Evening star., 1913-10-12
Fisher followed. the topic being 1.-The
EarIy NOrsemen and Their RELIGION"

Fisher followed. the topic being THE
| Early Norsemen and Their Religion
The first regular meeting of the
| Washington Readers Club for the sea-
son. was held Tuesday evening in the
| comstock studio. The meeting was
called to order by the president. Miss
Emma l. Ostrander. after which Miss
| committee for the present season, an
nounced the program for the evening.
as follows: Subject for discussion, THE
Use and Abuse of Gesture" Miss Eliza
bth G. Wilson: She Does Not Hear
and "Ec-a-lec-tc Fits tBen King), DIR.
| Clifton P. Clark: "Phoebe's Wedding"
| dnez Hayes Gilmore}, Mrs. Eva Hurd
Willis; An Old Mans Dream and in
| the Rain F'red Emerson Brool1s), Harry
s. Barnes; Thomas Mittens, Stock
| holder (Thomas Allen England, Prof.
Edward c. Townsend; lyrics CMrs. Jessie
1. Pierson), Miss Violet Warren Piersorl,
and The King in Egypt and 1.-The
| Fools Waltz (Hefen Thayer Hutchin-
SOM, James r. Daily.
/ At the close of the program there was
a brief intermisson for conversation and
sociability. after which the club was
/ again called to order by the president
; for the regular business meeting.
| An excellent program for each of the
monthly meetings of the club has been
arranged by the members of the pro-
gram committee for the season, and the
interest displayed Tuesday evening in
| the work of the organization, evinced
! in the large attendance of members and
| friends, gives promise of a most enjoy
| able series of meetings to come.
| Potomac Chapter, d. A. r., held its
October meeting Wednesday at the
home of the regent, Miss Lu,e b. Hud-
son. the Imperial Several new members
were admitted. The policies of the state
regent. Mrs. Charles Richardson, were
| fully indorsed. Plans for the. year were
discussed and program outlined which
/ includes a social card party in Decem-
Der and May breakfast at the Country
| Club.
| The Junior League met recently at it's
permanent quarters in the American
Home Life Insurance building The vice
president, Miss Solomon, presided. Two
members were proposed and admitted
Alex. Freedman and Harry Bush. Sew
eral committees reported. The commit
tee on music decided that the music for
the dance to be given in November will
be furnished by the Florence Orchestra.
The committee on halls reported that the
! hall desired could not be engaged for the
first or second Sunday in February. The
same committee was appointed to see
what hall could be engaged for that time.
The committee on entertainment decided
on a play entitled Botany Bay The
| following members are to participate in
the show: Misses Krupsaw. Solomon. II.
| Wolf, Brown, Katzman. Byron. l.. Wolf,
and Messrs. Blatt kisseeff, Cohen. Lu-
her, Mincosky, Kershenbaum, Bicovslly,
10 Goldberg, Schiller. Miller. William
| Goldberg, Grossberg and Freedberg. 1t
was unanimously passed that the consti-
tuition should be revised The following
were appointed on the committee: Misses
| Krasnoff r. Cohen. krucoff, Zarin, Solo
mon, h Wolf, l.. Wolf Krupsaw. Brown
| and Katzman, and Messrs. Mincosky
and Blatt.
| The monthly business meeting of the
League of American Pen Women was held
Monday evening at the Public Library,
! the president Mrs Annie A Wilder
opening the session with an address.
! Three active members were elected
| Miss Dora Simpkins.' Woodbridge, d. c.;
! and Mrs. Mira NJ. Metcalf, Washington,
d. C.
| The reports of the different committees
were rendered and number of letters
read from out-of-town members. among
them one from Will Allen Droomgoole, |
telling of the successful staging of her |
| new play: another from Alice Northrup |
Evans, Mirzapur. India, transmitting a |
copy of the leading paper of the Punjab, |
| the Civil and Military Gazette, contain
| ing an article from her pen. and a letter
! from the leagues English representative, |
Mrs Belle Harpster Hartness. Mrs. |
| Harrness is also recording secretary Of |
| the American circle of the I.yceum Club. |
She states that the American circle is |
the largest one in the international Won- |
ans Club Mrs. Hartness and her hus-
band expect to visit the United States
about Christmas time.
Carnation Camp, Royal Neighbofs of
America held a Homecoming. banquet for