The Washington herald., 1912-05-12
SOCIAL CLUBS.

uence OF MIS-. James Harvey Street lalf
Sixth Street Northwest. Refreshments
were served By the hostess. and an en-
joyabie evening was spent In the discus
eion Of plans for Memorial Day and the
annual services held IN the Capitol In
honor OF Abraham Lincoln
The statue Of Lincoln. which stands In
the Rotunda Of the Capitol is the work
Of Mrs. Winnie Ream Hoxie. the presi-
dent Of the Lincoln Circle. II has been
the custom OF Gen. and Mrs Hoxie to
place wreath on the statue every
Memorial Day. and Of the Lincoln Circle
to hold services at the same time before
II. This year the services will be held
some day previous to Memorial Day. and
In the absence Of Mrs. Hoxie the wreath
win be placed on the statue by the senior
vice president, Mrs. Jeanne H Street.
Mrs. Anna s. Peck. patriotic instructor
for the circle, will have charge Of the
1 exercises.
Letters were rad from Mr.. Barton,
nephew Of the late Clara Barton, ac-
knowledging the receipt Of the resoIu-
\ tons offered by the circle on the death
for the kind attentions OF the circle TO
Miss Barton.
The Short Story Club held its last
regular meeting for the season at the
W. C. 7. u. pariors last Thursday even
ing. The programme. which was in
charge Of Mrs william K. Houghton.
was opened with a piano duet. Tampa.
rendered by Mrs. ]. Albert Houghton and
her daughter. Miss Virginia Houghton.
The story Of the evening. Love and a
Dog" was read by z. w. Collamore.
i and was followed by a vocal solo,
mighty LAX q Rose" by Mrs. NJ.
spangler. Master Joseph Houghton then
mado his debut by reciting My Little
Shadow" and the next number was a
vocal solo, In the Garden Of My
Heart" by Mrs. J. A. Houghton. TO her
daughters accompaniment. Two poems.
THE MiIk-white Birches," and Grow
ing Old" were read by Mrs. Fannie |
Reynolds. after which a short recess
was taken.
A quartet Of young ladies' in costume |
rendered medley, each singing a DIFF |
ferent tune. the composite result ap-
pearing on the programme under the |
title Of what Is It?" A euIogy on |
Shakespeare, embodying some OF HIS
most beautiful passages. was delivered /
by H. W. Selah. A song. The Dews
Are Cleaning" by Mrs. A. J. Houghton,
was followed by a travelogue describing /
scenes and incidents Of interest in ST
Helena, by ]. A. Mcknight, former /
United States Consul to that island.
The programme closed with a piano
solo. Whispering Winds" rendered by II
Mrs. NJ. spangIer.
The last regular meeting of the wo-
mans Single Tax Club for the season
was held last Monday evening at the
residence of Mrs Margaret Lohr. 80
Eleventh Street Southeast, and the even
ing was spent In perfecting arrange
ments for the annual convention of the
woman's National Single Tax League,
to be held at the EbbItt House on May
q. 2. and p, with 8 public meeting at
the Public Library on May q. and Q
banquet at the Ebbitt on May Is.
Delegates and slternates to the con-
vention were chosen as follows: Dele
gates-Mrs. Hare. Mrs. Lane, Mrs. Swan
ton, Mrs. Lohr. and Miss Rhodes; alter
nates-Miss Raymond, Mrs. Mccartney.
Miss Ross. Mrs. Clarke. and Mrs. Thomp-
son.
Refreshments were served and the club
adjourned until after the convention.
On June there will be a basket dinner
party at the Riverdale home Of H. Mar
tin Williams, Reading Clerk Of the
House
Those present at the meeting were:
Mrs. Jennie l. Munroe, Mrs. Julia
Thompson. Mrs. Marie Heath. Mrs. SIlGs
Hare Mrs. Margaret c. Lohr, Mrs Ger
trude z. Mackenzie. Miss Mccartney,
Miss Ada Rhodes, Miss Flora Raymond.
Miss Lily Ross, Mr.. George B. Rose
Mr.. Elias ]. Dakin. and Mr.. L s. Dickey.
The meeting Of Wendell Wolfe Chapter.
d. A. r. was held last Monday even
ing at the home OF Mrs. r. A. Dellett in
Columbia Road, with large attendance,
and the regent, Miss Wolfe, in the chair.
The annual reports OF the officers were
given and the annual election resulted
as follows: Regent, Miss Bertha Frances
Wolfe, vice regent. Mrs. Lyman F.
Kebler; corresponding secretary, Miss
Jessie Frances Hayden, recording secre-
tary, Mrs. George Chase; treasurer, Mrs.
l. c. Stockton; registrar, Mrs. Mary
Welker Burton: historian, Mrs. l. B.
Slime: chaplain. Mrs r. A. Dellett; or
ganist, Miss Margaret Lawyer Dellett.
The regent appointed Miss Elizabeth
Malott Barnes as press reporter, and
Miss Sara E Stephens chairman Of
magazine committee. Three new mem
bers were elected, and Mrs. John Miller
Horton was elected an honary member
of the chapter. Mrs. Ethel Phillipson has
moved to Nelson. Ga, and will be missed
by all the members. She presented a /
;ilk flag to the chapter before leaving.
An interesting paper entitled ''Educa-
don in the Northern Colonies at the
Time of the Revolution" was read by
Miss Sara z. Stephens. During the So
:ial hour the hostess served refresh
nents.
Despite the inclement weather of last
Monday evening a large gathering OF
friends and members OF Fraternal Hive,
lo. $50. Of the Modern Maccabees, spent
IN enjoyable evening at their hall, in
'ythian Temple. A one-act dialogue,
local solos, instrumental music, and a .
dance and song by the little
Misses Jarbol and Helen Frank concluded
he evenings entertainment, after which
were served. The commit :
zee in charge consisted of Commander
@ady Preston, Past Commander Lady I
IRrboe, Lieut.. Com. Lady Stuart, and
Iady Ryder, finance keeper.
The last meeting of the season of the
Alliance, which was also b,
he most important business meeting OF :
he year, was held Friday afternoon at
he residence Of Mr.. Whitman Cross,
1Ss Bancroft Place. Miss Ellen Marshall
lugg presiding.
Following a session Of the executive "a.
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