Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-09

meeting Tuesday evening, with beau
tiful electric star. and the members
Of Fidelity Chapter presented IRE, their .i,;ts
a hand painted bonbon dish. Several
candidates were initiated. among them
Mr.. and Mrs. A. b. Whittet. the latter Il
daughter of Worthy Patron George
Topham of Fidelity Chapter. Mrs. En-
! lily Fletcher. member of the chapter.
/ sang a solo and refreshments were
served. A large number Of visitors were
present
! The Matrons of 1905 met Tuesday
evening at the home of Mrs. Carrie
Kidd. 125 18th street northeast, with
| the following members present: Mrs
Carrie Kidd, Mrs. Julia N. Streater, r.
G. NJ; Mrs. Carrie Smith, treasurer;
| Miss Harriet Crump. Mrs. Fannie Sell
! niger. Mrs. Elizabeth McA1eer. Mrs.
| Minerva Crawford and Mrs. Ida V. Fa-
| ber Mrs. Holmes of Columbia Chapter,
No. Is, was the guest of honor The
| hostess announced luncheon at
o'clock. after which a unique guessing
game was conducted in the drawing
rooms. Mrs. Carrie Smith won first
prize. The house was decorated in
greens and spring blossoms. The next
meeting will be with Mrs. Elizabeth
! McAleer.
| The sewing circle of Takoma Chapter,
No. II. was entertained Wednesday by
| Mrs. Pauline Paravano The following
members were present: Mrs. Ida V.
| Faber, president; Mrs. Lillian Dtckins.
| secretary-treasurer; Mrs. Burrell, vice
president: Mrs. Emerson. Mrs. Doten,
/ Mrs. Langley, Mrs. Sallin White. Mrs.
Stone and Miss Mary Johnson. guest of
/ honor. The next meeting will be with
Mrs. Carrie Emerson, As Maple ave-
| nue..
| The quarterly meeting of the Matrons
| and Patrons Association of 1913 was
| held Friday evening, April 30. at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer c. May
| berry. 1909 p street northwest. The
following responded to the roll call:
Mrs. Emelia Crawford, Mr.. and Mrs. w.
C.. Zimmerman, Mrs. Bertha Haines, Mr..
and Mrs. f. C. Mayberry, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. j. Schippert, Miss Lille Mackenzie.
Kimmel. Mrs Maude Wright. DR.. and
Mrs. E. T. Stephenson. Mrs. Charlotte
Holiday. Mrs. Emily G. Rosemond. Miss
| E. G. Rosemond. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
and Mrs. Charles S. Robbins. Mr.. and
Mrs. William c. Carter, Judge and Mrs.
Edward p. Seeds and Mr.. and Mrs. John
! Lynn.
| After brief business meeting the
! president. Mrs. Lille Mackenzie. turned
| the reins over to Mr.. Schippert, chair
man of the entertainment committee.
who presented the following musical
| program: Soprano solos. Miss Viola l..
| Schippert, with violin obligato by Miss
i Marjorie Snyder: bass solos, Thomas
| A. Donaldson: contralto solos. Mrs.
Flynn; violin solos. Miss Marjorie Sny-
! der; tenor solos. Paul Hines; mezzo So
prano solos, Mrs. Kester: double quar-
Snyder: contraltos. Mrs. Flynn and Mrs.
kester. tenors, Mr.. Hines and Mr..
| Wood: bassos. Mr.. Donaldson and MIR.
Kester; Mr.. Howard T. Wood, accompa-
/ mist.
| Refreshments were served The as
| ISOLATION decided to visit the Masonic
! and Eastern Star Home the evening of
May % and will provide an entertain
cent for that evening.
| Columbia Chapter, No. Is, will meet
| tomorrow evening at the Masonic Hall,
14th and Kenyon streets. The meeting
| will be open and members of the fra
| ternity and friends are invited to be
present. program has been ar
ranged. The rummage sale held last
| week is reported to have been sue
| cess.
| Mizpah Chapter. No. 8. Tuesday even
ing conferred the degrees upon several
candidates, the grand worthy matron.
Mrs. Catherine Lofher. assisting. A
solo was sung by Miss Helen Waters.
The worthy patron, Reuben A. Bogley.
| made an address of welcome to the new
| candidates. Those responding were Lem
Towers. jr.. Washington Topham. DR..
| Robert Layton and Herman Van Oelsen,
Nellie Plumley of Naomi Chapter. The
grand worthy matron commended
worthy Patron Reuben A. Bogley for
designing the robes worn by the Of
| hcerS as they helped to make the cere-
monies impressive. Past Grand Worthy
Matron Mrs. Jessie w. Cowles made an
address and extended her congratula-
lions to the worthy matron and worthy
| patron. A rising vote of thanks was
given the worthy patron. The chapter
room was decorated with dogwood and
palms. Souvenir fans were presented
to the ladies. gift of the worthy
patron. There were many visitors. in
Guiding several past grand matrons
and matrons and patrons of various
i chapters. The worthy matron. Mayme
! Heuchle, announced the continuation of
the rummage sale for the balance of
! the week.
| At the next meeting of the chapter
the degrees will be conferred by the
past worthy matrons, Past Grand
| Worthy Matron Carrie E. Bornheim in
| the east. Refreshments were served
in the banquet hall.
| Naomi Chapter. No. 3, will give an
| endowment night Wednesday even
ing. for the Masonic and Eastern Star
Is,
charge Of Mrs. Willie e. Gilbert. The
choir will be under direction of Miss
Clara E. Ball
| Mr.. and Mrs. George Pitt of 3543 18th
| street northwest. entertained at their
| home Wednesday evening the choir of
Ruth Chapter. No. /, together with a
few of the officers of 1913. The fea-
| lures of the evening included songs by
| the choir and by some of the Individual
members. Many of the popular German
being I'm Einen Kuhlen Grunde." sung
| by Alexander Pitt. Others who par
| ticfpated in the songfest included Mrs.
Ollie Joyce, Mrs. F. A. Winkler John
| D. Crawford, William Zimmerman and
! Henry Pecan. The piano accompani-
| ments were played by Mrs. Alexander
Pitt. Miss Julia D. Klinge and Henry
| Pecan. A part of the evening was
| given over to games. and Mrs. John D.
Crawford took the first ladies' prize
| in the peanut contest, Edward kirijan
taking the first gentlemans prize. Mrs
| Teel and George Pitt were awarded
| the "booby' prizes. Refreshments were
served in the dining room.
Those present included Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Aufenthie. Mrs. Carrie v.
Bishoff. Mr.. and Mrs. John D. Crawford,
Mrs. Olive M. Joyce. Mr.; and Mrs: Ed
ward Kirijan. Miss Julia D. Klinge,
Mrs. Annie Mckinney. Henry Pecan,
Mr.. and Mrs. George Pitt, Mr.. and Mrs.
| Alexander H. Pitt, Mr.. and Mrs p.
Frank Pollard. Mr.. apd Mrs. John C.
| Proctor. Mrs. John Shreve, Mrs. Teel,
| Mrs. Kate Thorn, Miss Katherine
Thorn. Mrs. Sally s. Wilson, Mr. and
| Mrs. Fred r. Walker. Mr.. and Mrs. Max
Winkler and Miss Winkler and Mr. and
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