Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-14


i;iitrnore street. with Mrs. Robbins and
Miss Sara stephens as hostesses. There
was large attendance of members and
friends the special guests being Com
missioner of Pensions G. NJ. Saltzgaber
and Mrs. Saltzgaber. Mrs Henry l..
Mann. vice president general i'll charge
of the organization OF chapters OF the
Howard l.. Hodgins. formerly secretary
general OF the National Society, and an
honorary member of the chapter
Miss Bertha Frances Wolfe. regent
presided and after short business meet
ing "a program 81 addresses and music
was given. MIR. Saltzsaber delivered
patriotic address. lie spoke especiaily
II the work of women both IN the dis-
covery of the nation and In the iaFfas
o. the foundations of the republic aRG
gave some new historical matter. culled
from the revolutionary records OIL lhe
pension bureau. Mrs. Hodgins ana MRS
Mann both addressed the chapter. MIS-
O. NJ Schutt played Chopins { sharp
minor "Polonaise.' and by special re-
quest In Ny Neighbor's Garden. by
Nevin Later she played Greg
Mrs Ella Austin Elbows. sang Love $
Rapture and also responded TO an en-
core.
\ social hour followed and refresh
.ncnts we're served. The hostesses were
assisted in entertaining by Mrs Ada Mills
Paync who presided at the coffee urn.
and bv Misses Julia and Edna Evans,
sisters Of Mrs. Robbins.
NEW HAMPSHIRE ASSOCIATION
The December meeting of the New
Hampshire Association was held Monday
evening At the w a. It. l.. building. 81
9th street. The meeting was presided
over by its president, Or. Charles w
Bow kcr. Before the program opened a
faShIight picture taken of the as
sembiy The program was as follows:
Violin solo, Mrs. Il. Il. Clayton; charac-
tet dance. Charles and Pauline Grail;
vecitations. Isabella and Mary Brown;
song. Miss Nacauley: dance. Master VIII
liam Sargent. The feature OF the evening
NsS a Christmas tree which was at
tractivcly DECORATED and laden with pres
ents. the stipulation being that no pres
.sHt should cost more than , cents. In
due time Santa Claus arrived and the dis
Ir.butioa Of gifts furnished many humor-
of.s Incidents. After light refreshments
thr meeting adjourned until the next
meeting ou the second Monday in Jan
uary. The hall was filled 10 its capacity.
NATIONAL GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
The National Genealogical Society held
IiS December meeting at the home of Rev
ana Mrs W. T.. Calender last Saturday.
officers for the ensuing year were elected
a. follows:
President \. f. Dent: first vice presi-
dent. Miss II +. Mickey; second vice
president. Mrs. George Marsh; third vice
president, X. u Smith; organizer of So
cietics Mrs. Hin: recording, secretary. L.
a. 81. Clair; corresponding secretary, Mrs.
= VI. Woodward: treasurer. Miss l. \
Norton: registrar. Miss Ousler: librarian,
Miss &. g Curry: editor. y. q. Gordon:
herald. Mrs. q. W. Ennis; councillors I'M
i'll 1916, Mrs. ". +. Calender and MRS
f. 9. Peeler.
The death of Judge j. @ Kern was an
1T zee
appointed TO prepare suitable resolutions.
Or. ! G.. r. Buloch was appointed TO
ill the vacancy on the council caused by
the death of Judge Kern.
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS AUXILIARY.
W. Z. t. L.
Washington Heights Auxiliary. W. c.
I. L.. met Tuesday at the home of the
president Mrs. Edward E. Olney. a
2if7 o street northwest. The devotional
exercises were conducted by Mrs. +. j.
I-ukins, the evangelistic superintendent.
Two members were received this month,
Mrs. Burns and Mrs Niles. Appropri-
ations were made for the holiday fund
to carry Christmas cheer TO Washington
Asylum. and to provide a Christmas
tree for the foreign children of the
city missions. II was also voted to SUBJ
scribe for temperance literature Id be
placed in the public schools of the city
Mrs. George IT. Prewitt reported local
work done among foreigners, and re-
ported all Armenian l.. Il l. society u
lie an auxiliary Of Washington Heights
Union
Among the guests present We're Mrs.
George Rookie, president. and Miss Mary
T. Olney, secretary of the state OF
Rhode Island. Both spoke regarding the
spread Of temperance in the north. es-
pecially in their own state Other
speakers We're Mrs. l.. s. Henry. Mrs.
BENJAMIN Iineback and Mrs Theodore
7. Moore, all District officers. During
81 social hour refreshments We're served
.iilies and Miss Ramona Zander.
~ INTEENACIA KLU 30.
y. ( Guimont president of the char
terSd ESPERANTO group which meets each
NCaiaT evening at the Stewart building,
read the first installment of his paper on
The Evolution of Liberty "a the ses-
SION this week. In the consequent dis
cussion. in Esperanto. the following gees
roi participated: j. \. shell D. G. Con-
dron. :. Mayer. TIL. McCullom and Peter
Peters
CAPITOL HILL. LITERARY SOCIETY
The Capitol Hill Literary Society held
a patriotic meeting recently at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs L V. Carr. al Hobart
street northwest. The host, presiding
opened the program with an address on
the flag. Newton w Preston Of Ne
braska gave the history of the flag. and
other speakers included DIR. James Me-
L
Kent and MIS-. Marion Guild Walporte,
president OF the society Musical num-
bers We contributed by Mrs a III.
Fvrar +. Y. Carr and 4. II. Frear.
ECKINGTON ". c. T [.
lexington ". c. T. L met Friday
evening in lexington PRESBYTERIAN
Church, Mrs. Leweilyn presiding Mrs
Munger led devotional exercises Two
members were received. The members
expressed their interest in the temper
ancc campaign which is TO be conducted
here b. Mrs. Mary Armog OF Georgia.
PFTILO-CLASSICS.
The early December meeting of the
Philo-Classics was held AT the residence
Of Mrs. Faber stevenson. Mrs T. A.
Stokes and Mrs. l.. III. Pitcher filed their
accustomed places as president and sec
rotary. Matters before the Federation
% Woman's Clubs were reported TO the
club. ard the unanimous Endorsement of
tie organization was given to the egg,
clnPaigu conducted bv Mrs Ellis Logan
the study Of The Ring and t.ie Book
o. Browning. was, usual pursued, the
special work for the afternoon consist
ing OF the reading and discussion of Count
Iuldos address after the trial Refer
ence books and the old yellow Book
were used as aids to the understanding
OF the text At the conclusion of the
meeting refreshments We're served bv the
-45Stess Mrs. Ellis Logan. the presidept