Evening Star Newspaper, March 24, 1929, Page 52

NEWS OF THE CLUBS CONDUCTED BY N NOTICE TO CONTRIBUTORS. Copy for this column must be received at The Star office not ater 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 fruly representative of your activities. Women's City Club.—"Tea time" will te observed from 4:30 to 6 o'clock at the clubhouse, 22 Jackson place, for #jub members and interested friends, guests of members. Hostesses will be representative of the various sections. All members are invited to take advan- tage of the guest privilege and present their friends. Capt. Holden Chester Richardson head of the design branch of the Bu- reau of Naval Aeronautics, will be the . guest of honor and will speak before ANNIE LANCASTER. | teresting manner, giving their audience | 2 better understanding of that ‘country, | its people and its government. i The exhibit of dolls in the native! dress, the pictures and embroideries | were a beautiful collection, representing | | the art of the country. | The illustrated lecture on “Rayon" sponsored by Mrs. Ruth Snodgra: | president of the Housekeepers’ Alliance, | wis instructive and a timely topic for the present. | ature section will meet tomorrow, 8 pm., at the residence of Mrs. Gilbert Gros- venor, 1328 Eighteenth street. Ac’i- | tional hostesses will be Miss Myra | Hendley, Mrs. George F. Bowermen,! | | , | and the assisiant hostesses, Miss Ethel THE' SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D..C, MARCH 24 -~ O 1929—PART city at that time will be welcomed. Tickets are in the hands of Mrs. C. D. Gibbons of Chapter E for the benefit theater party the evening of May 27 at the Natiunal Theater. The Sister- hood was pleased to greet the two latest nison, who were initiated at a meeting | held at the home of Mrs. Arthur G. Fessenden, the first meeting in Feb- ruary. Guests from' a distance were Mrs, Fanniec M. Filkin and Mrs. Clara Young, both of Chapter E. J.. Eagle Grove, Iowa. During the social hour refresh- ments were served by Mrs. Thompson Blake and Mrs, Ray Palmer Teele. The District League of American Pen Women had as its guest on Mon- day evening Mr. Frederic J. Haskins of the Haskins' Information Bureau. He spoke to the members of the short | story group. His address was sparkling | with humor. On Tuesday evening the poetry group had as its guest Rev. Dr. | Mrs. Harrison Stidham, Mrs. D. Ker- | foot Shute, Mrs. John Paul Earnesi, Miss Grace Willis, Mrs. Charles H.| Squire, Mrs. H. W. Seymour and Mrs. Ray P. Teele. The program will sist of reviews of Gertrude Bell's “Let- | ters,” by Miss.Clara W. Herber best_detective story of the year, by Mrs. | Benjamin Smith, and several recent garden books, by Mrs. John O. Johnson. lin the World.” On Wednesday Mrs. Leo D. Miner will | conduct the nature section on a trip to| Arcturus. They will meet at the Mount Vernon station at 9:50 | The archaeology section will meet at the residence of the leader, Mrs. Jose- | phine Lowe, 2622 Woodley place, Tues- ! day at 2:45 pm. Miss Martha Hooper | will give a paper on “The Roman War | in Scotland.” The French section was entertained Wednesday at a dejeuner by Mrs. Frank Rutter, chairman of the section, and Mrs. George F. Bowerman, president of the club, at 2852 Ontario road. Arec- | dotes and dialogues were presented by ! members of the section. The board of directors will Thursday at 11 am. at the Y. W. C. A, | the current events section Tuesday aft- ernoon at 4:50 o’clock. “Current Events in_Aviation” will be the subject of his | talk, which will be illustrated. Mi Grace Ross Chamberlin will be hoste: . All members are invited. Guest priv leges. ._ Th# Nfe members of the club, num- bering 156, will observe their annual + Life-Members day with a dinner Wed- . nesday at 6:30 p.m. A program will be | furnished by the members. Mrs. Nina Swalm Reed will be the guest of honor and speaker at the book hour Friday at 5 pm. The review will . be “Elizabeth and Essex,” by Lytton| Strachey. This will be the lasi of the i Lenten series of book hours. The guests | of honor have all been members of the | . District of Columbia League of Ameri- | Seventeenth and K sireets. can Pen Women, with Miss Alice M. —_— Heaven as chairman. The American Association of Uni- ' Mrs. John Allen Munson, chairman |versity Women.