Evening star., 1914-11-08

f. Steinmeyer, Mrs. Jessie L. Lane,
Messrs; A. P. Dayis. c: S. Davis. H: Le-
jamin Munroe and W. C. Wallace
ABRACADABRs.
| A meeting of the Abracadabra was
held Wednesday evening at the home of
Mrs. George c. Potwin. 2S42 27th street
ton in the chair. The roll call. "Elec-
| ton News by Radiogram or Aeroplane."
was generally responded to. In a paper
entitled Up the Rhine in Thirty Min
utes." Mrs. Mary w. Story gave an ac-
count of her impressions received while
taking trip up that river two years
ago. Her paper was followed by re-
marks made by Mrs. Edward D. Hardy,
Mrs. Euphemia c. Baker and Capt
Horace P. Mcintosh descriptive of trips
taken by themselves over the same
territory. Capt. Mcintosh read the
poem. Die Wacht am Rhein." in Ger
man. followed by metrical translation
| DR.. Gaius NJ. Brumbaugh read por-
| land-Which." delivered by President
Guy Potter Benton to the student body
of the University of Vermont, Septem-
ber 13, which dealt with the prominence
given to vocational education today
| This was discussed by Miss Charlotte
A. Van Doren. Mrs. Mcintosh, Mr.. A. Y.
Casanova. A. S. Perham and the presi-
dent.
|
violin solo by Melville D. Lindsay, ac-
companied by his brother, Alfred B.
LINDSAY. and soprano solo by Mrs
Mabel G. Lindsay, with violin obligato
old E. Warner and Ernest A. Perham.
During the social hour that followed
refreshments were served by the host
ess. assisted by her daughter, Mrs
DeyL Announcement was made that in
the future meetings of the club would
Degln promptly at 8 O'clock
BEAUREGARD CHAPTER, U. d. c.
Beauregard Chapter. U. D. c.. met
Wednesday at the home of its presi-.
dent; Mrs. S. A. Wayne. 1910 @ street
| northwest. A large number of members
attended.
ARMY AND NAVY. d. A. r.
The monthly meeting of the Army
and Navy Chapter. D. A. R., will take
pace tomorrow morning at 1890 at
| L. A. p. w.
! held the usual monthly business meet
ing at the public Library Monday even
ing, Mrs. Bertha Lincoln Heustis pre-
| siding in the absence of the president.
| Mrs Philander P. Claxton
Much of special interest was dis
| cussed and several new members elect
ed. among them Mrs. George A. Sin
clair of Miami, Fla. and Mrs Jennie
N. Kemp Of Portland. Greg. Mrs.
| Kemp is editor-in chief of the White
Ribbon Review. Much SATISFACTION is
felt in the interest shown by out-of-
\ town members, and a number of let
! ters were received and read. Two
/ members residing in Honolulu, Mrs
| Grace Tower Warren and Miss Mary
b. Statham. sent greetings, and letters
| were also read from Miss Grace Adele
| Pierce of Santa Monica, Cal, and Mrs.
Haines Reed of Los Angeles. Miss Eliz-
abeth A. Hyde of Chicago and others.
| 1t is desired that special days be set
apart at both the San Francisco fair
| and the one at San Diego for the
| League of American Penwomen. 1t
| was also proposed that the league hold
a convention during the week of the
presidential Inauguration, 1916, as it
is hoped the state representative Will
come to Washington at that time.
number of working auxiliaries are
being formed in different states, and
| the organization is growing rapidly IN
| numbers and strength.
| PHILO-CLASSICS.
| The Philo-Classics met Friday after
noon at the home of Mrs. Robert Bruce
| Bare on Capitol Hill. The president,
| Mrs. Charles D. Glass. presided at the
business session. The club decided to
|
ment fund of the G. F. w. c.. and
transa cted it's routine business. at the
conclusion of which. Mrs. Glass intro
| duced Mrs. E. H. Pitcher as chairman
of the program. Mrs. Pitcher read
paper on "Pippa Passes" the study for
the day. The text was read by mem
bers as follows: Introduction. with lit
erary criticism, Mrs. ]. Finney Engle;
part /, Morning (dialogue), by Mrs.
A. H. Thompson and Mrs. E. H. Pitch
er; Talk by the Way" presented by
Mrs Adele Thompson; song, Pippa
Passes" Mrs. ]. E. Briggs.
| After the study hour a reception was
given to meet Mrs. F. NJ. Bristol. wife
of Bishop Bristol of Omaha. MIS- Bris-
tol is past president OF the club, and
responded in a happy vein to call for
an address.
In the dining room Mrs. Bare was as
sisted by her daughter, Miss Christine
| Bare.
JUNIOR GOV. wELLEs SOCIETY, C.
A. R.
Mrs. Frank E. Cunningham entertained
fifty members of the Junior Gov
Thomas Welles Society, c. A. r, Friday,
at her home, 1922 18th street. The presi-
ldent, Mrs. Clayton E. Emig. presided
Mrs. Ellis Logan made a plea for the
stricken children Of Belgium. after
(which the members made generous