Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-13

$3.50 o'clock, in the Eighth Street Tenn
pie. Louis Spiegler will speak on Lin
coin. the Lawyer. Statesman and HUI
will recite Lincoln's Gettysburg Ad-
dress John Ruppa will deliver an
address abraham Lincoln" Max
Rhoade will read a paper on the Life
will play several patriotic selections
on the piano. A short business meet
ing will precede the literary and mu-
steal program.
CAPITOL HILL LITERARY SOCIETY
Memorial services for Mrs Marion
Guild Walport will be the feature of
the meeting of the Capitol Hill Lit
erary Society tomorrow evening. at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. James G. Kent.
526 North Carolina avenue southeast.
F. V. Carr. president; ]. w. Davis. Will
liam G. Hunter. DIR. James Mckee and
others will speak.
PHILo-CLAssICs.
An afternoon of japanese folklore az
forded an interesting meeting of the
Philo-Classics. held recently at the
nome OF Mrs. Augustus Knight. the
kenesaw. Japanese costumes. decora-
| tfons. statnary and other oriental fur
nfsh1nSs gave a suitable atmosphere
! for the days study and entertainment
conducted by the hostess. The program
consisted Of descriptive japanese
dance. ''Luring the Sun Goddess From
"A Visit to the Buddha Temple" pan
tomime. by Mrs. Walter Hamilton. Miss
Flora Briggs and Mrs. Augustus
Knight: Warrior Dance" Mrs. knight:
paper on Japanese folklore. The Ira
ditional Story of the Jems." Mrs.
Knight; folk story of cherry blossoms.
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clad American friends. Members of the
club who were present were Mrs. r.
Bruce Bare. Mrs. Russell Bowen. Mrs.
J. Edison Briggs. Mrs. Hall. Mrs. f. III.
ter Smith. Mrs \. r. Tasker Mrs. A. II.
Thompson, Mrs. o. T. Thompson. Miss
Anna Weiss. Mrs. George w. Wheeler.
Mrs. Cunningham. Mrs. Samuel Scriv-
Court F. Wood. The guests of the aft
ernoon were Mrs. Robert Lee Bains,
Mrs. J. W. Fishbach. Mrs. S. c. Forman.
Mrs. J. Il. w. Gardiner, Mrs. Frederick
S. Lincoln and Mrs. William B. Turpin.
SHORT STORY CLUE.
Tuesday was a red letter evening
with the Short Story Club at it's meet
ing in w. c. T. L. parlors. with Harry
N. Selah and Robert T. Austin in
tendance of members and guests. Rob-
ert S. Moore presided and Mrs. Charles
NJ Hare acted as recording secretary
in place of Miss Mabel b. Hiatt. who
was ill. Miss Mary c. Farmer contrib
uted the story of the evening. Con
science, Chivalry and Correspondence.
and William L. Watson gave a sketch
descriptive of "A Primitive Funeral In
nessee THAT Marvellous Measurin'
Masheen, a poem. by Henry p. Hol-
den: satirically humorous sketch. "A
Post-mortem Christmas" by Mrs. Z. A:
Thomas. vice president of the club, ana
a potpourri of monologue. poems. songs
and drama sketches by Prof. }. +.
Meekin. made up an Interestingly va
ried program. which was unsteady in
terspersed with vocal solos by Edwin
Callow. accompanied by Mrs. Callow.
and Improvisation (piano) by Mrs.
Rosa L. Townsend. New members elect
ed were Mrs. James X. Maxwell. How
ard Morton and Howard Blg3ar.
COLUMBIA HEIGHTS ART CLUB.
The Columbia Heights Art Club met
Thursday afternoon with Mrs. William
Grayson Foote. Mrs. Edward d. Hardy,
president, after the transaction of rou-
tine business. appointed Mrs Ellis Lo-
gan chairman for the day, in the abb
sence of Mrs. FriZzell. Mrs. James d.
Yeomans read a paper on the Spanish
American war, which was discussed by
Mrs Amy Leeds. Mrs. James Mckee
and others. Another paper on Indus
trial Developments in America During
the Last Fifty Years" described the in
fluence of the civil war upon the in
dustries of this country. Other mem
bers present were Mrs. Turpin. Mrs.
Ethel, Mrs. Heisler, Mrs. Croissant.
Mrs Clement ,, Mrs Nv wheeier Mrs Mrs G Hop
ner and Mrs. Briggs. The visitors
were: Mrs J. Pratt Neal, Mrs. Archi
bald H. Morrow, Mrs. Lawrence v.
Lampson, Mrs. Joseph w. Milburn, Mrs
NJ L. No of NnNa- I<ph
mond, Ohio. Refreshments were served.
ANTHONY LEAGUE.
Members and guests of the Anthony
League met last Sunday night in the
auditorium at Paul Institute, when
can University lectured on Brown
ing" The league held its weekly re-
ception Tuesday afternoon at the home
of the president. Mrs, HendleN at
on the Purity of the English Lam
guage." Mrs. George A. Mosshart lee
tured Wednesday evening before the
pupils and friends of Paul Institute on
The History of the Capitol" The
birthday anniversary of Susan B. An
thony, from whom the league takes its
name. will be celebrated by the league
Tuesday afternoon at 2007 Columbia
road. A number of suffra gists who
worked with Miss Anthony in the early
Among the speakers will be Miss Laura
Clay, Mrs Hester NJ. Pool. Mrs. Mary E.
Craigie and Mrs. Florence jackson
Stoddard. Miss Beulah Harper will
sing a composition by Prof. McWaters
MOUNT PLEASANT w. c. T. L.
Mrs Gilbert Eiseman of 1905 Kenyon
street entertained the Mount Plea SAINT
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. J. A. Edgar.
president. announced the name of Mrs.
Herman l.. AmisS as new member.
The flower mission workers, Mrs. A. B.
Carty and Miss Z. A. Conkey. reported
plants and jelly sent to the sick. Mrs.
w. s. Boyd and Mrs. c. F. Haden re-
ported the distribution of large
amount of literature. A plea was made
that literature be sent to the Tubercu-
loss Hospital. where the patients
would greatly appreciate it. Miss Eliza
beth Reiss told of her work among
the foreign-speaking people, where
literature in Italian and other foreign
languages is being supplied.
The superintendent of mothers meet
ings, Mrs William r. Loney. reported
a meeting held at the Wilson Normal
school, attended by the boys in the
higher grades in the schools in the
third division. which was addressed
by Mr.. Shelby of the police force. on
the laws of the District, and by Or.
Harvey Wiley, who spoke on The
Cigarette Habit and Its Correction:
1t was planned to hold mothers
meeting Wednesday,. the 23d. at pm.
in conjunction with Capitol Hill Union,
at 522 9Th street. when Mrs. Jean Nc
l. Tho TYR