Evening Star Newspaper, January 6, 1929, Page 35

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON. D. C. ‘JANUARY 6. =» 1929—PART CLUBWOMEN OF THE NATION General Federation Board Meets—Mrs. Specl Honored—"Key Homes" to Be Opened—Democratic Women to Give Benefit Bridge——Woman.s Part-y. BY CORINNE FRAZIER. ENERAL FEDERATION direc- tors from each State in the Union and from the District of Columbia are gathering today in Washington to attend the sami-annual meeting of the board of dlrectors slated to open tomorrow morn- ing at the N street headquarters. A wide range of subjects relative to tke work of the General Federation will be discussed by these leaders during the five-day session, in addition there will be speakers from several of the universi- ties and Government departments who will present their views of matters in which the organization is interested. Dr. Olin Templen, professor of phi- losophy and psychology at the Univer- sity of Kansas, will be one of the out- side speakers to address an evening ses- aion of the board. President Coolidge will receive the visiting clubwomen, and it is expscted that Mrs. Coolidge also will be at home to them. The outstanding social event of the week will be the reception which will be held at headquarters on the evening of January 8. Several hun- dred invitations have been extended for this. There will be a general discussion of the program for the council meeting to be held at Swampscott, Mass., the latter part of May. Mrs. John A. Frick, president of the Pennsylvania Federation, is chairman of the program committee for the biennial council meeting, and will make a_preliminary report on her program. She will ask for suggestions from the clubwomen in completing details. Ample time will be given the visitors %o visit Congress and the many other points of interest with which the Na- ton’s Capital abounds. It is expected that there will be about 100 present. ‘The Mayflower, three blocks from head- quarters, has been designated as the of- | fictal hotel, e T one of the most brilliant club o gatherings of the holiday season, Mrs. Virginia White Speel, General Fed- cration director, and retiring president of tht District of Columbia Federation of Women’s Clubs, was honored by her associates in the local group who ten- dered her a luncheon at the Roosevelt Hotel Saturday afternoon, December 29. More than 200 guests attended the af- fair, including many celebrities of na- ||l‘(’mal prominence in club and social e. | Mrs. Edgar B. Meritt, president of the District group, presided. Mrs. Ellis Logan gave the invocation and toasts were responded to by Mrs. John F. Sip- pel, general federation president; Mrs. Howard L. Hodgkins, Mrs. John W. Prizzell and Mrs. Speel. At the conclusion of the luncheon, Mrs. Wallace Streater, on behalf of the federation, presented Mrs. Speel with a silver vase, inscribed as follows: “Mrs. Virginia White Speel, from the District of Columbia Federation of Women's Clubs. December 29, 1928.” A program of music, under the direc- tion of Mrs. Arthur J. Seaton, was giv- ea by the following artists: Mrs. Rosa Pollio J'Arman, soprano soloist; ac- companist, Mrs. Elizabeth Gardner Coombs; Mrs. Rose Maxwell Dickey, violinist; accompanist, Mrs. J. Harry Cunningham, and piano selections by Mrs. Coombs. | ‘The guests at the speaker’s table in- | ejuded Mrs. John F. Sippel, president of the General Federation of Women's Clubs; Mrs. Virginia White Speel, Mrs. Louis C. Cramton, Mrs. Adam Wyant, | Mrs. Harry K. Daugherty, Mrs. W. W. | Husband, Mrs. Minnie Evans Keyes, | Mrs. John W. Frizzell, Mrs. Howard L. Hodgkins, Mrs. Ellis Logan, Miss Helen Cummings, Mrs. Edgar B. Meritt, Mrs. D. P. Penhallow, Miss Lena Hitchcock, Mrs. Wallace Streater, Miss Josephine Junkin, Mrs. Boyd Carpenter, Mrs. Wil- lism J. LaVarre and Mrs. Gertrude Bischoff. * ok k¥ TBE opening of “key homes” in every community, so called because in them will be found the keys that un- Jock the vast storehouse of accumulated knowledge about the infant, the child, the adult, their housing, their food, their clothing, their recreation, their health, their education, is the big new ject of the Department of the Amer- Home of the General Federation of Women's Clubs. Mrs. John D. Sherman, retiring presi- dent of the General Federation, and chairman of the American hcme de- | partment in the present administra- | tion, says of this nation-wide ac-| tivity: “The ideal ‘key home' will be a home eontrolled and supported by the col unity for all homemakers and grow- ing with the demands made upon it by ‘woman and man homemakers of the unity. It will represent the best ype of home that can be secured for & moderate sum in the specific com- unity. It will be furnished with the st taste possible. It will be equipped ip accordance with modern scientific standards. It will be staffed by ex- s in maternal and infant health, child psychology, in vocational home economics, in home recreation. It will be able to refer people to those who could give them the assistance rot yet available in the ‘key home.’ It will extend its influence through home extension agents into the parts of the city or country that could not be brought into personal contact with the home itself. It will have a base- ment auditorium, where parental edu- cation courses and all lectures and ex- hibits of interest to the adult man and woman homemakers will be held. In short, it will be the clearing house for educational thought on homemakers’ problems.” Mrs. Sherman urges the club leaders to seek the interest and co-operation of the educational, social, civic and business forces in making the .‘“key homes” real centers of information and inspiration for people of all ages, all interests and all stations of life. H California has the distinction of being | the first State to open a “key home.” ‘This “home,” located in Los Angeles, i3 founded for community betterment. stability of the American home and counsel without fee or obligation to those secking help with home problems —“Hoover ideals,” according to Mrs. J. ‘W. Robinsen, chairman. Problems of budgeting, guidance for the young wife, personal health, the problem child and situations found for the unemployed are but a few of the sarvices rendered. It is a service ac- tivity, and when those needing service are unable to visit the “key home” the experts go to them. Nothing is pro- moted and nothing is advertised, the sole aim being better American homes. * %k * h EMBERS of the bulletin commit- Y4 tee of the Woman’s National Dem- ocratic Club are sponsoring an open- house benefit bridge party, to be held at the clubhouse on New Hampshire ave- ! nue Tuesday afternoon and evening, | open to non-members as well as mem- | bers. Table reservations may be made | either through the club or through the committee, which is composed of Mrs. J. Borden Harriman, chairman; Mrs. Frank Hiram Snell, Miss Caroline Reil- v, Mrs. Alvin Dodd and Mrs. Edward eating. ‘The object of the affair is to raise funds to meet the campaign expenses of the official organ of the club, which has been distributed to thousands of voters. Prizes will be awarded. Tea will be served following the afternoon bridge and supper in the evening. odc & Tomorrow Dr. Stanley Hornbeck will ~y adress the Democyatic Womep at thelr | usual weekly forum luncheon. Dr. Horn- beck is chief of the division of Far Eastern affairs of the State Department and will speak on China. Mrs. Frank S. Bright will talk to the club on her visit to the League of | Nations sessions this past Summer, | after the Thursday evening dinner, which Is a feature of the weekly pro- gram at headquarters. PR Inez Hayes Irwin, the wife of Will Irwin, famous humorist, is being enter- tained extensively by feminists and other friends during her visit here in Washington with Miss Maud Younger | of the National Woman's Party. Mrs. Irwin is. a member of the National ‘Council of the Woman's Party from | New York and is an active worker in the group. She expects to aid the party with the legislative program on Capitol Hill during her stay here. NOTICE TO CONTRIBUTORS. Copy for this column must be received at The Star office not later than noon of the Thursday preceding the Sunday of publi- cation. Notices received after that time necessarily must be omitted. The co-operation of contributors is earnestly solicited, to the end that this column may be truly representative of your activities. The D. C. Fedcration of Women's Clubs—Mrs. Edgar B. Meritt presided | over the business meeting held at the Roosevelt Hotel, December 29. Reports were read by Mrs. A, B. Mc- | Manus, treasurer, and Mrs. Harvey | Wiley, recording secretary. Mrs. E\al Criswell, corresponding secretary, still continues ill. The federation subscribes to the “Bulletin” of the American Women's Club in Paris, which entitles qlub- women who go abroad the privileges | of the clubhouse. Mrs. May D. Lightfoot announced a celebration to be given at Poli’s Theater on February 22, 10:30 am. Mrs. Lightfoot asked that the fed- eration send its usual contribution to the Travelers' Aid until the community chest could begin to function. The federation went on record as ap- proving the planting plan for _the beautification of the city, indorsed by | Col. U. S. Grant. Mrs. Meritt announced the death of Mrs. James Willy, chairman of Ameri- can citizenship. Mrs. Howard Hodgkins read the reso- lutions drafted by the committee, com- posed