—The guest of honor of the thimble section, reports 13 work- | and speaker at the tea to be given by ing members present at the meeting | the association tomorrow afternoon will Wednesday morning and the comple- |be Charles G. Ross, who will speak on tion of several dresses, which will be | “Washington From the Press Gallery.” distributed between sion and Myra McCoy Andrews Day Nursery. A letter from Mrs. Prentice | of the Gospel Mission was read, in| which she expressed gratitude from the recipients of garments. More of the |series, at which M. Pierre de Lanux is [ Mrs. club members are invited to join this| section, ‘The Monday bridge section will not | meet during Holy week. A meeting of the section’s officers is called for Easter Monday at 1 p.m., preceding the regular hour of play. New members of the sec- tion are Mrs. C. H. Curl, Miss Eva Bul- lard, Mrs. Prench White and Mrs. C. A. Lally. During the social hour Mon- day Mrs. William Peyton Wright pre- sided at the tea table, with Mrs. W. H. ‘Whitney assisting. Mrs. Frederic R. Whippler, chairman of the Wakefield Memorial committee, directs attention to the program of the National Memorial Association in its ef- fort to raise funds necessary for its restoration and dedication as a national shrine in 1932. All members of the club are invited to join the committee, and the contribution of one dollar estab- lishes the committee membership and it is hoped the entire club will join before May 9, when a special meeting will be held, and the money thus con- tributed will be presented to the na- tional chairman, Mrs. Harry Lee Rust, &r, who, with Mrs. Howard L. Hodgkins, State regent for the Distriet of Colum- bia, will be honor . The amount needed to meet the terms of the John D. Rockefeller, jr., gift is $78.000. An appeal to patriotic America has been made, and organizations and individuals are interesting themselves in lending aid to this project of such historic value. William Lee Corbin will be <honor guest and speaker at & forum luncheon Saturday at 1 p.m., when Mrs. Lyman B. Swormstedt will preside. Mr. Corbin is librarian of the Smithsonian Institu- tion and on previous occasions has lec- tured on the drama and “What Makes & Book Live?” A talk is promised and reservations are now being made. All club members are invited. Guest privi- leges. Mrs. Gertrude Lyons, director of the club chorus, announces preparations for an interesting and dive: d program, which will be given April 9, when the chorus will be assisted by Josef Kaspar, ‘who will direct a violin ensemble. Miss Janet Coon will also be on the program. The old-fashioned party given Wed- nesday evening under auspices of the Junior section was attended by members and their guests, mostly in period cos- tume. Ye old-time games were played, songs sung, dances enjoyed and the grand march given before the judges,\ who had difficulty in determining to | whom the prizes for costumes should be given. For the most effective, Mrs. Ly- man B. Swormstedt was presented the award. She was gowned in her mother’s wedding wardrobe. Mrs. E. M. Lewis, appearing in a gown worn by herself at a silver wedding anniversary 25 years 2go, and Mrs. C. L. Butler, in a velvet gown of her mother's, were presented awards for the most interesting. Other outstanding costumes were worn by Mrs. Edith Sears and gowns loaned from a splendid collection she possesses were worn by Miss Phyllis Robinson and Mrs. Marjorie Fristoe. Dr. A. Frances Foye was representative of the 1906 period. Others gowned as of 25 years ago were Mrs. J. Garfield Riley, Mrs. Merritt O. Chance, Mrs.'Gertrude Lyons, Mrs. V. S. Benjamjn, Miss Edith Chase, Mrs. Frank G. Stew: Miss Virginia Shinn, Miss Edith O Fitzgerald, Miss Una O'Connor, Miss Margaret Patch, Miss Marie Saunders, Dr. Laura S. Brennon, Mrs. Patrick Gallagher, Miss Josephine | ‘Willis and Miss Meda Martin. For guessing correctly the names of club members from the exhibit of old- fashioned photographs the award was given Mrs. Willlam Chamberlin; “Fa- millar sayings” contest, Miss Marie Saunders; “Going to Jerusalem,” Miss Nell Price, and the “door prize,” Miss Julia Bannigan. The roster of judges making the awards included Mrs. Mer- ritt O. Chance, Dr. A. Frances Foye, Judge Mary O'Toole, Mrs. J. Garfield Riley and Mrs. Laura A. Bradley. Miss Hazel Swift, chairman of the ‘Tuesday evening free-and-easy auction section, is giving a short talk on con- tract bridge each week. Miss A. B. Allen | is hostess. Guests last week were Mrs. T. P. Hayden, Mrs. Anna P. Libby, Dr. | J. M. Tibbetts, Frances E. Winters and Miss Virginia B. Barr. All members of the club interested in bridge are invited to the Tuesday evening meetings. Play begins at 7:30 o'clock. The District of Columbia Federation of Women’s Clubs will meet tomorrow | at the Hotel Roosevelt, 11 a.m. | Mrs. Edgar B. Meritt, president, has arranged a program of interest. Mrs. Robert, J. Bates, chairman of the divi- sion of child welfare, one of the divi-| sions in the