Evening Star Newspaper, December 15, 1929, Page 80

NEWS OF THE CLUBS Wumnen's City Club.—New members of the club will be gues® of honor at the tea given this afternoon from 4:30 to 6 o'clock at the club house, 22 Jack- son place. Sponsors for the new mem- bers have been specially invited. Mem- bers of the membership committee will | be hostesses. All club members invited. Guest privileges. ! Mrs. Bruce Baird will preside at the | first of a series of District history din- ners, which will be given December 27 at 6:30 o'clock. Miss Mary E. Lazenby is chairman and invites members to make early reservations. Mrs. Gertrude Lyons and members | of the music study group will be host- esses at tea Sunday, December 22, when | a program of music will be given, with | the singing of Christmas earols as a | special feature, All members are in- vited. Mrs. Henry T. Rainey will act as ad- | viser on new legislation, serving with | the committee on law and legisiation. | | Mrs. Clara Wright Smith is chairman. Plans are being formulated for lunch- eons and dinners at which speakers on subjects pertinent to District of Colum- | bia interests will be provided. Mrs. A. J. McKelway, chairman of 2 child welfare committee, announces lans for a round-table study of this problem with members of the child welfare committee of the Voteless Dis- | trict of Columbia League of Women Voters co-operating. Mrs. J. Edwin Reid, chairman of the Monday auction and contract bridge section, will hear the seventh of the series of talks on contract bridge at the meeting tomorrow afternoon. High- est scores@for November by those play- ing in the contract section were, first, Mrs. H. Dawson; second, Mrs. Charles Willcox, end third, Mrs. E. W. Van Metre. Highest scores in auction were held by Mrs. Mabel Whit- marsh; second, Mrs. Elma Saul, and | third. Mrs. J. J. Stephens. | Guests at the meeting of the Tues. day evening free-and-easy auction sec. tion Tuesday evening were Mrs. Mar- garet C. King, Mrs. Harold C. King, Mrs. Frederick W. Crowsll, Mrs. Charles R. Ogsbury and Mrs. I W. Jarvis. Mrs. Mabel Whitmarsh and Mrs. Lawrence Fortune are hostesszs; Miss A. Hazel 8wift, chairman. Mrs. John L. Munson, chairman of the thimble section. announces new contributing members as Mrs. Bertha M. Robertson, Mrs. Rose Pennell, Miss Alice R. Trefts, Mrs. Willlam C. Mc- Sparren, Mrs. Norman Ives and Mrs. Letitia Snow. Members and their friends are being asked for outgrown children’s clothing, which this group will place where most needed. Regular meetings are held in the sun parlor from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Wednes- day for sewing Mrs. Jennie O. Berliner, chairman of the Spanish section, announces new members joining the classes as Mrs. Josephine E. Jones, Mrs. N. W. S. Wil- liamson, Miss Hazel Hartman, Miss Olive Cole, Miss Edna Hoisington, Miss Dolly M. Stone and Miss Doris Sabin. Miss Susan C. Baker, chairman of the French section, invites all members interested in the study to join the group dining together at the “French table” Tuesday evenings. Miss Alice Heaven, chairman of the reciprocal relations committee, adds another club to the extensive group enjoying this relationship, the Wom- an’s City Club of Baltimore. Mrs. Bertha Frances Wolfe will meet with members tomorrow evening at 7 o'clock at the club house for the or- ganization of a parliamentary section. Study to begin in January. Among those joining the section are Judge Mary O'Toole, Mrs. A. H. B. McKen- ney, Mrs. E. E. Harper, Mrs. Ruth E. Martin, Mrs. Helen Montague, Mrs. Gertrude Lyons, Mrs. Ruth Snodgrass, Mrs. Clara Wright Smith, Dr. E. L. Allen, Mrs. L. B. Graves, Miss Mary Gott, Mrs. Prank Golden, Mrs, Willlam LaVarre and Miss Elaine Eppley. American Association of University Women.—A special meeting of the board of directors, followed by a meet- ln, of the Washington branch, was held at the club house, 1634 I street, on Monday, December 9, at 4:30 o'clock, with Mrs. Karl Fenning, the president, presiding. Upon recommendation of the board, the branch voted to endow an international fellowship of $40,000. Mrs. Alice Tisdale Hobart of New York will be the guest of honor and spcaker at the tea tomorrow at the clubhouse at 4:30 o’clock. Mrs. Hobart, whose recent novel, “Pidgin Cargo,” has Just been published, will speak on “The Cultural Conflict Between the East and West” Mrs. Edwin G. Nourse will pre- sent the speaker. Mrs. Wilson Compton Wwill preside at the tea table. Mr. Joseph Wood Krutch, dramatic critic of the Nation, will give the second lecture of the series being sponsored by the club entitled “New Interpretations of the Changing Social Order.” His subject will be “The Stage as Affected by the Changing Social Order.” The | meeting will be held at the club house on Friday evening at 8:30. As a dra- matic critic, it is generally conceded among New York theatergoers that Mr. Krutch is one of the most thoroughly equipped and brilliant interpreters of the rapidly changing dramatic develop- ments of the day. Study Group Meetings. ‘The beginning group of the pre-school education course will meet at the Wash~ ington Child Research Center, 1825 Co- lumbia road, on Thursday, December 19, at 8 pm, with Miss Heinig as leader. The advanced group will also meet at the Washington Child Research Center, but on Monday afternoon, December 15, at 2, with Miss Nell Boyd Taylor as leader, The pre-adolescent group will meet at the club house, 1634 I street, on Wed- nesday morning, December 18, at 9:45, with ‘Dr. Kathryn McHale, education secretary and acting_director of the American Association Women, in charge. The women and law group meets at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, December 