wag-
crime V. johnson. Mrs. NJ. J. Arnold, Mr..
Adolphe Amende. Mrs. Charles c. Wag-
ner, and Paul D. Wollard.
Members Of the Excelsior Literary
Club were entertained by Mrs. D. L.
Norris at her suburban home on the
afternoon of May q. The meeting was
called to order by the president, Mrs.
Henry Baker, and the exercises began
with singing THE Battle Hymn Of the
Republic" At the conclusion of the reg
ular business, Mrs. Abbott was unani-
mously elected a member. Mrs. Alex
ander read an excellent paper on "Gotha
canal, rivers and valleys" Mrs. Baker
read an essay on Temple to the Morse
gods" Each paper was discussed with
interest.
"Wanted-a Companion Is the title
of u farce comedy in two acts, which was
given before large audience Tuesday
night at Odd Fellows Hall under the
auspices of the Ladies' Aid Society Of In
gram Memorial Congregational Church.
Institutional. for the benefit of the gen.
cral church fund. Those VINO took char
actcr parts in the comedy included Ed.
Muth, Mrs. n. E. Bleakmore, Mrs. Emily
French Barnes, Miss Bessie Van de Bo-
CERT, Fred r. Wright, Cora L. Seagart,
Frank l. Crilly, Mrs. Ethel ]. Richards,
Nella Landergren, Harvey Kasson, Ruth
Ayler, Mrs. Lotta E. Crilly, Mrs. Yager
Hamilton, Mrs Idarome Knapp, Blanche
McCrerry, Bessie Hundley, ]. B. Peat,
Miss Flora Briggs, Genevieve NJ. Friz-
zell Osc1 Gardner, J. E. Haas, B. l..
McNulty, Ed. Eyler. Miss Grace Porter,
David Stuart Wauters, Melville Walton,
Tom J. Landergren, Alice Trey, Martha
Brookmire, Maude Trey, Evelyn David
son. Helen Bishop, Anna Mcknight, and
Margaret Wolsterholme. The committee
having the affair in charge was composed
of Mrs. n. E. BleakmOre, chairman; Mrs.
Minerva Davis Hamilton, Mrs. Nellie
Landergren, J. B. Peat, Tom Landergren,
and Ed. Muth.
Der Geselligliterarische Verein closed
its successful season last night at the
home of the president Miss Anita Schade,
2611 Mozart place northwest. The follow
ing interesting programme was rendered:
Piano solo; short talk on modern German
poets, Mr.. Ernest Bruncken; vocal solo;
monologue from Schiller's "Brant con
Messina,' Miss katharine Dannhoff: vio-
lin solo; comedy, When Women Laugh,
by Charles Norrey. with Miss Schade as
Blondine and Miss Eugene de Guerrin
as Brunette.
The Capitol Hill History Club closed
its season Wednesday afternoon with the
meeting at the residence of Mrs. E. K.
Foltz, Dominion Heights, Va. The re-
ports of officers showed the club to be
in good financial condition and the men,
bership increased. A vote of thanks was
extended the retiring officers.
Mrs. T. F. Rorke's paper on Customs
years study. after which the club ad-
journed until October.
The annual meeting Of the Housekeep-
ers' Alliance was held Friday afternoon
at the residence of Mrs. Willard D.
Biselow, 1874 LaPont street. After the
secretary-treasurer's annual report was
read. each committee submitted a report
of its yearly work The year has been
one Of encoura cement and progress. The
papers of special interest were those Of
the committees on sanitation and civics,
day nursery, and kitchen garden, and
that Of the director to the general fed
Grafton. The proEra mme was interspersed
with piano selections by Miss Annie
Holden and a violin solo by Miss Isabel
MCGEE.
The final meeting Of the Capitol Hill
Literary Society for the season was held
Monday evening at the home Of Mr. and
Mrs. A. H. Frear, 223 Eighth street
northeast, the president, Mrs. Walport,
presiding. The regular order of business
was dispensed with and the following
programme rendered: Selections by the
Phillips Orchestra, piano solo by Mrs.
Jennie Benson, vocal duet by Mrs. Ben
son and Mrs. Frear. piano trio by Mrs
E. V. Carr, Mrs. Benson, and Mrs Frear:
either solos by Mrs. Amy Grobe, vocal
solos by Miss Erna w. Lewis. accompa-
MED on piano by Miss Shirley B. Lewis;
violin solo by Miss Louise Farrow, ac-
companied on piano by Miss Feathers:
essay by Mrs. Frear on Christine Neil
SON. reading from James whitcomb Ri
ley by Mr.. a. B. White, and a recitation
by Mrs. Amelia Boynton, My Arab
Steed." At the close of the exercises
refreshments were served. The host and
hostess We're assisted in receiving by
Misses Cecile Sayles and Minnie Dieu-
dome.
The Radcliffe Club. of Washington,
held its annual meeting last Thursday
for the election OF officers at the home Of
the president, Miss Mabel Coleard, 1895
Twelfth street. The following officers
were elected: Miss Louise G. Cation, pres
ident. and Miss Mabel Colcord, secretary
treasurer. Announcement was made at
this meeting of the recent bequest Of
sl15,oo0 TO Radcliffe College under the
will Of Mrs. Lydia Augusta Barnard, OF
Milton. Mass.
London, May 27.-Bearing addresses to
President Taft on his proposed Anglo
American arbitration treaty from the