Evening Star Newspaper, September 29, 1929, Page 62

12 THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, NEWS OF THE CLUBS ‘Women's City Club.—Mus. Merritt O. Chance, president, has issued cards for & meeting with chairmen of committees and club sections tomorrow at 8 p.m. at the clubhouse. Plans for the year will be outlined. The club quarters, which have been undergoing many changes, near completion, thus provid- ing for the membership expansion and attendant activities, also adding space in the dining room for the public pa- tronage which the club enjoys. Mem- bers are to be entertained informally at tea in the new dining room at 4:30 o'clock next Sunday afternoon. Mrs. John Allen Munson, chairman of the thimble section, invites all club members interested in sewing for char- ity to meet Wednesday at 11 a.m. for crganization and perfecting of plans for the card party to be given Thursday afternoon and evening, October 17, at the clubhouse. Members’ business meet- ing will be held Wednesday evening at 8 p.m. Mrs. Gladys Ball Middlemiss, chair- man of the drama unit, announces a meeting of this section, to be heid ‘Thursday evening at 8 o'clock. All club members interested in dramatics are invited. Miss Susan Baker, chair- man of the French section, announces the classes will resume study, the be- ginners’ Monday evening at 7 o'clock, the advanced Tuesday evening at 7, pre- ceded by a meeting at the French table in the grill, where French conversation prevails. Intermediate ¥rench students meet Thursday at 7 p.m. Mme. Marie Boulay-Anderson instructs. . Mrs. Jennie O. Berliner, chairman of the Spanish section, announces the be- ginners’ class will meet Tuesday evc- ning at 7:30; the advanced class at 6:30. All club members interested in the study of Spanish are invited to join these groups. Instruction is for club members only. William Knowles Cooper will be guest of honor and speaker at the meeting of the current events section October 8, at 4:50 o'clock. All club members are invited. Guest privileges. Miss Julia D. Connor will greslde at the dinner given by the usiness and professional section Wed- nesday evening, October 9, at 6:30 o'clock. Mrs. Lulah T. Andrews will be guest speaker. Miss Jessie Dell, chair- man of the section, invites all members to attend the taiks, with prompt reser- vations for the dinner. A business meeting of the Friday Contract Bridge section is called for October 4 at 2 oclock. Mrs. J. K. Freiot, chairman, will preside. The Twentieth Century Club will hold its first general meeting of the season ‘Thursday, October 3, at 11 o'clock in Barker Hall, Y. W. C. A. The main speaker will be Miss Dorothy Fleming, who will talk on “The Philosophy of Fashion.” Rev. Moses R. Lovell will speak briefly upon the work of the ‘Washington Life Adjustment Cente:. ‘The chairman of the hospitality com- | mittee, Mrs. Edward C. Thomas, has called & meeting of her committee for October 3, at 10:30 a.m., in Barker Hall to outline the year’s work. The nature scction. Mrs. Leo D. Minar, chairman, will have an outing Wednesday, October 2, and will meet at Mount Vernon Sta- tion Twelfth street and Pennsylvania avenue, at 9:50 am. for & trip to Wel- lington, Va. The international outlcok section. Mrs, W. W. Husband chairman, will have its first meeting of the season Oc- tober 7 at 2 p.m. at the Y. W.C. A. A talk_upon “The Problem of the Jews at Jerusalem” will be given by Mrs. | Harvey D. Wiley. A recountal of her Summer’s trip through Norway and Sweden will be given by Mrs. Will C. Barnes. The speaker will be Mr. Gideon A. Lyon, associate editor of The Star. His subject will be “Glimpsing the Far East.” Mr. Lyon has spent the past Summer in study and travel in the Orient, and “has a message to deliver.” ‘The international outlook section is most fortunate in having the opportu- | nity to hear his message. League of Ameri Pen Women of the District of Columbia.