Evening star., 1915-05-23
lCharles Slaughter; parliamentarian,
Mrs Milton w. johnson. Refreshments
were served following the business ses-

j Edwin Hill. 2246 Cathedral avenue.
/ with the regent. Mrs. F. A. Cunning
ham. presiding.
tees made reports for the year. The
| chapter voted to contribute to the fund
| to provide an ambulance for the French
| Red Cross Society, which is to be given
in memory of Washington and Lafay-
ette.
| The annual ceremony of placing a
| wreath on some national monument
will be waived this year. and the
money devoted to buying hospital gar
| ments for the Serbians.
The following officers were elected
| for next year: Regent, Mrs. J. D. Hud-
die; vice regent. Miss Alice Short; cor
responding secretary. Mrs. ]. E. Dal-
/ Sanger: treasurer, Miss L. Hazelton:
| historian. Mrs. Edwin Hill: registrar.
Mrs. Thompson; chaplain, Mrs. A. S.
| Hazelton.
| ABRACADABRA.
| for the season was held Wednesday
| evening. with nearly every member and
| several guests present After the read
| ing of the minutes, an original verse of
nonsense rhyme was recited by the
| members The paper of the evening
was read by Mrs. N. w. Preston, who.
| under the title Of "One of Natures
| Beauty Spots" described a trip recently
! taken from Hot Springs through Spear
| fish canon to Deadwood. In the Black
followed by general discussion. Mrs
e. D. Hardy read a selection by Van
Dyke. entitled THE Reward Of Virtue"
Mrs. Mabel c. Lindsay. accompanied by
by Melville D. Lindsay. sang Roses in
June" by German. and Fairy Land"
by Denza. Newton W. Preston sang
My Little Gray Home in the West" by
Lohr. and September" by Charlton,
| with the accompaniment played by Mrs
H. P. Mcintosh. After a unanimous
| vote Of thanks to the president for the
excellent manner in which he had per-
formed the duties of his office during
| the past two years. and an expression
| of gratitude by the president to the
officers and members of the club for the
support they had given him, the club
adjourned to partake Of the refresh
ments served by the hostess. assisted
| by her daughters. The next meeting OF
| the club will be held the first Wednes-
day evening in October.
WHEEL CLUB.
The Florence Crittenton Wheel Club
,, and some of it's friends enjoyed a bas-
ket picnic recently at the unique abode
| OF ''the man in the tree." at Capitol
View, Md.
In the afternoon some Of the party
| proved past masters in the art of tell
ing stories Mrs. Emmett Hamilton
gave two recftations and a number of
snapshots of the party were taken.
The last meeting of the season will
| be with Mrs. George c. Potwin, Wood
| ley Park. May 20.
| POTOMAC LITERARY CLUB.
The annual meeting of the Potomac
Literary Club was held Tuesday even
| ing at the residence of Mr and Mrs F.
M Hoadley. 1903 1st street northwest,
with the vice president, Mr.. Terry. pre-
siding. Reports of officers for the wear
were heard. and after discussion plans
were adopted for next season. The fol-
| lowing officers were elected for the en-
suing year: F. M. Hoadley. president;
:; A. Terry. vice president: L. Frank
Nye, recording secretary; William
Tobias. corresponding secretary; H. H.
House. treasurer, and Mrs NJ E. Lyd-
dane. Mrs. K. V. johnson, Mrs. A "
Price. r. A. Smith and w. w. Weaver.
| tertained by Miss Clara Thompson with
| a recitation. entitled Poor Little joe"
and also by E. B. Thompson, who re-
cited Cartons Gone With a Hand
somer Man" Refreshments were
served
LAFAYETTE w. &C.
lafayette Corps. No. 10, met Monday
night with the president, Miss Mary Di
Mario. in the chair. The applications
" wv cdnuludteS Tor membership
were favorably received The CORPS
met Wednesday evening with Lafayette
Post, when a musical and literary pro-
gram was contributed by Mrs Weaver.
MT and Mrs. Harris. Miss Sherman and
Miss Amelia Carol, together with
speeches. songs and recitations by the
members of the post. Past Commander
hurley was introduced by Miss pi
| MARIO to the corps members and guests
After refreshments. served by the ex-
| Ia ho1a
| evening was spent in singing camp
| fire songs.
POTOMAC CHAPTER. D. A. R.
The members of Potomac Chapter
| were entertained Wednesday evening
by the Misses Hudson at their apart
ment In the Imperial. Election Of Of
hcers for the ensuing year resulted
MRS u. c. Ludlow. regent; Mrs p T.
bodeil vice regent; Miss George Hud-
son. corresponding secretary; Mrs r.
Luxford, recording secretary; Mrs, j. NJ
| webb. treasurer: Miss NJ. V. Frey, reg
lstrar: Miss A. L. Trantham. historian,
ana Miss r. 3. Branch. chaplain Re-
| chapter to be alive to it's patriotic
| aims Creditable sums of money have
been given to Continental Hall and to
the many charities the past year The
| nostesses dispensed refreshments and
the occasion was delightful ending to
| the year of endeavor and work.
ANTHONY LEAGUE
| The annual picnic of the Anthony
| League will be held Saturday july 10
at the home of DR.. Wright, Forest
Glen. Md.
DOLLY MADISON CHAPTER, D. A. r.
| Dolly Madison Chapter. D. A. R., met
| Tuesday for the last time this season at
the residence of Mrs. Sparhoofd, In
! Hillyer place. Preparations were made
i ly Madison birthday party at the resi-
dence of one of its members. Mrs. Nick
OILS. in Leesburg, Va.
i Officers for the ensuing year were
| elected as follows: Miss Flora L. p
johnson, regent: Mrs. Edward p. Mertz
| vice regent; Mrs. Edmund A. Varela
Il recording secretary: Miss Marion
/ Thatcher, corresponding secretary; Mrs
| Richard f. Claughtor. registrar. Mrs
Il thur D. Call. historian; Miss Catherine
i f. Custis. delegate to Continental Con.
| gress The following were chosen al
the chapters board Of management
Miss Catherine E. Custis. Mrs. A. w
Il Spanhoofd, Mrs. Charles Il. Bailey, Mrs
Henry l.. Mann, Mrs. A. A. Birney. Miss
! Eliza c. Tulloch. Mrs James McNabt
and Mrs. Charles l.. Du Bois.
JUNIOR LEAGUE.
The Junior League of Washington
held its regular business meeting a,
i Flynn's Hall Sunday at pm. The
vice president presided. The minutes
and press notice of the last meeting
were read and approved. The member
ship committee reported the admittance
of the following three new members