public welfare department, of which Lieut. Mina Van Winkle is chairman, has secured as a speaker for | the morning session, Mr. George S. Wil- son, director of public welfare of the District of Columbia. Mr. Wilson will have as his subject, “Practical Work of the Child Welfare Department of the District: of Columbia.” Following . the luncheon hour, a program of music will be given under the direction of Mrs. Arthur .J. Seaton, chairman of music, who will present Miss Virginia Cureton, violinist, from the Musical Institute of Art of Washington—a pupil of Gebest. Mrs. L. B, Steine, chairman of the com- mittee on forestry, will have as a sveaker for the afternoon, Mr. Fred Morrell of the United States Forestry Service, who will give a talk on the work of that department. Mrs. William J. La Varre, first vice president, who has been completing arrangements for the theater benefit, is seriously ill in the hospital. The play, “Girl Troubles,” will be «ven May 6, 8 pm. at the National Theater, X The lecture and exhibit, given last ‘Monday, at Pierce Hall by Mrs. Otto Veerhoff and her committee, was at-} tended by more than 100 persons. Dr. Fisa and Mrs. U. G. B. Plerce presented th» subject “Czechoslavokia” in an in- | J. L. Baity. The following new mem- Central Mis- | Members of the publicity committee will | several Washington clubs the latter part be hostesses. An_interesting affair on Tuesday. March 26, at 7 pm., will be an inter: national dinner in the arbitration | | | | to be the guest of honor and speaker. M. de Lanux will discuss “Modern Man- ners in Foreign Policy.” In addition to being a lecturer and journalist, M. de Lanux is director of the Paris informa- tion office of the League of Nations. Among his published volumes is “Life | of Henry IV,” “Jugoslavia” and “Young France and New America.” Mrs. Ray- mond B. Morgan will preside at the | dinner. Also on Tuesday Dr. Meek's and Miss Summy’s groups will meet at 2 and 7:45 p.m., respectively, while at 8 o'clock there will be a meeting of the Evening Bridge Club, with Mrs. Thomas W. Heitz acting as hostess. Another group meeting will be that of Miss Tay- lor on Wednesday at 2 o'clock. Thursday, Mrs. Ernest F. Burchard will review Thackeray’s “Vanity Fair” . :lmeetlng of the book review section at 11 am. The Housekeepers’ Alliance. — The monthly meeting was held in the fourth floor assembly room of the new Y. W. C. A, Building, at 3 p.m,, Priday. Miss Dorothy Gavan of the Rayon Institute was the guest speaker of the afternoon. She not only delivered an instructive talk on the development of this partic- ular industry, but illustrated her sub- ject by motion picture views and ex- hibited samples of the product as well. The club gave her a rising vote of thanks. A member of the Arlington Chamber of Commerce gave a talk on | the contemplated plans of the N. Auth | Provision Co. for the erection of an| abattolr in Aflington County and urged | the club women of both Virginia and the District of Columbia to try to pre- vent this project, which would be detri- mental to the health and appearance of the vicinity. The views of the House- keepers' Alliance were expressed in a resolution, which was unanimously adopted, which opposed the plan. Political Study Club.—~Mrs. Frank Morrison, presided at the meeting March 16 at the Washington Club. Senator Duncan U. Fletcher of Florida spoke on “The Merchant Marine,” outlining its importance in times of peace and war. He stressed that without sufficient ready merchant ships it was impossible to compete with foreign commerce, hence this country would lose a large source of revenue. American merchant ships, Government owned, for American trade should be maintained, he declared. Miss Bsther Melick, soprano, sang, ac- companied by Mrs. Madaline Kilerlane. The date of the annual May breakfast was announched changed by the chair- man, Mrs. J. Jerome Lightfoot, to Sat- urday, May 25, and is to be held at the Mayflower Hotel. Mrs. Lionel Smith- Gordon, daughter of Senator Fletcher, was the guest of honor. Mrs. Virgil Miller, chairman of hospitality, had assisting her at the tea table and in the dining room Mrs. Cordell Hull, Mrs. Jefferson Myers, Mrs. Huston Thomp- son, Mrs. McPherson Crichton and Mrs. i bers were welcomed to the club: Mrs. Henry Albers, Mrs. Custis R. Perry, Mrs. Henry Gordon Clay, Mrs. G. E. Chappelear, Mrs. Gertrude Bischoff, Mrs. William Waverly Taylor and Mrs. Swalm Reed. The League of Republican Women held its monthly meeting, postponed | from March 4, on March 18, at_the Washington Club, the president, Mrs. Harriman in the chair. After the secretary and treasurer's reports, the chairman of