Evening star. [volume], June 13, 1920, Page 10, Image 42

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AMONG If HUBS.
THe l f?cuf of Amerlean Pen W??
e?, at a business m^tinc hold Mon
dav evening:, decided to open a ''coffee
hoysf" in connection with the club,
to known as "The Hoot of the
Owl." Mrs. Lacker, incoming tren?
urtr. announced that thf ledger and
card s\ st* ins are belli* installed to
take care of the business of the club
An adjourned meeting of th*- board
was railed for tomorrow niprbt. when
O?o president. Mis Du Puy, will con
Cider iri'iwTvMnt issues.
The Kmerncn StnHr <In?? at its!
hu'sinrss me. tln.sr hold Wednesday at
the Piiblic library elected officers. as
follows: President. Mrs. Runyun.
vice president. Mrs. Anderson: secre
tary and treasurer. Mrs. Walter, and
parliamentarian. Mrs. Atkinson.
rnnortli Woman'* f'lab.?Good
fellowship marked the annual meet
ing" ft?d banquet Monday oveninp? in
the rVtworth Methodist I'hur.-h. An
nual-reports were read by officer.'3 and
chairman of standing committees. At
the banquet ninety-three members
were seared with Mrs. Howard i-.
Hodjrk:ns. president of the District of
Columbia Federation of Women s
Clulb?/: and Mrs. Ellis Logan as guests
of hmtnr. The invocation, sung by a
qua?rt*t consisting of Mrs. J. 1>. Carr.
Mrss>-Griffith Kvana, Mrs. K. P. Cris
well and Mrs. K. G. Hardebeck. witn
Miss Whitney acromnanift. was fol
lowed by Mrs. H. D. Hill in a tribute
to members who have passed away?
Mr*. Etta McL^od. Mrs. Mary Runkel.
Airs. Charles I>adson and Mrs. Maud
Radley. A feature was the presenta
tion of a bar pin from the club mem- j
bers to Mrs. Gutelius. the retiring ?
president, who has completed her sec- .
ond year. Mrs. Norcross made th?* |
presentation arid was in turn sur- J
prised b\ being presented with
flowers.
Miss T">errocracy. Mr. G. O. P. and
Teddy Hear arrived a t**iflo la to. but
their "Favorite Sons" tableaux w. re
none the less effective, and. wiih the
the original limericks recited by Mrs.
Helen P. Morris, created much merri
ment. The program ended by the
singing of "Auld Lane Svne." with a
toast to the motto of the club. "Har
monx and Good fellow ship."
New officers are: President Mrs
Mabel Winkelhaus: vice president
Mrs. Edward B Kuss: recording sec
retary. Mrs. X V. Pattie <re-elected):
corresponding secretary. Mrs. Gilbert
J. Jackson (re-elected): treasurer
Mrs. Georgia J. Johnson: custodian
Mrs. H J. F. McElroy: delegate to
Federation of Women's Clubs. Mrs
Grace Knox.
Committee chairmen?Hospitality
Mrs. T. S. Tincher; civic. Mrs. L. O
Cook; liteYary. Mrs. Edith B. Crum
mugic. Miss A. I . Whitr.ey: educa
tional. Mrs. T. Fielding Burton: home.
Mrs. Ivan Richwine; art. Mrs. L. 'i
Jones: philanthropic. Mrs. H. 1! Nor
ton^ year book. Mrs. Kstelie B
Schwartz; carnival. Mrs. E. B. Itus.v
Wendell Wolfe < haiitcf, U. A. R..
held its last meeting for the season
Thursdav at the home of Mrs. Alfred
Bailev. Rladensburg. Assisting were
the Misses Shipley and Miss Mary 1.
Botorff. A picnic supper was served
on the lawn Following the supper
a short business session was held,
presided over bv the regent. Miss
Bertha Frances Wolfe. The chapter
was appropriated a sum toward the
J5.?nn Sarah Elizabeth Guernsey
scholarshii in the Americanization
College, at Springfield. Mass. The
chapter will take up the Constitution
of the I'nited States for study next
year and continue its work on Amer
icanization.
Montgomery County Federation of
Women'* Club*.?The committee for
the women's department, appointed by
Mrs. George V. Chandler, president
of the federation* to take charge of
th? exhibits at the county fair August
31. September 1, 2 and 3. has. under
the directors of the Agricultural So
ciety. completed its part of the re
vision of the premium list. This com
mittee consists of Mrs. James H.
Jones. Mrs. Laurence Allnutt, Mrs. C.
L. Gilpin and Mrs. George V. Chand
ler, with Perrie E. Waters as director
in charge.
Chairmen of the different depart
ments of women's work are being ap
?ointed from sections of the county.
ater the judges will be appointed.
The CoL Juin Mr Call Chapter, D.
A. B? closed Its season Monday even
ing at the home of the regent. Mrs.