of the following women: Mrs. W. W. Husband, Mrs. May D. Lightfoot, Mrs. Ernest Daniels, Mrs. Clyde B. Aitchison and Mrs. Hodgers. Mrs. James Tawney Willey shared her cifts rvml others, and the federation feels its | loss. The presence of Mrs. Redwood Van-| degrift, former chairman of library | extension, after a trip abroad, Wlsi noted by the clubwomen. | Mrs. Marie M. O'’Keefe announced a | lecture and showing of films pertain- | ing to wild flowers and birds at the| National Museum for January 15 at| 8:15 p.m., to be given by Mr. Ricker. Mrs. William Chamberlin, chairman | of the department of legislation, pre-| sented several bills, which were in- dorsed by the federation—the District suffrage, the vagrancy, the tuberculosis, and bills relating to the jury form of admittance and release of patients at St. Elizabeth’s. Mrs. Edith Sears, chairman of the committee on the drama, brought to the attention of the federation the play “The Dover Road,” to be given at Mc- Kinley High School January 23 and 24. Mrs. Ellis Logan, chairman of educa- tion, invited all interested to attend an open meeting January 12 at 2 pm. in the auditorium of the Mount Pleasant Public Library, under auspices of the Philo Classics Club. Mrs. F. C. Brinley will review life and poems of Edgar Allan Poe and Mrs. Faber Stevenson will speak on the monuments of Washington City. Mrs. Lockmiller told of a luncheon | and lecture to be given at the City Club | at noon, January 11, the lecture to be | delivered by Judge Kathryn Sellers. The luncheon and reception given by the federation to honor Mrs. Vir- ginia White Speel, the retiring presi- dent of the federation, also served to introduce Mrs. Meritt, the incoming president. The event was attended by 200 clubwomen and guests. The tables were decorated in the Christmas colors. | Baskets of red carnations and red ber- ries were used to center the tables. Mrs. Meritt presented the speakers, as follows, many of whom responded with toasts: Mrs. Hodgkins, Miss Jo- zephine Junkins, Mrs. D. P. Penhallow, Mis. H. L. Rust, Mrs. Minnic Evans Keys, Mrs. John Frizzell, Mrs. Louis C. Crampton, Mrs. John F. Sippel (Gen- eral Federation president), Mrs. Speel, Mrs. Harry Dougherty, Mrs. Adam ‘Wyant, Mrs. Boyd Carpenter, Mrs. Lo- gan, Mrs. Wallace Streater, Miss Lena Hitchcock, Mrs. Gertrude Bischoff, Mrs. Cummins, Mrs. W. W. Husband, Mrs. William J. Lavarre and Miss Helen Cungingham. Mrs. Arthur Seaton introduced the musicians. Program—Invocation, Mrs. Logan; sone, “The Song of Cheer”; welcome, Mrs. Meritt; vocal selections, Mrs. Rosa Pollio J’Arman; accompanist, Mrs. Eliz- abeth Gardener Combs; toast, Mrs. Hodgkins, past president. Violin selections, Mrs. Louise Preitag; Mrs. Raymond Maxwell Dickey, ‘accom- panist. “Adoration,” Boroski. “Gesu Bam-; bino,” Petro Yani. Greetings, Mrs. Sip- pel. Piano selections, Mrs. Coombs. | Toast, Mrs. John W. Frizzell, past pres- ident. Vocal selections, Mrs. Rosa Pol- lio J’Arman. Song, “Auld Lang Syne.” Mrs. Streater, on behalf of the club- i women, presented Mrs. Speel with a sil- | ver vase, filled with pink roses, as a token of their love and esteem. In receiving the gift Mrs. Speel said in part, “This vase with its inscription who, in the years to come, will look at it and say, ‘My grandmother had friends who loved her.’” | The District of Columbia Chapter, | American War Mothers, held its current meeting at the Hamilton Hotel. Mrs. | Mary T. Shanahan presided. | Two successful card parties were re- ! jorted. One under the supervision of | Arrs. Walcott Simmons and_the other given in the home of Mrs. Bessie Wil- liamson. A report of the national board meeting held in San Antonio was given by Mrs. M. C. O'Neill, national custodian of records. EXcerpts were read from national reports showing cver $4,000 having been spent in hos- pitais and 1or the relief of the fami- lies of veterans and about $1,600 spent in the prison branch of the work. A Christmas party, under the chair- manship of Mrs. Bessie Willlams, was held at Mount Alto Hospital. Ice cream and homemade cakes were dispensed and many gayly decorated packages of | socks and handkerchiefs were distrib- uted to those able to be present. A pleasing program was rendered by the { young people, who gave their services on this occasion. Mrs. Katie Perkins, chairman of St. Flizabeth's Hcspital committee, distrib- uted 155 Christmas bags to the ex- shall be passed on to my granddaughter, | | Mrs. Irwin was the guest in whose honor Miss Younger entertained at din- | ner last Sunday evening at her home, | 112 East Capitol street. | * K Kk K | A delegation from the National Wom- an’s Party visited the Capitol Thurs-| day afternoon to pay tribute to the memory of Lucretia