17, at the club house. This group is led by Miss Elizabeth Harris, attorney at law and professor of law at the Washington Coi- lege of Law. It features a non-techni- cal discussion of woman's position as an individual, wife, mother and citizen, as illustrated by the development of law, and is open without fee to mem- | bers and non-members. Prench classes will be conducted by | Miss Elizabeth M. Carhart Tuesday and | Friday afternoons from 2:30 to 4:30 at | the club house. The French conversa- tion luncheons will be held on Fridays at 1 instead of Tuesdays The attention of members is called to | o’clock, the ney through the British Isles and Conti- nental Europe, in search of antiques. Miss Hendricks' remarks covered eight years of unusual experiences doing ac- tual collecting as an antiquarian, based on long study and interest in the old, the beautiful and the artistic. League of Republican Women.—On Priday, December 27, the regular monthiy tea_will be held at National Republican _headquarters, 910 Seven- teenth street, from 4 to 6 o'clock. On_ Monday, December 30, at 1 league will entertain at luncheon at the Washington Club for members and their guests. Voteless D. C. League of Women Voters.—Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle pre. sided at a luncheon meeting of the ex- ecutive board Priday at the Women's City Club. Members present were Mrs Edna Johnston, Mrs. Harry Parkinson, Mrs. William Harllee, Mrs. Charles Mc- Nary, Mrs. Alvin Dodd, Mrs. Ben Mc- Kelway, Mrs. Lyman B. Swormstedt, Mrs. Louis Ottenberg, Mrs. William F. Friedman, Mrs. Harwood Read, Miss Fay Bentley, Mrs. Clara Wright Smith, Miss Edna J. Sheehy and Mrs. Gratta) Kerans, Mrs. Alvin Dodd, chairman of the /omen in industry committee, is plan- ning an extensive program for this committee’s work. Mrs. H. F. Cameron, chairman of the committee on international co-opera- tion to prevent war, will be in charge of the information booth at the Confer- ence on the Cause and Cure for War, which will be held in the Washingtcn Hotel, January 13 to 19. Delegates will be Mrs. A. J. McKelway and Mrs. Albert M. Putney; alternates, Mrs. Lester Pol- lock, Mrs. William Wright Smith, Mr: Louis Ottenberg and Mrs. Charles Mc- Nary. Mrs. Richard Edwards, chairman of the tenth anniversary and memorial plan, was the guest of honor at a din- ner at the Cosmos Club Wednesday eve- ning, when members of the executive board gathered to learn of the progress of the plan. Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle was_toastmistress. Members of the league are invited to hear Dr. Roscoe Dorsey, professor of law at the Washington College of Law, when he will be guest speaker before the study group, led by Miss Elizabeth Harris, at the A. A. U. W. club house, Tuesday even.ng at 8 o'clock. * Status of Women in Ancient Times” will be the subject of the talk. Capitol Hill History Club held its regular mecting Wednesday, December 11. at the home of Mrs. H. F. Patter- son, with Mrs. V. G. Austin as assisting hostess. ~ After luncheon the meeting was called to order and cpened with usual exercises. The study program in- cluded papers by Mrs. T. F. Rorke on “Ibsen, Bjornson, and the Drama,” and “Stockholm, the Venice of the North,” by Mrs. J. C. Hemphill. ‘The next meeting will be held Janu- ary 8 at the home of Mrs. Jason Water- success of the P. G. Co. F. W. C. tree which is to be at Memorial Cross, Bla- densburg, to honor at this, the season of giving, those who gave their all in the war. The club entertained many honored guests from the clubs of Beltsville, Col- lege Park, Riverdale, Cottage City and the Civic League of Mount Rainier. Mrs. R. S. Allen, president of P. G. Co. F. W. C, gave a talk on the Me- moriai Cross’ Christmas tree and also announced that the fine arts depart- ment of the federation was putting on four plays this season. The first one, & comedy in three acts, “At the Sign of the Pewter Jug.” was given last night at the Hyattsville High School. Mis. G. A. Castle, chairman of press and publicity, had as her speaker on the program Mrs. D. J. Orcutt, chairman of press and publicity for the Prince | | Georges County Federation of Women's Clubs, who gave a delightfully inter- | |esting talk on the press and also the publicity viewpoints of news. | Miss Anna Gibbons read a splendid | paper on “The Middle West and the| Pork Industry.” Partners for the game of the eve- | ning were chosen by matching irregu- | Jarly cut Christmas cards and the| Christmas game was much enjoyed. | Women's Guild of American Uni- versity.—The regular meeting of the ‘Women's Guild will be held at the Fair- fax room of the New Willard Hotel on Tuesday afternoon, December 17, at 2 o'clock. The president, Mrs. Mary Logan ‘Tucker, will preside at the business session, which will last one hour. At the conclusion of this part of the program, | Miss Elizabeth Persons will present colored lantern slides of interesting places in Europe and will-lecture about the views. On Tuesday, December 10, Mrs. Lucius Clark held a committee meeting at the Women'’s Residence Hall on the American University campus to arrange for a guild dinner to be held | early in the new year. The members of her committee are: Mrs. Eugene Wes- ley Shaw, Mrs. Dawson Olmstead, Mrs. James Shera Montgomery, Mrs. Peter M. Anderson, Mrs. S. L. Benton, Misses Zuey Fowler, Phyllis Lamar, Mary Louise Brown. Mrs. Clark will report the plans for this dinner at the meeting on next Tuesday. District of Columbia Chapter, Daugh- ters of the American Colonists, met Monday at the Young Women's Chris- tian Association. Mrs. Edward K. Fox, hostess, was assisted by Mrs. Clyde E. Altcheson, Mrs. Gertrude M. Charltor, Mrs. Sylvanus E. Johnson, Miss Helen M. Brown, Miss Maude B. Morris, Miss Ida A. Norton and Miss Carolina V. Sudler. Miss Helen E. Stout presented to the chapter “The Book of the American’s Creed.” Mrs. William H. Wagner re- ported a successful card party held at the Raleigh recently. The membership committee presented several names, all being acted upon favorably. It was de- cided to present the national society with the following pamphlet: “Annals of Womelsdorf, Pa., and of the Tulpe- hocken Community,” by Rev. P. C. Croll, D. D. The treasurer reported $17 contributed to the Red Cross. Miss Mary W. Durham, Mrs. Clement W. Sheriff, Mrs. Elma R. Saul and Mrs. man, ‘The Clover Club.