Evening Star Newspaper, March 24, 1929, Page 53

4 ted From Twelfth Page.) of school. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., The next meeting of the club will be | | with Mrs, Wesley Morris, North Wood - A resolution urging the|side, on March 27. The guest speaker forming of a Federal Department of Ed- | will be Mrs. George Young, whose sub- | ucation, with a Secretary in the Presi- | ject Wwill be dent's cabinet, was unanimously adept- | Cure of War.” ed and a copy directed sent to Repre- sentatives and Senators with the re- | quest that they use their influence to secure a favorable report on the Curtis- Recd bill by the education committees of Congress in order that the measure may be brought to a vote on the floor of each house. Mrs. C. L. Chambers was appointed to care for the Sunshine Birthday fund. During the year cach member will contribute to this fund, and it is to be used to send flowers to sick and shut-in members. Mrs. George F. Hane and Miss Emma Riely wi elected delegates to the State conven- tion, with Mrs. J. Henry Brown and Mrs. A. B. Foster alternates. Mrs. C. L. Chambers, chairman of fine arts for th: League of American Pen Women, in vited the club members to a meeting of the league on March 20 to hear Clifiord Berryman man’ of international relations, gave a report on the present status of the United States’ entry into the Werla Court. Mrs. George F. Hane, chairman of conservation, read the Maryland State law which provides a fine of $25 for breaking trees, vines, flowers, etc. Wild life will take care of itself if given a chance. Only those flowers which bloom abundantly should be picked. The president read a letter urging all club members to be watchfu! Tegarding the use of the common drink- ing cup, called by some the “germ ex- change.” The program for the after- noon of March 15 consisted of roll call, when the members discussed possible plans for making Sunday a restiul day. The program for the meeting on March 1 was given by Mrs. Fred Kep: linger, the club director of fine arts, who read a paper on “The Mural Dec- orations of the Pennsylvania Capitol at Harrisburg,” by Violet Oakley, illus- trating it with many beautiful prints of her work. The Crittenton Wheel Club met with | banjo by Bob Boris, accompanied by | Pauline Potwin, 2842. Twenty-| Walter T. Holt of the Holt School of | Mrs. seventh street, March 14, 19 members being present. A buffet luncheon was served, after which the usual business | was transacted. The hub, Mrs. Alvord, gave a report of the last board meeting. | nesday evening at the home of Mr. The responses to roll call were enter- |and Mrs. Oliver H. Hillman. on Var- The care by the Community | num_street, with the president. John Chest of the maintenance of the home | M. Sylvester, in the chair. taining opens a new field of work’ for the club in looking after the needs and welfa of the girls and their little ones. next meeting of the Wheel will be held on March 28 at the home, with Mrs. | experiences in South Africa, when she Tucker as hostes: Delta Phi Sigma met at the home of | selected. Miss Alice Terrill, 14 Cleveland avenue, March 13. Several matters of business ‘were discussed, after which games were played. Some of the club members planned a trip to the theater for March 20, to see “A Connecticut Yankee.” Basket ball practice continues every Monday ngiht at the Presbyterian Com- munity Hall, The Writers! League of Washi will meet at d:e ‘Thomson Community Center Thursday evening. The program planned includes experiences, short stories by Mrs. James T. Watson and Fred McLaughlin; article by Miss Marion Usher and the prize poems. At the last meeting Dr. Mary Meek Atke- son gave a helpful talk on writing. Prof. Courtland Darke Baker gave a com- parative analysis. of modern and Vie- torian vérse”from the viewpoint of diction. Affer his splendid talk, he| announced the prize winners in the| poetry contest, for which he had acted 28 judge. Mrs. Edith Merrick won first place in the poetry contest, and Mrs. Marguerite Wilcox and Mrs. Z New- comb received honorable mention. ‘The ‘Argyle Study. Club will meet on ‘Tuesday with Mrs. James E. Douglass, No. 10 Hesketh street. Chevy Chase, Md. The peper on “Women in Busi- nes which was postponed from the | last meeting, will be given by the hostess. | Business and Professional 'mn's' Club of the District.