Evening star., 1914-11-22
TWENTIETH GENTRY CLUB.

TWENTIETH CENTURY CLUB.
The monthly meeting of the board Of
directors of the Twentieth Century
Club was held Thursday, a week aheae
of the usual date, which this year falls
on Thanksgiving day. In the absence
of the president, Mrs. Thomas w. Sid
well, the vice president. Mrs. Eugene
l.. Stevens, presided Mrs. Ernest p
Bicknel1 and Mrs. Louis A. Simon were
elected to membership on the board tc
fill the places of Mrs. Guion Miller
and Mrs. Henry Gannett. resigned.
a meeting of the members of the
war relief committee of the ciVlcs,
education section of the club was held
Mrs. Frank Baker, 1901 Biltmore
street. for the purpose of furtherin
their plans already under way and &c TO
benefit of the Belgians.
The travel section met Thursday
morning at the home of Mrs. William
+. Ham. The French section was en-
tertained Wednesday afternoon by
Mrs. X. r. Seip. The time of the meet
inSs of this section has been changed
from the first and third Wednesdays of
the month to the second and fourth.
Mrs. Ernest Z. Bicknen was hostess to
the members of the parliamentary law
section members Friday. and enter
tanned them at a luncheon before the
sidered the fundamental principles of
parliamentary law. Mrs. Edith H. Town
conducted the meeting.
Section meetings for the week will
be: Literature, Monday at . pm. at
the home of Mrs. Henry F'arquhar,
when Miss Lucy S. Patrick Will read
paper on Emerson: music. Monday
at pm. at the home of Mrs. Howard
L. Wilkins, 340S Mount Pleasant
street; archaeology; TTesdar al :. !, Il
at the home of Mrs John Lowe;
civics-education. under the war relief
subcommittee of which Mrs. Frank
Baker is chairman, Tuesday at IL am,
at the home of Mrs. Marius Campbell
the Mendoza.
NATIONAL. SOCIETL. D. FP.A
The November meeting of the execu-
tive committee of the National Society
of Daughters of Founders and Patri-
OTIS OF America was held at the Hotel
Raleigh. with a full attendance. TIE
national president. Mrs. William Van
Zandt. presided. A large amount of
business was transacted. The History
and Lineage Book for 1914 has just
been published. A copy will be sent
10 each of the 500 members The So
ciety has received from the Congress
sional and other libraries requests for
copies OF the boon. One of the objects
OF the society is to discover and pre-
serve family records and history. 9TH
erwlse unwritten and unknown, of the
Hrst colonists. their ancestors and de-
scendants. The great value of this
branch of the work is shown by a
Ietter received by the president from
the Secretary of the Navy, asking for
the AID of the society in his endeavor
TO collect all available names and
data of the sailors of the revolution
ary war. Mrs. Henry V. Boyntofl. the
remaining founder of the society and
Mrs Cora Bacon Foster, one of the
councillors. attended the dedica ton of
the Door of the Allies given by the
Pennsylvania Chapter of Founders and
Patriots. TO the Washington Memorial
Chapel, at Valley Forge The door was
given as a memorial to Washington
and to the foreign allies, who render
ed valuable aid to him during the
American war of independence and
represents. it is said, the most artistic
work of its kind in this country. 1t
contains the heraldc shields of ten
of the distinguished allies together
with the shields of Washington of
France. of the United States and the
insignia of the Society of Daughters
OF Founders and Patriots of America
PHILO-CLASSICS.
The Philo- Classics met Friday at the
home of Miss Weiss, with Mrs Court
+. Wood and Miss Weiss as hostesses
The president, Mrs. Glass, presided
After the regular business had been
transacted Mrs. Glass spoke in the in
t.rest of the Belgian sufferers, and in
response TO her appeal the members
present contributed three feet of the
proposed mile of pennies"
During the interim since the last
meeting. one Of its members Mrs AL
bert = Tasfer, had celebrated her
golden wedding, and through Mrs
W ood. chairman Of committee, the club
presented Mrs Tasker with remem-
brance. which she acknowledged with
q .. aCoful little speech.
Mrs. Glass introduced Mrs Stokes as
chairman of program. who conducted
the concluding study of 'Plppa Passes
Part ., Noon was read by Mrs.
Jules" Part 3, Evening" was read
BY Mrs. Glass as Luigi and Mrs.
Stokes as The Mother. Part :, Might" 4"
was read by Mrs. Wood as "Monsigpor"
and Mrs. Stephenson as "Ugo." The
part of "Pippa" was Interpreted by
Mrs. Briggs. In the dining room the
club colors, red aud white, wers used,
where, from a beautiful appointed table
the hostess dispensed hospitaliGes.
THE THISTLES.
Mrs Augustus Knight of the Kene-
saw entertained the Thistles at
luncheon Wednesday. Covers were laid
for ten. The fs,vors We're swan boats
OF porcelain. the place cards hand
painted Partisan designs, brought over
by the hostess, and the flowers long
stemmed American beauty roses. After
luncheon the guests returned to the
Turkish style. with Turkish confec-
tions. Mrs. Knight was attractive in a
Turkish woman'S costume, which was
brought from Turkey. over the coffee
cups the following toaSts were given
THE ThistIes." Mrs. J. Finney Eugle
Our Hostess Mrs. J. Edson Briggs:
MY Friends" Mrs. Knight. Mrs Glass.
president of the PhiloClassics. was
called upon to speak of her clubs
work; Mrs. Turpin of Chapter c., p,
Z. o., spoke of the aims of that or
ganization; Mrs. stokes entertained
with a reading, Mrs. Casey Goes TO
Enchre Party"
Those present were Mrs. Rhea Cate.
Mrs. James Wright Clark, Mrs. J. Ed
son Briggs, Mrs J. Finney Engle, Mrs.
Ellis Logan, Mrs. John H. Stokes. Mrs.
William TurpIn, Mrs. Sarah Wolhaup-
ter and Mrs. Charles ID. Glass.
RUTH BREWSTER CHAPTER, d. a. r.
Ruth Brewster Chapter, ID. a. r., met
Monday afternoon at the home of the re-
gent, Mrs. Lisle Seaton Lipscomb, 29O1
10th street. Mrs. Lpscombs presided.
There was q large attendance and much IN
ter's work. One new member was
committee showed a substantial sum
May by the chapter. Plans Were made
be given at the homes of members TO
the debt on Memorial Continental Hall.
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