—On Thursday, De- cember 5, the club held its fifth busi- ness meeting at the home of Mrs. Joseph F. Randall. As the roll was called common supersfitions were given by members present. Mrs. Gertrude B. Bischoff and Mrs. Lucien H. Mercier reported on the recent program of the Protective Soclal Measures Institute, which program was sponsored by the Social Hyglene Society of the District of Columbia. Mrs. Joseph F. Randall gave a re- view of “Stramge Fidelities,” by Eiker. Mrs. Mark Lansburgh gave a review on ‘Sex Necessary,” by White & Derber. Mrs. Wheeler gave a talk on “The Survival of Superstitions, Taboo and Traditions in Our Modern Institutions and Customs.” The December 19 meeting will be held at the nome of Mrs. Mark Lansburgh- Mrs. D. E. White will speak on “Ad- ventures in Friendship.” The guest speaker of the evening will be Mrs. Don Smith, chairman of the educational de- partment of the Rowac Club. “Chil- dren’s Legends” will form the subject of Mrs. Smith's talk. Alliance Francaise.—M. Leon Vallas, professor of history of music at the Conservatoire of Music of Paris, and di- rector of a musical review, will be the next lecturer of the Alliance Francaise on Monday, December 16, at 4:30, at the La Fayette Hotel. The subject of the lecture, which will be accoempanied with stereopticon views, is “La Musique Vivante.” Sixteenth Street Heights Club—A joint December meeting of the Six- teenth Street Heights Ladies’ Club and the Ladies' Auxillary of the North- minster Presbyterian Chapel, Alaska avenue and Kalorama road, was held last Tuesday afternoon in the chapel. A cooking demonstration was given and a dinner served to the members. ‘The Christmas party of the Sixteenth Street Heights Ladies’ Club will be held December 30 at the Oaks, Blair road. The next meeting of the above club will be held with Mrs. H. K. Hobart, hostess, 7204 Chestnut street, Takoma Park, on January 14, 1930. Maryland League of Women Voters.— There was a joint meeting of the Mont- gomery and ce Georges County branches of the league on Friday at the University Women’s Club, 1634 I street. Miss Engle, the State director, presented the Winter program, which embraces juvenile delinquency, migra- tory child labor, poor farms, billboards and the 100-day school attendance law, and spoke on “Congressional Legisl tion of Particular Interest to Women. These meetings are open to the public and a cordial invitation is exténded by Mrs. B. Ashby Leavell and Mrs. Ben- jamin F. Wade, the league chairmen. The Political Study Club held a meeting of its executive committee Tuesday in the Mayflower Hotel. Mrs. Bruce Baird, president, presided. After the routine business, the chairman of membership, Mrs. Virgil Miller, present- ed 17 names of ladies to be voted upon for membership. namely: Mrs. James A. Robertson, Mrs. Russell Fleming, Mrs. I. B. Dodson, Mrs. ‘d Asher, Mrs. Hugh M. Adams, Elizabeth Brown. Mrs, Harriet kins, Mrs. J. Willlam Ridenour, Mrs. David N. Houston, Mrs. Annie M. Boh- rer, Mrs. George H. Macdonough, Mrs. M. H. Rittenhouse, Mrs. James A. Councilor, Mrs. Herbert W. Poole, Mrs. John G. Klein, Miss Dorothy L. Beedy, Mrs. Floyd J. Baker and Miss Ruby M. Lockridge, all of whom were unani- the fact that the club restaurant will | mously elected as members to the club. take orders for Christmas cakes, etc. Dr. Roscoe Dorsey, prominent lawyer of Washington, will address the legal study group on Tuesday evening on “The Legal Status of Anclent Women.” The meeting will be in the lounge of the club house, 1634 1 street. Zonta Club.—At the midweek lunch- Mrs. Gertrude Bischoff, chairman of program, announced Mrs. Nina Swalm Reed as the speaker for the December meeting. Mrs. Reed’s subject will be published later. P. E. O. Sisterhood—Chapter B, | P. E. O., held its regular meeting_on Tuesday last at the home of Mrs. Eva eon, announcement was made by Mrs. Leonor Reed, chairman of program committee, of plans for the club’s an- nual Christmas party, to be given this vear on December 28 in house of the Dodge Hotel. Members of the club and their guests are assured of appropriate holiday season enter- tainment. Mrs. Paul E. Howe, sergeant-at-arms, recently returned from an extended Midwest trip, called attention of the club to the course being given by the study group of American Association of University Women, on “The Legal Status of Women,” under the direction of Miss Elizabeth C. Harris, a member of the Zonta Club. The speaker for the next meeting of this group is Dr. Robert Dorsay of the Washington Col- lege of Law. This course is open alike to club members and others interested. The club was honored by the pres- | ence of guests, including Mrs. Helen Innis Donnelly of New York City, M:’L.