Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-19

/ and was followed by refreshments
i dancing and cards. Charles W. Hoitr
, presided. The officers of the assoca
/ lion are: +. H. Wason. president
/ George Langdon Whitford of the local
! bar. vice president; Mrs. \. q. Clough
second vice president; George a. Bus
! Well. recording secretary: Homer J.
Rrowm. corresponding secretary. and
h. ". Fulton. treasurer. 1t was voi
I" slN. banquet in the near future in
honor Of tn" hewly elected represents
tines.
rhe E>ceIsior Literary club met
Monday afternoon at the Raleigh. with
Mrs. G. y. Chapman, hos css al
Grace NJ. Daish. president. in the chair.
The singing of America was led by
Mrs. J. w Bulla at the piano an
j. VI. Holmes gave the invocation. Prof
William Allen Wilbur gave a lecture
on the works of Shakespeare. Mrs.
Edna Barber gave Il Shakespearean
song, with music by Schubert followed
by an encore number. Mrs. Miller was
her accompanist.
The Cardinal Pleasure Club met last
Sunday at the home of the Misses l..
and r. Belin. go Louisiana avenue
northwest. :. Hirshman presided. Eight
new members were admitted into the
club, and the names of two more Were
held over for action at the next meet
ing. After the business meeting APP
prizes awarded to Va LYMAN ana a.
Toxins. Several visitors were present.
The club viii meet today at 40 Penn
Sylvania avenue northwest.
Crittent0n Circle. :. c. Society. was
entertained at luncheon Wednesday by
its president. Mrs. w II. Howard of
the Wyoming. Mrs. Robertson, presi-
dent of the Critteuton Home board.
spoke of her work officers elected
lI,s ard Mrs !
Edison Briggs, vice president; Mrs. ".
H. osborne. recording secretary; Mrs.
Edward D. Hardy, treasurer: Mrs Rus
sell. corresponding secretary. Mrs
George Ba ker, chairman of member
ship committee, and Mrs. Briggs, press
correspondent. This circle takes entire
charge of tn" dining room OF the Crit
tenton Home and viii hold a bazaar
there for its benefit in the near future
The Capitol Hill Literary Society met
Monday evening at the home of the
second vice president. Mrs. Laura b.
the president. Mrs. Matte Queen Ew-
ing in the chair. Heroes OF the Col
onial Period" the evenings subject for
papers read by William q. Hunter. );
W Davis, Mrs. Amelia e. Kent ara
Mrs. Laura b. Lawson. other speakers
were Henry +. Starkweather. y. H.
Frear, Mrs. Grace NJ. Daish and Capt
j. +. Hart. Music was contributed by
Miss Dillon. Miss Lucille Law sou, MIS-
t'rear. Mrs. Carr and Miss Jessica v.
pearce. The society will meet Novem-
her q with Mr.. and Mrs. f. v carr,
TAI Hobart place northwest
Wendell Wolfe Chapter. ID. a. H.. met
Monday evening at the nome OF Mrs
r A. Dellett, 1928 Columbia road,
with Miss Margaret Lawyer Dellett,
the Misses Shipley and Mrs. Mary Cor
don Bailey, assisting hostesses. The
regent Miss Bertha Frances W olfe,
presided, and there was a good attend
ance of members.
The candidacy OF Mrs. Gaius NJ.
Rrumbaugh for reelection as regent
of the District of Columbia u. A R.,
and also that of Miss Mary Wilcox.
regent of the Col. John Donelson
Chapter. for the office of vice regent
of the District Daughters. received the
unanimous Endorsement of the chap
ter. contribution was voted toward
the endowment fund being raised by
the MARYLAND Daughters for Il scholar
ship in the academy at st. Marys. Md,
a non-sectarian school. in honor of
the memory of Mrs. Donald Mclean,
former president general and native
of Maryland A letter was read from
Rev. Edgar Tufts. principal of the
Ieesa sMcCrae Institute, Banner Elk,
NJ C.. reporting the progress of the
chapters, protege, who is studying at
that institute, and which was highly
gratifying. The program consisted of
a paper, The Children of the Forest"
the second in the series in the history
of the northwest territory now being