Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-03

| perance Union held largely attended
| meeting Thursday afternoon in the
parlors of the Vermont Avenue Chris
tan Church. The president. Mrs. NJ. }.
Hull. presided. and Mrs. McElheny con-
Quoted devotions. The following new
members were welcomed into the union
and received the badge of white rib
bon: Mrs. Annie Renshaw. Mrs. ii. Z.
McNeill, Mrs. Sarah Harding, Miss NJ
| E. Kidwell. Mrs. Phoebe f. Haight
Mrs. Henrietta Adams, Mrs. Carrie +.
Bishop. Mrs. Emma Riggles. Mrs. Hulda
Lundgren and Mrs. F. d. Chase. Mrs
| George Seibold reported seven new
| members of the White Ribbon Recruits
SION; Mrs. J. H. Robinson. SUNDAY
School,; DR.. Bordeau-Sisco, Health
and Heredity"; Mrs. L. H. EARL. Red
| Letter Days"
! The following guests were introduce
ed: Mrs. N. D. Wood, formerly of India
Thornber Of Arizona. Mrs. William
Melville Of Maryland and Mrs. Carroll
of this city. The address of the after
| noon was made by Mrs Margaret Dye
Ellis, national superintendent of legis-
| lation, who spoke of the early temper
ance crusade, in which she had q part
MRS. Clayton E. Emig sang solo, vic
! tory Will Come"
Letters were read from Mrs. G. w
Drew, now in Florida, and Mrs. J. NJ.
| Mrs Emma S. Shelton. state w. C. T.
| u, president, announced that Mrs. l.. NJ
n Stevens and Miss Anna Gordon. presi-
| dent and vice president of the National
in the Presbyterian Church at Chevy
Chase and Tuesday night in the Mount
| Pleasant Congregational Church. A COM
mittee under Mrs. M. D. Pickens served
refreshments.
| Mrs. John H. Stokes entertained the
Columbia Heights Art Club Thursday in
| the parlors Of the Portner. Mrs. Angus
tus knight was chairman of the day.
| The director Of the District of Column
| bia Federation of Women's Clubs, Mrs
! William G. Foote. gave report of the
recent meeting of the federation, supple
mented by items of interest from Mrs
Olney and Mrs. Logan.
! Mrs. Fred d. Heisley read a paper or
/ Robert Scott Lauder, the Scotch artist
and Mrs. w. G. Foote presented the his
torical paper on Queen Anne"
| After adjournment refreshments were
served by the hostess, assisted by Mrs
Heisley, Mrs. Turpin and Miss Ford.
| The regular business meeting of the
lexington w. c. T. Z. was held Friday
in the Sunday school room of the Eek
iington Presbyterian Church After the
| usual business was transacted the presi
dent. Mrs. Pollock, introduced Mrs. Flora
Rays Hanson, who gave talk on ''Scien
tific Temperance Work in Connection
With the Public School, Mrs. Ebert, dis
| trict superintendent of scientific temper
ance work; Mrs. Willie, superintendent OF
the sailor and marine department.; Mrs
Burnett. superintendent of the membership
| committee, and Mrs. Bradley, superin
tendent of the literature department, were
present, and each gave an instructive
talk along her line of work. Refresh
| ments were served at which time the ~
c. T. U. work was discussed.
The International Esperanto Club me-
| Wednesday evening at the residence o.
r. H. Preston, 421 4th street northwest
| to observe the anniversary of the birth
| Of Washington by rendering the follow.
ing program: N. S. Guimont, presiden,
/ of the club, spoke of soldier life in the
Philippines: F. H. Preston gave an ad
dress OF welcome; w. P. Walsh of the
came under his observation in connec
ton with his branch Of the government
4 DIR. Ivy Kellerman portrayed characters
/ in the life of Martha Washington, while
DIR. Edwin c. Reed did likewise regard
ing the life of George Washington: DR.
! D. c. Leahy read a humorous paper or
1.-The Honest Rascal: DR.. George H
Miss D. G. Condron gave "Reminiscences:
| of her travels abroad, and Adolph Mayer
contributed remarks on the language Els
| peranto Miss Amy C. Leavitt presided
! at the piano and rendered several CLASH
cal selections The program was carried
out in Esperanto, the language used ex
clusively by club members at all theil
meetings.
/ A new class in Esperanto has just beer
| formed, the students meeting at 421 4tl
| street northwest every Tuesday evening