the entertainment com- mittee, Mrs. Marion Butler, announced that a luncheon would be held April 10, at the club, subscriptions to be ad- dressed to her at 2200 R street. The | chairman of the revision committee re- | ported that the proposed new by-laws ! would be printed and distributed to members with the call for the annual | meeting on April 1. The subject for the forum was “The Government of the | District of Columbia.” Mrs. Charles Alger presided and introduced the speakers: Mrs. Harry Daugherty, on | ‘The Washington Afrport”; Mrs. Howard LeRoy, on “Fiscal Relations”; Mrs. W. Bill”; Mrs. Burinta Shelton Matthews, | on “The Law Governing Condemna- tion Proceedings,” and Miss Katherine Pike, on “The Market Site.” At the tea following, Mrs. Wilbur H. Turner acted as hostess, assisted at the tea table by Mrs. Warren Irving Glover, wife of the Assistant Postmaster General, and Miss Martha McClure, Republican national committeewoman from Iowa. ‘The next meeting will be the annual meeting on April 1, at 3:30 p.m, at the Washington Club when annual reports will be heard, proposed changes in the by-laws considered, and election of of- ficers held. P. E. O. Sisterhood.—The members of Chapter B met at the home of Mrs. Joseph W. Thompson, 3155 Nineteenth street, the evening of March 12. Mrs. ‘Worthy ' P. Sterns, president, presided. This was the annual business meeting and vearly reports were made by officers. Election of officers for the following year resulted as follows: President, Mrs. Worthy P. Sterns; vice president, Miss Jessie O. Elting; recording secretary, Mrs. Nathan B. Willlams; correspond- | Ing secreiary, Miss Emma F. Sirrine; { treasurer, Mrs. Arthur G. PFessenden; chaplain, Mrs. Joseph W. Thompson; | quard, Mrs. John W. Putnam; delegate {to the P. E. O. co-operative commit- |tee, Mrs. Alfred Hopkins Williams; idelr:ales to the District of Columbia | Federation of Women's Clubs, Mrs. W. ‘W. Stockberger and Mrs. George B. Corey.” The election of a delegate to | the Supreme Chapter convention, to be i held in Chicago, Ill, in September, was I postponed until a later meeting. The P. E. O.-D. A. R. luncheon will be at noon Tuesday, April 16, at Woodward | & Lothrop's tearoom. ~All sisters in the W. Wirgman, on “The An'.l-Diplom:q2 John J. Queally, who gave a resume of the old Irish poetry. Miss ‘Helen Stevens and Miss Mary Stevens sang Irish melodies. Miss Hubert sang “With God I Wear a Tender Apple Blossom.” On Wednesday afternoon the fine arts the | group held a reception for Clifford K. Berryman. Mr. teresting talk on Berryman gave an in- “Art and Its Place Mrs. Ida Donnelly Peters received the members of the different groups at the clubhouse. As it is near the close of the season it was a pleasant way of drawing the groups into a more in- timate acquaintance of their subjects. Friday afternoon. following the celebrity breakfast, Mrs. Charles Augustus Haw- ley gave a reception at her home in honor of Mrs. Bonnie Busch, president of the National League of American Pen Women. On Monday evening the District members will hold their election and a special program has been pre- pared by the president, Mrs. Aaron Newman. A social hour followed the announcements of the returns. meet| The Zonta Club held its luncheon at | the Raleigh Wednesday. The members, seated by groups, according to their classifications, discussed developments in r respective fields of work, and sang club songs, led by Mrs. Leonor | E. Reed and Mrs. Ethel Holtzclaw Gaw- ler and assisted by Miss Frances Gute- lius at the piano. The club voted to participate in a dinner to be given by of the week beginning April 15. Miss | Ella Newton, a member of the Zonta | Club of Annapolis. Md., was a guest. Miss Elizabeth A. Hummer had as guests | W. H. Cobban and Miss Janet | McWilliams. Mrs. W. U. McCallip was the guest of Dr. Mildred Dickerson McCallip, Mrs. Charles Tooke was. the guest of Miss Mary Virginia Bromberg and Mrs. T. Rinaker was the guest of Mrs. Paul E. Howe. The Philo-Classics Club met with Mrs. Ellis Logan, 1661 Crescent place, March 15. Mrs. R. Bruce Bare pre- sided. The recording secretary, Mrs. Leroy G. Palmer, was absent on account of iliness, and Mrs. Alfred Hopkins Wil- liams acted in that capacity. Treasur- er’s report was postponed. Committee on entertainment reported a card party in progress. A report of the District Federation of Women's Club's last meeting was given by Mrs. F. C. Brin- ley. Mrs. George L. Peckham spoke of the Myra McCoy Andrews Day Nursery. Mrs. John W. Frizzell, leader for the play, “Macbeth,” took charge of the program. The paper on ‘‘Woolsey's Ambitions” was given by Mrs. Henry