Evening star., 1914-12-13
DAUGHTERS OF VETERANS.

I ., at 6ranu Army f1dll tOiiioi ioN oNSt'-
| ing at o'clock.
| DAUGHTERS OF VETERANS.
. At a meeting of the Mrs. Ellen Spen-
| Ger Mussey Tent, No. l. the following
| officers were elected: President, MISS
! Jennie Hamilton: senior vice president
| Mrs Eleanor &. Scott: Junior vice presl-
dent Mrs. Mary South; chaplain, Mrs
! Eleanor g Spencer: treasurer. MI SIS
Grace Taylor Ge-elected); members OF
/ the Tent Council, Mrs. Mary h. Fortler
/ Mrs sutton and Miss Sheldon. Mrs
/ George Alpha Howe was elected as the
! patriotic instructor of the tent. Other
officers of the tent will be appointed by
/ the president at the installation OF
/ officers to be held at the first meeting
/ in January. The annual inspection. Will
/ be held December Il Miss GenieVe
| Spencer has been elected inspecting
! officer.
| Mrs. Eleanor c. Scott was at first
| unanimously elected president OF the
tent. hut declined the office owing to
| ill-health.
| G. II. THOMAS. W. r. G.
The Sewing Circle of George H
! Thomas, w X. C., held Its curren'
meeting, with Mrs Mamie r. Dorses
| Much work was accomplished anu
! large sum turned over to the corps
! relief fund. Fifteen members were
| present Refreshments were served
| The recent election OI OIiCcIS
| delegates of the G.. H. Thomas. w X
/ C.. resulted AS follows: President. Mrs
| Dora Hending: senior vice president
| Mrs Ada Feathers; junior vice presi-
| dent Mary c. Padget; treasurer Mrs
/ Tillje ID. Entrikin; chaplain, Mrs: Aiice
| Rurpess: conductor Miss Emma Miller;
/ guard Mrs. Mamie +. Dorsey oele-
| gates to department conVention-Mrs
| Sarah c. Hill tfirst. Mrs Emma Fer
euson tsecond), Mrs. MarS a+,,i fio,,l nIl
I ternates, Mrs. Margaret Price tnrst,,
( Mrs. Lizzie Langham tsecohd)' MISS
! Ida c. Lusby (third), Mrs. Mar!
| Hogue (fourth.)
SHORT STORY CLUB
A smelling bee formed part of the Short
Story Clubs program Tuesday evening
in the. w c. T. L. parlors a22 6tn street
northwest. the entertainment Dens III
! charge of Harry W. Selah and Henry ~, r.
Holden. The story of the evening", Inc
Apotheosis of Mr.. Spence Bailey. was
| read by its author. Robert J. AUSTIN, anu
! Mrs. Rosa L. Townsend contributed a
southern negro dialect sketch MI an ana
Mrs Edwin Callow sang duet Ine
Voyagers" with the latter at the piano
followed by Mr.. Callow i'll solos, Ihe Ao-
sent" Metcalf: "'ell Me- shepherds and
"A Son of the Desert. He also CONTRIB.
uted ''The Great War in Il Grocery store
and other recitations. In the spelling bee
the opposina, forces We're marshaled by
Dr. Robert S. Moore. president to whom
were allotted the following contestants
Dr. Thomas L. Calver. Mrs Wolcott, Mrs.
r V. Bayliss, Miss Jessie A. Griswoid.
Mrs L. p Shidy. Mrs. n. T. Ames, Mrs.
H. F. Could, Mrs. A. H. Chase, Robert j.
| Austin and William d. Mackenzie. Harry
W. Selah led the rival forces: z. NJ.
Edelin, Mrs. Rosa l.. Townsend. Mr.. Terry,
H. +. Gould, Miss Mabel B. Hiatt, l.. +.
Shidy, Albert D. Spangler, DIR. E. NJ.
Love- Miss Ottar Ross and DIR. Gallagher.
The words were given out by Mrs. Will
/ liam d. Mackenzie. After an hours con-
test by the undaunted spoilers President
! Moore was announced as the champion
| and Miss Mabel B. Hiatt the victorious
contestant of the down and outs Prizes
! We're awarded to these two by Fl. +. Hol-
, den. The following We're elected to mem
| bership in the club: James W. Nicol OF
| Alexandria, Va: Mrs. Russell Malcolm
MacLennan, Harry Sahl and Mrs. Cole
| brook Owing to the holidays the next
meeting will be postponed until the sec
ond Tuesday in January.
CIRCLE DES PRECIEUSEs RIDI-
| CULES.
J The Cercle des Precieuses Ridicules
i held its recent current meeting 1T
Mile. Slows. After the reading OF
| the minutes by the secretary, a unani-
nous vote carried to give 800
! for the relief of war sufferers, $50
each to the French and Belgian am
bassadors, The program consisted of
piano solo. The Raindrop," Chopin. by
/ Nine. Seip. preceded by an interesting
explanation by NJ. Becker; readings
Les caprices de Femmes." NJ ouain-
,anec: ,;. 'K"bes ct Manteaux,. Mile
| Hiudmarsh. and 'Ie Roman dun SAM
/ tarun. Mile. Darlington, adapted
from Mich Province. Mne. Bean con
irihuted piano solos. 'Impromptu.
Chopin; 'Madrigai.' de Las and re-
t 81 rl,s,ll l,sCn fn1. NeHi itat inn
de That's
JUNIOR LEAGUE
The Junior League met Sunday at its
club rooms. Flynn's Hall, Samuel Arkin
! presiding. Arrangements were com
pleted for Tuesdays dance at old Ma
sonic Temple for the benefit of the
! war sufferers. and it was also decided
to give Il prize dance. The transaction
of business was followed by literary
meeting and sociable. Several vocal
and piano solos were rendered. De
spite the stormy weather there was an
extra larse attendance. Club pins
were distributed and more were or
dered.
DOLLY MADISON CHAPTER, D. A. K
The members of Dolly Madison Chap
/ ter, D. \. r., were the guests of Mrs
| charles +. Nesbit Tuesday evening
" hen plans were considered for u
benefit performance at one of the Local
rheaters to supplement the chapters
animal contributions to the y. w. =
\. vacation lodge. the Junior Republic
and Continental Hall fund. The regent
. Miss Custis, presided at the business
/ meeting. which preceded a program
/ consisting of vocal duets by Miss
| Crennon and Miss Mary Pond, accom-
panied by Mrs. Hunter, and an out
1 line by Rev. DIR. Charles Wood of his
/ experiences in Greece and Italy al
! the outbreak of the war. A social
| hour. with refreshments, closed the
evening.
| WOMANS' y. ID. LEAGUE.
The executive board of the Woman's
| National Democratic League held its
monthly meeting recently in Congress
Hall Hotel. the president, Mrs William
A. Cullop, presiding. Reports received
| from state presidents proved that each
officer had done active work in the in.
terests of the organization. The execu-
tive board is arranging to hold the
third annual convention of the Wom.
ans Democratic League, which will
convene at the New Willard Hote
January rs. Further notice will be
given as to committee assignments anG
other details after the next meeting
If the executive board.
TWENTIETH CENTURY CLUB
The war relief committee SEWN,
circle of the Twentieth Century Clu
met Tuesday at the home of Mrs viii
liam T. " oolard for the last time unit
after the holiday season is over
Through the chairman of this commit