The Washington herald., 1911-02-19

| for those in attendance Henry Smith
was auctioneer and the ladies represent
| iIg various characters in costumes were
wrapped in sheets so the bidders could
not recognize them When they were all
sold the sheets were removed and the
| buyers expressed themselves as more
than satisfied with their purchases The
chafacters were represented as follows:
! Queen Of Hearts bv Miss e. c. Church;
Swedish Lady" by Mrs. o. S. Dinwid-
die; Red Riding Hood" by Miss Marie
Church; Little Miss Mufit," by Miss
Edith Dinwiddie; "A Summer Girl" by
Miss Katherine Whttcomb; "A Loyal
! Good Templar,'' by Mrs. I. o. Corby; "A
Suffragette," by Mrs. Edith Dinwiddie;
"A Colonial Dame" by Mrs. Henry
Smith. and Might" by Mrs. Laura
| Church.
West End Camp. No. 12os9, Modern
Woodmen of America, held its fifth an
nual St Valentine ball at old Masonic
Temple. The sixth number on the pro-
gramme was the Heart Dance" and
during this number the only lights in the
hall were those covered with red heart
shaped decorations, and the effect was
novel. A section of the Marine Band
furnished the music. The committee on
arrangements was composed of George
| aldson, ]. H. Atchison, John c. McCub-
bin, r. ]. Cooley. Fred C Geiger, w. F.
Wagner, Ford Z. Young, Lewis Hodges,
]. William Harrington, DR.. ]. A. Flynn,
T. B. Williams. Thomas ON. May. John
F. Gillig, George ]. Motter, and A. II.
Sonnemann.
The Washington Local, No. 80, Inter
national Union of Steam Engineers, held
its fourth annual grand ball at the old
Masonic Temple with an attendance OF
nearly 400 Matt Commerford. general
president OF the order was among those
present. Several officers of the Central
Labor Union were also present. The
committee on arrangements was COM
posed of Milton Snellings, George Neide-
| manski, James A Brashears, Chris
| Schlag, Edward Neil, James McKeown,
B. A Snyder, Edward Venable, John
Lorch, L. c. Petteiger, and G. Kengler.
Congressional Circle, No. 3eS. OF the
Protected Home Circle entertained f.
H. Tellum, special supreme deputy, Of
Toledo, Ohio. at a box social at Pythian
| Temple last night. The supreme deputy
made an address urging the members to
do their part in making the class of can
didates, to be initiated February q, the
largest ever taken into the order. This
large class will be given the degrees Of
the order by several supreme officers, as
sisted by a selected degree team from
the various local circles The supreme
officers who will be present are A. c. Nc
Lain, supreme president; w. S. Palmer,
supreme secretary, and Hon. Alexander
Mcdowell, supreme treasurer.
Municipal Council, No. 2136. Royal Ar
canum, at a meeting at Pythiap Temple.
was entertained after the regular bust
ness session with a musical and literary
programme and an illustrated lecture on
Shakespeare by Prof. Edwin Wiley, of
the Library of Congress. Prof. Wiley
showed many views Of the birthplace of
Shakespeare, and scenes connected with
his life. The programme included piano
solo by Miss NJ. Alvina Carroll, a tenor
solS by ]. T. Orchard; recitation, "Old
Virginia" by Samuel T. Jacobson, and
vocal solo. My Hero" from THE
Chocolate Soldier" by Miss Jane Rus
sell, of Louisville, KY. Miss Russell has
a very pleasing voice. and was compelled
to respond to an encore. The commit
tee in charge of the affair consisted Of
two members, Charles Shackelford and
Charles E. Turner.
Friendship Temple, No. Q, Pythian Sis
ters, entertained last Tuesday at Pythian
Temple with a Valentine social Each
one present was given favors in shape
Of hearth and valentines were distribu-
ted through a post-office presided over by
Mrs. Eta Boynton. Mrs. Minnie Haske,
excellent junior of the temple was sur
prised when Samuel H. Bassett, on be-
half of the members. presented her
beautiful bouquet of carnations as
birthday remembrance. She responded
with few remarks of appreciation This
temple will celebrate Washington's Birth
day anniversary, on February 2, with
appropriate exercises. The committee
on arrangements is composed OF Mrs.
Samuel H. BasSett, chairman; Mrs G.
w. Boynton, Mrs. NJ Crowthers, Mrs. A.
Adams, Mrs. w. ]. Coffin, Mrs B. F.
Crown, and Mrs. H NJ. Van Dervoort-
A joint meeting Of the councils OF the
Catholic Beneyolent League was held on
Tuesday evening last, at which Deputy
Supreme Chancellor Andrew Oehmann
installed the following officers:
Washington Council, No. +President,
William Henry Dennis; vice president,
lawrence Mangan; orator, DR.. M ]. Grif-
fftn; secretary, Ernest ]. Smith; collec-
LOT, JOHN " l. hCSdIluyB u.
F. Eckhoff; chaplain, Rev. Paul Griffith;
marshall, Charles A. Green; outside
guard, NJ. J. O'Callaghan; inside guard.
John ]. Tracy, and trustees, John F.
Green D. F. Moran, and Thomas ]. King.
st. Dominic Council, No. 4A-President.
Andrew Oehmann: vice president, DR..
Raymond T. Holden; secretary, William
A Johnson; treasurer, James F. Shea;
collector, John Quinn; marshal, John T.
Holden; guard, John Francis O'Connor;
orator, ]. T. Carroll, and trustees, John
c. Costello, James Ryan and Bernard
Black After the installation refresh
ments were served by St. Dominic Coun-
Gil, the hosts of the evening.
The Capitol Hill Literary Society held
an interesting session Monday evening at
the residence of Mrs. Charles Gordon.
Eighth street northeast Mrs. Boynton
gave a pleasing description Of Iris"
and Mrs. F. Dieudonne. with a lecture
upon ''vesta, the goddess of the hearth
stone" closed with a striking original
poem. Mr.. Walporte described the god
dess Of Diana The literary programme