J. Harris, after which characters were assigned and Act IV was finished. At the next meeting the annual election of officers will take place. Mrs, Henry Louis Sawtelle, representing the United States ‘Flag Association, was a guest and addressed the club. Refreshments were served by the hostess. Phil Sheridlan Woman's Relief Corps met Tuesday night with Mrs. E. Helen Temple presiding. The absent officers’ chairs were filled by Mrs. Keeler, Mrs. Bradt, Mrs. Bontz and Mrs. Hickman. An application for membership was re- ceived from Mrs. Caroline Burrows, on which the following committee was ap- pointed: Mrs. Cary, Mrs. Failing and Mrs. Gury. A request for transfer was granted to Mrs. Ida McAuliffe on ac- count of removal to her former home in Newport, R. I. Mrs. Elizabeth Lari- viere was initiated into the order. Flow- ers will be sent for the funeral of a former member, Mrs. Morrison. A postcard shower will be sent Com~ rade Convis Parker of Burnside Post, on his eighty-ninth birthday anniver- sary today. A dinner will be given Mr. | Parker by his daughter, Mrs. Boss, fol- lowing which he will be glad to wel- come his friends at 5404 Thirty-ninth street, Chevy Chase, D. C. Another shower- of cards will be sent Comrade Samuel Bricker, Lincoln Post, who will be’ 86 years old on April 2. Mr. Bricker, who has been ill for sev- eral months, is looking forward to his birthday. - Maj. McDowell of Kit Car- son Post will be 90 years old on April 20, National general orders were read by the secretary and Grand Army orders isued by Department Comdr. Samuel G. Mawson. Mrs. Margaret Bradt was installed at guard by Mrs. Lida A. Old+ royd, Mrs. Bradt named as her assistant Mrs. Nan Slattery, who will be installed As chairman of the executive board. Mrs. Oldroyd discussed plans for a card party to be held in Grand Army Hall on April 2, on which night the regular order of business, will be suspended. An Invitation was received to attend the silver wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Ludwig Manoly Saturday night. March 23, 8 pm, at 1311 Kennedy street, The department president, Mrs. Char- lotte M. Cary, named a committee to assist her in the Memorial Day Cor- poration sessions to be held March 28 and subsequently the second and fourth Thursdays of March and April. Among the guests were Comdr. Sam- uel Mawson, Assistant Adjt. Gen Byron Bormey, Col. Oldroyd, Department Chaplain Theodore F. Brown, Mr. Con- vis Parker and Mr. Frederick Short- sleeves, Mrs. Tillie D. Entriki, depart- ment chaplain of the Woman's Rellef Corps, and Comdr. McGrath and Mrs. McGrath of Boston, Mass. The Soroptimist Club.—In the absence of the president, Mrs. Harriet Hawley Locher, who has spent the past week in Philadelphia and New York, Miss Daisy Reed, , first yice president, presided at the weekly luncheon of the club at the Lafayette Hotel on Wednesday, March 0. A forum: luncheon was arranged by Miss' Nora Hoffman, chairman of the rogram committee. This consisted of a 10-minute talk by the following new members on their business, the classi- fication of which admitted them to membership in the club: Mrs. Agnes I. Kinner, principal of a junior high school; Miss Katherine Pike, chief of the legal division of the Bureau of Cus- toms; Mrs. Edna Gasch, electrical con- struction, and Mrs. Isabelle Baker, di- rector of home hygiene of the Ameri- can Red Cross. Several guests were in attendance, among them being Miss Ethel Grimes, executive secretary of the G. F. S, the guest of Mrs, Caroline Stephen, and Mrs. Lotta Moran of Washington, D. C. the guest of Mrs. Marje Lawyer. The first friendship dinner given by the Philadelphia Soroptimist Club on March 16 was at- tended by the following from Washing- ton: Mrs. Harrlet Hawley Locher, Mrs. Ruby Lee Minar, Mrs. Mary:Lewis, Miss Nora Hoffman, Mrs. Anna Kinslow and Mrs, Nell Hysong. Seventy-five wom- en’s organizations throughout the coun- try co-operated to make this gathering 4 success and 550 members participated. The principal speakers.at the dinner were Lady Mary Heath, Mrs. Angela Morgan, Mrs. Kuby Lee Minar, presi- dent of the International Soroptimist | Clubs, and ~Mrs. Harriet Hawley | Locher, president of the Washington Soroptimist Club. The regular weekly luncheon will take place at the Hotel Lafayette on Wednesday, March 27, in- stead of the monthly evening meeting. A unique program is being arranged. members, Mrs. Ramsey and Mrs. Den- | On_Thursday evening | Other officers present were the senior vice president, Miss Marie V. Sollers: the treasurer, Miss Emma F. Hayward: the patriotic instructor, Mrs. Olive C. | Johnson; secretary, Mrs. Ella Wilson | Bouthard; musician, Mrs. Hilda M. Mc- Clure. Mrs. Louisa W. James acted as chaplain, Mrs. McClure as conductor, and Percy Parker as color bearer. The “Flag” was guarded, “Guard the Flag”" was sung and the pledge to the “Flag” | was given. Mrs. Johnson reported that Mrs. Carolyne Hockmeyer, who has been sick at Homeopathic Hospital, has passed away, and flowers were ordered sent to her funeral. Mrs. Burke re- ported that the sister of Mrs. Alice King Mulligan, who has been sick in Sibley Hospital, has been brought home and those present sent flowers to her. Mrs. Clara Kalstrom was reported improving and hoped in the near future to be able to attend the mectings. Mrs. Emma J. | wreath for Mrs. Cassea Hopper Ors- borne, the national president of the L. of G. A. R., on the Lincoln Memorial on Lincoln's birthday anniversary and was instructed by the national presi- dent to ride in an automobile with Mrs. May Bancroft Lightfoot, president of Lincoln Circle; Mrs. Ehlers and the presidents of the other two circles, as the national representatives of the | i | parade. | Graf was proposed for membership, and |Mrs. Ehlers appointed the following ladies to make arrangements for the birthday anniversary on the 9th of April: Mrs. Southard, Mrs. Burke, Miss Sollers, Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. McClure, Miss Hayward and Mr. Parker. Mrs. Mary Beach McClinock of California, the daughter of Mrs. Mary Beach of country, gave an interesting talk, and Mrs. Burke sald she would mend our treasured “Flag.” at the Hamilton Hotel Tuesday, 8 p.m. Communications were read from absent members and from mothers in far parts of the country inquiring as to eligibility. Two new members were enrolled, Mrs. Martha E. Dean and Mrs. Alice M. Stambaugh. An invitation was received and accepted from the Kenneth Nash Post of the American Legion and its auxiliary requesting the presence of the mothers at a joint installation April 3 at 8 pm. at the Hamilton Hotel. Mrs. Nash, for whose son the post was named, s an active member of the American | Gold Star Mothers. The G. A. R. com- mittee in charge of the observance of Memorial day requested that the Mothers be represented by five delegates, who will attend a series of meetings taking place between now and Memorial day, and delegates for the first two meet- ings were chosen. At the next meeting of the Mothers delegates to the final { Kansas, the first woman mayor in the | The American Gold Star Mothers met | Mrs. George Gordon Seibold presided. | T | session will be selected. Those named | for the first and second meetings were Mrs. George Gordon Seibold, Mrs. John C. Kelton, Mrs. John B. Warfield, Mrs. Eugene Bruce, Mrs. H. L. Hurley and Mrs. Delia Barber. | Attention was called to the fact that | President. Hoover had accepted the call to make the Memorial day address, and |this announcement elicited applause from those preseni. | Reports from various committees were |rcad and filed. The Mothers voted to | co-operate with the Red Cross in giving |an Easter party at St. Elizabeth's on Tuesday, April 2, at 8 p.m. Mrs. Delia Barber, chairman, will be assisted by Mrs. H. L. Hurley, Mrs. Olive Carpenter, | Mrs. Margaret E. Loveless and Mrs. | Elizabeth White. A. C. De Arkland of New Or- |1eans was a guest of honor during the | evening. | A letter of appreciation was read from | Hempler was also much improved. Miss | pMiss Ince of the Red Cross for the fur- of her work. Hayward reported that she placed a | nishings provided by the Mothers for | the assembly room at the Naval Hos- | pital. | At 9 pm. the business session was closed so that the Mothers might listen to a program of music arranged and given in their honor by the Singing Mothers of the Parent-Teacher Assocla- tion, under the leadership of Mrs. Eppa | L. Nor | spent, A delightful hour was thus and the choruses resounding Ladies of the G. A. R. in the inaugural | through the corridors brought many of | tion in the Montgomery County Feder- The name of Mrs. Fred M. |the Hamilton's guests to the blue room | ation, e es Lot AIb clob | to enjoy the entertainment. Mrs. Wag- | ner acted as accompaniest, and the fol- lowing-named ladies composed _the | chorus: Mrs. Pratt. Mrs. Hall, | Manning, Mrs. Lerch, Mrs. Coe, | Wigginton, Mrs. Simmons, Mrs. liams, Mrs. Martfeld, Mrs. Muse, Carr, Mrs. Ashburn, Mrs. Kent, Marks, Mrs. Ludwig, Mrs. Mitchell, Hanake, Mrs, Treynor and Mrs. Fuller. | Star Mothers” by the “Singing Mothers” and will not soon be forgotten. The next meeting will be April 16. Voteless District of Columbia League of Women Voters.