Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-09

Mrs. w. J. Ethel. s1ss 18th street
northwest.
Deborah Knapp Chapter, ID. A. R..
held a special meeting January 81 at
the home Of the treasurer. Mrs.
Leeds regent. presided 1t was
unanimously voted to tndorse the
candidacy of Mrs. George s. Minor
for president general. Members ac-
cepted the invitation to the reception
in honor of Mrs. Guernsey. presi-
dent general. TO be given the same
week Mrs. Dickson was appointed
chairman of committee to report
On plans of other organizations 1or
Americanizing foreign-born reside nus;
The regular meeting Will De neio
Tuesday with the regent at Wardman
Courts South.
The Columbian Women of George
Washington University viii meet
Tuesday, at o'clock, at the Coiieee
Women's Club. 1892 street Mrs.
Charles Herbert Stockton Will De
hostess. assisted by Mrs. Edwin Al
liston Hill. Mrs. George NJ Young
Mrs George p Merrill and MIS-.
Mitchell Carroll. The business ses-
sion will be at 4:30 and the program
at s. BY courtesy of the Frenoh hign
commission. Lieut.. La Bat of the com
of the war which he has seen.
The Excelsior Literary Club was
entertained Friday evening IN the
home of DIR. and Mrs. Henry Churchili
Cook. at 1925 Calvert street. LIT:
Cook--now Capt. Cook--has returned
from military duty at Camp Green
leaf Fort Oglethorpe. Ga. 1t Is NOT
at all unlikely that he may be sent
soon overseas for duty in France.
sail for France he was taken down
with influenza. followed by pneu-
monia, after he had worked night
and day caring for hundreds of his
afflicted men, and his company was
compelled to sail without him.
A musical and literary program
featured the evenings entertainment.
NJ. J. Frear delighted his audience
with his rendition of the song. THE
Happy Old Man" Mr.. and Mrs Frear,
who are the parents of Representa-
tive ]. A. Frear of Wisconsin. also
own composition and arrangement
and Mr.. Frear gave recitation.
Mrs Inez Seymour Milton sang La
Paloma." the Hawaiian Farewell
and a song of her own composition,
Jane" She also recited and gave
a piano solo of her own composition.
The speaker OF the evening was DR..
Anna d. Peck. wife of Surgeon A. K.
Peck. U. s. n. Mrs. Peck, in con-
nection with her husbands duties,
has spent much time in the Philip
pines and other tropical regions; the
last eighteen years she has lived on
the Island of Guam, and her talk
described the life. customs and hab-
it's of Guam's population, consisting
of 1J6 white and about $1,000 Malays.
or negroes. Others who contributed
to the evenings entertainment were
Miss Beatrice Bulla, a graduate of
yassar, who rendered two piano solos,
and Mrs. Ashton Todd, who recited.
Among club members present were
Mrs. Marie Mills O'Keefe. president;
Mrs. Julia widows Webb. Mrs. j. L
Mccreery, Miss Flora McCreery, Mrs.
Lydia Adams Williams, Mrs. J.. w.
Bulla, Mrs. Arabella Alexander. Mrs.
Matte Queen Ewing. Mrs: NJ. ]. Frear
and Mrs. Inez Gravatt. Other guests
included Miss NJ. E. Mayher. sister Of
the hostess; Mrs. N. F. stevens, Miss
Ethel Christie OF Toronto, who is
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Frear; Mrs.
John Willis, R H. Gravatt, Miss Jen-
ME T. Gates of Richmond and Mrs.
F. W. Won Dachenhausen. Refresh
ments were served.
The Culture Club met Tuesday at the
home of Mrs j. Ramsay hewitt.
After luncheon the club listened to
papers by Mrs. Wilkinson, Mrs. Sholes
and Mrs. Taylor on Society in the
Heroic Age" 1.-THE Lawgivers'' and
THE Religion of the Creeks" There
5000 ei.~hteen members and four