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POPPY DRVE PLAN NEAR CONPLETION Street Sale May 27, 28 and 29 Under Auspices of For- eign War Veterans. Meetings This Week. Tuesday: 8 p.m., Military Order of the Cootie, 935 G place. Wednesday: 8 p.m., Potomac Post Auxiliary, Thomson School. Defense Post, No. 2357, 2030 Rhode Island avenue. Overseas Military Band, Drum and Bugle Corps, National Guard Armory. Thursday: 8 p.m., Potomac Post, No. 1085, Northeast Masonic Temple. Herbert L. Edmonds Post, No. 2460, Hamilton Hotel. Friday: 8 p.m., Advance Post, No. 2194, Continental Hotel. United States Treasury Post, No. 2400, Soldiers, Sailors and Ma- rines’ Club, Eleventh and L strets. With the endorsement” of Presi- dent Roosevelt, of the “Buddy Poppy” of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the District of Columbia Department is completing arrangements for its drive | to sell them on the streets of the National Capital on May 27, 28 and | 29. The proceeds go toward the main- tenance of the V. F. W. national home at Eaton Rapids, Mich, lnd; local relief for disabled veterans. Senior Vice Department Comman- | der Harry E. Shilling is chairman of the campaign here. | Follow Me Post, meeting last Mon- day evening, decided to hold me-| morial services for deceased members of the post Decoration day at 1 p.m. at the south gate of Arlington Ceme- tery. Plans were also made to co- operate with the department, both in | Its special services and in the parade of all groups. Comdr. Sigmund Milbrandt, who has been in Oteen, N. C, for several months, has returned to Washington with his health greatly improved. The next meeting will be held at Musicians’ | Hall, 1105 Sixteenth street, May 28. | Across. . Behaved. . Anxious. . Awkward. . Wife of Abraham. The Ladies’ Auxiliary to National Capital Post, No. 127, met at the Soldiers, Sailors and Marines’ Club, | 1015 L street, the president, Mrs. Ethel Sendlak, presiding. Mrs. Ann R. Wallace was initiated. | Mrs. Katherine Haynes, president of | Walter Reed-Equality Auxiliary; Mrs. Ida Mae Emmert, president of Poto- mac Auxiliary; Mrs. Evelyn Wheeler, | president of McKimmey-Cnnermni Police-Fire Auxiliary, and Mrs. Ethel Ridgeway, president of Treasury Auxiliary, were guests. The hospital chairman, Mrs. Dorothy | Depro, with members of the auxiliary, | visited Mount Alto Hospital on | Mother’s day. Roses and cigarettes | were given to all the bed patients. The final National Capital Auxiliary pro- gram at Mount Alto for the season will be held next Wednesday. At the meeting May 23 memorial | exercises will be conducted. | Senior Vice Comdr. Francis R. Ihrie | of United States Treasury Post and his | “Buddy Poppy” Committee, working | in conjunction with the Ladies’ Auxili- | ary, held a meeting to consider plans | for the approaching drive. The Aux- iliary Committee is headed by Mrs. Ethel Ridgeway, president. A large | display window has been donated by | a department store in the downwwn} district and will be decorated with ‘World War trophies and the post's stand of colors. An established head- | quarters depot for the distribution of | the poppies will be maintained | throughout the three days of the sales | campaign. ‘ Washington Post met last Monday | evening at the club rooms over Duffy’s Sea Grill, with Comdr. Walter P.| Boehm presiding. The following new | members were initiated: Shem Bridges, D. J. Francis, Adam J. Hofman, Hugh Mottern, D C. Smith and Fred Wacker. John J. Reardon was elected junior | vice commander, vice L. J. Holland, who advanced to the office of senior vice commander, and Willlam A. Skeen Was elected trustee. Two World War action pictures pre- | sented to the post by Maj. Gen. Upton | Birnie, chief of Field Artillery, U. S. A, were dedicated with appropriate ceremonies. Fred Lind, chief clerk of the chief of Field Artillery’s office, acting for Gen. Birnie, made the pre- sentation. Officer of the Day Keesee, an- nounced the organization of the Wash- ington Post Sons