—“The League of Nations and Its Economic Value” will be the subject of discussion at the last evening meeting Thursday, 8 o'clock when the study group will meet at the . A. U. W. clubhouse where the meet- ings are held under the auspices of the committee on international co-opera- tion to prevent war. Mrs. H. F. Cameron is chairman. All members of the league are invited. Mrs. Lyman B. Sworm- stedt, chairman of the committee giv- ing a card party recently, reports its success. The doll display in charge of the membership committee of which Mrs. Louis Ottenberg is chaiman, has been exhibited in various places. The exhibit depicts the voteless condition of ‘Washington. letin, “The Voteless League is intercsted in national and international politics but should be more interested in District politics. Although we are dumb we are not deaf nor dead and we shall ‘listen in’ on Tuesday !vz-!guesu played either in the afternoon nings to the voters service talks, be-|or evening and spent a very enjoyable tween 7 and 7:30, between now and |time. A number of lovely articles were | June 25, hoping tnat among other in- | donated for prizes. The committee takes telligent discussions of public questions, | great pleasure in reporting that the there may be some satisfactory diag-| party was most successful, both socially | nosis of the constituticnal maladies of | and financially. | our body politic for which remedies may | _The Woman's Club of Chevy Chase, | be suggested and eventually a cure effected.” Miss Selma Borchardt, chair-| nq - The March meeting opened with ging of “America the Beautiful” man of the nominating commitec, urges | he that members sen mn eir lists of | " i ts Of Mrs. E. H. Russell leading and Mrs. n&mfls for candidates for next Yar's | pawson Olmstead accompanying on the e |piano, The treasurer, Mrs. Ruscell S, ~—The | McBride, reported the payment of $5 e i | to the Eiiza Bennett Hartshorne Memo- ¢ | rial Fund, which is an educational loan fund, and also the gift of $100 to the new Somerset School, for visual edu- cation. On motion of Mrs. Karl C. | Cortey, membership chairman, the fol- lowing were elected to membership: Mrs. Holland Huntington. Mrs. William | F. Henry, Mrs. Hugh Loftis, Mrs. Sam- |uel Whiftemore Boggs, Mrs. Dawson | Olmstead and Mrs. Diller F. Groff. The leader of the social section, Mrs. George F. Mikkelson, announced two Woman's Club next committee day meeting will be hel Tuesday at the clubhouse, beginning a | 11 am. The guest speaker is Miss Mil- dred Terrett, who will be introduced, at | 2:15 pam., by Mrs. Robert Sears, chair- |man of public welfare. Miss Terrett, who is executive secretary of the Juv | nile Protective Association in the D: trict of Columbia, will discuss phases Other features for committee day are | | a review by Mrs. Edwin Etz of the much |falked about book oSN 2 TIi | parties to be held in April for the bene- given at 1 oclock, directly following | 1% Of the Social Service League ard luncheon, and at 1:30 o'clock Mrs. B. | . . e eon, and at 1:30 oclock Mrs. B |tion would give a dance for its members Ashby Leavell of the department of|on aMarch 26 at the clubhouse of the legislation wil talk on “Women Who | Womans Club of Beinesan” . | " Reports were also given by the section | “Mrs. Mina Church Brane, motion pic- |joaders. for civics, literature, interna- ture chairman, also holding that posi- | tional relations and music and by the chairman of the committee on public | mest tomorrow, 2 p.m It was a beautiful tribute paid the “Gold | | motion picture chairmen in the county {at the Farle Theater Building, Room | 628, on Thursday, March 28, at 10:30 am. Mrs. George Gillingham, District of Columbia Federation chairman of motion pictures, will speak on current | releases of book films. This is an open meeting, which any clubwoman or others interested are cordially invited to attend. Petworth Woman's Club.—The edu- cational section met March 19 at the home of Mrs. Norcross, 819 Taylor street, with 17 members and 1 guest present. Mrs. Schwartz read “Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address” for Mrs. Hammeriund, who was ill. The section was fortunate in having rells, supervisor of art in the public schools. Miss Garrells talked on the methods now used in the schools in teaching children art, comparing. the old procedure of copying design with | the newer methods of teaching appre- as_a guest speaker Miss Harriet Gar-| | welfare. The chairman of the com- | mittee serving luncheon, which pre- | ceded the meeting, was Mrs. Leon M. Betts. The president of the club, Mrs. Wil- |liam C. Dennis, introduced the speaker |of the day, Rev. Moses Richardson Lovell, pastor of the Mount Pleasant Congregational