The Washington times., 1915-03-01
News Items and Notes
of Club Activities

Mr.. and Mrs. J. William Lee. of 49S
Maryland avenue southwest, will enter
tain the Optimist Club tomorrow even
ing. The topic OF the evening will be
Russia and the Slavs.' to be treated
particularly from an chronological stand
point Mrs Frank NJ. BriGGs and Miss
Alice Atwood will present papers. and
Mrs. Carrie Yarncii Will take CnarSe
Of the musical portion of the program. -
A recital for the benefit of the
Young Womens Christian Association
Will be given this evening at 3 o'clock.
Mrs. George Franklin Schutt will play
Miss Elizabeth Leckic will sing "a
Spirit of Flowers" 10y Campbell-Tipton; !;
"Nocc di Donna by ponchielli, and
'Verborgenheit.' by Wolf. Miss Edith
Adele koon will recite "She Liked Tim
Mael Wecl in Scotch dialect. odd
Times Happiness in German. dialect,
The Family Portrait" in Irish dia-
lect. The New Church organ" by VIII
NJ. carlton, and Little Orphant Annie
6y James WhitGomb Riley, Prof Arthur
est by Ronald. .'Das Kraut Vergessen-
heit.'. by Hildach, and La Donna C
Mobile from "Rigoletto.'
"at home" last Tuesday and heard one
of Mrs: ticndley's informal talks on the
life OF Susan B. Anthony. An an
no"nccment was made OF the lecture to
be given under the auspices of the
the league at it's next regular meeting
on March 4 at 8 o'clock, 2OO7 Columbia
road. Nine All Kuli Kahn. wife of tho
Persian minister. will speak on THE
Women of Persia" The leagues rcgi-
lar business meeting will precede the
lecture. which Is open to the public.
Arrangements have been made for a
benefit performance at the Columbia
Theatcr April % and tickets will soon
be distributed by the committee. Mrs.
now full organized, and held its last
meeting on Tuesday evening. The
French, Esperanto and Spanish classes
met as usual the same night and the
Bible study class held its meeting on
Sunday at o'clock.
Mrs. Hendlcy will continue her talks
on Miss Anthony's life tomorrow at
$50 in apartment 375, the Portner
The monthly meeting of the District
OF Columbia Federation of Women 8
Clubs was held in the oak room of the
Raleigh on Saturday afternoon. Ten
minute reports were given by the Flor
ence Crittenton Mission club. the Grad
uate Nurses Association. Housckeep-
crs' Alliance. the Legion of Loyal Wom-
en-. Lincoln Circle No. 3. G. A. r.. Ma
tional Library for the Blind, and the
Nordhof Guild.
\ lecture under the auspices OF the
federation was given at the Public Lii
hrary Saturday morning by Mrs. Mary
Gale Davis. who spoke on Health.
Strength and Beauty" Rhythmic H.
Illustrations were a feature of the talk.
Columbia Chapter d. a. r., met Tues
day evening at the home of Miss Lottie
Van Doren. 647 East Capitol street. Mrs
Charles s. Hycr. the regent, was alb
sent. and Mrs. Martha Best presided
The roll call was answered by the read
ing OF patriotic quotations from noted
Revolutionary heroes. Mrs. Lyman
Swormstedt read poem entitled Co
lumbia, Columbian and Mrs. ii. l..
DEAN, the historian. read "A short sketch
Of Ethan Allen. Miss Florence Webster.
the treasurer, reported the amount con-
tributed by the chapter toward liquidat
ing the debt on Continental Memorial
Hall.
The following officers were elected for
the coming year: Regent. Mrs. Charles
S. Hyer: vice regent Mrs. Martha Best
recording secretary. Mrs. Henry Gauss:
corresponding secretary, Miss Nellie
Grant Ross: treasurer. Miss Florence
Webster: registrar. Mrs. Amherst Bar