‘ F. C. Brown of Scarsboro, N. Y., Mi Winifield Thorpe of Boston and Mrs. William Reed Macgill, Mrs. James Madison Kennedy, Misses Ida M. Larson and Marguerite Betts of Washington. The speaker of the day was Miss Genevieve Hendricks, a member of the club, who took her audience on a jour- L3 the garden | | L. Lynch, about 40 members and guests being present. The luncheon hostesses were Mrs. Edith Zane Pyles, Mrs. J. | Harry Cunningham, Mrs. E. G. Sig- gers, and Mrs. Caroline B. Stephens. | The’ president, Mrs. Worthy P. Sterns, presided over the business meeting. Re- | ports of officers and committee chair- men were read and a contribution was | voted by the chapter to ald in bringing Christmas cheer to two needy families. Mrs. Leroy A. Palmer gave an inter- esting account of the work at Cottey College, after which Mrs. Horton H. McKeever read a paper on “Famous In- dan Women.” An interesting display of the handiwork of Indian women, con- sisting of Navaho rugs, beadwork, bas- ketry and pottery was shown by Mrs. Edgar B. Meritt. Out-of-town guests present were Mrs. Olive Miltenberger of Towa and Mrs. Hilda Calloway of Thermopolis, Wyo. The next meeting will be held January 14 at the home of Mrs. Worthy P. Sterns, 1833 Lamont street. | The Chillum District Study Club held its December meeting Tuesday at Star Hall, Mount Rainier, with the president, Mrs. J. Enos Ray, presiding. The club voted to place a community Christmas tree at Mount Rainier and Sylvanus Johnson were elected to serve on the nominating committee, of which Mrs. Arturo Y. Casanova is chairman. Mrs. Edward P. Davis of Columbia, S.C., was transferred to become an organiz. ing regent in her own State. Mrs. Clif- ford K. Berryman read an interesting paper on “Cathedrals of Britain,” pass- ing around many pictures procured when visiting last year these early ex- amples of British architecture. The musical program was given by Mrs. Dorothy Sinnott, vocalist, and Mrs. Carl Chindblom, pianist. Sunshine Circle of the Florence Crit- tenton Home met on the afternoon of December 11 with Mrs. W. H. Fulton in | Chevy Chase. Nine members were pres- ent. ~ Devotionals were conducted by Mrs. E. G. Russell. The treasurer re- ported $10.93 on hand after sending a Christmas gift of $10 to the home. Arrangements were made through a committee with the Public Library to have books sent to the home monthly for the benefit of the inmates. The ways and means committee reported on projects_for increasing the finances. Mrs. Fulton and Mrs. Scanlon were hostesses at tea following the meeting. The Washington Cultus Club.—Mrs. Ralph P. Barnard was hostess to the Cultus Club at the last meeting for the year 1929, on Tuesday. “Belgium Since the World War,” was the theme of Mrs. William M. Steuart’s essay, which stressed the rapidity with which Bel- glum has recovered from the war dev- astation. The popular “Elizabeth, Queen of the ns,” was the subject of a char- acter sketch, offered by Mrs. Willlam R. Myers, and Mrs. Clifford K. Berry- man’s story of the “History and Sig- nificance of Bells” concluded the pro- The next meeting will be with Mrs. Charles F. Nesbit, 2700 Connecticut ave- nue, on Tuesday, January 7. Columbia Floral Circle will meet to- morrow, 1 pm. at the home of Mrs. Mary Eppelsheimer, 3227 Hiatt place northwest. Mrs. Mary Hoover and Mrs. Lula Terry hostesses. Art Club will have a tea this after- noon to open an industrial arts exhibi- tion. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Le Fevre will act as hosts. Tuesday evening there will be a cabaret supper and dance, with special features. On Tuesday the Arts Club Players will present “A Scrap of Paper” at the house. The perform- ance will be repeated the following eve- ning. On Sunday, December 29, a tea at the clubhouse will open an exhibi- tion of the work of the “Ten Philadel- phia Painters.” The hostess will be Mrs. John Wesley Smith. For the Christmas season the club will have a program of Christmas music, given in costume by the Tuesday Evening Music Club, on December 26. The New Year eve old-fashioned party will be given at the clubhouse under the direction of Mr. and Mrs. Waldon Fawcett, hosts. Of special interest to members are the meetings of the Workshop, December 14, for the reading and discussion of orig- inal one-act plays: and The Mill, on December 28, for the. criticism of orig- inal short stories. League of American Pen Women of the District of Columbia.—On Friday afternoon the league studlo in Stone- iegh Court took on the atmosphere of the old English coffee house of the Elizabethan period. The occasion was the opening of the series of monthly literary talks under the chairmanship 1 of Mrs. Willlam Wolff Smith, who pre= sented as the speaker of the afternoon brated anthropologist, Fay Cooper Coles of the Fleld Museum. Mss. Gojes 1o the author of “Savage Gentlemen,” a_story of head hunters, and she used this as her subject. The guests were received by Mrs. Edward Nelson Dingley, chair- man of hospitality, and the members of her committee. Miss Elizabeth McKel- vey, president, and other members of the’ student group assisted in dispens- ing_coffee. Much interest is being shown in the Christmas sale, consisting of the original work of members, which will continue until December 21, in charge of Mrs. Rosalie Wells Smith and Mrs. Bertha Taylor Voorhorst. Hostesses at the studio for this week will be as follows: Tomorrow, Miss Marie C. Redfern; Tuesday, Mrs. Minnie Frost Rands; Wednesday, Mrs. Edith Mason Armstrong; Thursday, Mrs. Gertrude Buckingham Thomas; Friday, Miss Jen- nie Hedrick, and Saturday, Miss Alice Heaven. This afternoon the monthly meeting of the student group will be held at 3:30 o'clock, when an informal talk will be given by Mrs. Robert C. Sherrill on “Young Writers of Today,” and Miss Clay of College Park will read an origi- nal short story. At this meeting the announcement will be made concerning the prize to be awarded in April by ! Mrs