Mott, pioncer fem- inist,, on the 136th anniversary of her birth, A wreath was placed on her statue in the crypt by Mrs. Bernita | Shelton Matthews, who headed the dele- gation. Miss Adelaide Johnson, sculptress of the statue, attended the ceremony, as | did many members of the District |branch of the party. | Lucretia Mott was one of the first | woman suffragists to advocate complete equality women, and the amendment now in | Congress, sponsored by the Woman's | Party, advocating equal rights, is known as the “Lucretia Mott amendment.” NEWS OF THE CLUBS | Gifts were provided for the 25 Army | nurses who are patfents in the hos- | pital. the members. Many calls had been made and flowers sent to others. An invitation was extended by the Sojourners’ Club to the organization to altend a meeting to be held at the Mayflower January 11. Mrs, Ellen MacDonnall, Mrs. Lucy Campbell of the Arlington committee and Mrs. M. C. O'Neill attended the funeral of Sergt. Arthur Leonard Wads- worth, jr., of the United States Marine Corps, his wife and three young chil- dren, all of whom died from the effects of escaping gas_in their home on Christmas eve. Carnations and white yacinths expressed the sympathy of the chapter to the bereaved relatives. The League of Republican Women omitted meetings during the holidays, but will resume with its sessions to- morrow, 3:30 p.m., at the Washington Club. An carlier hour than usual is named in order to give time for the annual roll call, which is to be held and at which it is hoped every mem- ber will be present. The subject for the forum will be the naval cruisers bill, now before Congress. The discus- sion will be led by the chairman of the political study committee, Mrs. Charles Alger, and Miss Clara McQuown, pub- Icist. Miss McClure, national commit- tewoman from the State of Towa, will pe present and speak. The next club luncheon will occur January 21 at 1 p.m. at the Washing- ton Club. Those desiring reservations should apply to Mrs. R. H. McNeill, 3212 Garfield street. Mrs. Harriman, president of the league, is serving on a subcommittee of the inaugural committee with Miss Mabel Boardman, and the honorary president, Mrs. Speel, is acting as chairman of the subcommittee on housing for the inauguration. The University of Michigan Alumnae Association’s associate members will be hostesses to the club at a card party on Thursday at 8 p.m., at 2801 Thirty- | fourth place, corner of Fulton street. The associate members of the Michi- gan Alumnae Club are the wives of members of the men's club. Mrs. Al- fred T. Newbold is chairman and will | be assisted by: Mrs. Samuel Willard Beakes, Mrs. Martin Luther D'Ooge, Mrs. James S. Carpenter, Mrs. Charles D. Cole, Mrs. Norman C. Damon, Miss Jane Fralick, Mrs. Norman F. Harri- man, Mrs. Karl F. Keeler, Mrs. Paul P. Magoffin, Mrs. Durant W. Springer, Mrs. James A. Robertson and Mrs. Dennis P. Quinlan. The Woman’s Alliance of All Souls’ Church (Unitarian) will meet Friday, 11 am, in Pierce Hall, Fifteenth and Harvard streets. Dr. Anson Phelps Stokes will address the Alliance on “Medieval Universities.” Luncheon will be served at 1 pm, Mrs. Hugh Boutelle, hostess. Soroptomist Club.—Dr. De Witt C. Croissant, professor, George Washington University, gave a talk to the members of the club on “The Educational Move- ment in the Teaching of English as Related to Business,” on Wednesday at the weekly luncheon, Lafayette Hotel, 1 p.m. Self-expression, rather than the | following out of prescribed rules and customs, was the keynote of the ad- dress. Atalle, a Cherokee Indian princess of New York City, who is a singer, fashion designer and interior decora- tor, spoke on the work she is doing in promoting Indian art from the pre- historic phase to modern art. Mrs. Agnes Grant, recently with the Motion Picture Publicity Bureau of the Miami Chamber of Commerce, was also a guest at the speaker’s table. Miss Margaret Reed, superintendent of nurses, Allegheny Valley Hospital, Tarentum, Pa.,, was the guest of Miss &at}t(e Gibson of the Children’s Hos- al, The Woman's Club of Chevy Chase. —The New Year reception of the so- cial section of the club, in honor of the executive board and the new members of the club and their husbands, was held at the home of the leader of the section, Mrs. George F. Mikkelson, Tuesday evening. The officers receiv- ing were the president, Mrs. William C. Dennis; the first vice president, Mrs. R. Harvey Sargent; the recording sec- retary, Mrs. Joseph Travers Maguire; the corresponding secretary, Mrs. Bur- ton McCollum, and the teasurer, Mrs. Russeil S. McBride. Mrs. Mikkelson made the introductions. The ladies serving in the dining room at the table were Mrs. Lyles Of- futt, Mrs. George