Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-25

| sided at the business meeting, "nicI
was followed by a social hour. at which
the following program was given
| Piano solos, "A ba bien Aimee, ano
ITO a Water Lily" (MacDowelD, Miss
Phyliss Stewart, and Feaa1ns
refreshments were served by the hos
tesses-
triotic exercises Monday in honor OF
Lincoln and Washington. under the
direction of the patriotic instructor
Miss Jennie l.. Hamilton. Mrs. Mary Van
Ness Fauth. president. made the io od
lowing appointments: Advisory board
Col. o. II. Oldroyd and Capt. Victor l..
Garrigan: visiting committee. MISS
Lilly keim. Mrs. Rosalie MEG. shelton
committee. Mrs. Ella 5. Washburn. Miss
Grace NJ. Taylor and Miss Hamilton
floral committee. Mrs. Hester u: IriH-
poe. Mrs. George A. Howe and Mrs. NJ.
Morrie Buckles was installed as fourth
color bearer. and Mrs. Amy l.. carr as
| assistant guard. The theater beneht;
under the auspices of the sons ana
Dau- hters of Veterans. was a success.
| League of American Pen WOmen-At
| the Wednesday evening reception OF the
| League at the Raleigh Hotel, Lieut. Rus
sell Malcolm MacLennan, D. c. N: e., re-
| lated experiences of the border maneu-
| vers. Lieut.. MacLennan advocated a new
system for filling the ranks of the Ma
| tional Guard. Calling to mind that the
| punitive expedition into Mexico has de-
prived many men OF their regular jobs.
{ he pointed out that if the young men OF
/ the country We're mustered into service at
/ the age of nineteen. or before they mad
| acquired the responsibilities of marriage,
it would not only solve the problem of
! continuous employment for cftizen-Soi-
| diers. but provide sure method of guild
| ing boys through the perilous period from
youth to manhood. Mrs. Blanche Tyler
| Beaton read n paper on How to Break
| Into the Scenario Came founded on her
own successful experience. Miss Marie
Ryerson of East Orange, N. j.. visiting
| member, spoke of the need OF co-opera-
I ton between club members and. conduc-
| tors of club columns Mrs. Katherine J.
| Fenton. a lecturer for the Department Of
| Agriculture, in describing her recent tour
| to the far west, aroused the enthusiasm
+ of the league by her idea that each state.
! by widespread cultivation of the state
! flower. would so identify itself that trav-
| elerS would know at once when they
! passed from one state to another. In her
/ Confessions of a Cub Mrs. G.. Z. Mack
| enzie related experiences that befell her
during her initiation into newspaper work
! Mrs. F. L. Dowden read a folk tale of the
| Indians. The music. under the direction
| of Nine. Susanna Oldberg, chairman Of
| the music committee. included vocal Sc
| lectionS by Mrs. Samuel Burleigh Milton.
| 20 Luce di Quest Anma," Donizetti
! with Nine. Oldberg as accompanist. and
Bent Bolt to her own accompaniment;
and a mandolin duet by Mr.. and Mrs.
Austin Thomas of selections from THE
| Red Mill"
College Women's Club Notes.-The
regular Monday tea of the College
! Women's Club will be held in the club
rooms tomorrow afternoon, from to s
o'clock. Group Ten, composed of club
members from the universities and col
i Loo of
hostesses of the afternoon. The enter
tainment following the tea hour will be
one-act comedy, entitled The Con-
slant Lover, presented by the Drama
League Players. under the direction of
Bertram Black. Preceding and follow
| ing the comedy Mrs. Jesse W. Rawlings
Will play appropriate woodland music
Arthur G. Cole. with bird limitations,
Will assist in reproducing the forest
atmosphere. Mrs. c. +. Siebenthal has
produced a simple and suggestive stage
setting. A number of women promi-
nent in official and resident society
have accepted invitations to be present
The birthday tea given in the club
rooms Thursday afternoon by the
| George Washington Group had a dis
tinct colonial atmosphere and was a
success IN every way A short playlet,
called THE F1agmaker." was admirably
| given. by Mr.. Diffenbaugh of the bureau
of education, Miss Marie Sanders, Mrs
w. f. Chamberlin and Calvert Means
Later Mr.. Means was the vehicle
through which George Washington ex-
pressed his views on present conditions
in the land and to which Admiral
Stockton replied.
The Faculty women's Club of the
Catholic University held its recent
| meeting at the home of Mrs. John B.
O'Connor of Newton street, Brookland
Several games of hearts were PLAYED
the first prize being won by Mrs. C.
H. Mccarthy and the second by Mrs. J.
j: Widmayer. jr. The hostess was as
sisted by Miss Maud Murphy, Mrs A. j.
Scullen. Mrs. c.. A. Weschler and Mrs
}. j. Widmayer. jr. Others present were
Mrs Xavier Teillard. Mrs. Alice MUIR
ply, Miss Frances Askew, Mrs. c. F.
| Borden, Mrs. Frank O'Hara, Mfs Mary
| Crook, Mrs. ]. b. Parker, Mrs A. E.
Landry, Mrs o. J. Rainier. Mrs. W. B.
Kennedy. Mrs. T. Q. Beesley. Mrs. J. F.
| Hartnett. Mrs. J. Schneider and Miss
Frances Brawner. There will be no
| meetings of the club during Lent ex-
| cept on March II, when the hostesses
| will be Mrs. j. F. Hartnett, Mrs. o. J.
Rainier and Mrs. J. Schneider. The
meeting will take place at the home of
Mrs. Hartnett. 80 New York avenue
| northwest The reception and banquet
to the right reverend rector and facul-
| ties Of the university. will take place
| shortly after Easter.
| The Washington Readers Club will
| meet IueSOay evening at O'CLOCK In
| the hall of the College Women's Club
| The program will consist of AN Even
ing of General Reading" in which the
| members of the club. generally, are to
participate. The subject. for discussion
! will be Proficiency in Reading at
! Sight paper on. the same to be read
by Miss Emma l.. Ostrander.
The final public recital of the season
| by members of the Washington Read
ers' Club is to be given March g in the
lecture hall of the Public Library.
| Marcia Burns Chapter. ID. A. r.. held
its February meeting with Mrs. Charles
! J. Gates, 1860 Hobart street, the regent
Mrs. w. ]. Ethel. presiding. The prin-
| cipal business was the election of al
| ternates to the Continental Congress in
April, resulting as follows: Regent
| Mrs w. J. Ethel; alternate to the re-
, gent, Mrs. Frank Fuller. Other alter
Mates Mrs. H. w. Foght, Mrs c. E.
! Hesse, Miss Edna ]. Sheehy and Mrs
F. w. Won Dachenhausen. Mrs Charles
| Perley Smith read a paper descriptive
| of the personality of Martha Wash
| ington. Mrs. H. W. Foght had for her
| subject Educating the Indian" The
! hostess served refreshments. The chap
/ ter will meet March II with Mrs John
! Farnsworth.
/ The Anthony Leagues AT home"
| Tuesday was well attended. Miss
| course of suffrage lessons. COLLECTIONS
! to Woman Suffrage Answered" The
/ league will be in charge of the after
noon teas at national headquarters,
| 1926 Rhode Island avenue. every We'd
neSday during the rest of the season