Evening star., 1917-01-07


first tea of the season Monday at the
rooms Of the club. The hostesses rep
resenting the various groups were
Miss Bertha Wolfe. Miss Jessie Brain
erd. Miss NJ. A. MacMahon, Miss Clari-
bel Barnett, Mrs. Lyman b. SWORN
stedt, Miss Catherine Custis and Mrs.
w. F. woolard. Miss Cotton. president
of the Southern Association of College
Women, was the guest of honor.
number of members and their friends
called, and sociability was the order
of the afternoon except for short
period, when G. A. Lyon was invited
to give an account of the Drama
League Players.
At the tea to be given tomorrow from
to 6 hospitalities will be in the hands
of the members of group V, which is
composed Of Mount aoiyoks, Colby. y
Frank g. wilkins will be chairman Of
the day and Nine. Panaretof. wife Of
the Bulgarian minister and graduate
Of Mount Holyoke, class 80. Will speak
and be the guest of honor. Miss Elsie
Carleton Small, soprano, and Miss Ger
trude Browne, contralto, will sing.
Other members of group are Miss
Mary Dixon. Miss Eta M. Eaton, Miss
Euth olmstsd' Miss Alice Alice HTntington Hun E,.a
Emily L. Smith, Miss Ruth stauffee.
Miss Margaret Merrill, Miss Louise H
Coburn, Mrs. Adelia Hensley. Mrs. ]. A.
lie Clerc, Mrs. T. Malcolm Price, Mrs.
Mrs. Julia Bodfsh, Mrs Henry White.
Mrs Frank G. wilkins, Mrs Thomas
E. Robertson, Mrs. o. c. Merrill, Mrs
G. W. Hall and Mrs. George Otis
Smith.
Mrs. c. e. siebenthal of the club. who
Is interested in artistic dyeing. has
been invited to exhibit her work in
the American Museum of Natural His
tory, New York.
The Faculty Women's Club Of the
Catholic University OF America held its
bi-weekly meeting Wednesday at the
home of the Misses Kerby on 1st street
Initial steps were taken for a reception
to the right reverend rector and faculty
of the university later in the season. The
following members were present: Mrs.
C. H Mccarthy. Mrs. Frank O'Hare,
Mrs. A. E. Landry, Mrs. J. b. OConnor,
Mrs. G. A. Weschler. Mrs. J; B. Parker,
Miss Blanche Harbin, Mrs. Xavier Tul-
lard. Mrs. Mary Crook. Mrs. Alice
Murphy, Mrs. A. J. Scullin, Mrs. o. J.
Rainier. Mrs. ]. ]. Widmayer, Mrs. J. z.
Hartnut, Mrs. c. w. Bachtell. Mrs. I.
@. Busby. Mrs. Thomas Busby. Miss
Frances Askew and Mrs. c. F. Borden.
The Sarah franklin Chapter, ID. A. H..
met recently at the home of Mrs. Mil
ton Johnson at the Albemarle. The
Jefferson; a pleasing report of the
committee in charge of the card party
benefit was presented, and the treas
urer was directed to send $25 to the
debt fund for Memorial Continental
Hall. Refreshments were served.
Livingston Manor Chapter, ID. A. r..
held its current meeting at the home
of Mrs. Norman, 1861 California street.
A paper entitled Lydia Darrah" was
read by Mrs. Casanova. Mrs. Rams
burgh led the discussion. Mrs. Minor
sang. Owing to the illness Of the re-
gent, Mrs. Brown. the vice regent, Mrs.
Mcintosh. presided.
were present. Refreshments were
served by the hostess. assisted by Mrs.
Hill and Mrs. Ray.
F. w. C-Mrs. Augustus knight.
chairman of the department Of art of
the District Federation Of Women's
Clubs, gave the first talk of series
on Famous Groups of Greek Sculp-
residence. in the Kenesaw. The sub
poets were 1.-The Discobalus, or Quot
Players" The Sleeping Ariadne" and
the "Niobe" groups. An audience rep
trict federation was in attendance.
These classical talks will be continued
during January on Wednesdays at 2
pm, the next subjects to be: venus
and Her Numerous Symbols. the Lao
coon" and the "Farnese Bull groups.
All clubwomen interested in art are
cordially invited.
The Petworth Woman's Club held a
reception Monday evening at the wal
lace Memorial Presbyterian Church In
the receiving line were Mrs. g. W. NOR
ton, Mrs. Sidney c. Thompson, Mrs NJ.
w. Knowlton. Mrs. w. H. Criswell'
Mrs Emma G. Hanks. Mrs. Lyster H.
Taylor, Mrs Hubert Overstreet and
Mrs. Clara " Sullivan. The hall was
decorated with evergreens and flowers
and the Fincke1 orchestra played.
Miss Anderson and Mrs. Preston.
reading by Mrs. Brimley, vocal solos
by Miss Ida O'Neal, Mrs. John Nc
Mechan and Mr.. Hardebeck, and sew
eral numbers by the club chorus Lat
er refreshments were served.
The Mount Pleasant Young Peoples
Branch. w. G. r. u. met Tuesday even
ing at the home of the Misses Earring
ton The president. Miss Edgar. pre-
sided. and appointed Miss Tingley and
Mr. Lancaster to act as secretaries In
stead of Secretary Farmer, who suf-
fered an injury to his shoulder. Re-
ports of superintendents of various de-
partments showed excellent work done.
Mothers' day was recognized by the
branch; Miss Heap, red letter day su-
read extracts from the life
OF Frances e. Willard. A paper prepared
by Miss Tingley on The Analysis OF
Wine" was read by Miss Vincent. Miss
Edgar read excerpts from the ADDRESS
of Anna A. Gordon. president of the
National w. C. T. u. before the forty
third annual convention. Indianapolis
in November. Mrs. Taylor. secretary