Evening Star Newspaper, February 26, 1928, Page 45

AY CLUB WOMEN OF THE NATION Democratic Women to Hold Annual Meeting—Women's Organ- izations Confer About Needs of Federal Industrial Insti- tution for Women—Pen Women Name Chairmen. BY CORINNE FRAZIER. fifth annual meeting of the ‘Women's National Democratic Club will be held at the New Hampshire avenue clubhouse on Wednesday, February 20. Luncheon will be served at the club- house. followed by & business meeting | in the afternoon. Officers for the coming vear will be | elected at the business session. The outgoing and_incoming presidents will visit the tomb of Woodrow Wilson at $§ o'clock in the afternoon, placing a wreath there in the name of the club. Mrs. Emily Newell Blair will be the principal speaker at the dinner which will be held at the clubhouse in the evening. ® % % X TH: need for a chapter for the Federal Industrial Institution for Women, | which has been established by Congress at Alderson, W. Va. and ways and means of securing it. were discussed | &t a conference recently held at the, headquarters of the General Federa- tion of Women's Clubs in Washington. the president, Mrs. John D. Sherman, presiding. Thirty national organizations of ‘women were represented at the confer- ence and there were also present Father Burke, representing the Catholic bishop of Wheeling, W. Va.; Dr. Darby of the Federal Council of Churches, and Dr. Dufficld of the Presbyterian board of home missions. Approval has been given the movement by Bishop Murray and Bishop Freeman of the Episcopal Church and Dr. Morris Harris of the Jewish Board of Guardians. In a resolution adopted attention was called to the fact that representatives of the group which sponsored the estab- lishing of there is a great need for special em- phasis upon the spiritual rehabilitation of tne inmates. It was further agrced that the representatives of the organi- zation present should submit to their boards of directors the plan for a com- mittee representing all the organiza- tions which should endeavor to raise the funds necessary for the chapel, in small sums from many hundreds of .the vespers at the citizens. The work of tho committee will be guided by: Chairman, Mrs. Wel- ter McNab Miller; secreta: liss Juiia K. Jaffray; treasurer, M tto Witt- penn. * X ¥ % o AT Do Women's Clubs Do?" is the title of an article by Mrs. | John Dickinson Sherman, president of the General Federation of Women's Clubs. appearing in the March issue of Scribner’s Magazine. The more than 2.000,000 members of the organizaticn | are interested in this recital of the| influence of the woman's club on com- munity life generally and of specific cases of remarkable accomplishment authors’ breakfast, of which latter function she is chairman. {named by the national president and | chairman of the | ratified by the national board, list including: Dr. Mary Meek Atkeson, | erton Du Puy, national chairman | national second vice president, who is | authors' copyright committee, who is | chairman of the by-laws revision com- | chairman of paves for the authors' mittee; Miss Florence E. Ward, na-|breakfast: Mrs. John Mock, chairman tional auditor, who is chairman of the of hospitality; Mrs. Gertrude M. Roh- temporary nominating committee; Miss | rer, national chairman of music, and Jean Stephenson, national registrar, Mrs. Peggy Albion, national chairman patronesses for who will have charge of the registra- and vice chairman of music for the/ tion of delegates and verification of | league, who will be in charge of the i their credentials prior to the seating musical programs to be presented. (of the delegates in convention; Mrs. | ¥ ok ok % Daniel C. Chance, national treasurer, vho s treasurer of the authors' break- el et vt secretary of the Home Economics of resolutions for the convention; Mrs. ! Theodore Tiller, national chairman of | Some convention chairmen have been | the ways and means committee, who is this | authors’ breakfast; Mrs. Willlam Ath-: 1SS ALICE EDWARDS, ekecutive STAR. WASHINGTON. ' Wed in New York | | MRS. PATRICK JOS D. C. FEBRUARY 26, 1928—PART 3. The Glove Parts ‘Washable slip-on style of suede. J New arrivals in beige tones. $3.50 pair. A FASHION INSTITUTION | Washington \ ewYork The Bag A trout calf in choice of Spring shades and many styles. $7.50 and $10. Spring Dress Modes for Madame! fast and chairman of publicity; Dr. A. Maris Boggs, president of the Dis- trict of Columbia branch of the League of American Pen Women, who is chairman of convention arrangements: Mrs. Jesse W. Nicholson, national chairman of printing, who will have charge of the printing for the authors’ breakfast and the convention; Mrs. Homer Hoch, State vice president for | Association, has been visiting Home | Before her marriage in St. Patrick's | | Economics Associations and depart- | Cathedral, New York, February 6, was | Iments in Nova Scotia, Maine and Mrs. Mary McMillan Bowman. night. She was in Boston February |24 and 25 for the Home Economics Conference held under the auspices of the American Education Association, in connection with the meetings of the “Massfichuselu during _the past fort- | the institution agree that| ,leader. «The program will be given by | Weike, first violin: Seymore Resenberg, | | second violin: Spencer Prentiss, | who is director of the quartet, as well " |as of the university orchestra, will give | The five Girl Reserve Clubs at the Kansas, who is chairman of the League | division _superintendents of the Na- Congress, at which programs sponsored | tional Education Association. by the various branches throughout| Miss Helen Atwater, editor of the the country will be presented: Mrs.