Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-01

District in one association for mutual
enjoyment and study. and to offer free
instruction to students who Will ear
nestly take up the study of Esperanto
The next meeting Will, in part. be &C.
cupied with a reading and translation
of portion of the Faraono.
CURRENT TOPICS.
The Current Topics Club met Wed
nesday at noon. with Mrs. Charles j.
Wagner. Luncheon was served at
noon. The hostess. as surprise. invited
her cousin, Mrs. Leila Crum Gardner of
Pennsylvania. who told the story of the
Bleeding Heart, gave two recitations
from Sam Walter Foss, followed by
three Italian dialect poems by T. Daily,
and two recitations-"Angelina and
Little Brown Baby" by Paul Lau-
Gardner and Mrs. Warren Wagner of
Norfolk, Va. Members present were
Mrs. c. f. Steinmeyer. Mrs r. A. Ben
nett. Mrs. Fred Mckee, Mrs. Q. klinger,
Mrs +. R. Barclay. Mrs Charles j.
Wagner and Mrs. Jessie L. Lane A
sick member, Mrs Chauncey Pugh.
was reported as improving rapidly.
CAPITOL HILL HISTORY CLUB.
The Capitol Hill History Club met
Wednesday at the residence of Mrs A.
D. CASTOR. 1922 Clifton place, with
seventeen mem DerS ana one VISITOR IN
attendance The president Mrs Slime,
presided.
Mrs. Court F. Wood opened the after
noon study with paper depicting the
League of 1877: Mrs. George II. Felt
presented the life and character of
William Tell; Mrs. 0. n. Briggs and
Mrs. Felt gave a dialogue. Reading
from Schiller's William Tell.
The hostess served refreshments for
the social hour that followed.
COLUMBIA, D. A. r.
Columbia Chapter, D. A. r.. met Tues
day evening in the Public Library, Mrs
Charles S. Hyer, regent, presiding. 1t
was decided to have a bridge whist
party in November for the benefit of
the Red Cross Mrs. Flora c. Dyer, who
is a member of the chapter, offered her
ballroom for the occasion and the 1nvi-
tation was accepted.
EXCELSIOR. LITERARY CLUB.
The Excelsior Literary Club was en-
tertained Tuesday by Mrs. +. Ide Null
Ter, a past president. assisted by her
guest. Mrs Smith of Vermont. Mrs. D.
L. Norris, first vice president, presided.
The essayists of the day were Mrs.
Holmes, who gave paper on the
Hanging Gardens of Babylon, and
Mrs. Tibbetts. paper on the Life of
Semramis.' Mrs. J. Finney Engel
gave a short talk bordering on the
subjects, and Miss Flora ]. McCreery
contributed a sketch on the life OF
Semiramis. Mrs Bulla rendered mus
ical selection Quotations We're given
in response 10 roll call. and during the
social hour the hostess served refresh
ments, assisted by Mrs. Smith and Mrs.
Bowen.
CAPITOL HILL LITERARY SOCIETY.
The Capitol Hill Literary Society met
Monday evening at the home of Mr..
northwest. The host. who is vice pres
ident of the society. was in charge OF
the program and made an address on
Woman Suffrage" Others who dis
cussed the subject were Mr.. and Mrs.
James G. Kent. ]. w. Davis and
which was feature of the evening.
follows: Piano solo, Miss Cecil Sale;
vocal solo, Mrs. Rosa Townshend; pl-
ano duet, Mrs. A. II. Fear and Mrs.
recitations, LemueI Warner and Mrs.
Rosa Townshend. The musical pro-
gram was arranged by Mrs. Fear and
Mrs. Carr. and the conspicuous feature
of the decorations was large flag
hung across the walls of the dining
room.
CATHOLIC WOMENS c. A. S. c.
Rev. DR.. Cooper of st. Matthew's
Church. and spiritual director of the
Catholic Women's Christian Art Study
Circle addressed the members Monday
evening in the Public Library on THE
Architecture of Famous Cathedrals."
Photographic copies illustrated the
speakers descriptions of the historic
cathedrals of Christian Europe and of
st. Sophia. now a mosque. of Constan
tinople, with a special interest attach
ing to the exterior and interior views
of the war-wrecked cathedral at
Rheims. The large audience arose at
the close of the lecture to thank DR..
Cooper, who presented to the circle q
copy of Emile Males Religious Art in
France of the Thirteenth Century"
The president. Mrs Coope, announced
that the meeting to be held November
2 at the Library would be open to the
public.
MANOR, D. A r.
Livingston Manor Chapter, d. A. r.,
held its opening meeting for the sea-
son Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. A.
Y. Casanova, 1906 Caroline street The
regent, Mrs. e. w. Brown. called the
meeting to order. The chapter unani-
mously Endorsed Mrs. George T. Guern-
sey for the office of president general,
and the committee in charge of the