Evening star., 1914-12-20
POTOMAC LITERARY CLUB.

| bouquet of roses
POTOMAC LITERARY CLUB.
The Potomac Literary Club held its
the W. c. T. L. parlors. 5e2 6th street
| northwest, with the president, Mr..
Hoadley, in the chair.
Messrs. Earl G. Marsh and George
| ship.
The speaker for the occasion. Mr.. w.
n H. Smith, gave an address. entitled.
| The First Christmas in Song and
story 1t was illustrated by many
| beautifully colored slides, depicting the
| birth of Christ and the events leading
+, up to it. Mr.. Smith interspersed his
talk with many Christmas hymns il
! iustrated and thrown upon the screen
| and sung in chorus by the members
and their friends. to the piano accom-
paniment of his daughter. Miss May E.
smith. He also illustrated by stere-
opticon and story the present day
child's Christmas and Santa Claus.
AT the conclusion. of his remarks
Mr.. and Miss Smith were rendered a
rising vote of thanks.
miscellaneous program rendered
by the members of the club and their
| Miss May Z. Smith, entitled lie Ruis-
seau,' S. y. Terry read MY Creed"
Miss l.: Croggon, Homemade Christ
191G mas Gifts ". j. Detweiler. out
Weaver. story of "a Hundred Years
Ago" Mrs. Rosa l.. Townshend re-
cited neeros experience with an In
dian and +. B. Thompson, "Leadville
I'm. followed by his sranddaughter.
Miss Smithson. christmas Eve Rob-
ert W. Smith spoke on "AnCcstry."
refreshments were served.
Inc president announced the follow
ing members as refreshment COM
mlttee for the January meeting: Mrs.
5 A Hoadley, n. T. Ames, Paul d.
Wollard, Adolph Amende and Z. w.
Weaver.
WENDELL WOLFE CHAPTER, OAR.
Monday at the home of Mrs. C. F. Rob
blns, 1928 Biltmore street, with Mrs.
| Robbins, Miss Bertha Frances Wolfe and
Miss Amman Fletcher, f,stesses. The
regent, Miss Vote, presided. and there
was large attendance The special
guest of the evening was Mr. W Is.
Bryan. author of The History of the
National Capital" which the chapter is
studyinS this season. Mr.. Bryan spoke
of The District in the Revolution"
Mrs. Jessie Harnsberger Boyer and
Miss Thelma Payne contributed musi-
cal numbers. Mrs. Boyer sang 20 Col
den sun. by Miss Grace Adele Free
bey. former Washingtonian, and for
an encore, Gray Days She was ac-
companled by Harrison Moore. Miss
fayne sang Happy Birds and "Belin-
da' Her accompanist was Miss Geneva
Wallace. Mrs. Robbins read The Ris-
ing of the Spirit of 20" by T. 3. Reed
After the program refreshments were
served. \ message of congratulation
and good wishes for the chapter was
received from Mrs. Matthew T. Scott,
teen dollars was voted toward the per-
manent scholarship of $4,000 that is
being raised for George Washington
University. and which is to be a me-
| M rIll hn 1..f4
Knapp. Among the guests We're Andrew
Jordan Green, IT. c. Homiller, Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Allen. Miss Josephine Prath-
er, former regent of Our Flag Chapter;
Chapter: L. r. Boyer, the Misses Evans,
Miss Elizabeth Robbins Mrs. Leyden
White, Mrs. Hammond Mrs. Mcdonald
Stewart, NJ IS Lillian Stewart, Mrs H. c.
Garlck, Miss E. w. Curtis, Miss Fornam,
Mrs Massie.
The chapter recently gave a Shower
for Miss Jessie Frances Hayden, a char
ter member and former officer, who has
gone to her home in South Tho1na ston,
Me-, where she will be married the lat
Ter part OF the month to Paul V. Roundy
OF the geological survey. At the same
time will occur the wedding of her sis
ter, Miss Ethel Hayden, a nonresident
member of the chapter.
D. c. BRANCH, NATIONAL CONGRESS
OF MOTHERS.
The District branch of the National
Congress of Mothers held it's monthly
meeting Tuesday afternoon at the Ra-
leigh Hotel
the various mothers clubs and parent
teachers associations of the city that
are affiliated with the congress. Among
the schools thus represented are the
ach, Carbery, Brent. Lent. Edmonds,
Iiilton. Maury, Peabody, Towers, Frank
I'm, Thomson, Powers. Corcoran, Par
ents League of the Third Division
Inc congress wound up its work for
1914 with subscriptions to various phil
anthropic projects in which 1t is in
terested. Twenty dollars was appro-
lriated for the benefit of the work at
friendship House. contribution of
s39S was collected for the mile of
pennies for the Belgian relief work,
subscription of 50 was made for the
Woman's Clinic Auxiliary and a dona-
ton made to furnish ice cream for
Christmas dinner for the nineteen chill
dren of the day nursery of Friendship
House, and regular subscriptions were
obtained for the milk station at this
place.
Seldom has the congress listened to
more enlightening addresses than those
given by Miss Flora l.. HendIey, su-
pervisor of the sixth division, and Miss
NJ Gertrude Young, president of the
Principals Association of the Public
ScfOolS ana also principal OF the Car
berry School
Miss Hendley spoke convincngly on the
part the moving picture plays in the life
oi the average school child, and gave
10 her statements the emphasis Of fig
ures and statistics. which brought out
me startling facts that over half of the
children who attend the moving picture
theaterS either do alone or with
other children. and that out of a thou
sand. over 900 attended at least once
a week, while more than 25 per cent
attended every day, and that their
choice was not for either educational
films nor those which related to cur
rent events, but the kind that por-
trayed adventure and excitement.
Miss Hendley explained how educa-
tlonal moving pictures are a great ad-
vantage i'll school work. how the chill
dren accept them part of school
work only and do not desire them out
of school hours. She also told of a
plan that has been started and which
other schools are taking up, of the for
nation of an educational picture cir
cult which provides for instructive
pictures to be given i'll school hours as
part of the regular work and under
the supervision of the teachers.
Miss NJ Gertrude Young gave the
true meaning of the Parent Teacher
Association work, and epigrammati-
cally outlined the duties, showing that
| 1t was formed for cooperation. and
| each part aimed to supplement the
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