Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-16

current business of the national So
ciety.
Patriots Memorial Chapter. D. A. r.
mortal Chapter, d. A. r., was given
Wednesday evening at the Hotel CONT
mental, where covers were laid for
thirty. Miss Gertrude Norton. chair
man of the banquet committee. assisted
by Mrs. NJ. G. Shinn and Mrs. J. T. Cur
ry. greeted the guests
Mrs. Frances Marsh Gregory. toast
mistress. introduced each speaker by
an original thought expressive of the
individual characteristics.
Those responding TO toasts were
Mrs. Joseph A. Arnold. The chapters
first regent: Mrs. George r Smallwood
vice president general; Mrs. Paul r.
Hickok, chaplain of the District: Mrs
George p. Conway. present regent, Miss
| Lillian A. Norton. second vice regent:
Mrs. w s. Corby. Mrs. W. B. Douglas
and Mrs. NJ G. Shinn.
| Regrets were expressed that Mrs
Mary S. Lockwood. chaplain general,
who was to have been the honor guest.
was unable to be present on account of
illness.
The guests retired to the mezzanine
parlors. where social hour was en-
joyed.
Others present We're: Mrs Fuller,
| Mrs. Fleming, Mrs Barrett. Mrs. Ord
way, Mrs. Stout. Mrs. Tallman, Mrs.
Leeds. Mrs. Grandin. Mrs. Smith and
Mrs. Dunn. Miss Gertrude Norton. Miss
| Slaughter Miss Thompson and Miss
Stout.
! Twentieth Century Club-The civics
| section of the Twentieth Century Club.
| with Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor leader and
Mrs. +. V. Coville associate leader. will
meet Thursday morning. at il O'Clock.
at All Souls Church. The general sub
| ject will be conservation" various
phases of which will be treated by diff
ferent speakers: among whom viii be
Mrs. Flora Macdonald Thompson presi-
dent of the Housekeepers' Alliance. who
will talk on War on Waste and Mrs
A. NJ Tracy. who will speak on the
I mond B. Morgan will speak on District
Suffrage and the Prohibition Referen-
dam
| The travel section will meet with its
| leader. Mrs. William +. Ham. 1921
Woodley place. Wednesday morning.
at 1890. The subject will be the West
indies" by Mrs Frank Briggs.
| The Friendship House Association
| Will be at home to the Twentieth Cen
fury Club Wednesday afternoon from
$50 to . o'clock. at Friendship House,
| 90 Virginia avenue southeast. Every
member of the club is cordially invit-
ed, as it is the desire of the association
that Friendship House and its work
should be personally known to them
Dolly Madison Chapter. d. A. r.
The Dolly Madison Chapter D A. r.,
| was entertained Tuesday by Mrs.
Shuey of California avenue. Among the
additional guests was Mrs Erum-
haugh. the newly elected state regent
Of the District. Miss White. who spent
! three years travelling around the world
gave a talk on our Flag in Foreign
Countries" A resolution was passed
| lncorsins the bill before Congress to
prevent the dissertation of the flag.
Mrs. Call. historian. read paper on
The Era of the Revolution" A must
cal program included songs in English
| Spanish. French and Italian by Mrs.
Archibald Oracle. who also gave sew
| eral recitations, and a number of vocal
solos and duets by Miss Helen Crenan.
Miss Mary Pond and Frank Orme.
Supper followed the usual singing of
the Star spangled Banner"
Mary Warrington Chapter. ID. 4. r.
The Mary Washington Chapter met
| Tuesday afternoon at the Washington
| presiding. The business meeting was
devoted largely to the yearly appro-
priations Of the chapter for patriotic
and relief work. after which the regent
introduced Mrs. Mitchell Carroll who
gave an illustrated lecture on Historic
Santa Fe." Mrs. Carroll is a member of
| the American Archaeological Society
and In her account of the cave jewellers
showed samples indicative of the
abodes, hieroglyphics. pottery and other
art work of early Indian tribes.
Sr. Gov. Thomas WeIles Society. G. A.
R.-Miss Rebecca Campbell entertained
the Senior Governor Thomas Welles
Society. G. A. r., recently at her home
on T street. The president, Mrs Emig
presided Miss Van Ness introduced
eighteen members. who were received
by tranfer from the junior society. A
contribution was given to Friendship
House Settlement. A committee com
posed of Eleanor Ball. Winifred Curtis.
Sam Hardy and Wright johnson was
named to plan for the presentation of
a drinking fountain to the Garfield
Fairgrounds
Margaret L. Linn. Hildah Schneider,
Josephine Fuller. Hilda Fuller. Darwin
kirkpatrick and Darwin Pope were re-
ceired into membership.
| The program consisted of a reading
| by Cornelia Clark. piano solos by
Flea nor. Ball, Thelma and Emily
Briggs. and an article on THE Home
of John Paul Jones" sent by Samuel
Hardy. Refreshments We're served and
an informal dance followed.
| Wendell Wolfe Chapter. ID. A. r.
Wendell Wolfe Chapter. D. A. r. OBJ
served its sixth birthday anniversary
| Monday evening by holding patriotic
| meeting a the home of the vice regent.
| Mrs. Charles F. Robbins. 1928 Biitmore
| street. The assisting hostesses were
| the regent. Miss Bertha Frances Wolfe:
| Mrs. Paul V. Roundy, Misses Annah NJ.
| Fletcher, Pebie =. Haner, Bernice Fl.
! Kent and Sara f. Stephens. The regent
| presided. and the attendance was
| of the largest in the history of the
chapter.
| During the short business meeting
| the chapter Endorsed protest against
the Dissertation of the flag by the
| president general d. A. r., for the
Belgium relief committee IN the sale
| of tags in the celebrate ton of King AL
/ bert's birthday. April 81
| The program was opened with vocal
| solo by Mrs. Charles W. Fairfax. who
gave 'Carmenia Waltz" by Wilson. and
for an encore. The Fairy Pipers, by
Brewer. The speaker of the evening.
calvary NJ. f. Church, gave an address
| that was patriotic in character and at
its conclusion the regent. Miss Wolfe,
recited James Whitcomb Riiey's poem.
| THE Name of Old Glory" holding the
i flag while she gave the lines.
| Mrs. J. Harry Cunningham. chairman
/ of the music committee of the chapter.
entertained with a short spring musical
| program. reading a dainty spring poem
| as Introduction and playing Mendels-
| sohn's Spring Song" Mrs. L. r. Boyer
| sang Mrs. Beach's song set to Brown
| ing's poem, The Years At the Spring.
| and Mrs. Cunningham concluded with
the Spring Song" by Grieg. Mrs.
| Fairfax sang d second time. Lullaby.
| by Carrie Jacobs Bond, and What Is
! Love-" by OWst.
| The regent introduced Mrs. Mary s.
| Lockwood. haplain general n. ). -. A.