Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-24

of the order and a little gift for each
person carried the effect further. Two
Mrs Mabel T. La Rue and Mrs. A. M
WEIGH entertained the commanders OF
the District with a dinner party at the
Portland Hotel Thursday evening. Inc
place cards were hand painted ana the
corners bore tiny bows Of black, red
and white The color scheme was red
and white. red roses being used. The
favors were red and morocco bound
books my Advice to Frlend fuf,
nished much amusement. GENERA
plans for the winter work OF the order
for the District and for the December
rally were discussed.
The sympathy of Lady Maccabees In
the District has been extended to Mrs.
Virginia Metcalfe of Brightwood Re
view, whose eighteen year-old son was
found dead in one of the schoolrooms
recently. The funeral took place
Wednesday afternoon.
Friday. October %, 1915, will be MEM
orable in the history of the association.
as it marks the beginning of its twenty
fourth year of existence. which was
celebrated in the laying of the corner
stone of it's new Home Office building.
in the city of Port Huron, Mich. The
building represents in concrete form
the achievement of $4,000 women 1t
is said to be unique in being the first
building of it's kind to be erected and
owned by society of women. devoted
to the interests of women and the pro-
lection of the home.
Victory Review, No. -, gave birth
day party Tuesday evening at Pyth1an
Temple. in celebration of the twenty
The hall was decorated with autumn
leaves and festoons of orange and black
crepe paper were artistically hung
from the ceiling. and draped around the
windows. Tiny hives. of orange. with
great black bees sticking to them,
were placed in front of each officers
station. The electric light globes were
colored to carry out the orange effect,
and black cats, witches and jack-o-
lanterns put the finishing touch to the
Halloween effect. Games and music fur
nished entertainment. An elaborate
supper was served. A huge birthday
cake bearing twenty-three red candles.
in celebration OF the twenty-third ami
versary of the association, added much
to the beauty Of the scene. The candles
remained lighted during the supper, and
a unique feature of the entertainment
was the favors, which consisted Of owls,
lanterns. witches. black cats, etc, all
wrapped in orange and black paper,
white ribbon, to which was attached a
number. These were hidden under the
birthday cake. Each member drew
favor and. finding her number, took her
place accordingly. There was large
attendance.
The annual installation of officers OF
National Review, No. l. took place Fri
day evening at Pythian Temple. Mrs.
Mabel T. La Rue, state commander,
acted as installing officer and was as
sisted by Mrs. Fannie Walters, mistress
of ceremonies. The officers are as fol-
lows:
Commander, Hattie E. Palmer: lieu
tenant commander. Mary L. Pierce:
past commander. Della H. Edmunds;
record keeper, Lulu S. Hammond;
finance auditor, Nellie A. Graham; mis-
tress-at-arms, Rhoda NJ. Ireland; chap
lain. Emma Knight; sergeant, Martha
Eberly; sentinel. Bessie Draper; picket.
Margaret Draley; captain guards, Anna
Hosler; color bearers, Ida Castle, first;
Nettie Edmonds, second: musician, Belle
Chapman.
After the installation a vocal solo was
sung by Miss Malinda Adams, a plano
solo was given by Miss Hermann, with
Rotations by Miss Willis. Impromptu
speeches were made by the members.
in which they took occasion to present
various tokens of appreciation to the
more active members. Mrs. Palmer re-
ceived a new ten-dollar gold piece from
on her reelection for the third time to
the post of presiding officer. Mrs. Har-
mon was given vote of thanks for the
flowers she donated for the hall decora-
ton. and Mrs. Hammond was congratu-
lated on her twentieth election to the
important post of record keeper, she
having seen during her tenure the local
review grow from less than fifteen
members to nearly four hundred.