Evening star., 1913-11-23
CERoLE DIES PREcIEUsEs RIDI.


tainment Wednesday evening to Robert
NJ Stearns. who is TO be married in Chi
cago Thanksgiving DAY, and who vii
hereafter reside in that city.
The program included the following
numbers: Piano, Witches Dance
,Grieg,. Mime. Bean: reading. 'L'Oiseleur
dAmour'' Guy de Maupassant, Nine
Hindmarsb: recitation. La Greve des
Forgerons Francois Coppee), NJ. Georges
Muret: violin. "Humoreske' Dvorak), M
Stearns. accompanied by Mile Becker.
AS an encore NJ. Stearns played one oil
his own compositions. Solitude"
A buffet supper was served
INTERNACIA CLUB.
The .Internacia' Club held it's weekly
meeting Monday evening at its quarters In
the Stewart building. In an informai ao-
dress Prof. Mayer showed by numerous
examples the absurdity of many express
sions in the English language, ana tue
adequateness of Esperanto TO express lne
exact meaning intended
DR.. D. c. Leahy was appointed chair
man of the auditing committee
JOHN HALL CHAPTER. D. A R.
John Hall Chapter. D. A. r.. met tues
day at the home of Mrs Philip Walker.
1883 Columbia road, the regent. MISS
Ethelwyn B. Hall, presiding. iettei
from Mrs. Charles Richardson, state re-
gent was discussed.
The chapter voted contributions TO the
fund for providing a probation officer for
the District and to beautify the GROUNDS
OF Memorial Continental Hall A contri-
button was also made TO assist In erect
ing a pulpit in Broad Creek Church-
The chapter has had its second wed
ding Miss Elizabeth A. Rummel. men,
ber having married David Harold CROSBY
of Pittsburgh. The chapter has assisted
the Children of the Republic by the pur-
chase of several Wedgwood plates sold
by the D. A. X. chapter of Kalamazoo,
Mich At the conclusion OF the business
OF the meeting the regent read paper on
the early history of the Dlstrict, MISS
Halls ancestors having settled mere prior
to 1914 A number of prints of Washing
ton from 1900 to 1880 were exhibited Re-
freshments were served.
EXCELSIOR LITERARY CLUB.
The Excelsior Literary Club was enter
tanned Tuesday afternoon by one OF its
past presidents. Mrs. Henry Baker, at her
home on @ street. AS the club is studying
Scotland. Mrs. Baker. who is lineal de-
scendant of the Scotch house OF stuart,
had arranged an exhibit of scotch linen
woven by her grandmother, the Mary
Stuart who married Pit-Bloodo, as part
of her wedding outfit. After Mrs. Baker,
Informal talk on the heirlooms, the presi-
dent Miss Flora j. McCreery, called the
meeting to order.
In the absence of DR.. Margaret Hud-
dleson. her paper on Scotch Regalia
was read by Mrs. Briggs. Mrs. Baker
rendered two musical numbers, coming
Through the Rye" and The Land of the
Ieal." The program closed with de-
scription and history of Edinburgh Castle
by Mrs. VI. E. Edwards.
In its twenty-sixth year, Excelsior Lit
erary Club has for its president the
of ,tc II
J.. McCreery- Mrs. McCreery served two
terms as president, and the club has
been pleased to further honor her by
calling her daughter unanimously to the
chair
OF its twenty-three past presidents,
seven have passed into life eternal. and
three are no longer members of the club.
The remaining thirteen are still active
members. Eight of these responded to
roll call Tuesday. as follows: Mrs. j. L.
McCreery, Mrs Carrie +. Kent, Mrs. Julia
w. Webb, Mrs. Addie w. Foster, Mrs.
Emma A. Hawkes.. Mrs. J. Finney Engle.
Mrs. Henry Baker and Mrs. E. Ide Muller.
POTOMAC LITERARY CLUB.
The Potomac Literary Club at its No
vember meeting, held Tuesday evening at
the w. C. T. L. Hall, was entertained by
the Rev. Dr. James Shera Montgomery.
pastor of the Metropolitan Methodist
Church. with address entitled THE
Poets as Interpreters of Life" In his ad-
dress Or. Montgomery gave illustrations
from number of the worlds greatest
poets. Tsing the verses of Eugene Field
and James Whitcomb Riley to describe
youth; giving bits of good-cheer verses;
then the deeper words of Kingsley in The
Three Fishermen" of William Cullen
Bryant and of Bret Harte; the later life
described in John Anderson. Ny 10,
JOHN of Robert Burns. and Lord Byron's
great love in Maid of Athens" Dr.
Montgomery paid tribute TO England's
poets Rudyard kipling and Tennyson.
The writing OF Lead, Kindly Light by
Cardinal Newman, at Palermo. when he
was in the midst of struggle, illustrated
the religious poems, and the most won
derful of all poetry, that of the Bible,
closed the address.
+. b. Thompson recited the old-fasf-
Toned Wonderful Charm" Miss Dorothy
Davis gave two soprano solos, Calm as
the Nigh" and "Oh. Lovely Rose" ac-
companied by Miss Ruth Davis. Miss
Virginia Bailey recited DE Thanksgivin'
Blessin,'' while the closing numbers. "A
Perfect Day" and Absent" contralto
solos, were rendered by Mrs. Edith Davis,
with Miss Thompson at the piano
During the business meeting which pre-
ceded the program, resolutions on the
death of Mrs. S. Marie Boyce were read
by Mr.. F. NJ. Hoadley and adopted by the
club. The president. Mr.. Terry. appointed
the following refreshment committee for
the November meeting: William Tobias
George Landick. jr., James G. McFadden,
c. c. Wagner and Mrs NJ. B. Ames.
CONTINENTAL CHAPTER, D. A R
Continental Chapter, d. A. R., met Mon
day evening at the home Of the vice re-
gent. Mrs. John D. Carmody l2l1 Yer
mont avenue. Mrs. George Marsh, re-
gent. presiding.
After the usual reports of officers show
ing prosperous condition of the chap
ter. the committee on patriotic educa-
ton was given an appropriation of $50
for the girls school in Brewton Ala
Memorials of $40 each were given by two
members for the boys school Lees Nc
Rae Institute, at Plumtree N c. The
chapter voted So per month until JULY
toward the salary Of a D. A. R. proba.
ton officer of the Juvenile Court For
the restoration of the pulpit at Broad
Creek Church. Nd. 81 10 was voted Miss
Durham presented petition for street
car transportation to Continental Hall,
which was signed by the chapter mem
bers- All were interested In beautifying
the grounds around Continental Hall and
gave the requested amount The re-
gent received thanks for the year book
just lately distributed. A tribute was
given to the ex-president general of the
u. A. R., Mrs. Fairbanks, Whose love
and devotion to our society was a bless
ing and her memory 4 treasure"
Miss Lillian Chenoweth presented the
following musical program: Piano solo,
Sous Bois" Staub. "Arabesque" Cham
inade. Mrs. Dorothy Baxter: tenor solo.
The Charge" Wellings Forever and