R. B. Meacham. Other officers of the
chapter are: Mrs. Ella Royal Wil
liams. rice regent: Miss Ophelia Ker
by. corresponding secretaiy; Miss Mil
dre4 J. Ross, secretary: Mrs. Jessie
Halleck Wultke. treasurer: registrar,
Mtsl Maud Prescott: historian. Mrs.
Anna S. Hamilton; chaplain. Mrs. Llt
ti? Alvls Snyder. Officers made re
ports and gave talks concerning the
Americanization of foreign children,
which is the special work of the
chapter.
Abigail Hartman Rlec Chapter. D.
A. R.. held its first summer meeting
Monday evening at the home of Mrs.
Offutt. 511S Wisconsin avenue. Chevy
Cha*e, n. C. The following commit
tees wero appointed for the ensuing
year: Advisory, chairman. Mrs. Clay
ton E. Emig: Mrs. H. B. Gauss and
Mrs. B. S. Gantz; membership, chair
man. Miss Grace Sieber; Mrs. W. P.
Doing. Jr.. and Miss Virginia Price;
Americanization, chairman. Mrs. H. B.
Gauss; visiting. chairman. Mrs. Doug
las Home: Miss Helen Decker. Miss
Minetla Hyde and Miss M. Winn;
printing, chairman. Miss Ethel John
son, Misses b\ Ellory and D. Hill; pro
gram. chairman. Mrs. Trenls; Misses
P Slaughter. E. Brlggs. M. Ellory. F.
Clairmont and Miss Tavenner. After
the meeting there was dancing. The
hostesses were Mrs. B. S. Gantz and
Mrs. Trenls.
The College Women'* Club. 1822 I
?treet, will give a card party Satur
day afternoon with Mrs. Howard
k'ichols and Mrs. Joseph Vir'?le In
charge.
The Kmemon Clnb met Wednesday
in the Public Library. Mrs. Clopton.
a teacher in the University of Texas
and honorary member of the club,
spoke of her work in the university.
At the annual election of officers the
following were named: Mrs. Lee
Punyan. president; Mrs. Minerva An
Herson. vice president; Mrs. David
Walton, secretary; Mre. Joe Atkinson,
parliamentarian.
Secret of Success.
From the Ro?ton Transcript.
Thin Man?M don't see how you
fared so well at that boarding house.
1 have ind'istri0us;v courted the land
lady and her daughter and yet I'm
half starved
Fat Man?I courted the cook.
The Higlier Compensation.
From the B"r<1er Cities Star.
There is a shortage of 38,000 school
teachers in the Cnited States. That, of
course, is the inevitable result of so
many good teachers resigning to be
come janitors.
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At the Telephone By Edmond Jaloux.
by
ants
TranMateri from the Frrnrh
William L. Mrl'hrmon.
KTOt'RN'El'R.some one war
I you on the telephone."
I . The young man addressed
was busy at his d'sk. He
uot up reluctantly and went into the
booth.
"Hello! Hello!" said a woman's
voice.
"Are you M. Henri L^tourneur?"
"Yes. madam. With whom have I
the honor of speaking?"
"With Diane de Poitiers! 1 wanted
to thank you. monsieur, for your e\
pressions of high regard for me and
to tell you "
Hut I.etourneur cut her off. He was
furious. He thought he was being
made the victim of a practical joke.
It was only after he was seated
again at his desk that an idea of
another sort flashed through his mind
and he began to wonder whether this
strange telephone call might not be
the beginning of a thrilling adven
I ture.
M. Henri Ivetourneur was a poet not
very well khown as vet. His lack
of income constrained him to accept
a modest clerkship in the ministry of
public instruction. (He had recently
i issued a volume of poetry, entitled
' "The White Parasol." in which a
series of sonnets depicted the ex
I alted and purely imaginary devotion
of the author to some of the famous
beauties of history. Was it possible
that his book had fallen into the hands
of an appreciative and enthusiastic
reader'.' Then he became skeptical
again and suspected a trick on the
part of some of his colleagues or of
the typewriter girl employed in the
offlre. He resolved to ignore the in
cident. The next day he had almost
forgotten it. But three days later
he was called up again. This time j
he stepped eagerly into the booth.
The mysterious voice said:
"I am Queen Nitagrit. generally
called Nitokris. T am speaking to
you from the banks of the Nile. Three i
' palm trees stand guard before me.
My psehent weighs on my head like
a telephone girl's receiving appa
ratus. No matter. I am proud to be
I so far from dead that a Parisian of
the twentieth century still remem
bers me and condescends to express
sentiments regarding me which are
almost amorous."
"My queen," cried the excited Le
i tourneur, "haven't you another name
i now?"
"But I tell you that T am Queen
N'itagrit. widow of King Menthesoupis
of the sixth dynasty."
"Where do you live?"
"You know already. In a pyramid
at Gizeh.. in the heart of a sarcopha
gus of blue basalt."
"Where could T see you?"