of Veterans' Unit has been completed. The boys will make their debut at the memorial services May 26 at Cedar Hill Cemetery. The | post will also participate in the memo- rial services at the Washington He- brew Congregational Cemetery, under the auspices of the Jewish War Vet- | erans. Admiral Robert E. Peary Ship met at the Hamilton Hotel last Tuesday night, with Capt. William M. Barge presiding. Twelve recruits were ob- ligated. A. V. F. W. “buddy poppy” anchor, presented to the Secretary of the Navy Swanson last Wednesday, will be turned over to Peary Ship for appropriate Memorial day services, to be conducted May 30 at 10:30 a.m. off Haines Point. Members of the ship will embark on the steamship Potomac June 7 for a moonlight excursion. On May 30 an anniversary dinner will be given commemorating the 15th anniversary of the ship, at the Lotus Restaurant. Paymaster Stanley R. Fuller was voted a gold medal of merit for his work during the mem- p drive. Department Comdr. Nathan D. Golden spoke on the pro- posed lease or purchase of a District of Columbia Department home. A resolution was adopted to petition the commander in chier to appoint a Transportation Committee for the ap- proaching 36th National Encampment, at New Orleans. The mission of the committee would be to consumate plans whereby it would be made pos- sible to charter a steamship to carry members and delegates from North and Middle Atlantic States to New Orleans and return—with stopovers in Havana and Miami—and use of the steamship for living quarters at New Orleans throughout the week of the convention. ‘The next meeting of Peary Ship will be held in the Hamilton Hotel June 11. Memorial services were held by the McKimmie-Catterton Police and Fire Post, No. 2979, at the Soldlers, Sailors and Marines’ Club, Eleventh and L streets, last Wednesday. T. C. Kel- leher conducted the services, assisted by members of the post and auxiliary. The roll call of deceased members consisted of the following: Comrade McKimmie and Comrade Catferton, the first policeman and the first fire- man to lose their lives in the World ‘War; Rena Moxley of the auxiliary, who died two years ago, and Miss Seline of Kanabec County Auxiliary, No. 2965, Department of Minnesota, by request of President Pierson of that auxiliary, who was one of the honored guests. Department Comdr. Nathan D. Golden spoke. Vocal se- lections were rendered by Ray Chick, Selected. . Heater. . Nostrils. . Interpreters of the Ko- ran. Intimates. . Narrow piece. . Small job. Tree trunks. Mass of cast metal. . Bird. . Most trivial. . Concerning. . Ignorance. . Greek letter. . Little rose: Her. . Sound of the clock. . Compact. . Immediately following. | . Take to task. | 47. Quantity of a specified | part. . Mountain ranges. . Make uniform. 55. Italian port. . High hill. 58. Long narrow recepucle.. 59. Seabird. . Sound in the chest. 61. Angular block broken from a glacier. Dead; slang. Market. Pretty superficial wo- man. Small rosary bead. Jade. . Cast. 71. Flowering plant. 73. Arrange in lots. 76. Votaries. 63. 64. 65. 66. 68. 70, . « THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MAY 19, 1935—PART TWO. 78. Arrow poison. 80. In existence. 81. Inflame. 82. Ink. 86. Horses with a certain | gait. 88. Multiplied by eight. 93. Persian silver coin. 94. Shoo! 96. Masculine nickname. 97. Mail. 99. Substantive. 100. Of the third degree. 102. Heron. 104. Spike. 105. Lacking in judgment. 106. Greek warrior in Trojan | War. 108. Mahometan Easter. 109. Russian hemp. 111. Pendant trimming. 112. Checking devices. 114. Locate. 116. Stained. 117. Caps. 119. Curl around. 120. Carried by the wind. 121. Ante-chamber. 126. Writing fluid. 127. Tyrannical husband. 132. Moral. 133. Communes. 135. King of Moab. 137. Penetrate. 138. Throng in schools. 139. Visitor. 140. Gay. 141. Propitiate. 142, Earth: French. 143. Headless: Her. 144. Suppress. 145, Slants. 146. Sunken courts. 147. Jagged strip. 148. Defied. 