Evening star., 1912-11-10

vt the October meeting of the Distric
of Columbia Federation of Women:
Clubs the members present indorsed the
action of the executive board in inviting
the council of the general federation tt
meet at Washington in April, 1913.
Various committees are planning fol
the entertainment of the council, which
consists of the board of directors. the
state presidents, the state general fedora
ton secretaries and as many delegates as
each state may send.
The Mary land Federation of Women
Clubs In semi-annual session at Baltimore
Md, expressed its desire 10 cooperate
with the District Federation of Women
Clubs in entertaining the council OF the
general federation.
Mrs. Percy V Pennybacker. president
of the General Federation, desires 10 MAKE
the work of this council memorable In tne
annals of the organization, ana IN the
hone of a large attendance she asked the
District of Columbia federation to invite
the council to Washington.
DR.. McNaughton presented TO the us
trict Federation of Women's Clubs It's
first records, containing It's cohsiilu'ioii
and charter members,
Mrs Wilder spoke of the meeting or the
Press Association in Chicago. and It's IN
dorsement and appreciation of the work
pravement of the comic supplement.
The president, Mrs William T. An
drews. desired the appointment or three
members from each club to act as tne
committee on the moving picture tneaters'
The first meeting of the Cercle des Pre-
cieuses Ridicules for the season of l9lZ-lo
was held Wednesday evening at the resi-
dence of Mime. Becker. The annual eiec-
zion of officers took place. Edmund Beck
er was elected president. Harvey W..
Wiley, A. G. Heaton and Mile.
Prud homme, vice presidents; Nine BOW
man. secretary, and Mile. Marie GWinn,
treasurer This was followed by social
hour of French conversation, during
which plans were discussed for enter
tainments to be given by the cercle during
the coming winter.
held its weekly meeting in the Public Ii
brary Monday evening. Mrs. Coope pre-
siding. Miss Katherine OLeary was the
speaker OF the evening. her theme being.
Rembrandt in Religious Art. Miss
OLeary gave a summary of all his
works and their location in the various
galleries of Europe, together with a short
biography of the artist. The entire MEM
bership present took the subject of Rem
brandt's Christ at Emmaus" and COM
pared il with other masterpieces upon the
same subject. The Bible text was read
to obtain the Interpretation of the ar
IlStS message. Mrs. COOpe dnnOunceu
that the subject for next week would be
Leonardo Da Ninci.
Mrs. Pauline Potwin. WoodIey Park.
entertained the Crittenton Wheel Club
Thursday afternoon. Matters pertain ng
TO Crittenton work were discussed The
hostess read an amusing story and as
further diversion each lady told some CIR
cumstances of her wedding day. One
elopement was described. Also the vary
ing fashion of wedding gowns worn in
the past forty years. Refreshments were
served
Monticello Chapter, Daughters of the
American Revolution, met Tuesday with
Mrs. Robert A. Bennett Riverda!e, Md,
Mrs Beach, the regent, presiding. Mrs.
Thanksgiving DAYS in Colonial Times.
Mrs. Lockwood. the state regent. was
present and spoke. A vic in solo by Miss
Gray was much appreciated, as We're
also banjo and piano selections by Miss
Doty and Mrs. Burgess. Mrs. Lawton
of Albany. n. Y, Mrs. Bennett's guest.
had with her a copy OF the Ulster Coun-
ty Gazette of date. Kingston, January l.
1900. which contained an account OF
Gen. washington's funeral. Miss Stein
sang. A buffet luncheon was served by
the hostesses, Mrs. Bennett and Mrs.
Place.
Mary Breed Chapter. D. A. r., met
Tuesday evening at the home of the
.
1915 Clifton street northwest. the re-
gent, Mrs Ellis Logan. presiding.
The program was as follows A HIS
tory of ThanksgIving. Miss .,s sye,,s Wells'
ta,ns" Mrs. Clarke; "A Thanksgiving
Tale" Miss Darwin: The First Thanks
giving Sermon. Mrs. Johnson: THE BIZ
bles in ri grim Hall" Mrs; Logan; W.; "A
die. Mrs. Bennett of the Monmouth
Chapter. New Jersey, told of the work
being done by the Daughters in New
Jersey. A social hour followed
The Columbia Heights Art Club met
T ursday with Mrs William Ethel for its
regular monthly business meeting. the
pres dent Mrs. Ellis Logan, in the chair.
Mrs Raymond L. Ford and Mrs. James
d. Yeomans were elected to membership.
This fills the clubs roster.
1t was decided to give social evening
during the holidays at the residence Of
Miss Celynda Ford to the husbands and
man friends of the members. Refresh
ments were served.
The Players Club of Washington, which
November moved into it's new quarters
at 1910 New York avenue northwest, will
have a houseWarming Friday evening,
on which occasion the attendance will be
limited to club members and a few espe-
cially invited guests. The evenings pro-
gram Will be rendered by members of the
club and Will be followed by an informal
reception and dance
The League of American Penwomen
met Monday evening in the Public Lii
brary building, the president, Mrs. Edith
kingman Kern. presiding. Three new
members were elected-Mrs Pearl Cashell
Jackson. Austin, Tex; Mrs. Luella G..
Holzapfel. Oklahoma City, Okla, and
Mrs Mary b Johnston of this city A
letter from Mrs. Katherine NJ. Yates, a
league member residing in Honolulu,
Hawaii. expressed the intention of form
ing an auxiliary league in that city. The
league owns an interesting library many
of the volumes being autographed and
presented by their authors.
The historian. Miss Mabel Louise White,
reported that the history book of the
league was progressing. 1t Is in the ma
ture of scrap book. containing printed
articles, stories and poems by the league
members. Mrs. Annie A. Wilder first
vice president of the league, gave an in
te-esting report of the National Press AS
sociation of America, held in Chicago last
June. at which meeting she was the rep
resentative of the league. Mrs. Ella Ham
ilton Durley, representative OF the league
at the General Federation of Women's s
Clubs, held in San Francisco last summer
sent written report of the meeting. The
president announced that the year book
was complete. and that the program fore
tokens many attractive literary and So
dal entertainments during the year
The Emily Nelson Chapter of the d. A.
r met Saturday evening at the home of
Mrs. T. Malcolm Price in the Iowa
apartments. There was a literary and a
musical program. There were twenty
members present