The Washington times., 1914-08-06


ton stands for the perpetuation Of
Southern ideas and ideals. and the
promotion of friendly acquaintance
among Southerners at Washington"
besides several other important
things. Its membership numbers 200.
composed about equally Of men and
women. To tell what each one Of
these $50 women is doing i'm her own
particular sphere would make a nice.
long, and very interesting book for
the summer piazza In an article
of this character, one can only
touch the high places"
These women members OF the
Southern Society are drawn from al
most every class-arhsts. musicians,
teachers, society women, club work
ers. writers, devotees Of the drama,
and that very large class of home
keepers who are content simply TO
be u joy and an inspiration, and
helpmeet In the truest sense OF the
word to their husbands.
A special feature OF the meetings
Of the society 10 that It draws the
material for its delightful enter
tainments almost entirely from its
own membership. A glance at the
list given will assure that IL can
never lack for inspiration and va
riety of such material.
Best Musical Composition.
Miss wilmuth Gary, who Won the
Chicago worlds fair $1,000 prize for
the best musical composition with
her "Hcsper's Promise to Columbus"
is always ready with her skillful and
sympathetic touch. Mrs. Paul An
derson. a sister of Miss Gary, Is a
beautiful singer, and these two tall
ented sisters give many hours of
pleasure to their fellow-members in
the society.
The society IL quite proud Of the
work that has been and IL being
done by Mrs. X. .. Shepherd. bet
ter known to theater lovers as Odet-
te Tyler. Mrs. Shepherd in her
Shakespearean roles has won high
honors all over the country. At pres
ent she Is busy in. New York direct
ing the production OF her play. 1t
Happened in Dixie.S To write q
I.lav. to produce 1t personally. and
to also take TIE leading part there
in is no small task-but Mrs. Shep-
herd is quite equal To this.
Mrs.. Maude Howell Smith has
some time since passed out of the
amateur actress class. Though much
of her work is done for the pure love
Of It, she has refused several Of
fcrs for stage work. Mrs. Smith
has taken leading parts in several
of the plays Of Mrs Christian Hem
mick at the Columbia Thcater, In
In laItin,nra and
New York. She hiss likewise been
leading lady In Mrs. Burleson's
plays at Keith's Theater here and at
the Playhouse, and took the prtnci-
pal part in The Melting Pot" by
Zangwill, which wss produced At the
Raleigh Hotel last winter for the
pleasure of the society. Her success
Is proved by the fact that the de-
mand for her work is only limited by
her TIME and strength.
Southern Educational Work.
Miss Maude E. Lee is doing splen-
did work in the line Of dramatic
reading and acting in various plays
put on at the Playhouse. in church
entertainments and in connection
with her membership in this society
and the Washington Readers Club.
Mrs. Martha NJ. Gielow. founder of
the Southern Industrial Educational
is so well known in this
great work that it is sometimes for
gotten that she ranks high among
writer's and readers Of Southern and
negro dialect stories She has read
her own productions OF this charac-
ter before Queen Victoria and nearly
all of the crowned heads Of Europe
of a couple of decades ago. as we'll
as before the present occupants of
the White House.
Among prominent women educators
at Washington who are members Of
the society are Mrs. NJ. B. Somer-
veil. who conducts Belcourt Semi
the star Of the Bristol School for
Girls: Mrs. Thomas ]. Howerton,
who has been for many years
OF expression at the Wash
ngton Seminary, and Miss Lucy
Feagin. who conducts the depart
ment of dramatic reading and ex-
preston at Washington College.
Mrs. Champ Clark.
been elected secretary of the wom-
ems Auxiliary Of the Southern COM
mercial Congress Mrs. Woodrow
Wilson is honorary president of this
congress. and is likewise the only
who is an honorary member
Df the Southern Society.
Mrs. Champ Clark Is too we'll
known to Washington as 4 thinker