|Journal of Home Economics, will be E. C. Leatherwood. State vice president one of the spbeakers at the luncheon for Utah, chairman of the reception of the Educational Press Association of committee: Mrs. G. G. White, national | America to be held at the University chairman of membership. who is chair- | Club of Boston on February 28. maa of the housing committee, and Miss Atwater also will attend the who is in charge of reservations for meeting of the Association of Deans of out-of-town delegates; Mrs. William | Womer: in Boston on February 29. Wolff Smith, national chairman of She will return to Washington about motion pictures, who will be chairman | March 4. [the following officers were elected: | President, Evelyn Walker; vice presi- dent, Margaret Cocker; secretal { Y. W. C. A, i | Audrey Day: treasurer, Anna Turve Marian Woodend: | & | music chairman, The regular twilight music and at|hobby chairman, Dorothy Pierce; social home hour will be held at the ¥. W.|chairman, Helen Cornwell; social serv- !C. A, Seventcenth and K streets, inijce chairman, Margarct Kirby, and Barker Hall. at 4 pm. this afternoon. | council representative, Mae Harding. Miss Alice Dickinson, assisted by Miss| The Adelphi Girl Reserve Club of Florence Dunlap of the staff. will be western High School will have a party the hostess. Visitors are cordially in-|in room 117 at the school at 2:45 to- \-n_:_?‘ to l“filfld& - A\ t‘mr,u'rmr afternoon. ere Wi a musical service t{ o, qyesday afférnoon the clubs of Elizabeth Somers | colympia and Powell Junior High Residence this afternoon at 5:30, when | pm. at the i | Schools will meet at 2 Miss- Katherine Erwin will be the| ool At 3 pm. the club at Langley = ' | Junior High School will have a social Washington URiversity | corvice ‘meeting at the school. The Macfarland girls will have a_hobby meeting, and the Lealatad Club of | Business High School will devote the | entire meeting to try-outs for the Girl | Rescrve operetta. the George String Quartet. composed of Herman cello; Paul Gropp, viola. Mr. Gropp of the German department of the university, 5 1 Sers | Dennison Vocational School for Girls e ouam will be Havdn | Will have & party in the Girl Reserve quartet. two movements from a Schu- Clubrooms on Wednesday at 2:15, and bert quartet, allegro and endante, and | the club recently organized at the Fill- | two negro spirituals, The public is in- | more School will visit the Y. W. C. A | vited to attend this service. b | building for the first time and have a During the week of April 14-20 dele- | Party in the Girl Reserve clubrooms. The Girl Reserve Club at Stuart Mrs Sherman says: Izates will gather from all over thel “‘What would be the loss to vour United States for the Tenth National Junior High School will have a social town if the woman's club ceased to Biennial Convention of the Y. W. C. A, |service meeting on Thursday afternoon exist?’ is a question I frequently ask [ to be held at that time in Sacramento, Tepresentative men in the different 'Calif. Because of the great distance towns I visit. The answers have been (only a small number of delegates will varied. but the tenor of them has been go from the Washington association, the same—that activities for commu- | but because of the unusual scenic ad- nity betterment would Jose leadership | vantages many besides the delegates or impetus. or cease altogether. are interested in joining the special “One man said. “The bottom would parties being planned for the conven- fall out of all our town imorovement tion. Those wishing information about work’: another said practically the there's any job that seems too much municate with the general administra- for our chamber of commerce to han- | tion office. dle. we get the woman's club t» tackle | The last of the series of iilustrated it, for thev can put over anything they | travel talks which Mrs. Charles Wood want to. has been giving at the Y. W. C. A. dur- Mrs. Sherman recently sought ing February will be held Wednesday through a questionnaire sel to the evening at 8:15 in Barker Hall. The thousands of clubs compesing the fed- ' subject this week will be a, Bali eration 1o assemble evidence and proof &nd Sumatra by Motor.” The pro- of the worthiness of the woman's club ceeds of the lectures will be used for movement. Clubs were asked to recite the benevolences of the League of the anv notable 2chievement of a civic. edu- Covenant. cational. legislative or welfare chi Among the outside organizations using acter which they had initiated or “put | the building the coming week are the over.” Records of enormous and re-|following: On Monday a dinner in markable accomplishments soon flooded Barker Hall by the Dickinson College Mrs. Sherman’s office, and from thesc Alumni Association, and in the morn- the has culled a few of the most strik- ing the third of the series of lectufes ing znd colorful. This she follows with: | for volunteer social workers under the “The ouestion, ‘What would be the auspices of the Council of Social Joss 1o the members of your club and | Agencies at 11 am.. on Tuesday the to the life of your community should Christian Endeavor Society of the Ver- your club cease to exist?’ was answered mont Avenue Christian Church will with painstaking conscientiousness. | have a dinner in Barker Hall, and the Occasionally some one else—the mayor. | executive committee of the Women's the superintendent of schools or the | Methodist Foreign Misslonary Societies head of the chamber of commerce—w2s | will meet on the third floor. There will b the tours offered both by way of the, same thirg and addsd. “You see, when Panama Canal and by rail may com- at the school. The Les Camarades Club of Eastern High School will have a hobby meeting at 2:45 and the Fidelis Gir] Reserve Club will discuss “What It Means to Me to Be a Girl Reserve.” On Friday the three clubs of Hine Junior High School will meet at 2:15. ‘Two clubs will meet at JefTerson Junior High at the same hour and the Bon Secour Club of Central High School and the’ Semper Fidelis Club of Tech will meet in the Girl Reserve Clud rooms at 3:15 pm. The six senior high school clubs will come together for supper in Barker Hall of the Y. W. C. A, Seventcenth and R streets. at 6 pm. The members of the Les Cam- arades Club of Eastern High School will be hostess. “College Night” will b observed with speakers from some of the Eastern colleges as guests. The girls will present a playlet entitied “Col- lege Days” All senior high school Girl Reserves are invited The four Saturday morning Girl Re- serve Clubs will meet at 10 o'clock in the Girl Reserve Ciub rooms for the regular program Industrial Department. ‘The luncheon committee of the in- | dustrial department, of which Mrs. Clif- ford Hurley is chairman, will serve | luncheon for the girls working at the Price-Wilhoite factory, Tuesday, Feb- | ruary 28. | On Wednesday evening the junior industrial section will entertain a new 10 answer beczusc the wome: did not like to say what a calamity the dissolution of their club would mean 10 _their town. “The general charaster of the an- swers, by both men and women. was, in the small towns, practically the same ~-that organized, co-operatd effort toward civic and community improve- ment would lcse impetus and leader- thip or stop altogether: in many cases ! that the library would cease to exist or the free Xkindergarten stop, tha! school work, such as health milk, hot lunches, etc.. find new sponsors, and that the social intercourse and stimulation from meet- ing and working with other women and men would be lost.” Pointing out the united eflort, Mrs. Bherman say home-equipment st recently com- pleted by the general federation would not have been possible without the co- operation of individual clubs, yet no one ciub or State could have either ini- tiated or carried out this gigantic u Gertaking. “Another project of the general fed- eration was the establishment of the Federal prison for women at Alderson, W. Va, a national achievement con- eeived and led by the federation and brought ¥ fulfillment by the club- women of the country “Jt can, through itz department head:, bring before the Btate feaer: tions and individual clubs, the resu of research. of study and of worr of the lesding men and women In the fields covered by the various dep ments The passage of the pure fond and druz unhesitatingly cre cientists most closely o Vs the nation-wide in- own efloris As long e have the desire they ne knowledge. welf-improve et Lhat can be had for Lheir children their Lomes and thelr comms 1 think there is not the stightest cb of our women’s clunk arlng v be mee through which vomen will seer L ends they £ us the vomen keep their and their aims pure, just w e women's clubs continue nd make thor influence felt througnon the oountry Comppared with iner fwlds of b the Clut movement shows & mintmum of fakiuee and & jung 1oll of successes e shex Jony fiouris 'ME gein Lot i the number of branches end i the sum el of $he membereily uf Uie National League o Ameri ¥er. Women during \he ietee Lhat Lhe blen- of e orgenization v v April 15, - @t the Wiliera Howl in U historie one of tnis e nstional Bersquartens of the leagie #7 pow lorated 101w periicularly it ting background for \nis ssecmblage of women Wilers, arlise 8nd composers The yelring presicent Mir Grace Thompeon SeOn. whose Lwo-year erm office wubmsticelly expiiee this April. will preside both st thie pession: of tne conventon eng et e snLUS be a luncheon of the Women's Home |BFOUP at supper in the cafeteria where