149. Vendues. . Former kingdo matra. . Implement for . Early form of . Entirely bereft . Distinctive qual . Ravine. . Bad. tutor. . Hermit. . Roaring. . Individual. . Poisonous flies. . Military officer . Only. . Release. . Catkin. . Speed. . Ireland. . Polker term. . Egress. . Completed. . Grafted: Her. be true. . Meet adequate! . Fruit pastries. . Kind of lly. . Civil wrong. . Bake. India. declination. . Strokes. . Split pulse. . Incursions. Tennis term. 62. Chalky. CHILDREN T0 GIVE ANNUAL FESTVAL Community Center to Pre- sent “Circus” in Stadium Next Saturday. The Community Center Department will present its annual children’s fes- tival, which will take the form of “The Circus” next Saturday at 2:30 o’clock at Central High School Stadium. Opening with a real circus parade, with the Washington Boys' Independ- ent Band, and the Washington Elks Boys’ Band furnishing the music, a children’s chorus from Thomson and Georgetown centers, directed by Miss Esther Linkins, will officially “open the show,” followed by a brief series of drama events, including “Sleeping Beauty,” “Willow Pattern Tableaux” and “A Garden in Japan,” all pre- sented simultaneously under direction of the children’s drama leaders of the department. Children from Petworth, Langdon, Ben Murch, Park View, Southeast, Blair-Hayes and Burroughs centers will take part in the pageant on the drama stage. Three rings will be in use, also three tap stages, two Maypoles, two tum- bling mats, the track and the fleld. ‘There will be Arabian ponies and dare- devil riders by children of Southeast Center, clowns and dolls by George- town and Park View children’s groups, and Ben Murch and Burroughs classes. A Roosevelt trio will comprise groups from Barnard, John Eaton and other centers in the neighborhood, present- ing tight rope walkers, gypsies and animals and trainers. A chariot race by Macfarland Young Men’s Club, a snake chase by Frank Portillo and his clowns, a baby parade, tiny tots from Buchanan Center, with their six-piece orchestra will combine in an act called “Babies, Just Babjes.” Later in the program there will be a “Gypsies, Just Gypsies” act, by chil- dren from Thomson and Ben Murch centers. Performing seals and other animals with a ringmaster will be en- tered by Gordon and Paul Junior School classes, and there will be folk dances by Ben Murch students. Clowns and stunts will be contrib- uted by Southeast Center, with stunts by the Eliot Boys' Club. Rings and tap stages will be offered by children from Langley, E. V. Brown, Ben Murch and Bancroft centers, entitled “Fleet's In” Another act will be “World Champions.” ‘Three rings of white ponies from La Fayette and Paul Junior High B of Indians by Con- Gordon, Burroughs and Roosevelt Centers also will be on the program. “The Stars and Stripes Forever’ will be danced by Georgetown and Prancis Scott Key classes and a “dancing band” will perform from Wheatley Center. This part of the program will go directly into th finale, “The Star Spangled Banner,” featuring a huge American flag car- ried by 60 Girl Scouts, 48 Boy Scouts and Cubs carrying flags. groups with flags will lead the chil- accompanied on piano by Mrs. Chick. dren’s chorus in the singing of the Solution to Yesterday's Puzzle. RACER] [A/G[EIN[T] STRPOSETS) RTIUNIE] [LIOMDEN] (LRETATINE] national anthem, in which the entire audience will join. Children accompanied by adults will be admitted free if the adults hold tickets, priced at 25 cents. Children unaccompanied by aduits will charged 25 cents. The tickets are being distributed through the ele- mentary schools in divisions 1 to 9. In case of inclement weather the circus will be held indoors at Cen- tral High School, with a circus parade around the big auditorium and the circus aéts on the stage. Other events this week are: Monday—Lecture on contract bridge, Central High School, 8 p.m., by Max- well L. Johnston, associate member of the Culbertson National Studios. Contract bridge party at Roosevelt High School, 8 p.m. Tuesday—Spring choral festival at Roosevelt