—The executive board met at the Hamilton Hotel Mon- day evening, President Mrs.. Sheppard Knapp Haynes presiding. Drp.pflurence pA‘ Everhart and Miss Grace Powers, who will be in charge of the program for March 25 in the red room at the Hamilton Hotel, the regu- lar meeting place of the club, reported that Miss Lucile Reiner, readers’ ad- viser in sociology of the Public Library of Washington, would be the speaker. Her subject will be “Facilities in Pub- lic Libraries for Vocational Guidance.” Miss Grace Powers, in charge of the play, arts,” to be given by the club on the evening of April 22, ‘Teported progress made and the following mem- Mrs. E. C. Stanton, chair- | cystodian of cups and trophies, Mrs, M. | | of committees. | Charles Richardson. | : The Washington | niversary at the home of Mrs. Fran | Thompson, 3031 Newark street. The | Washington club is the third oldest in the country. { outine business, including reading of | the minutes, the treasurer’s report, and the election of new members, the elui pa refre The officers for the en- suing year, who had been elected at the | Pebruary meeting, ascumed their dut | They are as follows: President, Mrs. ments ‘Council on Cause and | ‘at Club, Inc., cele- | | brated its twenty-seventh birthday an- | After the transaction of | icipated in a social gathering with | L. West: honorary vice presidents, Mre. | Frank M. Thompson and Edw: Schmid; active vice presidents, C. Payne, Mrs, R. H. Walsh, Mrs. V Pedone, Drs. H. A, | and I. M. Cashell | Bonner; treasurer, Mrs. K. Metcalf: delegates to the Cat | Fanciers' Federation, . Harry Pealo, Mrs. Frank Thompson and Mrs. J. J. Costinett. | The Excelsior Literary Club met re- cently at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. | V. Carr, 923 Deczatur street. Mrs. Henr; Fenno Sawtelle, president, presided. After the salute to the flag, followed by "I\c singing of “America,” Mrs. Carr at| | the piano, reports of officers and com- | mittees were read. The club paper on | Oliver Wendell Holmes was read by | | Mrs. Royal Brasel, second vice presi-| | dent, after which the club was enter-| | tained with a literary and musical pro- | |gram. Recitations were given by Mrs. | | Mat Queen-Ewing, a_past president | | of the club; piano solo, Miss Jennie Lee | | McCoy; vocal solo, Mrs. Emily Jarboe, | accompanied on ‘the piano by Mrs. E. | V. Carr. Mrs_ Gertrude Bischoff, sec- | ond vice president of the D. C. F. W C,, | gave a discourse on “The Modern Home | |and Its Problems.” A feature of the| evening was selections on the t,enorl Music, followed by & reception and so- | cial evening. The Abracadabra Club met on Wed- | The re- sponses to roll call brought out many interesting items about South America. ‘The speaker of the evening was Mrs. Charles G. Abbot, who told of many | was with Dr. Abbot, on the trip when I the site for the Solar Observatory was Mrs. Lloyd H. Sutton. read a short story by Christopher Morley. After a social hour the club adjourned to meet next at the home of Mr. and | Mrs. Addams S. McAllister. i The “Just Sew” Circle of the Flor. ence Crittenton Home held a work and | business meeting recently at the home of Mrs. C. H. Newell, 1303 Delafield place, with Mrs. E. F. Sells and Mrs. George McCullough assisting hostesses. In the absence of the president, Mrs. James A. Councilor, the vice president: Mrs. E. F. Sells, presided and received reports of the officers and of chairmen Mrs. Arthur Hilton of the work and purchasing committee, re- ported 14 dresses ready for delivery to the home and 38 cut and distributed among the members to be returned fin- ished at the next meeting. Luncheon was served at 1 pm. Mrs. C. N. Camp- bell of Houston, Tex. Miss Caroline Dunnington of Silver Spring, and Mas- ter Bobby Rapp were guests, The Progress Club of College Park met Wednesday at the home of Mrs. The president, ' Mrs. C. P. Close was in the chair. The | meeting was opened by the singing of | “The Pledge,” led by Mrs. C. T. Greene. After roll call reports of the director and standing chairmen were called for. The director, Mrs. Appleman, having been unable to attend the county meet- ings, asked Mrs. Brechbill to give her report. Mrs. Herr reported two new names on the waiting list. Mrs, Fix, chairman of the cheer committee, re- fi‘m having sent cards to Mrs. House, . Hunt, Mrs. Taylor and Mrs. Charlie White. She read a reply from Mrs. Taylor. Mrs. Allen gave the edu- cational report for Mrs. Carmichael, in which she stated that a committee meeting had been held to perfect plans for a flower contest. The purpose is to encourage the growing of more flaw-} ers. This contest is for the children | of College Park between the ages of 6| and 14. Prizes are to be awarded ac- cording to age, for the most attractive garden and the club was asked to give | $15 to defray the expenses of this con- | bers of the club will take parts: Florence A. Everhart Clodfelter, Miss Mary Elizabeth Pidgeon, Miss F. A. Cox. The club is arranging a bridge party haul away the refuse. Mrs. Wade re- 1in the Ted room on the evening of April 6 at 8 pm. Tickets will be available Thursday of this week and may be se- | Hyattsvi cured from any of the club members or | from Miss Grace Powers, who is charge. three card parties during the next three months—April 6, May 4 and June 1. The money raised will be used for the benefit of the club activities. Miss Penelope