Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-09

COLLEGE wOMEN'S CLUB.
The College women's Club will give
its first tea Of the new year at the
Raleigh Hotel tomorrow afternoon.
from 4 to 6. The guest of the day will
be Mrs. J. B.. Kuhns of Wilson Col
lese. Butler University. Mrs. kuhns
has recently returned from four years
travel in the orient, and will speak to
the club on "Kashmir." TENDERS of
the club from Columbia University,
Teachers College and Bernard. will be
hostesses of the day; Miss Hortense
Hersom, chairman.
TWENTIETH CENTURY CLUB
The archaeology section will meet
with the leader, Mrs. Lowe. 2622 Wood
ley place. Tuesday. at 2 o'clock, when
the parliamentary law section are In.
vited guests. Mrs. Dayton Ward will
speak on the subject of "Pericles- and
the Golden Age of Greece"
The art section will meet Thursday
at 3 o'clock, at the home of the lead
er. Mrs. Dayton Ward. when the sub
ject will be Titan treated by Mrs.
A. R. Crandall.
The French section will meet We'd
nesday at 3 o'clock with Mrs. Mar
AoA wv l SkASSt-
is expected as the guest of the after
noon and a special program, including
music. is being arranged.
The literature section will meet with
Wednesday. at 1920 o'clock. The sub
ject is Edmund Gosse.' treated by Mrs.
Scudder. The art section is especially
invited to this meeting, but any in
terested members of the club will be
cordially welcomed.
ABRACADABRA CLUB.
The Abracadabra Club met Wednes-
day evening at the home of Miss Cor
nelia H. Hill, 1910 10th street north
west. DR.. G. NJ. Brumbaugh, president
of the club, called the members 10 or
der at s o'clock. Incidents in regard
to noted engineers were related in re-
Spouse to roll call. Ernest A. Perham,
under the title, THE Broad Highway"
read an account of the voyage of Will
liam Barents to Nova Zembla in 1896.
as told by one of his companions, MAX
ing a running commentary on the
story. Capt. II. P. Mcintosh. L. S. N,
gave a brief description of the methods
OF navigation. ancient and modern.
Mrs. Frank j. Metcalf sang the kerry
Dance and "Twickenham Ferry" Mrs.
B. j. Price read "A Singing Bird of
Prey by George kennan. At the close
OF the literary and musical program
refreshments were served by the
WHEEL CLUB.
Mrs. A. S. Perham. sos Westminster
street. entertained the Florence Crit
tenton Wheel Club Thursday afternoon.
A brief business meeting was followed
by the reading Of a letter from Mrs.
ton work. absent from the city on ac-
count of ill health, and the announce
ment of the return of Mrs. Kate WAL
Ter Barrett. president Of C%rittenton
work. from a lengthy stay on the
Pacific coast.
Mrs. Story. president Of the club,
read for a half hour from The Story
of a Pioneer" while the members
story and was followed by a diversion
entitled What and Where on F. Street"
The hostess served refreshments.
LINCOLN POST AND w. r.. C.
LINCOLN Post, G.. A. r.. held a joint
installation with Lincoln w. r. C.,
when the following officers were in
stalled: Commander. jeremiah Wilt;
senior vice commander James Perkins;
junior vice commander, 8. B. Morton;
surgeon. r. B: Harlow; chaplain. J. s.
Walker: q~uartermaster. George Rose;
adjutant. o. II. Oldroyd; patriotic in
structor, J. Walker; officer Of day,
George Street: officer OF the guard. Ed
ward Boulter. E. D. Godfrey was in
stalling officer.
NV Al oCi IS1es
Burgess, was presented with a case
of silver.
The officers of the corps were in
stalled by Mrs. i. w. Ball: President,
dent. Nellie Baxter: Junior vice presi-
dent, Mary Bowen; chaplain. Mary EX-
ley: treasurer, Anna Peck: secretary.
Marie Buckles: patriotic instructor,
Marian Lewis; press correspondent,
Jennie Street; musician. Mary Glen
men: conductor, Mary Buist; guard,
Hester Wyman; assistant conductor,
Jennie Avis; assistant guard, Emma
Walker. and colorbearers, No. /. Mary
Dow; No. 2. Evelyn Sims; No. 3, Ursula
Sherley; No. 4, Anna Layton.
The retiring president. Marian Lewis.
was presented with a chair from the
members of the corps and a gold
bracelet from the post.
PATRIOTS MEMORIAL CHAPTER, D.
A. r.
Patriots Memorial Chapter met Tues
day evening on East Capitol street at
the residence Of Mrs. Clarence lie Roy
Parker, with Mrs. Parker and Mrs.
William Boone Douglass as hostesses.
AS is their custom, the members re-
sponded TO roll call by giving a cur
rent topic. The chaplain. Miss Caro-
line F. Smith, introduced a new feature
in the opening exercises, responsive
reading, based Oh the Scriptures. The
chapter appropriated money for the
placing of a fence around one of the
nilestones which mark the original
boundary of the District. The his
torian read a paper on Famous Fort
Crailo,' erected on the Hudson river,
y. Y, in 1912. which was recently
presented to the New York state d.
4. r. by Mrs. Alan H.. Strong of Phil
adelphia. In December a successful
benefit was given at Polls. At Christ
mas time a large box of clothing,
books, toys and candy was sent to a
South Carolina mountain school.
f. T.. + CHAPTER, L. y. c.
Robert f. Lee Chapter. No. 644. L. ID. c.,
met recently at the Confederate Memorial
Home. Following the regular order of
business aIrs. Wallace Streater, chapter
historian. presence facts concerning
Robert +. Lee. Music and refreshments
were enjoyed. The cha pier is planning
a reception to the local veterans, to be
held the latter part Of the month.
MONTICELLO CHAPTER, d. 4. +.
A brief business meeting of Month
cello Chapter. D. A. r.. was held Tues
day at the parish hall, Cathedral ave-
nue. northwest. Patriotic exercises
were conducted by the regent, Mrs.
Josephine H~ansmann. One new mem
Der was admitted and the applications
Of five others rece lived.
Greetings were received from Mrs.
Guernsey, whom Monticello Chapter
&c.. IT,