Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-19

| Duchess Marie of Russia.
| held i'm the rooms of the American BANK
| ing Association, which the soclet! WI
occupy as headquarters until they pullu'
| The membership OF the organization mas
| outgrown it's present limited circle ana
| larger quarters are required
| The Woman's Club of Bethesda. Md,
met recently at the home of Mrs. Walter
Gourley Wilmarth, Washington menu
| Der.
| In it's review of Maryland history the
club has now reached the period OF the
revolutionary war and in this connection
Mrs CroXall read 'SmallWood s 1mmor-
tails by Ella Lorraine Dorsey, commem-
Grating the gallant action of the Mar!
land line at the battle of Long Island
Another feature on the program was the
reading of ''The Maryland Battalion,
| written, by DIR. John Williamson Palmer
of Baltimore. who was the poet chosen
for the unveijng of the monument IN
| Prospect Park. Brooklyn, n. y. erected
to "Maryland's Four Hundred, by the
Maryland Sons of the American Revolu-
ton, and dedicated August ~. 1880. Mrs
Wilmarth sang still AS the Night. by
Bohm, and I'm -A-Wearying for You
The District of Columbia Federation OF
Womens Clubs will meet Saturday even
ing. when the program will be In charge
of the Alliance of Jewish W omen, MIS-
Adolph Kahn, president
Mrs w. f.. Andrews, president of the
District Federation. was the guest OF
honor at the Twentieth Century Club OF
Wilmington. Del, the twenty fourth an
niversary of the founding of that club.
At the luncheon given after the session
Mrs Andrews responded to the toast:
1.-The District of Columbia Federation
of WOmenS Clubs.
Dot To-
mortal Chapter. d. a. r., which was to
have been held Tuesday. has been posi-
poned to January II at Washington
Seminary. 2107 5 street. The Rev. MI
helms will be unable to speak on account
of illness. but Nine. Lydia Won Finkle-
stein Mountford will address the chapter
on THE Nativity of Christ.
The Ladies' Reading Circle of Forest
Glen met Thursday in the sitting room
of the castle, National Park Seminary.
with Miss NJ. J White hostess. y
number of articles were read and dis
cussed and piano solos were contributed
by Miss McElree Refreshments were
served in the dungeon" of the castle
The National Catholic Women's Circle
met Monday evening AT the Public Ii
brary. under the dictatorship of Mrs.
Margaret l.. CoOpe.
The subject of the evening. The Life
and Art of Albert Durer,' was portrayed
by Miss Anna Maisak Pictures of the
artists paintings. engravings and wood
cuts were distributed among the class
and described by Miss Maisak. Durer :
masterpiece. studies of the New Tesla
ment. were shown as proof of his piety.
and his two great engravinss. the
knight and DEATH and the .Meian-
choia.' as representations of the rest
lessness and sadness of the painters ma
ture.
The quarterly convention of the Dis
trct WOman's Christian Temperance
Presbyterian Church. The pastor. Rev.
A. f. Barrows. welcomed the convention
and paid tribute to the aim and work
of the organization. Rev. P. b. Hickok.
pastor of the metropolitan Presbyterian
Church. made address. Mrs. NJ. \.
Tyndall. president of Chevy Chase Tn
ion, responded to addresses of welcome.
Mrs. Emma Sanford Shelton. District
president. presided, and Mrs. Barrows,
the pastors wife, offered the opening
prayer.
Mrs. Thomas c. Mcconnell. secretary
of the Young Peoples branch. reported
eleven auxiliaries of the Y. p B.
The resignation of Mrs Charles p
Grandfield as treasurer was accepted
and Mrs. Thomas T. Moore was elected
to fill the place.
Mrs. Ella NJ. Thatcher. national super
intendent of the soldiers. sailors and
furnish a rest room on Pennsylvania
avenue on Inauguration day for the use
of the troops taking part in the parade.
An address was given by Mrs. Mar
intendent. on the status of the bills
pending before Congress IN which the
temperance and purity advocates in the
District are interested.
Mrs. W. j. Cawthon spoke OF the
project to place drinking fountain in
the city in honor of the National
Womens Christian Temperance Union
Lincoln Circle. Ladies of the G. A. R..
held it's installation of officers Thursday
evening at the home of Gen. and Mrs.
Richard Hoxie, 1t-i5 X street. Mrs. Hoxie
was elected president for the third time.
Mrs. Isabella Saers was the installing
officer. and Mrs. Helen Nelson DOGGY
the conductor Mrs. HoX'e presided over
the business meeting. Miss Mary Glen
non the secretary. read letter from
G. A. r.. widow appealing to the circle
for it's support to restore her name on the
pension rolls. The president appointed
committee of three, Mrs. Nellie A. Rowe,
Mrs. Jeanne Harvey Street and Miss
Mary Glennon. to investigate the case.
After the installation musical tea was
given to the incoming officers.
The guest of honor for the evening was
Mrs. Ella s. knight. president of the Sun
shine Society. Mrs. w. j. Cawthorn, Capt.
Samuel Warner. Mrs. William 4. Dupuy.
Miss Flora Kent, Mrs. E. S. BrintOn and
Miss Agnes Shea were among the guests.
Mrs. Cawthon sang when Love Was
New" II Know a Lovely Garden" and
responded to several encores.
Mrs Nellie A. Rowe recited Guilty or
Not Guilty.. Mrs. Mary Sitz Parker
gave several piano solos, and Mrs. Jeanne
Harvey Street recited the Star Spangled
Banner"
The guest meeting of the Samuel Cor
ton Chapter. D. A. r., was held Monday
evening at the home of Miss Florence
Chambers 1I0; 18th street northwest.
The program was opened with piano
soho by Arthur l.. Dadman. Mrs. Alice
Rock presented TO the chapter gavel
made from wood which grew on the Sam
uel Gorton estate at the time Of his own
ership. 1877. Mrs. Arthur L. Dadman