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


later in themonth theater benefit.
Miss Emma Hayward is chairman OF
the theater party and Mrs. Dora j. B.
Hendrix assistant chairman.
POLITICAL STUDY CLUB.
Miss Catherine Garst will read a
paper on History and Influence Of the
Monroe Doctrine" before the Political
Study Club Friday afternoon at 2
o'clock at the home of Mrs. A. p
Clark, jr., 1852 Lanier place.
TUESDAY EVENING CLUB.
A special meeting of the Ladies
Tuesday Evening Club was held Tues
day at the Elks Home. 921 H street
northwest, to decide on some social
feature to be held next month. large
and enthusiastic attendance of the
members being present. 1t was. on mo-
ton, ordered that dinner be held at
the Elks' Home, and the various CON-
mittees to have charge Of the same
were appointed by President Miss
Sadie Gompers.
The monthly social meeting of the
club will be held Tuesday evening at
the residence of the secretary. Miss
Carrie Wood.
JUNIOR HELPERS.
The Junior Helpers for the Hebrew
Aged were organized and officers elect
ed and installed January % at the
Home for the Hebrew Aged.
The purpose of the club is to give
financial aid to the home and to bring
the younger set of the Jewish religion
closer together socially.
The Junior Helpers meet every first
and third Sunday of every month at
the Home for the Hebrew Aged at $50
pm. All applicants for membership
may apply to Miss Minnie Weisenberg.
secretary. 3O6 NJ street northwest.
LOCAL ORGANIZATION.
Rev. W. r. Wedderspoon. pastor of
Foundry NJ. r. Church. has accepted an
invitation extended by an organiza =
ton of local women to lecture on Be
side the Bonnie Briar Bush" Friday
afternoon at O'Clock in the Wood
ward & Lothrop auditorium.
D. c. CHAPTER, F. PA.
The February meeting of the District
of Columbia Chapter of the Founders
and Patriots of America was held Fri
Crane. full attendance of the chap
ter was present The meeting was
called to order by the president. Mrs.
F. A. st. Clair, and after the regular
business was transacted, an interesting
program was enjoyed, which included a
family paper written by Mrs. Hager-
man and read by Mrs. N. G. De Wolf
and colonial paper written by Mrs.
H. B.. Armes and read by Mrs C. A.
Brumbaugh. social hour was spent,
the hostess serving refreshments.
RICH'D ARNOLD CHAPTER, OAR.
The Richard Arnold Chapter, D. A. r,
March 81. from $3.50 to $50 o'clock, at
u jackson place, La Fayette Square.
State officers. chapter regents and all
other Daughters are invited.
The Emerson Study Club met We'd
ne ;'dy in the study hall of the Public
paper on the life of Dryden. The sub
!ee1 9 qor oS discussion Mon was the play
president Of the club: read a paper on
Cleopatra" The rainy afternoon in
terfered with the usual good attend
liam Hastings. Mrs. David Walton, Mrs.
A. J. Clopton, Mrs James Atkinson, Mrs,
G. A. Scott and Mrs. Minerva Ander-
son. Mrs Hal Horton was a visitor
MONTGOMERY CO, F. W. C.
The meeting of the Woman's Club of
Kensington Thursday at the home of
street, was well attended. Miss Rein
hart reported for her committee on ar
engagements for observing baby week. :"
Mrs. j. B. Cook gave synopsis of the
contents OF the current number of the
general federation's official magazine,
announcing that the meetings of the
biennial in New York will be held in
9TH Regiment armory instead of at the
Hippodrome. as formerly announced.
Some of the work of the civics commit :
tee of the General Federation was
spoken OF. especially in reference to the
cooperation Of this committee with the
national board of censorship in select
ing films suited to children. The pro-
American Indians: Miss Virginia Wfl-
son sang two of Cadmans songs, 1.-The
Land of the Sky Blue Water" and THE
White Dawn Is Stealing" Miss Anna
wilson accompanying her. Mrs Daw-
son Williams gave reading from
'Hiawatha." The speaker for the dav
was Miss Densmore of the bureau Of
ethnology, who gave an account of the
music of the Indians. Miss Densmore
has transcribed about thousand, of the
'ISA0otSo ooSo W Tic luuldnS, ana an
alyzed. and sang a number of examples
Afternoon tea was served by the host
ess. assisted by Mrs. J. w. Townsend
and Mrs. Willard O. Waters.
The Forest Glen Reading Club met
with Miss Fenwick Thursday, with Mrs
Hewlett Of Silver Springs as a guest of
the club. The readings consisted Of an
article on Scientific Surgery written
by Prof. Wilde. editor of a medical
journal. read by Mrs. Schooley: "The
Ability of the Canadian Indians in
war, read by Mrs. Sweeney: The To-
bacco Habit Among Women Mrs.
Miller. and Current Events" Mrs
Rider. o.
A meeting of the Woman's Climb of
Chevy Chase was held February AT
the home of Mrs. E. Dwight Pyerson
on northampton street. The usual mar
liamentary quiz and magazine review
were followed by an address on ..The
Drama League" by Ralph Graves The
origin OF the league, what it stands for
and its methods Of promoting and en-
couraging high class drama were nre-
scented by the speaker.
WOMAN'S CLUB
The Petworth Woman's Club mat
Monday evening at Petworth M r
Church. Mrs. Norman Hill, the presi.
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