Gilbert Grosvenor for the best short story submitted by members of the group. It is the desire of Mrs. Gros- | venor that the scene should be laid in Washington or vicinity. ‘Tuesday evening the children’s lit- erary group will meet with the chair- man, Mrs. Helen Orr Watson. Wed- gram. Twenty-four members were present. | Mrs. Mabel Cook Coles, wife of the cele- | DECEMBER 15, 1929—PART FOUR. a meeting of the round table, of which Miss Alice Heaven is chairman, and on Wednesday evening the feature group will hold its monthly meeting under the chairmanship of Mrs. Victoria Faber Stevenson. Mme. Garzia will conduct her weekly French class Thursday aft- erncon at 4:30 o'clock. Friday evening the civics and current events section will have an opening meeting at which Dr. Frances Moon Butts will present Dr. Clinton Wonder of Stenbenville, Ohio, who will speak on “The Relation of Entertainment to Crime.” This is the second of a series of civics talks on “Crime, Its Causes, Cures and Prevention” which Dr. Butts is sponsoring for the league. This evening Mrs. E. Richard Gasch, the president, will entertain at a buffet supper at her home, 1638 R street northwest, the chairmen and vice chair- men of the creative groups and a few other guests. Invitations have been ex- tended to the following: Mrs. Harriet ative group; Mrs. Dawson Olmsted, Miss Julia Schelling, Mrs. Robert C. Sherrill, Miss Clara Hill, Mrs. Helen Orr Wat- son, Miss Nellie Thomas, Mrs. Victoria Faber Stevenson, Miss Leila Green, Dr. Elncra C. Folkmar, Mrs. Edith Ogden Heidel, Miss Ethel Cawood, Mrs. Walter Hilton, Mrs. Florence Barnes, Miss Alethea Alderson, Miss Alice Heaven, Mrs, T. C. Hanscome, Mrs. Edward Nel- son Dingley, Mrs. Eugene Peters, Miss Patricia Poe Bennett and Dr. Frances Moon Butts. The Woman’s Club of Chevy Chase, Md.—Thomas W. Pyle, principal of the Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School, spoke on “Our Own School Problems,’ last Friday morning ai the meeting of the civics section in Chevy Chase, Md., Library. Other features of the meet- ing were reports of committee chair- men. Upon motion of the chairman of the public welfare committee, Mrs. George P, McCabe, the section voted to take a $100 Christmas opportunity of the Montgomery County Social Service League. .Mrs. McCabe also is receiving boys' clothing and toys to be used by the league Mrs. Douglas Griesemer, chairman of the committee on applied education, reported that a set of the Encyclopaedia Britannica has just_been placed in the Bethesda-Chevy Chase High_School, the gift of the club. A set also has been placed in the Chevy Chase Branch of the District of Colum- bia Public Library. Mrs. P. M. Ander- son reported for the committee on the ‘American home and Mrs. Edward L. Smead for the committee on legisla- tion. Mrs. Charles D. Curtiss presided. Cake and coffee were sold for the ben- efit of the Christmas opportunity. The juniors were entertained last Thursday at the home of Miss Eleanor Coombs. The guests were Mrs. Hoover Hanger, who has been leader for sev- eral years, but is resigning, and the club president, Mrs. R. Harvey Sar- . The new leader is Mrs. George A. Finch. The juniors voted to send 2 basket of groceries to a needy fam- ily at Christmas and to meet on Thurs- day at the home of Mrs. Finch. On Wednesday the executive board was entertained at_luncheon at the village Inn by Mrs. R. Harvey Sargent, Mrs. Henry DeC. Adams and Mrs. W. Clark Dean. After luncheon the mem- bers adjourned to the home of Mrs. Sargent for the regular board meeting. the appointment of Mrs. George A Finch as leader of the juniors, vice Mrs, Hoover Hanger, resigned, was an- nounced, and Mrs. Frederick W. assistant _leader, vice Mrs. Harry F. Lowe. The board voted to make a contribution to the new chapel to be erected at the Federal Prison for Women at Alderson, W. Va., and also to the Chevy Chase community Christ- mas tree. Tomorrow the international relations section will meet at 2 o'clock at Chest- nut Farms community room, when Mr. Arthur D. Call will speak on the sub- ject, “Discovering Europe.” Monday evening the social section will give a party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George F. Mikkelson on West Lenox street. Tuesday at 2:30 the French section will meet with Mrs. Chester Morrill on Ingomar street, when a Christmas program will be given. On ‘Thursday tge juniors will meet at the home of Mrs, Finch on West Virgilia street, instead of with Peggy Cromwell, as previously announced. On Wednesday morning the music section, Mrs. E. Hutson Russell, leader, and Herndon Morsell, musical director, will meet in the auditorium of the E. V. Brown School at 10 o'clock. This re- hearsal is to take the place of the usual fourth Wednesday rehearsal, which would fall on Christmas day. The Christmas meeting of the club will take place on Wednesday in the as- sembly room of the Chevy Chase Pres- byterian Church. Luncheon precedes the program, when the guest speaker will be Mrs. Alice Tisdale Hobart, Mrs. Hobart has lived in China for many years and has chosen as her subject, “Fifteen Dramatic Years in China.’ There will be a musical program and the singing of Christmas carols. The last event of the year before the holi. days will be the meeting of the lite ture section on Friday at 2 pm., at the home of Mrs. S. J. Mauchley on East Bradley lane. Newcomb Club of Bethesda had as its guest-speaker Mrs. Edna Knight Gasch, | president of the District of Columbia Branch, League of American Pen Wom- en, whose subject, “European Cathe. drals,” illustrated with slides of unusu: interest, was accompanied by a talk de- lightfully informal and personal in tone. The program was under the auspices of the fine arts department, the speaker being introduced by Mrs. C. Leonard Chambers. A luncheon was served, at | which Mrs. Gasch and other guesis | were entertained. Hostesses were Mrs. Peyton Whalen, Mrs. James Baldwin, Mrs. Luther Jackson and Miss Riely. ‘The president, Mrs. Whalen, occupied the chair during the business session. Reports of officers and committee chair- men were heard. An important report was that of the annual social service sale which had been held at the Nlome of Miss Riely. This sale resulted in quite a substantial sum, which was do- nated intact to the Montgomery County League, for the relief of one of its “op- portunities.” Mrs. Caywood, chairman of this work, also had charge of the sale of the Christmas seals, and a gratifying subscription was secured. Following a custom of years, the club arranged for donations to the inmates of an old ladies’ home, the gifts to be personally delivered at Christmas. A resolution, previously tabled, was a measure sent the club by the depart- ment of international relations of the State federation, asking indorsement of the principles of the World Court. It was voted to support the measure. Mrs. Whalen reported that 134 books | have been donated for the local school I library. Mrs. Bondy presented 40 book- { plates as markers, and provisions haye i been made for the additional plates to mark the collection. A request for do- nations of books to a worthy girls’ school in Maryland resulted in arrange- ments to send copies of the better magazines instead. Mis. George Hane, chairman of con- servation, read a letter from State Chairman Mrs. Dorsey, outlining the plans for the purchasing of our first “State Forest,” consisting of 100 acres, to be bought by the various clubs, then to be turned over to the State Forestry Assoclation as a preserve, in an effort to help conserve our natural re- sources. The club voted to purchase ftwo and one-half acres on uhis basis. A unanimous vote was cast to send the magazine American Forests and Forest Life to the Bethesda Elemen- | tary School for the schoal year of 1930. ! She also announced an invitation from | the Women's City Club of Washington, jssued to the women of Bethesda and | Chevy Chase, to attend an open meet- ing on December 7, at which time Miss | Harlean James, executive secretary of the American Civic Association, would |give a detailed talk on the proposed | George Washington Memorial Parkway. Representatives were appointed to at- tend this meeting. County Director Mrs Whalen an- nounced that the pageant, “The First Christmas,” presented last year by the Woman's Club of Bethesda, assisted by the Newcomb Club, will be repea‘ed on December 15 at 3 o'clock, members of the latter club again assisting. Mrs. Klass and Mrs. Wilmot will appear in musical numbers. A cordial invitation also to assist in every way to make a nesday afternoon at 2:30 there will be is extended to the public to attend. Hawley Locher, the founder of the cre- | Twentieth Century Club. ®omorrow morning at 10 o'clock the beginners class in Prench will be held at the home of Mrs, Charles J. Brand, 1661 Crescent place. On Tuesday, December 17, the Gar- den section, Mrs. Benjamin E. Smith, chairman, will meet at the Y. W. C. A. at 2 pm. The program will be given by Mrs, Fred W. Powell whose subject is “Gardening From Your Fireside.” There will be a brief supplementary talk on the most practical and economical way to make a small garden. The clean city campaign committee of which Mrs. Albert N. Prentiss is chair- man and which comes under the direc- tion of the civic section of the club made a trip into Cherry Hill, Va., where the garbage refining plant is located, on Wednesday morning. Accompanying Mrs. Prentiss were Mrs. Truman Abee, Mrs. W. P. Ballard, Mrs. F. W. Ballou, Mrs. B. P. Bannard, Mrs. Emile Ber- liner, Mrs, E. E. Carter, Mrs. J. P. Campbell, Mrs. Proctor Dougherty, Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor, Mrs. Sidney H. Thompson, Mrs. Philip S. Smith and Mrs. Otto Veerhoff. Mrs. George F. Bowerman, president of the club, Mrs. C. T. Watson, chairman of the civic seetion, and Mrs. Richard Fay Jackson also accompanied the committee. Mrs. Prentiss will make her report at a fu- ture meeting of the civic section. ‘The nature section which usually has an outing each Wednesday, and the section of education which should meet on Thursday will not meet this week because of the nearness of the holidays. The French section which should meet on Wednesday and the parliamentary law section which meets on Friday will also abandon their meetings this month. Soroptimist Club.—The annual elec- tion of officers of the club took place at the weekly luncheon on Wednesday at the La Fayette Hotel. The following were elected to serve for the year 1930: President, Mrs. Mary Katherine Lewis; first vice president, Miss Nora B. Huff- man; second vice president, Mrs. Ada M. Klein Peter; recording secretary, Miss Genevieve C. Bearmore; corre- sponding secretary, Mrs. Agnes I. Kin- near; treasurer, Miss Rosa M. Place; board of directors, Miss Katherine R. Pike and Mrs. Jane M. Ryan. The .club unanimously adopted the report of Mrs. Edna Hoffman, chairman of civic and welfare committee, provid- ing Christmas boxes for the Home for Aged Women, 1255 Wisconsin avenue northwest. Mrs. Ahna Schlorer Smith, president of the Philadelphia Soroptimist Club, was in Washington this week formulat- ing plans for the convention of the American Federation of Soroptimist Clubs to be held in Philadelphia in June. Delegates will go from Phila- delphia to London, England, to attend ‘319 Soroptimist international conven- jon. Plans are being formulated for the installation banquet to be held on January 8, 1930. The luncheon on Wednesday at the La Fayette Hotel will take the form of a Christmas party. A full program in the hands of Miss Nora Huffman and Mrs. Ada Klein Peter, will be offered. Woman's Club of Bethesda.