—The new studio clubrooms in Stoneleigh Court are rapidly assuming a homelike atmos- phere. Next Friday evening at 8 o'clock an informal housewarming will take place and this occasion will for- mally open the season's activities. ‘Among the speakers will be Mr. Elmer Kenyon of the New York Theater Guild, who will talk on the various plays that are to be presented by the guild in Washington. Tomorrow night the monthly business meeting of the league will take place and all members are urged to be present. The play- writers’ group is looking forward to a busy season under direction of Mrs. Edith Ogden Heidel. Mrs. Walter E. Hilton will act as vice chairman of this group, Last Friday evening a meeting of all group and committee chairmen was held w decide on definite dates for their work during the year. Many of '.he members are looking forward to series of celebrity breakfasts which ll’e sponsored by the national league and wh!ch will be held at the Willard dur- ing the Winter. Mrs. Swalm Reed, who was chairman of the breakfasts last year, has again consented to take mer this ncmll.y and has already se- cured a large number of interesting celebrities Inr these occasions. Chevy Chase Branch, League American Pen Women.—The regular monthly meeting of the Chevy Chase branch of the League of American Pen Women will be held at the home of Mrs. Nina Nash Cron, 3302 McKinley street northwest, Monday, October 7, at 4 o'clock. There will be nominations of officers for the coming year at this meeting. Nominating committee, Mrs. Evelyn Hawley, chairman; Mrs, C. C. Calhoun and Miss Louise Worden. Plans will be completed for the diplomatic tea to be given November 4. Mrs. Charles Augustus Hawley has given $50 in cash prizes to the Chevy Chase High School for creative work in music ana art. ‘This was given in the name of the Chevy Chase branch and will be known as the Evelyn Hawley prizes. The branch president, Mrs. Jesse Nich- olson, was honor guest recently at a luncheon given by the Maryland State | president, Mrs. Maria Briscoe Croker, ! at her home, in Baltimore, Md. Soroptimist Club.—The weekly lunch- eon of the club, which was held at the Hotel La Fayette on Wednesday, was presided over by the first vice president of the club, Miss Daisy Reed, in the absence of the president, Mrs. Harriet Hawiey Locher, who is in New York at- tending a motion plcmre conference presided over by Will Hay: The club entertained l.s theh- guest of honor Dr. Suzanne A. Noel, president of the Paris Soroptimist Club and vice president of the European Federation of Soroptimist Clubs. Dr. Noel is an emi- nent surgeon. She is the recipient of the highest honors in facial surgery, and also has been decorated with the Legion of Honor. Her address in French was interpreted to the club by one of its members, Mrs. Hubert Corens. Mrs. s, DR. SUZANNE NOEL, Vice president of the European Federa- tion of Soroptimist Clubs, who was en- tertained by the local group this week. Nina Swalm Reed, a member of the club, gave a talk on “What Is Happen- ing in Sweden.” Several music num- bers were rendered by the Misses Rupp and Stevens, instructors in music at the Marjorie Webster School. A number of guests were in attendance. Nellie B. Hysong entertained as her guest Mrs. Manda of Pennsylvania; Miss Lily Tyser had as her guest Miss B. Bornett; Mrs. Ethel K. Pollard en- tertained the cousin of the president of the club, Mrs. P. D. Probert of Los An- geles, Calif., and Mrs. Betsy Fisher had as her guest Mrs. McWhorter, now of this city. The club is formulating plans for entertaining the Advertising Club the third week in October. Zonta Club.