Evening star., 1926-05-02

/ at central meeting place to be an
| nounced by the various leaders who
will have charge of the several groups
of students.
At the first meeting two weeks ago
CO persons attended, 20 of whom were
! school children between the ages of
, 10 and II. When at noon the several
groups met at the Mcclellan gate of
Arlington it was found that 76 differ
ent species of birds had been seen and
| identified. This result was beyond all
! expectations because of the fact that
the weather was cold and high wind
was blowing. A week ago IS persons
assembled for the trip to Dyke, Va,
the number of young people having in
| creased to 35. The crowd was broken
! up into small parties, which left the
car at different points along the way.
AT noon the groups came together at
the 'Old Srring" to eat lunch and to
| compare notes. 1t was found that sc
different species had been seen. The
weather was unusually warm and the
birds plentiful. On the two meetings
eight species of ducks were seen along
the river in addition to three species
of gulls, a green heron and bittern.
Ten species of the sparrow family had
arrived and the same number of the
warblers. The downy, the hairy and
the red-bellied woodpeckers were
among those present and in addition
to the best known and more familiar
species such as the robin, grackle,
meadowlark and bluebird were a bald
eagle, the Caroline chickadee, Mary
land yellow-throat, crested f1ycatcher.
blue-gray gnat-catcher belted king
fisher, the red-eyed and the solitary
vireo, woodthrush. brown thrusher
and hosts of others who revealed them
selves by flight and song to the bird
lovers.
The Capitol Hill History Club
Mrs. c. T. Mccoy and Miss Marion
Mccoy were April hostesses to the
club Wednesday at their home, 44IO
Sixteenth street.
After the social hour, during which
luncheon was served, business fol.
lowed, with the Endorsement of Mrs.
L. +. ROrke for treasurer of the Dis
trict of Columbia Federation of Wom-
ems Clubs. Mrs. l.. B. Stine, chairman
of forestry of the ID. c. +. w. c., re-
ported the Arbor day exercises, April
16, at which time the Capitol Hill
History Club planted and dedicated an
American elm in memory of Mrs. O.
Fl. Briggs, a charter member of the
were Mrs. G. Stafford, another charter
member, who spoke of the early his
tory of the club, followed by an in
spring talk by James Briggs, a son
of Mrs. Q. III. Briggs. who spoke feel |
ingly of his mothers faithfulness and
loyalty to the club.
The exercises took place on the |
Bladensburg road. where 65 trees were !
planted by the various clubs of the |
d. c. F. w. G.
Following the business session the |
study hour was devoted to Australas- |,
ian music by Mrs. G.. Willard followed !
with solos appropriate to the hour by |
Miss Marion Mccoy. The club will !
hold its next meeting at the home of |
Mrs. y. T.. Pitcher, United States Sol |
diers' Home.
The Susan Ii. Anthony Foundation |
will hold a meeting of the executive |
committee in the Shoreham Hotel |
Tuesday afternoon at 4:45 pm. There |
will be a card party for the benefit of |
the foundation at the home of Mrs. |
Mary Allen Adams. 1879 Massachusetts |
avenue. on the afternoon and evening |
of Friday. May Z. Reservation may |
be made by calling Mrs. Adams at her |
home.
The monthly program meeting was |
held in the ballroom of the Shoreham
Hotel last Tuesday evening, Mrs.
Clara O'Brien McCrone presiding.
Miss Jessie Da1 civil service commits |
sioner, and Joseph Anthony Atchinson.
sculptor, were the speakers. DR.
Alexander Henneman accompa MED
Maj. Charles Ferris, and Miss Edna
Jones in vocal selections
Among the new members admitted
were: Miss Jessie Dell, Mrs. Belle |
Freer, Mrs. L. n. Luney. Mrs. Will
liams and Mrs. Marian lie Land of |
Daytona, Fla.
The Concord Club gave a May
festival and dance last night in the |
Concord Club, 314 street Miss |
Lima Lyman was crowned May queen |
by Miss Gertrude Ruzika. symbolic |
ing the Spring. The queens at !
tendant was Miss Elsa Buehler and |
the ladies in waiting were Miss Elsie |
Alt. Miss Frieda Alt. Miss Alice |
Bruegger. Miss Paula Kessler. Miss |
Matte Meinhardt, Miss Lillian Oliver,
Miss Wilma Riedel, Miss Elizabeth |
Schreiber, Miss Anna Voelker and |
Miss Berta Wondrack. Miss Freda |
Ockershausen and Miss Carla Ockers- !
hansen, as sunbeams. ushered in the |
Dora Dipkins, Miss Henrietta Holz- |
ner, Miss Virginia Goodfellow and |
Elenora Jarvis were butterflies. Miss |
Ruzika interpreted a Spring song |
The pageant was directed by DR..
Margaret Eek. Decorations were by |
Arthur Fisher, August Holzner and |
Joseph Wondrack. The committee in !
charge consisted of Mrs. Ferdinand |
Bauer, Mrs. Jacob Bruegger. Mrs. !
Albert Buehler. Mrs. George Diener, |
Mrs. Alois Schlachter, Mrs. Alfred |;
Machler, Mrs. August Schmidt, Mrs. |
Amalie Lotto and Mrs. Nicholas !
Wiegand.
The WOman's Club of Chevy Chase. !
The members were entertained at !
the meeting April by Mrs. David S. !
CARL, who told of the four classes Of |
women in the Philippine Islands, !
among whom she had worked for five |
years; of their home life, their educa- !
tional work and their club work, and |
very vividly painted, by means of va |
riouS articles of clothing and many |
kinds of beads brought home from the |
islands, just how the men and women |
dressed: how the mothers do the hard |
work in the fields while the fathers, |
with the babes strapped to their |
backs. have games of base ball for |
An interesting afternoon of Russian !
music was given Friday under aus.
pices of the music section of the club
in the home of Mrs. Samuel l.. Jodidi
% West Irving street, followed by tea. !!
Assisting Mrs. Jodidi at the tea table |
were Mrs. r. S. Mcbride, Mrs. f. II. /
Russell and Miss Alice Broas. Those /
taking part in the program of music
by Tschaikowsky and Rachmaninoff I!
were Mrs r. S. Mcbride, Mrs. w. Rea |
Shaffer. Mrs. Stanley Wolfe, Mrs.
Raymond Hickey, Mrs. Jodidi, Mrs. T.
Raymond Dickey, Mrs. Alfred Walford