Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-05

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day afternoon at o'clock with MISS
Reiss, 1906 Belmont road. All mem
hers not otherwise on the program
are requested to bring quotauon
from Balzac.
The parliamentary law section, MIS-
E. H. Town. leader. viii mee ths nar-
Tor of All Souls Church, l4tn anu u
streets The subjects Will ne een npo
rary and permanent organizatlon.
Iiamentary terms usuaa anu mil, u he dis.
cussed nv Mrs. J. F. James. LuneHeoh
Iii he served by Mrs. W. III. Heron
Mrs. r. B. Marshall and Mrs. EDWARD -
Seward. A.. r+ sect;on
For This season will be held Thursday
Afternoon at o'clock at the resioenc &c
of its leader, Mrs. Dayton ware, t .s;s
Columbia road. The suo1ecI lor cnis
will be treated by Mrs. John LOVE- ,v.s
since the subject for the winter, ine
Art of Florence" covers SO Wlue
field. including other arts Desldes pain.
;ng IT is thought that 1t will interest
,,.snv members outside of this section
To all these a cordial invitation IS e1-
tended.
IT.. Cultus Club met Tuesday at the
residence of the corresponding secre-
tary. Mrs W. NJ. Steuart, 5I23 MorrIson
street, Chevy Chase, d. Z. AFTER Iuncn
con the seventeen , ms mem U;ts CURRENT
topics or quotations from early coion,ai
poets. A paper on the earliest se.e,e-
ments in North America was read Dy
Mrs. W. K. Cooper This was ,oilo sSe;r
European causes, prepared by MISS
Lila J. Heiberger and, In ner aosence'
read by the hostess A paper by MIS-.
CLIFFORD Berryman. , on $50 some of f fhe eariy
colonist, and a reading of the -Wltcns
Daughter" completed the program.
Mrs. Kay of Phoenix, Ariz.. and MIS-.
Ralph Given were the guests OF the
club.
The Colsexe women's Club will hold
= house-warming and reception at its
new quarters, 1002-4 street north
1rsst on the evening of November IL.
The club had outgrown its quarters az
the Raleigh Hotel, and the present
suite of six rooms was secured. Inere
viii be lecture and ind d dss! t too msmpers
Itiis expected that one room Will De
devoted to the activities of the Neigh
borhood House Trade School. In which
members of the club are largely inter-
ested.
The officers of the club. headed by
Mrs. Thomas E. Robertson, president,
together with the members OF the ex-
ecutive committee, will receive the
November H.
The regular Monday afternoon teas
of the club will De resumed after jan
uary 1. 1t is announced that members
will soon be sent announcements OF
the years activities.
The woman,s Literary Club Of Six
teenth street Highlands met Wednes-
day afternoon at the home Of Mrs. r.
e. Buckley. $500 18th street Mrs.
John D. Rhodes read a paper on
Brazil and Mrs. Arcturus L. Howard
read a paper on the gis,,. OF 81. Snak ss.
Woman's Club of Forest Park, Balti-
more. Q guest, gave q talk on club
work Mrs. whitman sang. Tina cluhA
new year book shows with calendar
carried out until the close Of the seas
son next May.
<Keystene Chapter, d. A. r., held it's
first meeting of the season October Is
at the home Of the regent, Mrs. Ida ].
Kinseil. Members responded to roll
call with summer "reminiscences. and
plans of study for the coming year
were discussed. Miss Blanche Green
sang several songs Mrs. William
Tyler read a biographical sketch Of her
revolutionary ancestor, John Bicktng..
Mrs. l. n. Lewis. member residing In
Pennsylvania, paid her first visit to
the chapter and gave an account Of
which has been restored chiefly through
the efforts of the d. A. r. Mrs. Anan-
da Reynolds. an honorary member,
brought greetings from Baltimore
Mrs. Frank Foster Greenwalt, an hon
orary member. spoke OF the work Of
Keystone Chapter. The chief feature
Of the program was paper on the
History of the Potomac River" read
by Mrs. Alexander N. Gordon. state
historian of the District of Columbia.
The Abraeadabra Club met Wednes-
day evening with Mrs. A S. Parham.
365 Westminster street. The president.
DR.. G. n. Brumbaugh, presided. The
attendance was especially large. nine
guests being numbered among the
members Mai. A. s. Parhem, with
the aid of a wall map, gave an account
of the Petersburg mine explosion from
Confederate point of view. Remarks
were made by Maj. Potwin. Col. Kirke.
Capt Warner. and two visitors, Col
Parker, president of the I'd Army
Corps Association. and Col Patrick, presi-
dent of the 9Th Army Corps Association,
all OF whom were connected with the
organization that took part in the
battle described. Mrs. Mabel F. Pres
ton read a story. My First Buffalo
Hunt" Mrs. Grace Chamberlain read
"A Night Out" by Edward People
Refreshments were served by the
hostess.
The Excelsior Literary Club was en-
tertained Tuesday evening by Mrs.
Daish and Mrs. Muller at the home Of
The latter. 1867 3 street southeast.
Dr. Huddleston read a paper on Con
aervation." Mrs. Court F. Wood gave
a talk. and roll call was responded to
with readings from clippings and short
poems- II was decided to go to Mount
vernon Saturday morning to plant an
oak tree. all arrangements having been
made incident to the occasion. Two
new members were admitted to the
club. and in tribute to the memory of
aiss Chamberlin of the club. who died
recently. those present stood while
singing Nearer, My God. to Thee"
The decorations and refreshments were
In Keeping with the spirit of all Hal
loween.
Arlington Chapter. Daughters Of the
eonfedrracy gave silver tea Friday
evening at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
y. A. Rees of Clarendon, Va The
mouse Was decorated with flags and the
spirit Of Halloween was given by a
Wltch scene. composed and acted by
MIS- Lloyd T. Everett. in which she
told the fate of the saloon and of vari-
Gus political parties while stirring a
pot OF herbs. Judge Thornton Of the
Alexandria county circuit court re-
Iated incidents of the bravery and self
sacrihce OF southern women during the
civil war. Those contributing to the
musical program were Miss Smith, Miss
Minlnger. Miss Helen Kidwen and
Misses Lucy and Burnetta Black Mr..