—Return to the city of vacationists brought a large attendance to the club’s first monthly closed meet- ing this Fall, held in the oak room of the Raleigh Hotel Wednesday noon. Vice President Gertrude Van Hoesen presided in the absence of President Esther C. M. Gude. Mrs, Grace Jen- nings Landon, recording secretary, read minutes of the last meeting, which was followed by other officers’ and commit- tee chairmen’s reports on activities dur- ing the month. Then followed discus- of | | meeting will precede the entertainment., | Blassingham will preside. Mrs. | sion of Wiriter activities, hcludlnl wm Lida B. has visited 14 Zonta, cmbq re] the semi-annual meeting of of directors of the National Confedera- tion of Zonta Clubs held at t.ha Ed| Chicago, te 0 an ‘This mee'.lu was attended by represenumu from 17 MRS. GRACE J. LANDON, Recording secretary of the Zonta Club, who has resumed her club work after the Summer recess. clubs in the confederation, including ‘Toronto and Ottawa, and in addition to accomplishing a large volume of work, there was an elaborate banquet at the conclusion of the second day, held at the Medinah Club. Dr. Suzanne Noel, vice president of the European Federation of Soroptimist | go: Clubs and president of the Soroptimist Club of Paris, was a visitor in Washing- ton this week and guest of honor and speaker at the local Soroptimist Club luncheon held at the La Fayette Wed- nesday. Dr. Noel has been awarded the Legion of Honor by the French government for facial surgery during the World War and has four other decorations. The Washington Readers’ Club.—Mrs. Constance M. Goodman, president of the Washington Readers’ Club, also a regent in one of the D. A. R. chapters, has returned to Washington after spending the Summer at her Virginia home, and is ready to take up her work with_the clubs. The first meeting of the Washington Readers’ Club will be held at All Souls’ Church, Sixteentn and Harvard streets northwest, on Oc- tober 1, at 8 p.m. A half-hour business ‘The subject of the evening will be “An- cient Days” and Mrs. Virginia Bayly The Wilson College Club of Washing- ton will hold its first meeting for this season October 4, at 4:30 o'clock, at the home of its president, Mrs. F. T. F. Johnson, in the Mendota Apartments. All alumnae and former students of the college are invited to attend. Plans for the Winter’s activities will be voted on at this meeting. The Clover Club's first meeting of the season was held at, the home of the president and hosfess, Mrs. H: V. Schnabel, 4316 Fifteenth street. Offi- cers for the new season are: Mrs. Harry V. Schnabel, president; Mrs. Godfrey L Munter, vice president; Mrs. Lucien H. Mercier, secretary; Mrs. D. E. White, treasurer; Mrs. William W. Wheeler. di- rector to the federation; Mrs. Mark h, nafll:\menla A Greenway Inn Connecticut at Cathedral Sunday | Tuesdays & Dinner | Thursdays Half Fried Olikckien: e Wednes- m<> =HaO=-Hamz200 Chicken days Duck Broiled Sea Food Steak our own_delicious hot . Bread and pastries daily Roast L. I & Fridays Tenderloin 110 7:30 pm.'5 to 7:50 pm. COL. 10118, ANN TABER ... at Rutley’s—Tomorrow, Monday the 30th, at 9:15 A.M. A New Store With a New Price Policy That Means Real Value in Women’s and Misses’ Coats and Dresses— Every Day in the Year —_— Early comers are as- sured of a marvelous se- Jection. —_———— Dresses for every occasion—that are priced now at figures you'll find hard to equal at the end of the sea- racks owrl)ur(leued with son. A new store with brand-new merchandise. COATS .. All are beautifully fur trimmed— made in the most popular fabrics and newest shades. Coats that should and do sell elsewhere for half again the price. .+ $39.55 ees w the ‘various committees were George O. G hunchnlrmnn mmm e a talk on *“The Anolulnl"thil'.l lnamhyh'.hemwn to be the mnu in- rentng mn has ever had and a rising vote of thanks was given the pro- gram k. Mrs. committee for its of t.be Eilec-be and Mrs, A, will be E. White. Mrs. Harry V. Schnabel will speak on "Bulldln. Sound Bodies.” were Mrs, Harry M. Pa The next meetin, Columbia Floral Cir Circle_will meet to- at the home of Mrs. T, 27 tht place, Mrl . McKee and Mrs. M. Rhoads, h esses. The Committee on Manual for Immi- d meeting Tuesday, Mrs. Alexander H. Bell, 3400 Garfleld street, is chairman and Mrs. Geoffrey 3525 R street, vice emlrmnn. 1 born in th District of Columbia and this enmmltm has distributed more than 10,000 man- uals for the information of immigrants and foreigners. Women's Club of Bethesda.