auditorium by Washington Choral Society and assisting artists, 8:15 p.m., conducted by Louis Potter, ‘Walter Nash accompanist. Wednesday—Children’s recital by Barnard, West and John Eaton Schools in Roosevelt auditorium, 8 p.m. Wom- en’s physical education class at Roose- velt High School, 7:30 p.m. Thursday—Class in tap dancing, followed by social dancing instruc- tion, in Roosevelt gymnasium, 7:30 pm. Other centers continue their regular schedules for May. Washington Elks will hold Flag day exercises in the auditorium of the club June 16. District Deputy John E. Lynch will be the principal speaker. “The History of the Flag,” a tableau depicting the evolution of the stars and Stripes, will be under the direc- tion of Past Exalted Ruler John D. Fitzgerald. A musical program will include patriotic songs and also num- bers by the cornet section of the Elks Boys’ Band. Past Exalted Ruler George E. Strong is chairman of the Committee on Arrangements. Preparations are being made for the installation of the officers June 5. The first initiation by the new officers will be June 19. Past Exalted Ruler Edwin 8. Puller, . Backbone of an animal. | . Take the initiative. German university . River in Germany. . Proposition assumed to | . Pungent sauce. . Monetary unit of British | . Line of no magnetic . A tale of chivalry. bel SUNDAY CROSS-WORD PUZZLE . Victims of deception. . Athwart. . Put into speech. . Oust. . Total. . Gradually impair. . Thrice: Latin. . Refuse. . Theater. . City of Nimrod's king- dom. . Armistice. . Ecclesiastical collar. . Copal. . Back bone. . Not lighted. . Sharp end. . Thrust. . Over. . Very: French. 5 . Single person. . The song of Solomon. . Redact. . Promptly; dial. . Cows. . Plerce. | . ‘Overthrow. . Craved. . Abandon. . Soils. . Squirmed. . Made dull. Detective. . Fair woman. . The fourth asteroid. . The upper air. . Coast. 2 . Miter. . Turkish official; var. | 127. County in Pennsylvania. | Abstract conceptions of being. . An annular, coral island. . French bond. . Garment. . Italian town. 136. County and river in Arizona. CHEST'S CAMPAIGN PLANNINGTOBEGIN Coleman Jennings Appointed Head of Special Gifts Unit in Drive. m of Su- | grasping. rapier. lity. ly. | Community Chest drive are expected to get under way this week. Dr. Wil- | liam McClellan, campaign chairman, | has named Coleman Jennings as | chairman of the Special Gifts Unit and is considering various appointees for the other units. Wriendship House. ‘There will be a joint meeting of the board of directors and the volunteer workers Tuesday evening. Dinner will be served at 6 o'clock. The dancing class will give an ex- hibition at Garfleld Park Wednesday as part of the May day festival. Phyllis Wheatley Y. W. C. A. ‘The public is invited to attend the 30th birthday anniversary celebration today at 4 o'clock and tomorrow eve- ning. | The Membership Committee will | meet Tuesday evening. The Church Fellowship Committee will have a towel shower next Friday. The public is invited to attend the annual junior popularity contest to be held at the headquarters, 801 Rhode Island avenue, May 31 at 8 o’clock. St. Vincent’'s Home and School. ‘The girls will have a May procession today at 4 o'clock in the grounds of the school. Neighborhood House. A piano and song recital will be held Thursday night. Mrs. Edith M. Vel- asquez and Edward Marceron are the pianists, while Clayton W. Wornson, tenor, is the soloist. The Mothers’ Club will have a lawn party next Friday from 7:30 to 9:30. Juanita K. Nye Council House. The board of directors gave a sup- per party for the volunteers and workers at the Broadmoor. Northeast Boys’ Club. Director Otto Nielson and Secretary Bert Sheldon will leave today for New York to attend the convention of the Boys' Clubs of America, Inc. One of the boys, Joe David, accompanies them. Campaign plans for this year's' COL NPNAIR NEW ARTILLERY CHIEF News of Local Clubs (Continued From Sixth Page.) Mrs. Paul E. Howe, and Dr. Martha | officers and the national