S. Jamieson, Mrs. Chauncey Depew Snow and Mrs. Rob- ert E. Klein, sr. The committee who arranged for the reception were Mrs. Klein, Mrs. George W. Lewis, Mrs, Harry Filmore Lowe, Mrs. Harry B, Pitts and Mrs. Thomas L. Phillips. Miss Helen Farrington, Miss Barbara Dyson and Miss Martha Jean White- side, members of the junior section, also were assisting. Many of the guests re- mained for dancing. On Tuesday the nature section will meet at 10 am. at Chevy Chase Circle for the usual walk. At the same hbur the January luncheon committee will meet at the home of the chairman, Mrs. Harry F. Lowe, on Primrose street. At 11 o'clock the membership commit- tee will meet at the home of its chair- man, Mrs. Karl C. Corley, on Western avenue, and at 12:30 p.m. the social section will meet at the home of the leader, Mrs. Mikkelson, to plan for early Spring entertainments. This meeting will be followed by an informal luncheon. On Wednesday the music section will meet at 10 am. in the E. V. Browne School for the firet rehearsal of the new year. The section is preparing now for the concert to be given in Feb- ruary at the New Willard Hotel for the benefit of the Central Union Mission. At 1 pm. Wednesday the executive board will meet at the home of Mrs. Frederic E. Farrington, 6412 Connecti- cut avenue, for luncheon, which will be followed by the monthly meeting. Mrs. Farrington will be assisted in en- tertaining by Mrs. Joseph Travers Ma- guire and Mrs. Harold G. Moulton. On Thursday at 4 pm. the junior section will meet at the home of Miss Katherine Ireland, on McKinley street. The Woman's Club of Kensinglon service men confined in “P” bullding. ' met ‘Friday afternoon at the home of | in the status of men and| Much sickness was reported among | Mrs. W. H. Ronsaville, in Kensington, with the president, Mrs. Edmund S. Noyes, presiding. The New Year roll was called by the corresponding secre- tary, Mrs. Hosmer Hartshorn. The subject for the day was “Influence of Music_in Church.” the speaker being Mrs. Thomas H. Tremearne. The mu- sical program was given by Mrs. Roy R. Graves, with Mrs. Ernest Hartshorn at_the piano. The club has been interested in the lighted spruce tree growing on the lawn | of The Spruces, the home of a past pres- ident of the club, Miss Anna Reinhardt. This Christmas tree was lighted by the members of the Kensington Fire De- partment and was much admired by the residents of Kensington. \ The Zonta Club luncheon on Wed- nesday was devoted to the transaction of business. Miss I. Malinde Havey, as- | sistant national director, public health nursing, American Red Cross, a mem- ber of the club, took advantage of .the | occasion to put on record her appre- ciation of the club's gift of $100 to the American Red Cross West Indies relief fund, given in recognition of her serv- | ices during the reconstruction period following the hurricane. Announce- ment was made of the marriage of a member of the club, Miss Ida May Moyers, attorney, to John Howard Mc- Elroy on December 31. Mr. and Mrs. | MCcElroy have left on a trip to Hawaii. At the meeting next Wednesday the club will hear Miss Heloise Brainerd of the Pan-American Union. The Ladies’ Auxillary of Potomac Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, met December 28 at the home of Mrs. Mattie Queen Ewing. There was a good at- tendance for the election of officers. After the meeting closed the boys of the post joined the ladies for a social | i hour, which all seemed to enjoy, as well as the refreshments served by the ladies. | The post and auxiliary were specially | invited to meet with Mrs. Ewing, as | her son, Henry Ewing, who has been north in a hospital, was spending the holidays at home and hailed this op- portunity of meeting his old comrades, Officers will be installed January 9. The Washington Readers Club will meet at All Souls’ Church, Sixteenth and Harvard streets, Tuesday, 8 p.m. The subject will be “Auld Lang Syne,” and Mrs. Julia Gulbreth Gray will be in charge. Mrs. Constance Goodman, the presi- dent of the club, entertained the officers | and members of committees at her | | home, 2814 Thirty-fifth street, on Janu- ary 3. The Lambskin Auxiliary will elect officers January 10 at 7 p.m. The earlier hour than usual has been se- lected so that the election may be over in time to allow members who wish to attend installations at other clubs of that date. The last meeting featured kiddies’ night, when Santa Claus distributed candy and fruit to the children. The little ones sang and | | recited and later were served with | refreshments. The Takoma Park Women's Club will meet January 15, at the Baptist Church of Takoma Park, when the| ladies of the art department will serve a luncheon to members. Mrs. G. L Jackson has charge of the luncheon and | Mrs. F. C. Lincoln the decorations. | Mrs. Frederick Pratt is preparing a program for the afternoon to which | friends are invited. The art department will meet January 10, at the home of Mrs. G. Albert Scott, 14’ Denwood avenue, Mrs. L. V. Lamp- | son and Mrs. Dean will assist in serving | luncheon, The bridge department is planning to hold a card party January 29 at the Takoma Theater Hall. It is hoped that all members of the club will support this | activity and ladies who are not members | of the club are cordially invited. Mrs. Doran S. Pratt is chairman. Graduate Nurses' Association.—Mem- | bers from the Garfield Memorial Ho: pital Alumnae Association will be | hostesses for tea tomorrow afternoon | after the business meeting of the as- sociation at headquarters, 1337 K street. Twentieth Century Club.—The inter- national outlook section of the club, | Mrs. W. W. Husband, chairman, will | meet tomorrow, 2 p.m., at the Y. W. C. A. Building. Dr. Arthur Deering Call, secretary of the American Peace Soci- ety, will make the address. His subject | is “Our_ Country and Europe.” Mrs. Harvey Wiley will speak on “Turkey"” and Mrs. Grosvenor Jones will discuss the dispute between Bolivia and Para- guay. ‘The civic section will meet for a fo- rum luncheon Tuesday, 12:30 p.m., at the Y. W. C. A. Frank Ballou, super- intendent of schools for the District, will speak on the “Five-Year School | Building Program. The nature section will meet at the | Fort Myer station, Rosslyn, Va., Wed- | nesday, at 10:30 a.m,, for a trip through | the experimental station and Arlington | Farm. Mrs. Leo D. Miner will conduct | the outing. | The American Association of Univer- | sity Women will entertain at tea to-| morrow, which will be followed by a | song recital by Rosa Pollio, who will| present a program of Italian, French, | German and English songs. The ac- companist will be Mrs. Elizabeth Gard- | ner Coombs. Members from the follow- | ing colleges will be the hostesses: Adel- phi, Alfred, College of St. Elizabeth, Cornell, Elmira, Hunter, New Jersey State Normal, New York State College for Teachers, New York University, Packer, St. Lawrence, Syracuse and Wells. Those presiding at the tea table will be Mrs. Harrison Stidham, Mrs. Edwin E. Slosson, Mrs. Frederick A Crocker, Mrs. George F. Bowerman and Mrs. W. Clark Dean. Mrs. Frederick H. Meisnest is in, charge of the Monday sewing bee. Those interested will meet for luncheon and sew until tea time. Sewing for the club will be provided for those who do not care to bring their own sewing. | ‘The fellowship dinner tomorrow, 7 pm., is in celebration of the ninth| birthday of the national club. Mrs. Glenn L. Swiggett will speak for the club. Former fellowship holders: Dr. Mollie Ray Carroll of Goucher College, Guggenheim fellowship; Dr. Charlotte Elliott, Boston Alumnae fellowship Dr. Esther Caukin, Margaret E. Maltby fellowship, and Dr. Mary E. Willlams of Goucher College, Latin American fellowship, will speak. And Miss Heloise Brainard, chief of the division of education of the Pan-American Un- jon, who recently returned from South America, will speak of her tour of | South America schools and colleges last | Summer, and of the work done by Senorita Mieres Cartes, one of thei Chilean holders of a fellowship. Mrs. Samuel Herrick, chairman of the fel- lowship fund committee of the Wash-| ington branch, will preside. Miss Anna Boyle will be the hostess for the Tues- day Evening Bridge Club at 8 o'clock. Miss Cora Rigby will talk on “Current Events” on Wednesday afternoon at 5 o'clock. The Thursday morning book review group will meet at 11 o'clock. Leader, Mrs. P. M. Anderson. Mrs. George F. Bowerman will review “Abraham Lin- coln,” by Albert J. Beveridge, and Mrs. Henry Ralph will review “Royal Por- traits” by Princess Marthe Bibesco. A table for luncheon will be reserved for the group. Five guests are allowed at | each meeting. Members will please notify Mrs. Henry Ralph, Cleveland 2904, if attending. Friday at 8 o'clock, Will Hutchins will give an illustrated lecture on “The Genesis of Modern Art.” Mr. Hutchins | will be introduced by Miss Mary G. Riley. Saturday, at 9 p.m, Mrs. Chester Morrill will be the hostess at a dance. Reservations should be made by Friday evening. Of the weekly meetings scheduled: Miss Carhart's French conversation | class will meet Monday, 2 p.m. H Tuesday at 2 p.m., at 1825 Columbia | road, advanced preschool study group: leader, Dr. Lois Hayden Meek. Tuesday at 7:45 p.m., study group on character development of elementary school children; leader, Miss Ethel | Summy. Wednesday 2 p.m,, at 1825 Columbia road, beginning preschool study group; leader, Miss