—Tuesday, October 1, at 2 o'clock, the executive board will hold its initial meeting of the season at the clubhouse. The new board is made up of the following offi- ::ern, department and committee chair- President, Mrs. Gilbert H. Gros- venor' first vice president, Mrs. William M. Glmhle' second vice president, Mrs. Walter Mack Clark; recording secretary, Mrs. Edward B. Morris; corresponding secrelary, Mrs. F. E. Middleton; treas- Edward M. Willls; historian, E parliamentarian, Mrs. ;_director to the Mont- mery County "Federation, Mrs. John Jacob Miller; department chairmen, fine arts, Mrs. Maude Howell Smith, with Mrs. E. H. Etz, Mrs. Henry W. Glassle, Mrs. Thomas N. Pyle and Mrs. John B. Bennett heading the commit- tees on art, music, drama and liter- ves: cial service, Richard Antrobus: legislation, Mrs. B, Mhby Leavell; American home. Mrs. Ford E. internati ations, Mr: Erret Wallace; press md publicity, Mrs. J. Wilbur _Green; motion picture, Mrs. Nina Church Brann. ttees— ways and means, Mrs. James Adkins; hos- pitality, Mr;& Wal 'g&: Perry; member- program, Mrs. auditing, are arriving daily. Antiques William W. Bride: munds Mrs. Sld.m’y E. GENEVIEVE HENDRICKS, Inc. Interior Decorator 1747 K St. N.W. —announces that the shipments of fine antique furniture, china, glassware and materials which Miss Hendricks purchased in Europe this Summer Her clients, both old and new, are invited to view them at her studio, which has been enlarged for their better accommodation. Decorations 7 O.Bunlw resolutions, Mrs. Alvin B. ‘The mwoflh Woman's Club inaugu- rated its year's activities with a meet- | ing of the literature section held Sep- tember 9 at the home of the chairman, Mrs. Myers. Summer experiences were given bty the 12 memherl t, and or the e(lnl.ng ter's “work were ducunud arey, ¢ assisted by Mrs. Adams, entertained the educa- tional uctlvn at its first meeting. Mrs. Nelson, the new chairman for the year, presided. . Mrs. Hammerlund gave a paper on Americanization, followed by a general discussion. The civic section met September 19 with the chairman, Mrs. Knox.. There was a general dis- cussion of the various bills now in course of legislation concerning women. Mrs. Knox gave a brief resume of the book ‘“Concerning Women,” and Mrs. Phelps gave a reading from the paper “The Family,” by Dorothy Canfield Fisher, choosing the part concerning women. A committee was appointed to work out the pi for the year's study. Miss Inez 11, a representa- tive of the Visiting Nurse Soclety, was the guest speaker at the meeting of the home section held at the home of Mrs. Sowerbutts September 19, with Mrs. Abbott and Mrs. Finnigan assisting. Miss Cadell the work of t,hz Visiting Nurses and showed a number of lantern slides. Plans were made for the entertainment of the club at its October meeting. The Woman’s Club of Chevy Chase, Md.—Two of the sections will open the year 1929-30 Tuesday. The nature sec- tion, under the leadership of Mrs, Har- old G. Moulton, will meet at 10 o'clock at Chevy Chase Circle for a walk. social section will meet at 12:30 at the home of the leader, Mrs. George F. Mikkelson, on West Lenox street, to discuss "plans for the Winter season. The juniors will meet Thursday after- noon at the home of the prenldent Miss Mary Jane Allen, on Rittenhouse street, to reorganize for the Winter. Mrs. Hoo- ver Hanger is the leader of this section, and Mrs. Harry Pllmore Lowe assistant leader. The civics section, which usu- ally meets on the first Friday, will not have a meeting ln chber ‘Takoma Park Wlmllnl Club.—The first meeting of the executive board of the club was held at the home of the president, Mrs. James A. Robertson, Friday afternoon, September 20. The business session was followed by tea, served by the hostess. The club holds its first general meeting of the year a 1:30 o'clock, October 1, at the Takoma Park Branch of the Public Library. Miss Sybil Baker will discuss the ques- tion of community centers in particular relation to the need and possibility of creating a center in Takoma. Sixteenth Street Heights Club.