nurses, | would have to| ! streets, at 5 | will ue and power of | Missionary Societies of the Methodist Church on Friday. and in the evening a meeting of the Ohio Girls' Club on the third floor at 8 pm. On Friday, also, the Wesley Methodist Sunday school teachers will give a dinner on the fourth floor. At Twentieth and B the Red Triangle Outing Club gave a din- ner dance last evening, and on next Saturday evening the Florence M ! Brown Bunday school class will give a dinner there The Camp Council will meet Satur- dey, March 3. at Seventeenth and K m. The councll members have dinner together after the meeting Miss Florence Dunlap, camp director, spoke before a meeting of the Women's | Auxillary of 8t Andrew's Episcopal Church last week. a special table has been reserved. The | supper party will be followed by bowl- ing at 7 o'clock. The industrial study group will meet {on Wednesday from 5 to 6 p.m. when there will be a presentation of the sit- uation in the Pennsylvania coal fields This meeting 1s open to the public | The Thursday Club will entertain its | friends at a Leap Year party on March {1. Helmi Kasanen is chairman of the |committee making arrangements for !the party. | Business and Prcfessional Women's Department. ‘Tomorrow at 8 pm. the International Club will mect In the assembly room on the fourth floor at Scventeenth and K streets. The special feature of the | evening will be a story, in pictures, of three of Ameriea’s most beautiful n Girl Reserve Department. | tional park reservations in the we ern part of the United Statcs. This At the Jast meeting of the Girl Re- club invites to its membership all young |serve Club of the Business High £chool ' business and professional women of Jelteffs A FASHION INSTITUTION w Now Tora Fur Scarfs £39.30 to $393.00 Extensive Selections! asnington | e | | foreign birth. It is a splendid oppor- tunity to get acquainted. Tuesday evening will mark the be- | | ginning of a Lenten serles for young | | business women, entitled “Three Great | Personalities.” Dr. Arthur D. Call, ex- | | ccutive secretary of the American Peace | | Society, will be the speaker of the eve- | ining, and will interpret the life and | | personality of St. Francis. Dr. Call| will speak at 7 p.m. in the assembly | room on the fourth floor. Any young | woman interested in the subject of the ! evening is cordially invited to be pres- ent. The Amicitia. Hitika, Premiere, Tip Top and Wohelo clubs will have supper, as usual, at 6:15. The Blue Triangle Club will hoid its | regular business meeting on Thursday at 7 pm. One of the main considera- | tions will be the election of delegates | 0 the Midwinter Eastern Regional | B. & P.” Conference, to be held at Wil- | mington, Del, March 24 and 25. Club | supper will be served at 6:30. i Education Department. Each Friday in March, at 5 pm., there will be a group meeting for the study of the life of Christ, using the | | book of Mark as a basis for the study. | | The method used will be as follows: | Facts will be gathered from the gospel account of the way in which Jesus met | | the problems of His day; principles will | ibe drawn from these and an attempt | | will be made to apply these principles | | to the problems which we face today.! There will be discussion by the class rather than a presentation by the { leader. No fee is charged for the course ! and those who wish to come are urged to be present for. the opening meeting on Friday. The association is co-operating in the support of Dr. Sizoo's Tuesday morning Lenten talks at the Mayflower | this year. All members and friends of the association are urged to attend ! from 11:30 to 12:30 each Tuesday. i | There will be a meeting of the edu- cation council Thursday. Supper is at 6 pm. and the business meeting fol- lows at 7 The second lecture in the series on “International Outlook.” by Drew Pear- ign editor of the United States v. will be an illustrated one on the Balkans, where Mr. Pearsor spent several ve: The hour of the meet- ing is Wednesday at 8 pm.. and men and women are welcome. Single tickets may be obtained for those who have not registered for the complete series. i _The reeular meeting of the Swim- ming Club will b next Thursday at 8 pm. The public {5 cordially invited to look on. | Chapters. There will be a meeting of Dupont Chapter at K streets tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock. when Mrs. Willlam Hamilton Bayly will relate some interesting for- eign experiences. Mount Pleacant Chapter will hold its regular monthly meeting at the home of Mrs. Charics Batemen, 1760 Euclid street. at 2 pm. Tuesd: The meet- ing will bs preceded by a luncheon. PRIZE THESES SOUGHT ON ENERGY OF SUN the | Seventeenth and 8500 Offered for Treatise on Source ! of Solar Energy—Contest | Open to Public. Correspondence of the Assactated Press. | NEW YORK.—A $500 prize for the ' best thesis on the source of the sun's energy is offered by A. Cressy Morrison | thraugh the New York Academy of Sclences. The competition s open Jo everybody. 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