Nell Boyd Taylor. Thursday 10 am. Miss Carhart's French conversation class. (Signed.) MRS. JAMES CUMMING, Chairman Publicity. MRS. HARRY O. HINE, Secretary, 3204 Highland Place. The Shakespeare Society of Washing- | ton will meet tomorrow, 8:15 p.m. in the auditorium of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. William E. Bryant, vice presi- dent, will preside. The program has been prepared under the direction of Dr. Charles B. Hale, associate professor of English, University of Maryland. He will give a brief address entitled “The Comic Plot of Midsummer Night's Dream,” explanatory to the scenes to be pre- sented by the Dramatic Club of the university. The_ presentation deals with the preparations and the giving of the play of “Pyramus and Thisbe” by the artisans in honor of the wed- ding of Theseus and Hippolyta, and will consist of the following scenes: Act 1, scene 2; act 3, scene 1; act 4, scene 2: act 5, scene 1. The cast for the play is as follows: Theseus, Fred Linton; Hippolyta, Florence McLeod: Demetrius, Bruce Billmeyer: Lysander, William Gifford Bottom (Pyramus), Stanley Simmons Flute (Thisbe), Henry Whiting; Quine (Prolog), ~ Robert Simmons: Snout (Wall), William Heintz; Snug (Lion), William Burhans: Starveling (Moon), Willlam Anderson. And court. Visitors in the city are welcome, and residents are invited to attend and give their names to the secretary. At _the Columbian Women meeting on Tuesday afternoon Mrs. Mitchell Carroll, lecturer in archeology in the George Washington University and a former president of the Columbian Women, will give a lecture, illustrated by colored sliges, on “A Holiday in the Adriatic” M ) lords and ladies of Theseus’| work in Sicily, Italy, and on the Dal- matian Coast, and her lecture is a result of this trip. She devoted her attention | cans, recent discoveries concerning | whom have aroused much interest in | this mysterious people. Etruscan studies took Mrs. Carroll to| Rome, and on_through old Etruria, | where practically every town from | Rome to Florence has its museum, in which are preserved Etruscan objects from famous sites in the vicinity. Members of the Columbian Women are invited to bring their friends 10‘ hear Mrs. Carroll's lecture. The ladies of the school of education | will act as hostesses during the social | hour from 4 to 4:45, which will precede the lecture. | Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley, president of the Columbian Women, 1l preside at| the business meeting which wiil (ollow.i Woman's Club of Bethesda—Tuesday | will mark the resumption of club work | after the holiday recess. At noon the | executive board will meet for informal | luncheon and a business session: this | meeting of the executive board will be | immediately followed by the business | and program meeting of the club. The | guest speaker will be Miss Marlean | James. who comes at, the invitation of | the department of legislation, and whose subject will be “Congress and the | Woman Citizen.” Mrs. Robert Sears | will head the hostess group at tea. | Columbia Floral Circle will meet to- | morrow. 1 p.m., with Mrs. J. C. Atchi- | son, 1629 Columbia road. | The Excelsior Literary Club met at home of the president, Mrs. Henry Fenno Sawtelle, 6200 Connecticut ave- nue, Chevy Chase, Md., Tuesday eve- ning, with Mrs. Grace M. Daish as| hostess. | ‘The meeting opened with prayer by Mrs. Maitie Q. Ewing, and the salute | to the flag. Reports of all officers were | approved. The secretary was instructed to send | 1 Fall from a Summer spent in research|Mrs. Inez Gravatte, member, who died | 11 TIMES, DIES IN CELL particularly to the study of the Etrus- |in members who, on account of ill| |Slayer of Two Pittsburgh Police- An invitation was extended to all| during the past ye and it was plan- ned that members make visits during the holiday season to the several shut- health, have been unable to attend meetings. members by Mrs. Ellis Logan to attend the very interesting meetings she is holding the second Saturday afternoon of each month, in the auditorium of the Mount Pleasant Public Library. By motion of Mrs. Trauty the time curtailed in favor of the social hour. The speaker of the evening was Mrs. Ellis Logan, and her Christmas message in art will be remembered. The club had as its guests, officers of the District of Columbia Federation of Women's Clubs, Mrs. La Varre, Mrs. Bischoff and Mrs. Tamar F. Rorke. A short program was given by the following members of the club: Mrs. Mattie Q. Ewing, Mrs. Marie Mills O’Keefe, . Lessie W. Whiting and Mrs. William Trauty. Mrs. Emily Jarboe sang. accompanied on piano by Mrs. Royal Brasel, and Mrs. Lewis Beacher Thompson gave a travel talk on her trip abroad. Mrs. Daish was assisted by Mrs. Saw- telle and her daughter, Mrs. Garret Morgan Van Hoesen, Two requests for membership in the club have been received by Mrs. Saw- telle from guests of the evening, their names to be presented at the meeting, and she will be pleased to present other applications, as there are at present a few vacancies in the mem- bership, which is limited to 50. The next meeting will be on the afternoon of January 15, at the home of Mrs. D. J. Donovan, 3578 Thirteenth street. The best of the old English carols are still sung, such as “The First Now- ell” “The Holly and the Ivy" and “What Child Is This?”"