The Washington herald., 1916-01-02
MRS. ROBERT LANSING.
Refreshments were served during the
social hour.

Refreshments were served during the
social hour.
"The Musical Thought Of Shakespeare"
was the theme discussed and expounded
by the Washington Readers Club at its
December meeting on Tuesday evening at
the Comstock Studio.
| Mr.. Frank Maxwell read a paper which
| went quite thoroughly into the subject.
A particularly pleasing feature was the
Interpolation OF the Shakespearean songs
by Mrs. Maxwell who gave among other
numbers who Is Sylvia" Take, oh,
Take Those Lips Away" Where the Bee
Sucks" 1T Was a Lover and His Lass"
| and "Hark, Hark the Lark" Mrs Max
| well was accompanied by Miss Johnson.
who also gave as a separate piano num-
Der selection that had been a favorite
Of Queen Elizabeth as picked out by her
with quills on the Virginia.. a musical in
| strument of the Elizabethan period.
Miss May F. Sturman gave an excel
lent rendition of a scene from Twelfth
Night" scene from "Othello'' was pre-
| sented with Mrs. Flora Hanson reading
the part OF Desdemona and Mrs. Emily
Frech Barnes the part of Emilia, Des-
1 demona's maid. DR.. Earle Wiley. Miss
| Elizabeth Harrison and Mr.. Maxwell
| closed the evenings program with a scene
from the Tempest" which was much
enjoyed.
| The regular business meeting of the
club followed the intellectual hour and
plans for the winters entertainment were
discussed and decided upon.
The Christmas meeting of the Potomac
Literary Club was celebrated as a mem
oers night on T-esday evening at its
| headquarters in Sixth street with the
president. Mr.. F. NJ. Hoadley, presiding.
| Mr.. f. W. Weaver was the first to par
| ticipate. coniining his remarks to the
Panama-Pacihc International Exposition,
which has Just closed. and in a very
interesting manner told about the fIlum-
nations, the Fountain of Energy, the
| Tower OF Jewels, the exhibits. and so
| forth.
Mr.. S. A. Terry told Of some humorous
| experiences; Mrs. Mary E. Lyddane read
selection entitled. But Once a Year"
Clair Nye pleased with a piano solo,
"Valcik'" by Mokrejs: Miss Clara
/ Thompson recited 1.-The Enchanted Oak;''
Miss Irene Lowd rendered very effective
ly piano solo, The Storm" by Weber;
Mrs Rosa L. Townshend sang a lullaby,
Swing Low" to her own accompani-
ment, and recited Asphalt Pavement"
Mr.. w. A. Edelin, gave short talk on
the climate of Florida; Mr.. H. NJ. Full
| ton told Of his experiences in some of
the European countries now at war; Mr..
! VIM. Tobins related interesting expert
ences and read selections entitled, Flow
ers for the Living" and ''The New Year"
Mrs. F. M. Hoadley read a selection en-
titled, Christmas Flax" and Mr.. H, II.
House also related a number of interest
\ ing incidents connected with his trip to
California
The program was brought to a close
by the president, Mr.. Hoadley, reading
an original poem, entitled THE Potomac
Clubs Punishment" in which the names
| of practically all the members were
| cleverly interviewer.
Refreshments were served.
Mr.. Charles Henry Butler, official
reporter of the decisions of the Su-
preme Court of the United States,
transformed his annual Montsweag
Farm breakfast into an entertain
ment for some of the Latin-American
delegates to the Pan-American Scien-
tific Congress.
The breakfast, which was served in
Mr.. Buffers library. at 1885 I street,
consisted entirely of produce of Mont
sweag Farm in Maine, and besides
| potatoes, eggs and apples, included
| baked beans and whole roast pig
The menus were printed in Spanish
| and illustrated with sketches of the
farm, including map of Montsweag
Farm and contiguous territory, the
latter being the whole of pan-Amer-
lea.
The Illustrations for the menus
were made by Mr. Buffers youngest
son, Mr.. Henry Franklin Butler.
About $50 were present. Among
the delegates who accepted Mr.. But
| ler's invitation were:
Drs. Eduardo de Quesado Laspiur,
Ricardo Laspiur, and Dr. Brunge, from
Argentina; Drs. Alberto de Medina
and Alberto Gutierrez. from Bolivia;
Drs. Jose ds Costa Doria, Simoes da
Silva, and Mapoel de Oliverira Lima,
from Brazil; DIR. Urrutia, from Co.
lombia DR.. Roberto Brenes Mesen.
from Costa Rica; Lic Rafael Maria
Angulo, from Cuba; Dr. Francisco
Paynado, from Dominican Republic;
Drs. Ricardo Hoyburo and Angel
Caparo. from Peru: DR.. Alfonso r.
Guerra, from Salvador.
Among the Americans who accept
ed Mr.. Buffers invitation were: The
Vice President. the Chief Justice. Mr..
Justice McKsnna; Mr.. Justice Holmes,
Mr. Justice Day Mr.. Justice Pitney,
MI Justice McReynolds. the Peruvian
Minister. the Chinese Minister. the
Attorney General. the Secretary of the
] Interior. the Secretary of Commerce.
Assistant Secretary Of the Navy.