Cobb, program chair- man, reports work started on the an- nual banquet to be given by the club on May 27 in the Chantilly room' of | the Hamilton Hotel. here from national headguarters, North Carolina Federation, Virginia State Federation and _from the Baltimore Business and Professional Woman's Club. Mrs. Sheppard Knapp Maynes, president, met Saturday evening with Dr. Grace H. Beardsley, president of | the Baltimore Club; Mrs. Rector, fed- eration chairman, and Miss Miller. The membership is increasing under the guidance of Miss Ellen H, Edstrom,| membership chairman, and, her com- mittee. Two new members gvere voted in at the meeting Monday—Miss Cath- erine Lenroot and Miss Mary Elizabeth Pidgeon. The treasurer, Miss E. Lydia Martin, was welcomed Monday evening, after a trip to the South. Miss Martin visited Birmingham, Ala., and took an aeroplane ride to Muscle Shoals. The Washington Colony of N 1and Women held its monthly meeting at the home of Mr: on L. Whitney. 3411 Oakwood terrace, on March 15. Miss Antoinette F. Peterson, presented the colony with a silk American flag. The president, Mrs. Fernald, presented gavel. The members reported a visit to the Home for Incurables and told of the distribution of gifts to_the inmates A social followed. Mrs. D'Orsay and Miss Bourne were guests. P. E. O. Sisterhood, Chapter H, met Tuesday evening at the home of Miss Florence Reynolds, 1222 Euclid street. Miss Reynolds was ‘assisted as hostess to the chapter and its guests by her sisters, Miss Elizabeth Reynolds, president of Chapter D; Mrs. Loretta Newby and Miss Myrta Reynolds, also members of Chapter D. Following the business ses- sion the chapter was presented with an initiation cloth of white satin, the gift of Chapter C, whose president, Mis. Marie Brinley, made the presentation. Chapter C was further represented by Mrs. Helen Bentley, district organizer; Mrs. Bertha Mattocks, Mrs. Gertrude Fisher, Mrs. Ada Savage, Mrs. Sallie Harper, sccretary-treasurer of the co- operative council, and Mrs. Anna Po: terfield. Other guests were Mrs. Marie O et hace | acToplane motors from the College Far Speakers will be | Dr., | test. | Miss Stella I.| In addition it was voted to have a clean-up day and ask for the use of the | trucks from the Experiment Station to | ported that 14 clubs sent representa- tives to her recent welfare meeting in | The secretary was asked to write a letter to the Bureau of Stan ards requesting it to remove the rac| | Aviation Field. Mrs. Appleman an- nounced that the American Association | of University Women will have an open | meeting at the University of Maryland auditorium, March 28, at 4 pm, at| | which time Pierre de Lanux will ad-| dress the association. An invitation to | attend this ‘meeting was extended to | all members of the Progress Club. W. R. Ballard of the University of | Maryland gave a lecture on flower gardening with colored lantern slides, | {Uler the meeting the hestess served ea. { Beauregard Chapter, No. 1102, W. D. | C. was entertained March 12 by Miss | Bertie Packett on Seventeenth street, Besides the members of the chapter there were five district officers and other ‘zuest.s present. Mrs. Horning, the dis- trict president, spoke of some important matters pertalning to Beauregard | Chapter. "After the chapter had ad- | journed Miss Packett invited the mem- bers and guests to the dining room | where' retreshments were served. ~The [table was decorated with pink, sweet i peas and delabras with pink cand] The Ugly Duckling l Tea House 115 B St. S.E. ||| Opposite Library of Congress || “ The Tea House of Individuality Luncheon, 55¢ to $1 Dinner, 60c to $1.25 H Afternoon Tea {[SEND EASTER FLOWERS To the Folks Back Home— THRU— (! Kahlbaum of Chapter E, Philadelphia. | and Mrs. Celia Campbell of Chapter B F, Springfield, Tl The meeting closed | with an interesting program, including | Tecitations by Mrs. Marie Brinley, and | musical numbers by Mrs. Mary Voll, so- Flowers by prano, and Miss Lois Stuntz, pianist. Wire 1407 H Streen The Woman's Club_of Woodside was entertained by Mrs. O. B. Magruder at her home in North Woodside Wednes day afternoon. 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Certainly a charming giit ...n 1, 2, and 3 strands necklaces . . . 16 to 60 inches long...also rings, pins and bracelets. 5 upwerd Jewelry Shop—Street Floor Real Snake Slippers, $10 with kid quarter Certainly a fashion that holds a treasured place in Spring mode .. .snake .., and here it is in graceful one-strap mode . . . the vamp of snake and the quarter of sun-tan or black kid! A Spanish heel that is comfortable vet high enough to look smart! Swmart indeed to have snake footwear with nearly every Spring costume . . , and you may have bags to match . . , £5 to $30. Footwear Shop—Street Floor 2’ broa in tion: the shoe no the costume that sounds like statement. style cos smart combina- 8!