Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-29
AMONG THE CLUBS

| The Twentieth Century Club will
meet Thursday at 1890 for it's OPEN
| ing session at All Souls Church, 14th
and L streets.
| Frank H. Briggs will speak at II
! o'clock. His subject will be Porto
Rico.
The District Congress OF Mothers
! has considered plans for the welfare
and protection of girls who come to
Washington as war workers for the
| government. The congress believes
that the best solution to the problem
| would be the suggestion that these
! war workers." both girls and young
men. should come under the entire SUI
pervision of the government; that
they should be housed. fed and
clothed. wearing a uniform, and with
pay regulated accordingly.
The Washington Readers' Club held
it's first meeting for the season Tues
day evening with Maurice Jarvis, vice
president. Miss Kate Curry read a
paper on 1.-The Place of the Reader in
which papers were followed by four
minute talks on the same subject by
Mrs. Grace Ross Chamberlin, w. H.
Saunders and others.
w. H. Saunders told of some of his
experiences when he and Senator
Fletcher were marooned abroad at the
beginning of the world war.
Miss Blanche Levy read an Irish
sketch. Miss Ada Townsend contrib
uted an original poem. 1.-The Service
Flag" and cover There and Over
Here; Mrs. Edith Hamilton read an
and Mrs. Mary R. Dickens recited a
humorous selection.
War workers of Washington who
can present, with references creden-
tials from an accredited school of ex-
preston or from the press that they
or readers are welcome to member
ship privileges. A letter of inquiry
will be promptly answered if ad-
dressed to any of the following Off
GERS of the club at 1922 I street: Miss
Kate S. Curry, president: Maurice
Jarvis, vice PRESIDENT; Fred Barbour
treasurer; Mrs. Gertrude G. Mustain,
recording secretary. or Claence Reub-
sam, corresponding secretary.
the first meeting of its fiscal year
Monday evening at the residence of
Mrs. Theo. T. Moore. So R street, with
large attendance. Officers were re.
elected, as follows: Mrs. B. A. Line
back, president; Mrs. T. T. Moore, vice
pfeSlueHt, MIS- "A. w. TeCOTu-
ing secretary: Mrs. Helen B. Hall. cor
responding secretary: Mrs. Emily
Gottwals, treasurer. and Mrs. +. r.
Jones, assistant treasurer.
The tellers for the election were:
Mrs. E. Patton, Miss Mary Henderson
and Miss Edna Reid. One new men,
Der was received.
The Excelsior Literary Club will
hold its first meeting of the season
Tuesday. at 2 pm, at the home of
Mrs. Mills O'keefe, Hyattsville, Md.
The Lanham Study Club Of Prince
Georges county. Md. held its Septem-
Der meeting at the home of Mrs. Carl
Scofield. The business session dealt
the difficulty of obtaining school
teachers, both Lanham schools being
thus far without teachers. The pro-
gram of the day was devoted to the
relation of France and Germany to
Alsace-Lorraine.
The District ID. A. r. Red Cross
Auxiliary will meet every Wednesday
at 1 o'clock in the Memorial Cont
mental Hall.
The Mount Pleasant w. c. #. U. held
its first meeting of the season Tues
day in the new home of Mrs. A. Q.
Tingley. 1901 Hamilton street. An
intendents as follows: Mrs. A. B.
Carly. flower mission: Mrs. S. B. Ha-
den. Loyal Temperance Legion; Mrs.
J. NJ. Wolcott, red letter days: Mrs.
I. D. Clark. PRESIDENT: Mrs: N; c.
Bennett, treasurer; Mrs. Q. NJ. McPher-
son, corresponding secretary. and
Mrs. James A. Edgar. president.
Chaplin Union held it's initial meet
ing Wednesday evening at W. c. T.
u. headquarters and elected officers
for the coming year. Mrs. st. Clair
was elected president for the fifth
term; Mrs. Theresa Williams was
elected vice president; Mrs. Bella
TRULY, corresponding secretary; Mrs.
Sally Grant Gates, recording secre-
tary; Mrs. A. A. Maxim, chaplain;