"You will meet me later, when you
have appeared in your turn before
the tribunal of Osiris, in the Hall of
Truth and Justice."
The voice died away, leaving T^e
tourneur equally surprised and puz
zled. This time he couldn't suspect
any of his fellow clerks or Mile. Clav
iere. the typist. He knew that nobody
in the ministry of public instruction
was eruddlte enough to carry on such
a conversation. He had a reader and
admirer! But who was she? He had
few acquaintances in Paris, having
come from the provinces. Doubtless
his caller on the telephone was young:,
since she loved poetry. Was she
pretty? He couldn't imagine her any
thing else.
In spite of himself he visualized her
In the form of an Kgyptian princess,
dark, delicate in feature, with a little
curved nose and wide, half-open eyes
full of languorous warmth and dreamy
melancholy.
In the spring evenings he wandered
the streets. His spirits were liigh. his
heart was Joyous. He a'ready antici- '
pated the most beautiful experiences.
In his lonely life this intervention
took on a sort of fabulous character.
"Diane de Poitiers: Nitokris!" he
repeated to himself as *ie walked
along. "What appealing names! The
woman who masks herself beKlnd
such charming characters must be !
very beautiful."
For a week he waited In vain for
another call. He jumped every time >
the telephone bell rang. Then, when
he was beginning to despair, his un
known again summoned him.
"Why did you leave me so long
without a word from you?" L.etour
neur cried, already unfortunate.
"To make you miss me."
"There was no need of that. For mail a biff photograph of Mrs. Sid
! seven days, O my queen, I have don* dons, from the painting by t;ainsb<>r
nothing but think of you." ough. And such was I^tourneur's in
j "I am not your queen today." fatuatlon that he jumped to thf con
"What are you?" * elusion that she had selected this pic
j "I am Delilah, and if you are too im- ' ture because it was in some respects
j patient I will laugh at you and cut j a counterpart of her own.
' your Ion* locks, as I did Samson s. from that point on Henri l^etour
For I am sure you wear your hair neur fen madlv In love with his un
l very lonK. like the true poet you are " known. He lived for the precious
i I-.etourneur talked for a quarter of'mjnutes Gf conversation with her
! an hour with the false Delilah, hut ! over the telephone. He dreamed of
couldn't (jet any information from her | exouisite pleasure in store for
1 about herself. She was unwilling to . h|m when she should consent to mcei
give him her name or address, and'him. Which of the heroines which
refused any kind of a rendezvous. ]ialj incarnated was most like her~
Thereafter, two or three times a Was sho a brunette, with eye" of
week, he received mysterious visita- brownish gold? Or was she a blond,
tions. Sometimes his interlocutor bor- w)?h eyes as blue green as th* sea?
rowed the personalities she had al- yet, however ardently he Implored
ready used in speaking to him. At her. she never would grant him n
other times she pretended that she meeting. Months passed. He ate
was Salome, I-ucrezia Borgia. Julie de out his heart In impatience and d?
Lespinasse or th? Princesse de Lam- spair. He was weighed down by the
balle. Whenever she .assumed a new hopelessness of his Impossible pas
name she added historical details sion.
which indicated.Hf not a genuine eru- one evening he was sitting !n a
dltion. at least a wide and intelligent . cafe with some comrades, young poets
course of reading. like himself One of them, Aime Ito
He repeatedly begged her to send z?-v? suddenly exclaimed.
him her picture, if she wouldn't grant "You can't Imagine what an e*
him an Interview. She finally agreed. ' traordinary conversation I overheard
But three days later he received by yesterday over the telephone. 1 was
inn booth and 1 overheard a woman's
voice in the neighboring compartment "
saying: 'Today it is Marie St Ufappffrho ~
is calling you. Chasteiard z
and through my fault I artijpfoim* ??
to try to cpnsoie myself with yjfti. m/ Z
friend, my living: love/ I ?
whether I was dreaming, or tw| out ~
j of my senses. So I waited to Wk* my?
| neighbor come out."
"And you saw a young woman, vprv :
| blond, as beautiful as a qu-en " cried *
Letourneur. trembling; with ?motion ~
Aime Rozoy hurst into a laugfy ?
"I saw a little old womad.'/^vith
white h;:ir, wearing a shat?%>( <T?at. r*.
She looked like a school teacher c^r.
teel but poverty stricken.'
Then be added, not noting: f-jrtwir
neur's confusion:
"She was crack-brained, no doubt." 13
tt'ojiy right, 19-0.) '
Midnight Gratitude.
From thn Ronton Transcript.
"1 understand that you have cu? 1]
J yourself of insomnia."
j "Yes. completely "
"It must be a great relief."
?"Relief! \ should sa y s<?. Why, <
lie awake half the night thinkim
i how 1 used to suffer from it."
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that
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6 New Styles in Women's
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Unexpected Sale of
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Values
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When My Baby
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Was There Ever a
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How Sorry You'll Be
Seventh at F
Used Columbia, $89,
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