Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-15
ne of the president. Mrs. Walter

home of the president. Mrs. Walter l.
SWanton.
Most of the members and number OF
visitors We're present.
After the regular business was trans
acted, the matter of having John II.
White of the Henry George Lecture League
deliver address at the Public Library
was discarded and the arrangements were
left in the hands of the president and
I'll. Martin Williams. The club was ad-
dressed by Herbert J. Brown, who. at
the request of those present, went into
some features of the report of Mr.. George
chairman of the subcommittee of the
committee of the House of Representa-
tives of the District of Columbia. In
answering questions Mr.. Brown showed
how the small home owners in the Dis
trict would be benefited by the changes
recommended in the report.
Arthur Powell Davis, chief engineer of
the reclamation service. who had just re-
turned from Boston. where he attended
reported that it the most repre-
sentative single tax meeting ever held
in this country. probably in the world.
Representative single takers were in
attendance from nearly every state in
the Union.
The president, Mrs. Swanton, Miss Ada
Rhodes and Mrs. Jessie l.. Lane, reported
items of interest to single takers in this
country and England. Refreshments Were
served. Among those present We're Mr..
and Mrs. Middleton Smith, Mr.. and Mrs.
L. P. Shidy, Mr.. and Mrs. w. ID. Mac
kenzie, Mr.. and Mrs. Agnew, Mrs. Jessie
l.. Lane. Mrs. Jennie l.. Munroe. Mrs. l..
n. Fouts, Mrs. c. Albert White. Mrs.
Libby Ross, Miss Frances Crosby. Miss
Ada Rhodes, Miss Flora Raymond, H.
Martin Williams. Arthur Powell Davis.
w. c. Wallace. a. l.. Golfer George b.
Rose, Herbert j. Brown, NJ. q. Brink
and Charles Newburgh.
Election of officers and delegates was
the order of business at the recent meet
ing of George II. Thomas, w. r. c., when
a large attendance gave unanimous cleo
ton to the following: resident. Mrs.
Lola Julian; senior vice president, Ruth
Gibson; junior vice president. Mrs.
Price; treasurer. Anna Traphagen: con-
ductor Miss Emma Miller; guard. Mrs.
Cooley: chaplain. Mrs. Lottie Johnson.
and musician. Miss Gussie Palmer.
Delegates to department convention,
Miss Gussie Palmer, Mrs. Anna Luke,
Mrs. Alice Cooley and Mrs. Anna Haw-
thorne; atlernates. Mrs. Stewart, Miss
Nellie Brown, Mrs. Mary BoWleS ana
Mrs. S. Kershan.
The last two sewing circle meetings OF
the corps met with Mrs Gibson and Mrs.
Myers. Both had large attendance
Last Tuesday evening the Short Story
Club met at the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union parlors. 81 9TH
street northwest, President Leonard
Wilder in the chair. A varied program
of original stories, instrumental and
vocal selections and recitations was under
the charge of Mrs. NJ. NJ. Metcalf. the
recording secretary. The story of the
evening was presented by Mrs. +. w.
Collamore. and entitled The Daughter
of Jeptha,' while the amusing sketch of
"Viney at the Moving Picture Show and
THE Troubles of Being a Woman" were |
the selections chosen by j. Lewis Mon |
eyway The Composite Story an in !
teresting serial now running in the clubs |
semi-monthly program. was made more |
involved and mysterious than ever, by !
Mrs. s. c. York, who contributed the |
third installment. The musical selections |
embraced the following numbers: March |
from THE Queen of Sheba.' piano |
duet by Mrs S. b. Jennings and Miss |
Benn: violin solo. Jungmann's Harp !
Sounds" by Mr.. c. l.. Stryker: tenor |
solos. by Mr.. T.. Taylor Chewing. THE |
End of a Perfect Day" (Bond), and |
..The Rose I Gave You" (Bischoff), with |
violin obligato by Mr. Stryker. The |
concluded by Mrs |
bertha Lincoln Heustis, who gave the |
sonrano solos. 1.-The Captive Lark and |
..The Open Street accompanied on piano |
by Mrs. Wilkins.
The newly elected members of the club |
were Dr. and Mrs. Heustis and Mr.. r. 1
H Moore An adjournment over the
holiday season was taken, the next club
meeting to be held on the evening of the /
second Tuesday of January, 1913.