—An- nouncement of the presentation of “The First Christmas,” a pageant with a mu- sical setting, on Sunday afternoon, De- cember 15, at 3 o'clock, at the club house, was made by Mrs. Rowland S. Marshall, fine arts chairman, at Tues- day’s regular club meeting. Mr. E. M. ‘Willis is chairman of the drama com- mittee, sponsoring this production, which is a repetition by request of the play given last year at this season. MTrs. Thomas W. Pyle is directing with Mrs. Albert Klaas and Mrs. Frank Wilmot of the Newcomb Club in charge of the music. The community in general is co-operating actively in arrangements for the affair, and the public is invited to be present. A silver offering will be accepted to be devoted to a local Christ- mas charity. The president, Mrs. Gilbert H. Gros- venor, stated that the executive board, which met immediately preceding the hold a New Year reception at the club house on Sunday afternoon, January 5, from 3 until 6 o'clock. The club in- dorsed this recommendation. Mrs. Ford E. Young, American home chairman, announced that the depart- ment had secured as speaker for the meeting on January 14, Dr. Moses Lov- ell, of the Washington life adjustment center. ‘Two resolutions were submitted through the committee on ' resolutions, Mrs A. B. Barber, chairman, and un- animously adopted. The first urged the speedy ratification by the Senate of the protocol acceding to the World Court. The second had to do with a local mat- ter and called upon the Commissioners and the Health Department of Mont- gomery County to cause the removal of the unsightly and rat-infested dump on property facing the old Georgetown road near the club house. Mrs. John A. Holmes, public welfare chairman, in urging the passage of this resolution, told of much outstanding work her com- mittee is doing. The sale of the club's quota of Christmas seals has been car- ried on under Mrs. Holmes' direction and Christmas baskets are in prepara- tion for distribution to needy homes. New members elected Tuesday were Mrs. Walter Johnson and Mrs. David DuPre. Mary Sherrier Bowie sang two numbers, her accompanist being Helen Walburn, The guest speaker, Dr. Thomas H. Healy, assistant dean of the Foreign Service School of Georgetown University, gave a timely address on “The Nationality of Married Women.” As this was the major topic on the pro- gram of the biennial convention of the National Woman's Party held during the past week in Washington, club women felt it a special privilege to hear the subject discussed by an interna- tional authority, as Dr. Healy is. He has recently returned from The Hague where he was a lecturer on interna- tional law and he stated that at the first_conference on the codification of international law to convene at The Hague in March, 1930, at which over 40 nations will be represented, the fore- most subject of three to be considered is the question of nationality. One of the most important phases of this great- 1y confused question revolves around the status of married women who contract international marriages. Dr. Healy hopes to see an eventual settlement of the matter by adoption of international codes free from discrimination on ac- count of sex and making change of na- tionality a matter of choice. ‘Washington Exchange Club—Mr. L. C. Porter, eminent engineer for the General Electric Co.; Mr. J. P. Muller, national president of 800 Exchange Clubs in the United States, and Mr. Herold Harter, national secretary, spoke at the weekly luncheon meeting of the Washingten Exchange Club Wednesday noon at the Carlton Hotel. The amazing growth and development of aviation necessitating the present day needs for the proper lighting of airways, airports and aircraft was out- lined by Mr. Porter, the principal speaker. In speaking of the growth of aviation, Mr. Porter declared that “We are living in_a day and age of big business and I sometimes wonder what is beyond. Once men thought only of the bare necessities of living but that time has passed. We are living in an age of automatic machinery, the great- est mechanical age in history.” The speaker at the next Exchange Club meeting, December 18, will be Dr. William D. Redding. Park View Woman’s Club.—Mrs: L. E. Felton called a special meeting of the club at her home on the evening of December 3, when the members were addressed by Miss Dorothy Gatton of the Rayon Institute. The subject of the lecture was “The Romance of Rayon,” and was illustrated by a mov- ing picture which showed the process of making rayon from the three funda- mental steps of the conversion of wood into pulp to the perfected, silklike threads. The literary section of the club held its last monthly meeting at the home of Mrs. Folliard. The assisting host- general club meeting, had recommended that the Woman's Club of Bethesda esses were Mrs. Arja Morgan and Mrs. D. E. Clarke. An account of the last IR)OL District Federation Club meeting w given by Mrs. Maurice Smith. Several books were reviewed. Miss Augusia Machen spoke on the poetry of Sarah Teasdale, {llustrating its rhythmic qual- ity with several readings. Mrs. re Naylor read a paper on “The Life and Work of Elizabeth Palmer Peabody.” She touched also on the methods of Froebel in his develop- ment of the kindergarten. Le Cercle Francais de Washington, | “Les Precieuses Ridicules,” was received on Wednesday evening by Mrs. C. Au- gustus - Simpson at her home in the ‘Wyoming. After the opening of the méeting by the president, Willlam J. Wallis, the minutes of the preceding meeting were read by the soclal secretary, Charles H. Probert. First on the program was a vocal solo by Mme. Pierre de Chauny. Th: plano accompaniment was played by Mrs. William J. Wallis. Mme. Gaston de Bouy then enter- tained with two readings and ‘Walton played a cello solo. There foi- lowed a comedie entitled “La Letire Chargee.” The cast included M. and Mme. Plerre de Chauny and Mr. and M Willlam J. Wallis. Miss Mary Ahern and Mrs. C. Augustus Simpson concluded the program with piano solos. A former president, Augustus Good- year Heaton, attended the meeting and spoke briefly to the club. Excelsior Literary Club.