—haunting mel- | odies with an frresistible swing, allied Carroll returnad this!a Christmas letter to the husband of to quaint words. AT THE WRIGHT CO. JANUARY LEARAN § PITTSBURGH, Pa, next | MAN, ESCAPING CHAIR | men Had Carried Case to i U. 8. Court. By the Associated Press. January | Joseph Valotta, slayer of two Pitts | allotted to transaction of business was | policemen and who escaped the elect | chair 11 times, died of pneumonia toda |in Western Penitentiary here. , Valotta after gaining 11 respites a carrying his case to the United Sta Supreme Court. finally was given a commuted sentence of life_imprison- ment by the State Pardon Board Convicted of shooting to death Patrol- men Edward Couch and Thomas Hop- | kins here October 30, 1922, Valotta wa | sentenced to die in the electric chai June 28, 1923 | A long legal fight followed. Valott | contending his _constitutional nt | were violated when he was tried for both killings at the same time. the United States St Court held against him a series o were given by former Gov. Giffoid Pinchot and finally his death sentenc ‘was commuted. Valotta, an _employe of the Pen vania Railroad, always claimed he the two men in self-defense during a railroad strike, thinking they were abot to attack him. rem: Cuba Bans Spanish Musie. HAVANA (#—The Cuban got ment has forbidden the playing of reminiscent of colonial days in Hava It was pointed out that many of tunes were closely associated with execution of Cuban patriots. The considered most objectionable were “L | Marcha de Cadiz" and “El Tambor di | Granaderos a e N 4 Sweeping Reductions Mark This Annual Event! January is Clearance Month, which means that everything on our floors will be sold at drastic reduc- tions. It will pay you to buy now, anticipate your future needs. level that will get “ action” in a hurry. We have cut the prices to a new low CONVENIENT PAYMENT TERMS MAY BE ARRANGED $22.50 Occasional Tables $15 -y Mahogany or Walnut Occasional Tables Several Styles $1275 Win- $59.50 s11 $22.50 5950 18 Telephone Cabinet Sets. .. $15 Governor throp Secre- tary, mahogany S19 End Tables, with burl walnut $35 Extension Gate-leg Tables $18 Mahogany Veneer Radi Cabinet e Remarkable Values In 5 Living Room Suites $69 Overstuffed Sofa, in figured denim. .. $39.50 $139 Three-Piece QOverstuffed in Jacquard Velour.. . ..... $175 Mohair Upholstered Wood Frame Suite $125 $165 Lawson in denim $185 Bed-Davenport Suite, two-tone jacquard $1(x) $265 Mohair Overstuffed D Suite, wood frame Bedroom Suites 5125 in walnut $149 Four-piece Decorated Su $195 Four-piece Poster Bed Suite, in walnut. §275 Four-piece Burl Bedroom Suite. . ..... 5365 mahogany $49 Buffets $29.50 Walnut Veneer Buffets—60-Inch Size SR s §29.50 Extension Din- ins Table, quar- 519 tered oak Floortex and Russ, $6.7 C: Reduced $6.30 Buffe ‘ Mirrors. Now.... Three-piece Bedroom O utfit, Seven-Piece Bedroom . $69 w $99.50 $139.50 e $195 ol - Close-Out of Walnut Veneer pavensort $159.50 $7.50 Decorated Bassinet Decorated Bassinet in Ivory ma- ny or w o nut finish . SI18 Al - Felt Mattr floor samples. 519 Double Day Beds. velour covered .......... Poster Beds, S $33 $7.50 Simmons All- Steel Beds ......... 5 Dining Room Suites Reduced 595 walnut ...... $159 " Ten-piece Walnut Dining Koo SWe. .o oovvinsn $275 Ten-Piece Dining Room walnut; large buffet. Seven-piece Dinette Suite, $67.50 $99.00 $425 Duncan Phyfe Ten-piece Suite $295 $185 Seven-piece Dinette Suite, decorated oak. ... Odd Chairs $15 Pull-up C hairs, Iapestn’! and velour. .. $10'75 $35 Coxwell Chairs, overstuffed $39 Overstuffed Reclining Slu $45 Overstuffed Occasional Ch tapestry or damask.......... $18 Boudoir Chairs, cretonne wter chair $39,50 9.95 airs, or chintz. .... The WRIGHT co. 905--907 7t h St. N.W. “WHERE UNUSUAL VALUES ARE USUAL” $99.50 $35 Chest of Drawers 0dd Chest of Drawers Walnut or Mahogany Finish $37.50 Walnut Finish Chiffo- robes $19 Chiffon- iers. oak only.. 529 0dd Dress- ers, in walnut. 25 51350 $17.50 . 21T m Chairs. enches an Rechors, each e 3375 $5.95 Ma Racks, Galarindtnr 39 $1630 Rich- back Fibre Rockers .......