Church. Mr. Lovell de- |scribed phe work carried on during the | past Winter under the auspices of his church and known as the Washington Life Adjustment Center. He said that | for 11 Monday evenings during the past Winter, first five and later seven people gathered in the rooms of his church to receive the 191 Washington people who came to them for help and guidance. This group of counselors included a prominent physician, who said that he would not receive any of those seeking | help as professional patients, but would diagnose the case and refer to some other physician; two and later three psychiatrists, a general counselor, a di- rector of religious education and a spiritual advisor. In all there were 345 Quoting from the bul- | clation and use of color. She told of |periods of consultation. and of the large the effort being made to bring about |number who sought help only five could 2 realization of what a difference right | be classed as cranks. Mr. Lovell said color can make and the pleasures and | that sometimes this need of readjust- | beauty proper use of color can be made ment was due to domestic_difficulties, | to bring into homes and lives through 'perhaps the patient was suffering from | pplication of this knowledge. | fear, or still again the patient mav have | Mrs. Norton, chairman of the special | had a physical aliment. The Wash- | committee of the music section, reported | ington Life Adjustment Center did a | | that the card party held by the section | splendid work last Winter. | March 15 at the home of Mrs. Sower- | The March meeting of Le Cercle | | butts was most successful. A great num- | Francais was held on Tuesday with | ber of the club members and their Mme. Leifur Magnusson. The guests of honor were Mmes. Viguler and ' Phleiger from Paris, France, and Mme. Holt of Le Havre, France. After the business meeting, which is always con- ducted in French, and the singing of French songs, Mme, Magnusson invitsd her guests into her studio for tea a la cabaret, during which the Cercle was entertained by informal talks from Mme. Oliver, Mme. Viguier and Mme. Phieiger. At the recent meoting of the executive committee of the music section, held at the home of Mrs. Frederick C. Smith, Mrs. Theodore W. Norcross, Mrs. Wil- liam A. Domer and Mrs. R. 8. McBride were appointed a nominating committ--> and all members are requested to sen.l in suggestions for officers for the sec- tion for next year. Th leader, Mrs. Lyles Offutt announces that the Spring concert will be held May 1, in Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church. ‘The March musical tea will be held Monday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Roger Wells on Chevy Chase Parkway. The section International relations will t the home of Mrs. Edward L. Smead, 216 Elm street, On Tuesday afternoon, the nature sec- tion, will meet at 2:30 o'clock with Mrs. Earl H. Clapp. on Meadow lane and a* | 8:30 o'clock. the social section will give a dance at the clubhouse of the Wom- an’s Club of Bethesda. On Wednesday, the motion picture committee will meet with the chairman, Mrs. R. Harvey Sargent. on McKinley street. The meet- ing of the art section will be omitted | this month. ‘Newcomb Club.—Both meetings of the Newcomb €lub of Bethesda, held March 1 and 15, were held in the Battery Park Community Clubhouse, with the presi- dent, Mrs. Peyton Whelan, in the chair. The corresponding secretary, Mrs. Ben- jamin J. Potter, read a letter from the county commissioners in answer to the club’s request that markers be put at Brown's lane. They report that the only official designation «of this road is Cedar lane and suggest marking it so. The club veted to refer the letter to the Alta Vista Citizens’ Association, with the statement that the club pre- fers the usual designation of Brown's lane. She also reported the receipt of a letter stating that the Norbeck bird bill, which had been previously ap- proved by the club. is ncw a law. 1t was reported that the food sale netted about $20. Mrs. Fred Keplinger re- ported for the director that the club is asked to find out the number of women who are registered voters in the club, how many voted in the primarics and how many in the last election; that the cardinal will be the official county bird when the governor signs the bill, and that five girls in the county are taking advan’age of the Eliza Hartshorne me- morial scholarship fund. Unanimous disapproval was voted against the Lan- vale bill to lower the age at which children of school age may be kept out " (Continued on Thirteenth Page.) A to Our A Big Three Day Event! 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