Evening star., 1915-11-21

SAMUEL GORTON CHAPTER, II. "A. H.
Samuel Gorton Chapter, D. A. r., met
recently with Mrs. o. e. Merchant IN
her apartment, the Senate. The regent,
Miss Mary T. Smith. presided. A paper
entitled "Manors or Lordships OF Colo
NAL Days. was read BY Mrs. "A ..
Rock. Mrs. Merchant gave sketch OF
the life of Col. Ann Hawkes. hay. her
ancestor. in honor of whom the C. A.
r. society. of which she is president is
named. A piano solo, ITO a Wlid
Rose" Mcdowell, was given by Mrs.
Misnon Lamasure Mrs. Merchant play
ed a piano solo, "Meditation-' Lantern
slide views were exhibited by Dr. and
Mrs. Merchant of the places and thlhss
seen by Mrs. Merchant on her recen'
trip to the Panama exposition, ieIIo
stone Park and other parts OF the "es..
There was a full attendance ana W.
new members were added The guests
present were Mrs. Lamasure, Mrs. ~.
Miller and Miss Emily Smith. Durtns
the social hour refreshments ~ele
served by, the hostess, assisted pS WI D
Joseph Wheel at the punch BOWL
DAUGHTERS OF 1872
The District of Columbia Socie.s'
Daughters of 1872, met Monday aitel
nnon at gao o'clock at Hotel POW
hatan. Mrs. Kate Kearney Henry pts
siding In addition to reports OF o.
GERS. Mrs f w. Matteson, cnalrhian I.a
of the grave markers collrnlttee;
ported three applications for f'aFssls .
the names to be announced later. ME-
William F. Quicksall, chairman OF ens
entertainment committee anilou.t.t -
that arrangements have heel so.np1 Ia
ed for a card party to he held IN De
cember Mrs Henry appointed MI
Nyra l.. Atkinson third vice presideht.
20 fill an unexpired term three ne"
members We're favorably voted upoA
Inir y.
Smith and Mrs Clara Ray wilson.
AS the personnel of the society mas
been greatly changed in the past rev
years by deaths transfers. resIs ia-
tons and the accession OF new MEM
bers. il was decided to issue an up-to-
,iate directory of members, the REVISION
and printing to be under tht super VI
sion of Mrs Howard l. HodglIns- Mrs
Afno; c. Draper was appointed chalr"
man of a committee on revision OF the
.y-l4ws to conform to those OF the ma
toual society. which have undergone
..ct Mt changes.
Interesting facts were brought out
by Mrs Brunlbaugh and Mrs. Potts IN
4 discussion of the flags of the lsl2-lo
period, and it was resolved that the So
>:iety take steps 10 obtain nag OF that
DeTIod in the near future.
col. \ H. HAY SOCIETY, c. A. r,
For its November meeting the Col. Ann
Hawkes. Hay Society, G. A. r, took a trip
u Continental Memorial Hall with view
TO familiariziEg the new members with
The hall and particularly the childrens
room The salute to the flag was given,
Junior Russell acting as flag bearer. The
society also visited the Pan-American
Union and the Corcoran Gallery of Art
CONTINENTAL CHAPTER, d. A r.
Continental Chapter, D. A R., met Mon
day at the residence of Mrs. ]. Mcdonald
Stewart. 1922 II street. The regent, Mrs.
T<,a,, 10 ,f1y- I.1 and ha
chaplain. Mrs. 4. F. Anderson, led in
prayer. An address on China made
by Mrs. c. o. Spanier of Kucheng board
ing school, Fushkiev province, China, and
the following musical program given
Soprano solo, Miss Helen Todd contralto
solo, Miss Lillian Chenowith; bass solo.
DR.. Clarke: piano solo, Mrs. Dorothy Bax-
ter; accompanies, Miss Cecilia Todd,
Mrs Clarke and Mrs Baxter. The hos
tess was assisted in serving refreshments
by Mrs. Florence K Solger and Miss Lii.
lian NJ Royce.
WHEEL CLUB.
The Florence Crittenton Wheel Club
spent Thursday afternoon with Mrs. B.
j. Price, 1882 1st street. The club voted
to paint the ceiling and walls of the
parlors at the home. 21s Sd street. One
of the parlors is named for the de-
Wood room. All of the rooms are
gradually getting sanitary metal cell
ings and painted walls. The president,
Mrs. Story. read aloud from Anna How
ard Shaw's book, THE Story of a
Pioneer" Guests present were Mrs.
Mary. F. Colt, Mrs. Dorothy Cogsweil
and Mrs Flora N. Emerson. Refresh
ments were served
EXCELSIOR LITERARY CLUB.
The Excelsior Literary Club met
Tuesday afternoon at the home OF Mrs.
Henry Baker, 1900 Q street. Mrs. D: L.
IL Of tha I,rh
Mrs VI. r. Ramsey described the In
habitants Of the Hawaiian Islands.
.irs. Baker contributed musical Sc
lection. Mrs. Sallie Price Ferren read
voyage to Japan and Mrs Edward
Hardy, guest, gave talk on the CO.
lumbia Heights Art Club. DR.. Norris of
the health department told of the eff
cheney of that service. The hostess was
assisted in serving refreshments by
hrs. Burst. Mrs. Warner. Mrs. Webb
and Miss McCreery.
ABRACADABRA CLUB.
The Abracadabra Club met Wednes-
day evening with Mrs; E. l. whitney.
1924 Euclid street. President Brum-
taugh presiding. The roll call, Cur
rent Events, was very generally re-
sponded to. Mrs. yeIma s Barber read
paper describing the work done by
Andrew Ellicott in surveying the
boundaries of the District This paper
was discussed by Capt. H. P. Mcintosh.
A. S. Perhanl, A. Y. Casanova. Prof H
c. Kirk. F. J. Metcalf, DR.. G. NJ Brum-
baugh and Mrs. G. NJ Brumbaugh. Maj
George c POtwin read a humorous Sc
lection entitled "Betop"
Musical selections consisted of bari
tone solos by Newton W. Preston. who
sang Mother M'Cree," by Ball, and
''Oh. Promise Me- and OF violin solos
by Melville d. Lindsay. who played
"Bolero, by Daube, and the "Mazurka
Polish National Dance" by Wieniawski
Mrs. NJ D. Lindsay acting as accom-
panist.
A silver sandwich plate was present.
ed by the club to the hostess and her
husband In memory of their completion
Of twenty-five years of married life
Refreshments were served by the
hostess. which included wedding cake
made twenty-five years ago Nearly
every mem ber of the club was present
and also the following guests: DR..
and Mrs. Clarence A. Vincent, Mr.. and
Mrs. A r. Tracy. Miss Grace Z. Felker
and Miss Florence A Parker.
TWENTIETH CENTURY CLUB.
The French section of the Twentieth
Century Club Will meet Wednesday at
O'Clock in the parlors of All Souls'
Church. The ciyics section is invited
TO meet with 1t at that time to con-
sider plan for helping the homeless
women and children of the Marpe val
10y. France. The program for the day.
shIcn VIII begin at o'clock and