—The first Fall meeting of the club was held 'ruesdny afternoon last at the home of L. Stroh, 7415 Alaska ave- 'rhe president of the club, Mrs. Roberts, presided, with a large at- Remodeling STEP ARS AGO, perhaps, the finest in silk stockings was expénsive. But it isn't so today. Nowadays the dazzling beauty of a silk to the top, picot edged Gold Stripe Chiffon can be enjoyed by anyone for POINTED DOUBLE HEELS Our entire efforts are directed toward selling -class apparel, at bar- (oSIRIPE CHIFFON AND STEP-UP YOUR STYLE IN A SEPTEMBER 29, 1929—PART 3. tendance. Plans for the season’s ac- ivitles were promulgated. The guests ded Mrs. John Taylor, Mrs. .y W. ‘Thomas Humphrey, Mrs. l;le; and Mrs. Charles May- m ext meeting will be held Oc- hmllnthehmao!un J. 8. Lay, 707 Rittenhouse street. The . Thimble Club of Washington MN&!’.IA‘M.{D.H.C.C. ot E., will hold its first Autumn meet- ing October 2 at '.he home of the presi- dent, Mrs. Agnes Hipsley, 215 Bryant street northeast. A general program for the year's work will be planned. The meeting is called at 11 am. Sev- eral members attended the grand coun- cil held in Detroit. An opportunity will be given them to report. Columbia Women of the George Washington University will hold their first meeting of the year on Tuesday, at 4 o'clock, in the assembly room of Cor- coran Hall, Twenty-first street between G and H streets northwest. Following the social hour, which will take place from 4 until 4:30 o'clock, the history of the Columbian Women for ml-!' will be read by Miss Edna Clark, rian, e to new members will be b[ Miss Mildred N. of the membership co) tee, and Mrs. Robert F. Griggs, chal man of the newcomers’ committee. Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley, president last year, will be chaplain of the meeting. Miss Ellnbeth Cullen, the new presi- dent, will preside. Other officers of the Columbian Wom- en for the year are: First vice presi- dent, Mrs. Edwin B. Behrend; second vice president, Miss Ruth Bennett; re- cording secretary, Miss Maxine Girts; corresponding secretary, Miss Marcelle Le Menager: treasurer, Miss Esther Fos- ter; assistant treasurer, Miss Rhoda Watkins, and historian, Mrs. T. N. Knappen. Babies Saved From Water. During the absence of the nursemaid, a baby carriage containing year-old twins dashed down the bank into & river at Cambridge, England, recently and the bables were saved by Miss Kathleen Yarrow, who jumped into the water fully dressed. WEAVING MOTH _HOLES. BAD TEARS, are invisible when re et by Process at Moderate Cost B. L. GERSHANlCK CUSTOM TAILOR! Suite 231, National l’rnl Bldg. etropolitan 3947 Special Value! 50-INCH SUNFAST DAMASK Now $190 Good Quaiity Save yd. Material McDEVITT SPACIOUS Apartment for family. four large rooms, (two_bedrooms), reception hall, bath and lporch; upper Conn. ave $75.00 Three rooms. recept. hall and bath.| A elevnor apt. Call manager, Cleve. 1211 F St. o 3 Distriet 3211 Engagements to Wed Formally Announced Dr. and Mrs. John R. Sharp announce the engagement of their daughter, Mar- garet Elisabeth, to Dr. Francis A. Riley of Pittshurgh, Pa. The wedding wall take place October Dr. Herman S. Hof the engagemerit of )’i‘t;!flr.ni:;xmlfl\mcfig lian V. Hoffman, to Mr. N. Norman Mayer, "Polish Notzbl;s Register At Hotel in Capital Col. Glogowski, Col. Grabowski and Lieut. Zarychta of Poland are passing some time at the Wardman Park Hotel. They have come to this country to participate in the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the battle of Savannah and the death of the famous Polish patriot, Gen. Casimir Pulaski, who was killed when fighting with the Colonist forces during that battle. The ceremonies will be held in October. Canada is buying an average of more than 2,000 tractors a month from the United States. DEATH AT 102 CLAIMS PHYSICIAN TO EUGENIE L4 Dr. James R. Wadel Ward, Whe Served Empress and Was Living- stone Companion, Citizen of U. 8. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 28.—Dr. James R. Wadel Ward, one-time physi- cian to Empress Eugenie of France and companion of David Livingstone in Africa, died yesterday. He was 102 years old. Dr. Ward was naturalized as an American citizen when he was 96 years old. 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