Evening star., 1915-01-31

representative Bryon of the state of
fluence of Women in Governmental Af-
fairs" at the leagues business meet
Ing to be held Thursday evening at
2007 Columbia road. Mrs. Kate Waller
Barrett and Nine. Kuli-Khan will
speak at later meetings.
CHO-THERAPEUTIC SOCIETY.
DR.. C. F. Winbigler will deliver a lee
ture Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock in
the ballroom of the Cairo. under the
auspices of the Washington Psyche
Therapeutic Society. The subject will
be Powers of Mental Imagery" The
public is invited.
LIVINGSTON MANOR CHAPTER.
D. A. r.
Livingston Manor Chapter, D. A. r,
met Wednesday afternoon with Mrs.
s. NJ. Meeks. 141s Clifton street. Owing
Brown. the vice regent. Mrs. A. Y. Cas-
anova, presided. Mrs. c. E. 8. Nagle
gave report of the work OF the Cap
ital Society, Children of the American
next meeting of the continental con-
gress We're elected. After the needs
Of the Working Boys Home were pro
sented by Mrs. G. NJ. Brumbaugh. a
and also to Friendship House Roll
call. Current Events" was responded
to by most of those present. Mrs. Paul
Schmidt played piano selections.
Evening Star" by Liszt. and Arab
afternoon. New Ideas in Education"
written by Miss McCausland. was read
by Mrs. A. Y. Casanova. describing the
methods and work of the Montessori
schools and Of the school at Gary. Ind.
the discussion. spoke on the subject Of
college education. A piano solo,
'Humoresque." by Dvorak. played by
Mrs. p. S. Taylor. concluded tha- ex-
the hostess. Mrs. 8. NJ. Meeks. assisted
by Mrs. c. E. S. Nagle. Miss NJ. L.
Schmidt and Mrs. J. c. Hoyt. Among
the guests present were Mrs. Harry
Raush. Mrs. Paul Schmidt and Mrs.
P. S. Taylor.
SHORT STORY CLUB.
The Short Story Club entertained an
at ". c. +. {. pariors. uAS With Mrs. rSeVs VIE
liam D. Mackenzie in charge Of the
program. Miss Mary c. Farmer read
the story of the evening. 1.-The At
Mabel B. Hiatt Contributed chapter
to the clubs composite serial. Sam
Howard's Quest" Miss Stella Wilson
gave .'Wooing by Proxy" and depicted
washington who thought the celebrae
tion of February % was in honor of
his own birthday. Mrs. H. K Fulton
anoss p1agsd t,oD piano oonsels selections and in
Mrs Mackenzie. Robert j. Austin won
first prize and Miss NJ. C. Farmer sec
ond. President Robert S. Moore and
H. W. Selah were accorded honorable
mention.
ALLIANCE FRANCHISE.
Andre LIE Breton, professor of French
literature at the University of Bor-
deaux. lectured before the Alliance
Francaise at its recent meeting at the
Cosmos Club. The address. which was
given in French. was tribute to the
magnificent monarch of France
Louis XIV
NEW ENGLAND WOMEN.
The Washington Society of New Eng
land Women met Monday evening at
the residence of Miss Lillian A. Norton.
1879 Blltmore street. with the presi-
dent, Mrs. Charlotte Emerson Main, in
the chair. and about thirty members
and guests present. One new member
was received and several applications
submitted for future action. Ten dol
lars was appropriated for the committee
on investigation and relief to use when
a case of need presented itself.
Several musical selections were given
by the Pettine Guitar and Mandolin
Club, whose membership consists ofi
d.
Miss Terry, Miss Jones. Miss Tomlin-
son and Messrs. Reardon. Biggs and
Tomlinson. Miss Jean Wilson gave
two Rotations, the first being an ex-
perience of Ole Bull while travelling in
a snowstorm. and monologue written
for Miss Wilson, the subject being "a
Cosby Vermont Woman Sewing Rags
for Carpet
Miss Amy Leavitt rendered several
piano numbers.
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functions and duties of the children S
bureau, in which she reviewed it's work
from it's inception, and the difficulties
under which the bureau labored with
it's limited appropriations and facilities.
Refreshments were served during the
social hour.
cERcLE DEs PREc1EUsEs R1D1-
CULES.
At it's current meeting the Cercle des
Precieuses Ridicules was entertained
by Mile. Darlington. Several strangers
contributed to the program. After the
reading of the minutes and election of
new members, the following program
was given: lie Pot de terre ct lie Pot
de fer" La Fontaine. Mile Shaw; vocal
music (a) Taraselia, (b) Souvenir du
jeune Age" (c) \ la claire Fontaine,
(d) Madeline. Mile Eugene Clements.
Mile. Annette Clements gave an ac-
count of .'Visite au Chateau de Pad
erewski sur lie Lac de Geneve." Mile. |
Becker read Notice sur Bizet," from
Larousse, which introduced Bizet's |
Overture dc Carmen. Nine. Bean, and
other instrumental music, Les Roi
s s'Amuse,' Delibes, and Hungarian |
Danse," Mcdowell. Nine. Hindmarsh |
read La Tricoteuse," poem sent by Mr.. |
W. w. Window. A number of charades |
were introduced and the serving of re-
freshments closed a delightful soiree |
WASHINGTON READERS CLUB.
The Washington Readers Club. for
the study of expression. met Tuesday |
evening. at the Comstock Studio. the |
president, Earle Wilfiey. in the chair |
The program was an Interpretation of |
wild west" literature, as follows: The |
Sioux Chiefs Daughter Joaquin Mil !
ler, given by Miss Ada l.. Townsend; |
The Luck of Roaring Camp" Bret |
of the Maryland Agricultural College,
and a sketch from "Roughing It, Mark |
Twain, interpreted by Maurice Jarvis. |
The subject for discussion for the even !
ing was "Provincialisms and Manner
isms" upon which Earle Wiley gave |
a talk with illustrations. The chair
man of the program committee is Miss |
Maude Lee. The second public recital |
of the season by members of the club |
was held recently at the Public Library |
before a large audience. The feature |
of the program was a dramatic scene |
from "Richelieu," Rulwer Lytton, in |
terpreted by the Rev. Earle Whitley;
also humorous monologues given by Mrs. |
Bertha M. Tilden, and Mrs. Eva Hurd |
Willis. and selections in Italian and |
negro dialect by w. Alfred Falconer.
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