—~The last meeting of the Excelsior Literary Club was held in the home of Mrs. Stanton Lindsey Dorsey December 3. Owing to preparations for the holiday season it was voted to cmit the meeting of De- cember 17. Mrs. Henry Sawtelle read a report on the last meeting of the Dis- trict Federation of Women's Clubs and certain recommendations in connection with its activities were made. The quota for the funds for the new na- tional flag for the federation was dis- bursed, this being the first quoia to he presented to the federation for the pur- pose. In response to the federation's call for books for the library, Mrs. Marie Mills O'Keefe annoupced that she had presented. in the name of this club, the book “Women Worth While.” The president, Mrs. Emily Jarboe, and a delegation represented by Mrs. Royal Brasel, Mrs. Stanton Lindsey Dorszy and Mrs. Lessle Whiting attended the ceremonies in honor of Emmeline Pank- hurst held in the United States Capi- tol on Sunday, December 6. After the regular order of business a paper on Kipling and his prose and poetry was ably summarized by Mrs. Dorsey. During the social hour a musical pro- gram_was given by Mrs. Jarboe and Mrs. Dorsey. Writers’ League of Washington will meet at the Thomson Community Cen- ter, Twelfth and L streets, Friday eve- ning at 8 oclock. The program in- cludes a scenario by Miss Stella Het- rich, short stories by Miss Marie Dallas, Miss Evelyn Crane, Dr. Barron and Fred McLaughlin, verse by Miss Priestly. last meeting Miss Evelyn Crane reported the sale of an articl “This Wooden O” to the Grail. Mr. McLaughlin has a story running in two issues of “Air Pilots.” A clipping concerning a series of lec- tures on art given by Mr. Felix Schwartz at Maryland State High, was read by the president. “Daisy Dear,” a short story by Miss Katherine Hopson, dealt with the psy- %‘;:1’0"‘:’1 influence of events in child- Mrs. E. C. Rittue read two beautiful %oems. "Uke a Harp,” and “Teach Me, . - ’ “The Veiled Venus,” by Mr. Felix Schwartz, was a very subtle short story with great potentialities. Mr. Charles Cottingham read a sec- wzg“hm his diary telling of Rome and Council of Jewish Women.—The monthly meeting of the Council of Jew- ish Women took place Tuesday, Decem- ber 10, at 2:30 p.m., in the vestry room of the Eighth Street Temple; Mrs. Bernton presided. Following the rou. tine businet he speakers of the after noon were introduced. Walter Ufford, the executive secretary of the Associ- | ated Charities, made a plea for the re- organization of the several service needs of Washington and for close co-opera- tion of all social service workers. He was followed by Oscar Leonard, dirsctor of the Federation of Jewish Charitics of the District of Columbia, who gave a | short talk on “How the Council Can Ce-operate With the Federation in So- cial Service Problems.” A symposium by volunteers in social service work from our organization was then con- ducted. Kit Carson Relief Corps, No. 11, met in Grand Army Hall December 5 for its annual election of officers. Mrs. Wingate, Mrs. Rutlede and Augusta Palmer assumed positions as tellers and the following officers were elected, to be installed at the regular meeting in Jan- uary: Margaret V. Marsh, president for the second term: Ella P. Moore, senior vice president; Tillle D. Entrekin, junior vice president; Augusta B. Palmer, treasurer; Sara B. McMillan, chap- lais Maud Hanna, conductor; Edith Denbroeder, guard. The following mem- bers were chosen delegates to the -en- campment to be held in Washington in Febraury: Anna J. Marks, Edith O'Con- nor, Rose S. Rutledge, Mable D. Gates, Isabelle Champion, Edith Bugbee. In answer to an appeal for relief from the department the corps raised $16. A let- ter was read by Mrs. Rose S. Rutledge from a school in Ohio where she had sent a flag. Plans were made to send another flag to a mountain school in Kentucky. Penny march followed and the corps adjourned. D. C. Chapter of the Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America.—De- cember meeting was held with the pres- ident, Mrs. George M. Grimes, at the Schuyler Arms, with 14 members pres- ent and one guest. As it was Massachusetts night, inter- esting papers were given by Mrs. Freiot and Miss Ida Norton and talks by other descendants of the founders of that colony. Plans are being made for a “gef-to- gether” dinner to be held later in the season. Abracadabra Club met Wednesday evening at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Alanson D. Morehouse with the presi- dent, John M. Sylvester, in the chair. The responses to roll call were of the life and times of Henry Clay. Dr. Edson L. Whitney was the speaker of the eve ning and his subject was “Locomotion. Mrs. Shankland concluded the bro- gram with a reading. The next meeting will be with Mr. and Mrs. Lindsay. $50,000 SALE ENDS LONG STAMP HUNT Chicagoan Gets Fortune for Collec- tion Started as Boy 30 Years Ago. CHICAGO (#)—Fred S. 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