Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-18

celia Maloy and Mrs. Ella Marcus Bun,
this city; Mrs icon W. Downey. Pits It's
bupgh; Mrs. Augustus KNIGHT. this
city: Mrs. Kathleen Hills. Brooklyn
n. Y; Mrs. David Allen Campbell. Chi
cago. ILL.,; Miss Ina Capitola Emery, this
city and Miss Adelaide Steele Baylor,
Indianapolis. Ind.
Letters were read from Mrs. H. Rea
Woodman, Chicago; Mrs. Mary T.
Jamison, Latrobe. Pa; Mrs E. Cora
De Puy, Detroit, Mich: also Mrs Gar
net Noel Wiley, who soon leaves Berk-
eley. Cal, for Nashville, Tenn.
CHRIST CHILD SEWING SCHOOL.
The Georgetown branch of the Christ
Child Sewing School girls gave an un-
usually successful entertainment at
fit of the Fresh Air Home for the
children cared for by the organization:
The entertainment included musical
numbers, fancy dances and a play
Mother Goose" adapted by Miss Mil
dred Merrick. and presented under the
direction of S. Tonita Ridgway. with
Elizebath Freeman. pianist: Francs
Farquhar. bugler. and Francis Daw,
violinist, assisting. Mother Goose was
impersonated by Helene Knott; Bo-
peep. Regina Sullivan; Boy Blue,
Katharine Taylor: Jack and Jill, Ruth
Nichols and Josephine Allan; King
Cole. katherine O'Connor: Mother Hub
bard. Mary Mannix; Miss Mu f.
C1llZdD LOOK, ana OtHeT CTdI SICi .
familiar to childhood by Katherine
Brooks. Katharine Callahan, Helen Rio
ciardi. Regina Rafferty,, Nellie Cumber-
land, Katharine Kemp. Elizabeth Kane
E Iva Ricciardi, Margaret Buscser ,,l hlt-
Marie Philpott. Virginia Macias, Isabel
Sullivan, Mary Nokes, Edna Kemp.
Louise Mattare, Glyds Southern.
Josephine Smith. TIA Conlon, Ethel
o'Donoghue. Katharine Mannix, Kath-
IIa rriC
Thompson, Virginia Faharty, Agnes
Cronin, Louis Nichols. Helen O'Connor.
Helen Kane, Montana Faharty and
Mary Friedrichs. Among those con-
program were Mrs. Esther Gumprecht.
who sang The Cry of Rachel, by
saIter, and Heather Belle" by Condor.
George Herbert Wells accompanying;
Bernice kirtley, who gave two songs;
George Francis Daw and George x
Mccain. who played violin duet, Mrs
Perry at the piano; Viola Jackson. who
gave recitation: S. Theodore Howard,
who added to the pleasure OF the oc-
casion with some songs; Richard bar
rett, who played piano solo in add1-
ton to playing the accomplishments Tor
Joseph M. Gill, who played Sarasate
Gypsy Dance: George II. OConnor'
who was heard in some popular songs.
Bernice Kirtley (aged four years) gave
the Butterfly Dance and Rufus S. l.usk
of Georgetown University. the W. OH
Dance" The entertainment closed with
a recitation, The Star by Elva nc
ciardi and Margaret Buscher, and a. q,
tableau, The Christ Child Statue.
Katherine Callahan (aged three years.
posing as the Christ child.
SHORT STORY CLUB.
The Short Story Club entertained its
members and friends at W. c. T. L. par
lors Tuesday evening with tne pro
gram in charge of J. L. Moneywas:
sspI 81,
read by Mrs. Virginia King Frye. EN-.
bodied descriptive scenes from out
west in which semi-tragedy. humor
and vein of romance were well olend,
ed. William U. Watson gave. Wen
interpreted rendition in his dramatic
selection "Wolsey's Advice to Crom-
WELL"
OF especial interest to the writer's of
the Short Story Club was the essay
by Miss Mary C. Farmer on How to
personal examples of accepted, and
Projected MSS" when contributing to va
rious magazines and newspapers. wen
selected musical numbers formed promi-
Carbaugh (baritone), Mrs. Carbaugh
accompanist, in a dramatic rendltion
of Huhns "Invictus' and Mother
Machree." and two numbers. the de-
seriptive composition . .o1 81 k1 Idfe };
finely phrased by Mrs. Anna Brett
Sunny tcontralto), accompanied by
Miss Mildred Holt.
CONGRESS OF MOTHERS.
The District branch Of the National
Congress of Mothers held its first state
convention April 10 in the ballroom OF
the Raleigh. This was an all-day ses-
sion, and it's splendid program and
large and appreciative attendance
made it a red letter day in the annals
of the congress.
1t being the first convention, the pro-
gram was devoted entirely to the vital
projects with which the organization is
concerned at present and upon which
it plans to devote its best energies IN
the future. After the invocation by
Rev. F. j. Prettyman, chaplain United
States Senate, the morning session in
Guided inspiring addresses by Supt OF
Public Schools Ernest l.. Thurston,
Assistant Supt Stephen f. Kramer and
Maryland Agricultural College. These
addresses dealt with the relation or
the school to the home, vocational edu-
cation as it must be to be of use and
benefit to the public school child. and
the great educational value of public
speaking in the public schools. Valuable
suggestions were also given to mothers
as to how to keep the confidence of
their boys, by Charles Stuart Alden.
Fully as inspiring was the afternoon
session with it's illustrated lecture on
.'Mothercraft," by Miss Mary l.. Reed
OF New York, and 0. Fl. Benson's adj
dress, with its splendid pictures on
Home Gardens Nine. All kuli Khan
told of the mother and child of Persia
and Mrs Elsie Cole Phillips, assistant
secretary to the Milwaukee child well
fare commission. spoke on "Conserva-
ton of the Child" There was vocal
George Metcalf, Miss Metcalf. Miss E.
c. Bender and Mrs. Carl Stuhler. and
readings by Rev. John T. Huddle,
d. D., and Edwin Callow. In connec-
ton with the convention there was an
exhibition of wholesome and unWhole-
some foods for children of various
ages. Menus for days meals for chill
dren of from two to five years were
also shown. as well as toys recon-
mended and toys condemned.
Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter, president of
man. Mrs Leyden White was vice
chairman of the convention. Mrs. S. f.
Stoddard chairman of committees Of
and other chairmen of
committees were Mrs. II. A. Colman,
press: Mrs. w. B. Bayles. hospitality;
Mrs S. K. Lamb, exhibits; Mrs. A. j.
Driscoll, Child Welfare Magazine:
Mrs E. r. Brodton, information; Mrs.
A. F. Mcclellan. ushers: Mrs F. Pentz
Wilcox, register; Mrs. w. L. Wilmeth.
diet; Mrs. Reverdy johnson Claggett,
grams Miss Read also arranged
model nursery at the Boston House for
few days. which was left in charge
of Mrs Stoddard, Mrs. Driscoll and Mrs.
Henry knoch.
Tuesday afternoon at o'clock at the