Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-30

members attending the D. A. R. con-
! gress.
The society in Virginia has grown
| steadily, and it was through the ef-
forts of its members that many of the
beautiful memorials were placed in the
old colonial church at Falls Church.
Va. The following elections took
place: President. Mrs W. E: Calender.
Kensington. Md: vice president. Mrs.
J. c. Fisher. Reidsville, Va; CORE
| spending secretary. Mrs. Oden. F'alis
Church. Va; recording secretary. Mrs.
| Ball, McLain, Va; registrar. Mrs Gib-
!, son, Washington, D. c.: treasurer. Miss
Ada Rhodes. Falls Church, Va; his
torian, Mrs. Richards, Riverton. Va:
chaplain. Miss Cooper, Emporia. Va;
color-bearer, Miss E. Mason, Peters,
| burg, Va.
Rectory CIub.-The Rectory Club will
! hold its annual meeting May 10. at
3 pm. with Mrs. Buck, Rock Creek
| rectory.
| Congregational Union.-Mrs. Nine f.
Allender. chairman Of the Congress
isional Union for Suffrage in the Dis
sister. Mrs. Howard P. Boyle. in At
lantic City. Mrs. Boyle is chairman
of the second New Jersey district or
ganization. During Mrs. Allenders stay
second district At Vineland. N. J..
Mrs. Allender spoke on THE Forma-
ton of the woman's Party" plan an
nounced by the Congressional Union
to secure the passage OF the Susan b.
Anthony amendment.
| Y. W. H. CIub.-The Y. W. H. Club
held its semi-monthly meeting Sunday
at it's clubrooms, with the president,
| Herman Garf1nkle, In the chair. A
committee of three, consisting of Mr..
Finger. Miss F. Lazerow and Miss Ella
Bass, were appointed to locate new
clubrooms
| The in and outside committee is
planning to give a May outing the
! first Sunday in May: also a straw ride
| to Great Falls in the near future.
/ League of American Pen Women
The League of American Pen Women
met Tuesday evening at the Raleigh
Hotel in honor of it's president. Mrs.
| Bertha Lincoln Heustis. who leaves
shortly for the Pacific coast to reside
The program. Laughter and Tears"
was in charge of Miss Anna b. Patten.
assisted by Miss Jessie A. Griswold.
vice president
Mrs. Russell Malcolm MacLennan pre-
scented three Blackfeet Indians in full
regalia, Curly Bear. Wolf Plume and
Bird Rather, who gave several vocal
selections in their native tongue. to
the music of the tom-tom. The social
program consisted of an interesting
talk by Miss Dora Simpkins on Laugh
ter and Tears in Newspaper Office;
"On the Field of Honor" prize story in
the peace contest, read by its author,
Mrs. Ruth Mason Rice. and a paper on
the humorous and pathetic sights
around Washington, by Miss Marcella
Malloy.
Mrs. Heustis gave farewell talk and
sang two selections. one. Line Up for
Uncle Sam" new patriotic song by a
member of the league, Mrs. Martha S.
Gielow. and How Can / Leave Thee"
being accompanied by Mrs. William
Hamilton Bayly. "Auld Lang Syne'
was then sung by all the company: and
Miss Griswold presented the president
with memory shower of dainty
things for her new home.
A pleasant feature was little talk
from Mrs. Marian Longfellow, niece of
the poet and founder OF the league,
now living in Boston.
Abracndabra Club.-The Abracadabra
Club met Wednesday evening with
Mrs James Mckee, 1874 Vermont ave-
nue.. DIR. G. NJ. Brumbaugh. the presi-.
dent, in the chair. In response to roll
call, many men of destiny were mem
toned. The paper of the evening was
by Frank NJ Burst. who described the
Island of Luzon. This was discussed
by Capt A. S. Perham, F. H. Smith,
Mrs E. d. Hardy, DR.. James Mckee. E.
A. Perham and A. Y. Casanova, who re-
Mrs e. D. Hardy read Their Second
Marriage" from Mary Stewart Cut
tinR's Little Stories of Married Life"
Refreshments were served by the
hostess.
Livingston Manor Chapter. ID. A. R.
Livingston Manor Chapter. D, A. r.
met Wednesday at the home OF MIS-
Enoch johnson, Bethesda, Md. Owing
to the illness of the regent, Mrs. c. W.
Brown, the vice regent, Mrs. II. p. NC
Intosh. presided. An account of the
dedication of the east corner mile
I'D
Chesapeake Junction. was given by the
historian, Miss NJ. l.. Schmidt. Mrs.
A. D. Morehouse gave report of the
work done by the chapter for Friend
ship House. Mrs. Frank Wilson, regent
of Janet Montgomery Chapter. d. A.
r., of Maryland, spoke on the d. A. r.
in her state.
The paper of the afternoon. Getting
Jobs for the Unemployed" was given
by Mrs F. c. Whitney. after which
the subject was discussed by Mrs. II.
p. Mcintosh, Miss NJ. l.. Schmidt. Mrs.
Enoch johnson and Mrs J. Wickham.
Refreshments were served by the hos
tess. assisted by Mrs. A. p. Anderson.
Mrs. F. G. Whitney and Mrs. f. II. Os-
good. Mrs. Edgar Heaton of Bethesda
furnished instrumental music. The
guests pI esent were Mrs. Frank Will
son of Maryland, Mrs. Edgar Heaton
| and Mrs. Frank Heaton of Bethesda
and Mrs. Breck enridge Of Norwalk
| Ohio.
! Independence BELL Chapter. ID. A. r.
| The April meeting of Independence Bell
Chapter of the ID. A. r. was held al the
| residence of Mrs. S. b. Milton. on 18th
| street. Thursday afternoon. followed by
| a reception to Mrs. John Miller Horton
of Buffalo and Mrs. william Gardner
Spencer of Tennessee.
! Mrs. Henry Churchill Cook, regent,
presided at the meeting. Three new
/ members were admitted. Mrs. Joseph j.
4 ID 60 So
| of Missouri; Mrs. S. b. Milton and Mrs.
| William G.. Fronheiser.
| H..