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R E. LEE, L. D. c.
Robert E. Lee Cha apter. Z. D. c., held
Its last meeting of the season recently
with an unusually large membership
present. Election of delegates and al
| ternates to the national convention to
be held at San Francisco in November
was as follows: Delegates. Mrs. Eu-
senia Hollins, Mrs. John 7. Gala g han
| Mrs. James Mulcare, Mrs. John Hickey
and Mrs. Warren Alternates, Mrs
| Harry Wheatley. Mrs. Belle c. Riley
Mrs. Stephen Harrison Ford. Miss Belle
Sinclair and Mrs Roberta Van H. Vol
| land.
Those of the chapter who attended
the reunion of Confederate Veterans
| and Sons were: Mrs. Eugene Rollins,
Mrs. Stephen Harrison Ford. Mrs. Ell
| len G. Marshall Mrs. Ashton Todd, Mrs
Mrs. Belle c. Riley. Mrs. Rufus Clark,
| Mrs. Wallace Streater, Mrs. John L.
Callaghan. Mrs. John Hickey. Mrs. Har-
r1et Graves. Miss Fannie E. Adams and
Mrs. Gabriel Edmonston.
MILDRED LEE S, c. c.
The Mildred Lee Society. Children of
the Confederacy. held its annual picnic
this year At the suburban home of
Mrs. Maud Howell Smith.
| Luncheon was served by the hostess.
| who was assisted by Mrs. Kinyon, Miss
Helen Griffith and Miss Virginia Here
| ford.
PETWORTH WOMEN'S CLUB.
The annual meeting of the Petworth
| Women's Club was held Monday at the
| Petworth NJ. E. Church. Mrs. Hill, the
president. in the chair. officers of the
| club and chairmen of the different
| committees. who gave excellent reports
| of work done during the year, were
Mrs Norcross. recording secretary: Mrs.
l 1fynfy D.
| tary: Mrs. S. V. Stose, treasurer; Mrs.
Edith L. Phelps. chairman of educa-
tional committee: Mrs. S. W. Norton.
music and art: Mrs. w. II. CrisWell,
civic; Mrs. V. H. Whitman. philan-
thropic; Mrs. F. F. Weston. home. and
Mrs. Grace w. Knox, literary. New of
| ficers for the coming year took their
places as follows:
Mrs. H. d. Hill, president: Mrs. S. W.
Norton. vice president; Mrs. F. B.
L. Hanks. corresponding secretary;
| Mrs. V. H. Whitman was elected treas
| urer to fill the vacancy occasioned by
the removal to the suburbs of Mrs. F.
| F. Weston. who had been elected treas
| urer for the coming year.
The chairmen for the committees for
the year are Mrs. Sidney Thompson,
| philanthropic; Mrs. W. H. Gutelius, CIV
ic: Mrs. Clara V. Sullivan. home; Mrs.
John McMechan, music; Mrs. Martina
| u
i cational temporarily.
| The club fndorsed the route for a
| proposed cross-town car line to Mount
| Pleasant as adopted by the Petworth
| Citizens Association, and further ask
| ed that association to cooperate with
the club in securing a jitney bus serv-
| ice to Mount Pleasant for the present.
| A motion was made to issue year
| book for the ensuing year. The liter
airy committee extended an invitation
| to oil o1t he n nj in nj n
| the last Thursday in June to Marshall
| Hall.
| Chester Weaver has formed club
| of young boys In Petworth which is
proving of great assistance to the civic
| committee in beautifying the several
government reservations there The
active membership of the club is now
| seventy-seven, with one honorary
| me mber.
JUNIOR LEAGUE.
| The Junior League of Washington
| held a special meeting last Sunday at
the home of Miss Rose Wolf for the
| purpose of forming a program for the
excursion soon to be given by the club.
Charles Siegel presided. The arrange
ments as made will include a hall
game in the water, in which the whole
club is expected to compete; a ball
game on land, with the boys compet-
| ing against the girls of the club: a
| couples each may compete: a swim
ming contest, in which those who do
, not know how to swim may compete,
as guards will be provided, and a re-
| lay race between two boys and two
girls. 1t was decided to give the win
ners publicity prize. Those in charge
| of various arrangements for making
the affair a financial success include
| Messrs. c. Goldstein, d. Rosenfeld, NJ
Abrams, B. Siegel, S. Arkin. A. Rosen-
blum, Miss r. Wolf, Miss s. Becker
and Mr.. Lear. Miss Annie Shear re-
ported the distribution of ratifying
number of tickets, and the resignation
of Miss Vena Cooper, due to her leav-
ing the city, was accepted by the club
| Dancing followed the close of the
meeting.
CULTUs CLUB.
| The Washington cultus Club met
Tuesday at the residence of Mrs Oscar
| Wilkinson. 18th street northwest. After
| luncheon the session was called to or
| der by the president, Mrs. Paris Bren-
gle. Fifteen members responded to roll
call with current events. Mrs. Taylor
read the first paper on THE Regns of
the Ptolemies.' Miss Karr followed
| with a paper on cleopatra and the
| Mrs. Chester Smith, Mrs. Stewart Car
penter, Mrs. Frank Kalas and Miss
Marguerite Clark. The club adjourned
| to meet in October.
CHAPLIN w C. T.U.
Character Building AS Compared by
| the Lace Weaver was characterized
| by Mrs. Emma Sanford Shelton, Dis
| trict president of the w. C. T. T., in an
address at the closing meeting of
| Chaplin Union for the season Mrs. A.
| N Tyson, evangelstic superintendent.
opened the meeting by reading the
| Scripture lesson and Offering prayer.
Mrs: A. A. Maxim filled the chair as re-
cording secretary in the absence of
Mrs. Francis ST. Clair. and Miss G.
Nichols gave the report of the treas
ury. Money was voted for the medal
contest. The award for the best es-
say on Scientific Temperance was an
| nounced as going to the johnson
School. The contest medal, under the
superintendent. Mrs. Hattie S Petrie,
was held recently at the Mckinley
High School. Before adjourning for the
summer Mrs. DOGGY thanked the Of
| ficers for their cooperation and com
mended the following for the records
they had achieved in their various de-
| Iiams Mrs. TYSON. Mrs Mayi,, NJ.