Evening star., 1912-11-24

daughter, Miss Claire Claxton, assisted
by Mrs. Kern and the social committee
of the league, consisting of Mrs. Leonard
H. Wilder as chairman and Mrs. F. Carl
Smith, Mrs. Leigh Chalmers, Mrs. Phoebe
Hamilton Seabrook, Mrs. A. d. Melvin
and Mrs. Theodore Cunningham received
the guests. At the close of Prof. Car
rolls address the officers of the league
who were all present. assisted in intro
ducing the guests and adding to the So
ciability of the evening. In the dnine
room the young people of the Claxton
household and their young friends served
light refreshments.
Potomac Chapter, D. A. R., entertained
the national officers, District officers anC
few friends Thursday evening in the
oak room at the Raleigh Hotel. The
program was opened by a duet, w att
Song Rossini by Mrs. Ethel HoltZclaW
Gawler and Mrs. William L Reed, who
est" Mrs. Gawler captivated in the aria
Spring" by Sterne, to which she gave
as an encore Somebody Mrs. Reed
sang Death with dramatic power. She
by request, THE Rosary" Walter Hum
phrey sang absent" and responded with
an encore. Louis Potter, jr., organist oil
Calvary, accompanied the singers and
gave a plano solo. DIR. J. Henning Nelms
gave a number Of dialect stories. among
Riley, and Surrender of Corvallis as
seen by Uncle Ned.
Miss Frances Graham French has re-
turned to the Cumberland for the win
ter.
Constitution Chapter d. A. r., was re-
ceived for the November meeting by Mrs.
Irving o. Ball at the Hamilton. Mrs.
Morgan d. Lewis, past regent presided.
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toinette Cattna and Mrs. Ball, speakers of
the evening, gave the history of their
private genealogy and Mrs. Clayton Z.
Emig rendered a solo. Miss Pierce,
chap-ain general of the society, exhibited
a pamphlet compiled of the prayers offer
ed during the one hundredth anniversary
of Washington's Inauguration. Mrs. Emig
president of the Gov. Thomas Welles So
ciety, c. A. r., reported that the junior
branch was entertained at the home of
Mrs. Elliott Thomson, where Mrs.
Blanch Beaton gave a talk on the subject
of THE First THANKSGIVING The senior
branch was entertained by Mrs. Blanch
Sanborn at the Iowa. At this meeting
Mrs. Wilbur Dales read an article on the
history Of the old Carlisle House in Alex
andria. A buffet supper was served by
the hostess.
The National Catholic Womans Circle
met Monday evening in the Public Ii
brary, Mrs. Margaret l.. Coope presiding.
Mrs Margaret c. Lohr was the speaker
of the evening, her subject being, 'Sasso-
ferratto-the Painter of Madonnas," their
great resemblance to one another and their
location in the various galleries of Eu-
rope. Mrs. Lohr illustrated her talk by
more than twenty reproductions of the
various Madonnas and presented each
member present with a copy of the IA
vorite, "The Madonna of the Blue Veil"
the original of which was exhibited by
the owner, Mr.. Berg of Brookland. The
evening closed with a talk given by Mrs.
Coope on the teaching power of the An
nunciation in Art.
Mrs. Margaret l.. Coope. founder of the
National Catholic Woman's Circle, ad-
dressed a group of teaching sisters Wed
nesday evening at Brookland, d. c., upon
the choice of reproductions of the old
masters in Christian art in illustrating
the lesson of the day in Catholic Sunday
schools. Mrs Coope chose for her two
subjects in art The Immaculate Con-
ception of the Virgin Mary and THE
Annunciation where the angel Of the
Lord declared unto Mary that she was
to be the Mother of God" The subjects
We're illustrated by upward of one
hundred reproductions of each for
the purpose of choosing those pos
sessin& the most points of merit in teach
ing power, adapted to the mind of the
child. Mrs. Coope repeated the same in
g hriefttalk last evening before the Suh-
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