Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-08

vented from attending on account of the
tie-up of the car lines. Hyman Levine of
New York gave an amusing account of
the single takers fight against Tammany
Hall during the recent mayoralty cam
paign. Following general discussion re-
freShmentS We're served and the club ad-
journed to meet in April with Mrs Jen-
ME l.. Munroe. Those present were Mr..
and Mrs. Leland P Shidy, Mr.. and Mrs.
William d. Mackenzie, Mrs. Jennie l..
Thompson. Mrs Ida NJ. Woodward. Mrs.
Carrie Nye, Misses Julia Woodward,
Addie S Clark. Ada Rhodes. Lily Ross,
Col. II. Martin Williams, Messrs. Benja-
min F. Lindas, Elias j. Dakin. George B.
Rose. George A. Warren, Lyman Lee
vine. Walter |. Swanton and NJ. +. ker-
hey.
THE ABRACADABRA.
A regular meeting of the Abracadabra
vas held Wednesday evening at the home
of Miss Cornelia II. Hill, 1910 Avenue OF
the members in attendance. The mem
beers answered the roll call by relating
personal experiences in connection with
past presidential inaugurations. the one
fact common to all being the very gen.
eral bad weather accompanying them.
Newton w. Preston. president of the club,
gave an informal talk on James Whit
comb Riley, referring to his early expert
writer and closing with recitation OF
two poems, WET Weather Philosophy"
and odd Sweetheart of Mine
Melville .. Lindsay played two violin
solos. accompanied by his brother. Al
fred Lindsay. Mr.. Preston sang the
Holy City" Mrs. Virginia +; Metcalf
read the chapter entitled Village
Ways from .Brampton Sketches" by
Mrs. Mary B. Clafln. Mrs. Deyl. a for
mer member of the club. was reinstated.
During the social hour that followed
refreshments were served by the
hostess.
THE PHILO-CLASSICS.
The Philo-Classics members were the
guests of Mrs. \. II. Thompson at
reception Friday evening to meet Mrs.
Jessie |. Person who. after an in
formal reception. gave a series OF read
depreciation of The Epistle of Kar-
shish" and a monologue from The
Ring and the Book. Miss Christine
Church sang "Pippa Passes and Miss
Violet PierSon was heard in two num-
bers. The Patriot" and city and
Villa" from Browning. The large par
lorS and banquet room were decorated
In red and white. the club colors. and
and red and white carnations. The
place cards were wise old owls the
emblem of the society. Mrs. Thompson
was assisted by Mrs. Burr Williams.
Jeffrey. Those present We're Miss Ayres.
Mrs. r. B. Bare. Mrs. J. Edison Briggs
Mrs. Brooks. Miss Brooks. Miss Church,
Miss Christine Church, Mrs. Conway,
Mrs. j. Finney Engle, Mrs. Charles d.
Glass, Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Miss Ada
Jeffery Mrs. Anderson 3. Lacey Mrs.
Pierson, Miss Pierson, Mrs. Eugene
pitcher pitcher :! Mrs; n K Simpson, Mrs.
Mrs. John H. Stokes. Mrs. BENJAMIN
SUNNY, Mrs. A. p. Tasker, Mrs. Adele
Thompson. Mrs. Vickery, Miss Weiss.
Mrs. Burr Williams and Mrs. Court F.
Wood.
W. G. T. l..
Columbia Union. ". c. T. IT, met
THURSDAY at the home of Mrs. Z. r
present were Mrs NJ. A. LyndaIl. District
of mothers clubs. who
spoke of her work and urged cooperation
with parent-teachers' associations ard
with the mothers clubs in settlement
houses A meeting at Friendship House
was planned for the near future. Dona
tons of money and clothing were offered
for work of Miss Emma Fowler, flower
mission SUPERINTENDENT. and an appropria-
ton OF $500 was made for the Easter
work. 1t was reported that four of the
spoke in four Sunday schools
in Mount Pleasant last Sunday morning in
treasurer reported s1a.25 in the treasury.
Mrs O B. Brown read newspaper items.
Mrs Randolph thanked the union for Mr..
valentine of fruit. and a MEM
bership contest was discussed. Letters
of sympath for members who We're III
were sent
READERS CLUB.
The Washington Readers Club met
Tuesday evening in the Comstock studio.
Mrs. Maud Howell Smith. vice president |
of the club called the meeting to order |
in the absence of the president Miss
Emma l.. Ostrander, and the special pro- |
gram for that date opened 1t was An |
Evening OF Debate" the subject selected |
for that purpose being: Resolved, That
the Reader Shall Use No Properties" On |
the side for the affirmative were Miss |
Kate Curry and Theodore Willis On the /
negative side were Miss Maude f. Lee
and Charles T. Thurman. The judges