Evening star., 1912-11-03

reliquary of gold, silver and precious
| stones which serves as repository for
the plain bronze bell with which st. Pat
| rick called his congregations to prayer.
! The historical paper on THE Danish In
vaslon of Ireland was presented by Mrs.
w. B. Turpin.- Miss Harriet Porter play
ed two piano solos. Schumann's Second
Romance and Dvorak's "HumoresQue =
and responded to an encore with whis-
| Ting solo.
| Mrs. Charles G. Abbot. who has just
returned from Algeria, entertained the
club with description Of the desert and
an account of the home life Of the Arabs
Which her experience far from travelled
paths had given her opportunities to
study. The speaker described banquet
given in her honor which ran through
nine courses. the piece de resistance be-
| Ing sheep roasted entire and unskinned.
Mrs. Laura B. Olney. a member Of the
I club who is now touring Italy. sent a
letter describing her experiences in that
l. country.
! After adjournment Halloween lunch
con was served by the hostess the din
| ing room being prettily decorated with
| pumpkin lanterns. witches and hobgob-
Inns. The guests of the club were Mrs.
and Miss McCreery, Mrs. Raymond L.
Ford. Mrs. Byron J. Price, Mrs. wylsell
and Mr.. William Emerson
The Northwest W. c. 7. [. held it's
annual meeting Thursday in the parlors
| of the Vermont Avenue Christian Church.
Reports showed membership of 100 ana
much active work accomplished. An in
crease of 33 in the white ribbon re-
cruits was announced. The election OF
officers resulted as follows: President,
Mrs. M. c. Hull: vice president, Mrs, J.
! II. Wesler: corresponding secretary, Mrs
w. D. McKillen: recording secretary,
Mrs. w. d. Henry; treasurer. Mrs. Sara
! Smith. One new member was admitted.
The following were named delegates to
the annual w. G. T. L. convention to be
held November Is and Il in Mount ver-
non Methodist Episcopal Church. Mrs.
&c. G. Perry. Mrs. Ernest Peasley, Mrs.
! A. ]. Henry, Miss Hazen, Mrs. C. r..
James. Mrs. Carrie Ritter. Mrs. A. S.
Perham, Mrs. Sarah b. Leet Mrs. C. l..
Lotus. Mrs. c. Hendrickson, Mrs. q.
/ Seibold.
The members of the Thistle Club were
entertained at a Halloween luncheon by
Mrs. Augustus knight, at her apartment
grated with emblems of harvest home.
/, and the viands We're in forms illustrative
| of the day and season. At one point in
: the entertainment the lights were turned
| off and gayly caparisoned witch sailed
| around the room OH the proverbial broom
! stick. Place cards and favors partook OF
/ the spooky flavor Of the day. Among
! those present We're Mrs Sarah A. VOL
| haupter. Mrs. John II. Stokes, Mrs. Ellis
| Logan. Mrs. John D. Crossant, Mrs. NJ.
E. s. Davis. Mrs J. Finney Engle. Mrs.
| William B. Turpin, Mrs. Raymond l..
Ford, Mrs. Rae Cate. Miss Elizabeth
| Warman and Miss Celynda w. Ford
| Section four of the College Women $
| Club of this city, of which Mrs. Lyman
B. Swormstedt is president, met Tuesday
| evening at the home of its section leader,
Mrs Josiah Quincy Kern. Mrs. Mary Han
| nah Johnson Claxton. wife of DR.. Phi
| lander Priestly Claxton, gave an address
on the Alarming Percentage of 1lliteracy
| in the United States supporting her
statements by statistical comparisons OF
other countries She also. spoke of the
/ movement begun in Chicago last July
| to federate the college women's clubs
of the United States. she being present
at the conference as one of the founders
| OF the movement. The speaker suggested
j that such federation of college women
could, by concerted action, greatly de-
crease, If not eradicate illiteracy in the
| United States. Mrs. Claxton's address
was followed by discussion. led by
Mrs Sworrnstedt, and participated in by
many of the officers and directors of the
! club who We're present The hostess, Mrs.
! Kern, expressing her appreciation VI the