publicity MacLear. Will Relieve Col. Danford, Who Will Go to Hawaii Department. A number of changes in com- missioned personnel shortly will be made in the office of the chief of Field Artillery. The new executive officer will be Col. Leslie J. McNair, who relieves Col. R. M. Danford, now undergoing a refresher course at the Field Artillery School, upon the com- pletior. of which he will proceed to the Hawalian department for duty. Lieut. Col. R. E. D. Hoyle will be the new personnel officer. He will arrive here in June and relieve Lieut Ci Frank K. Ross, who has been a: signed to the 24th Field Artillery, Fort Stotsenburg, Philippine Islands. Lieut. Col. Allan C. McBride, now an in- structor at the Command and Gen- eral Staff School, will relieve in the training section Maj. Edwin P. Parker, jr., who will proceed to Fort Bragg, N. C. Maj. Basil L. Perry, also on duty in the training section, will be | succeeded by Maj. L. E. Hibbs, who is | now on duty with the lst Field Ar- tillery Brigade at Fort Hoyle, Md. | During June, July and August, a number of quartermaster officers will arrive here for War Department duty | in the office of the quartermaster | general of the Army. They, with their date of assignment, are as fol- | lows: Lieut. Col. John T. Harris, July | 8; Lieut. Col. Thomas J. Johnson, | June 30; Maj. Edgar G. Coursen, Au- | gust 15; Capt. Samuel I. Zeidner, June 26; Capt. Richard G. Rogers, June 30; Capt. Joseph P. Glandon, July 15; Capt. Andrew D. Hopping, June 30, and Capt. French C. Simp- son, July 10. In addition, six other | quartermaster .officers have been or- dered to Washington for duty as stu- dents in the 1935-36 course of the Army Industrial College. They in- clude Maj. George H. Schumacher and Capts. Clarence J. Blake, Leslie | E. Bowman, Thomas Brady, jr.; Oliver E. Cound and William H. Sadler.| Capt. Kester L. Hastings, now at the | Army Medical Center, will pursue this | same course. Two other Quariermas- | ]mr officers will assume new duty in Washington on June 30. They in- clude Capt. Hugh B. Hester, now at| Philadelphia, who will go to the Army | Medical Center, and First Lieut. Theo- dore Kalakuka, also at Philadeiphia, | who will assume new duty at the ‘Washington Quartermaster denot. | The board will meet at Fort Myer | tomorrow morning to conduct a pre- liminary examination of candidates for appointment as chaplain in the Regular Army. The chaplain vacan- cies will be filled by candidates in- dorsed by the following denomina- tions only: Methodist Episcopal, | Methodist Episcopal South, Baptist | South, Presbyterian, U. S.; United Brethren, Lutheran and Missouri | Synod Lutheran. by the text by Mrs. Frank E. The Book Review Section, led by Franz Werf.], with readings from ‘Edgington. The Art Appreciation Group will meet Thursday evening. Miss Louise L. Newell, the leader, will discuss Georgione and other Venetian paint- ers, together with a survey of the year's study in Italian art. The dance, planned by the junior group for May 25, has been canceled. Le Cercle des Precieuses Ridicules was received' Wednesday evening by Sixteenth street. The meeting was opened by the president, M. William J. Wallis, and the following program was presented: Reading by M. Henri Lazard, “La Belle-Mere Explosible,” by Alphonse Allais; vocal solo by Mme. Bessie Edson, with piano accompani- ment by Mme. Marie Howe Spurr, “Parceque,” by Guy d’Hardelot; cello solos by M. Dore Walten, with piano accompaniment by Mille. Beulah B. Chambers, “Dans le Calme du Soir,” by Gabriel-Marie, and “Etude Ca- price,” by Goltermann; recitation by Mme. Gaston de Bouy, “Le Savetier et le Financier,” by La Fontaine; “A Quoi Bon Entendre,” by Victor Hugo, and “L'Amour,” by Rosamonde Ros- tand; piano solos by Mille. Elizabeth Cates, “Premier Mouvement de la Sonate Pathetique de Beethoven,” and “La Vie d'Artiste,”” a waltz by Strauss; comedy, “lotre Cher Insensibilisa- teur,” by Ernest d'Hervilly, played by M. Henri Lazard, Mme. William J. Wallis, and M. