The Washington times., 1917-01-16
PAST AND FUTURE
CLUB ACTIVITIES
Meetings Held and Plans For.
muIated in the Club
World.

The Columbia Heights Art Club
met Thursday with Mrs. Augustus
Knight, at the Kenesaw, the presi-
dent, Mrs. wolhaupter, presiding. The
guest Of honor was Mrs. John H.
Stokes, of Freehold, N. J., a former
president.
Mrs. Fred Hopkins being absent
through illness, Mrs. F. d. Heisler
read her paper, 'Carnivals and cere-
monials" of Venice. Among the GUS
toms mentioned were the Marriage of
Venice and the Adriatic," the carnival,
the masked ball OF the carnival, the
regatta, the Christmas mass at st.
Marks, and the ceremonies at the
Maria Della Salute, the church estab-
lished in 1882 as q thank offering for
the cessation of the plague. Mrs. NJ.
J. Griffith spoke of the contrast Of
poverty and riches to be seen on q
fete day in Venice today
Mrs Anton Heitmuller gave 4 de-
scriptfon OF the interior of =. st.
Marks" dwelling on the wonderful
panels of marble. and floors and walls
of mosaic. Mrs. wolhaupter spoke
of the four spiral columns of alabas-
ter behind the high altar, said to have
come from the temple of King Solo
mon. Mrs. Engle explained the sig
nificance of the placing OF the three
figures, st. Mark the central figure,
st. Peter to the right, and Clement
Of Alexandria to the left, saying that
Peter was the foster father Of st.
Mark, and Clement was the first. Of
the apologfsts.
Read Smith Excerpts.
Roll call was answered by excerpts
from, and memories of, +. Hopkinson
Smith. Mrs. Logan mentioned his lee
ture before the Washington Society Of
the Fine Arts. Mrs. John d. Crois-
SAINT had, travelled up the Nile with
Mr.. Smith as one OF the party. Mrs.
Hamilton read from one of his books.
Mrs. F. Carl Smith mentioned that he
was an architectural engineer, a
painter, and a writer. Mrs. Ethel
and Mrs. Leeds told OF his love for
Venice. ...
After adjournment refreshments
were served in the dining room, q
gondola laden with flowers and steer
ed by a gondolier being the beautiful
centerpiece. Twenty-one members were
present. The guests were Mrs. c. R.
z. s. Fuller, Mrs. w. II. Howard, Mrs.
o. L. Taylor, Mrs. NJ. B. Tewkesbury,
Mrs. NJ. ]. Griffith, Mrs. Sam Hous-
ton Carr, Mrs. w, Grace NJ. Daish.
Mrs. John H. Stokes, and J. Edison
Briggs.
ID. A. u.
The. mid-winter guest meeting of
Wendell Wolfe Chapter was held on
Monday evening with Mrs. Ada Mills
Payne, 55 Rhode Island avenue north
west, with the regent, Miss Bertha
Wolfe, presiding, and more than forty
members and guests present. Miss
Thelma Mills Payne, Mrs. Ruth B.
Parker, Mrs. Ruth p. Barnard, Mrs.
| Paul v. Roundy, and Miss Lillian War
field, assisted the hostess. DR.. and
Mrs. GaIus N. Brumbaugh, Mrs. G. w.
w. Hanger, Mrs Mary st. Clair Black
burn, and Miss Mary r. Wilcox were
guests of honor.
/ An interesting account OF his
search for the old Meridian stones. OF
the District was given by DR.. Brum-
baugh, the speaker of the evening,
who illustrated his address by pic
lures of the stones. DR.. Brumbaugh's
talk was followed by a musical pro-
gram, which included a plano solo.
"Liebestraume, No. g." LisZt, by Miss
Geneva Wallace; vocal solos, villa
nelle," by Dell 'Acqua. Ever" and
'The Rose Give You," by Blschoff, by
Mrs. Deborah Hickman Lawson, ac-
companied by Miss Geneva Wallace,
and "The Hawaiian Farewell" and
la Paloma," by Mrs. Samuel Bur
leigh Milton, to her own accompafi-
ment on the guitar.
Following the musical program, re-
freshments were served, and the chap
ter adjourned to meet with Mrs. T. c.
Homiller, 131 Taylor street on Feb
ruary Is, instead OF the regular date,
which would have been February L..
Marcia Burns Chapter will meet to-
morrow with Mrs. F. c. Bryan, at 1921
Adams Mill road. Delegates will be
elected to the national convention to
be held here in April.
The January meeting of John Lind
say chapter. which is usually held on
the third Wednesday in the month,
was changed to the second Tuesday,
when it was held with the vice-reAent
Mrs. James Wright Clark, at 1915
Clifton street northwest.
|. Owing to illness in its membership,
Eugenia Washington chapter will not
hold it's regular meeting tomorrow.
but will substitute, therefor a dou-
BILE meeting, for this month and next,
on the first Wednesday in February,
with. the secretary, Mrs. Charles Z.
Brown, in Hall street, Georgetown.
U. ID. G.
Dixie Chapter, U. d. c., will hold a
reception in honor Of their newly el-
ected officers tomorrow afternoon
from 3 to o'clock in Confederate
Memorial Hall, 1922 Vermont avenue
northwest.
At 8 o'clock tomorrow evening the
first Of the u. d. c. series of Third
wednesday Dances" will be held.
POIIyanna Club.
The January meeting of the Polly
anna Club, No! l, will be held tomor-
row at the residence Cf Misses EN-
ma and Matilda Butler, 1855 U street
southeast.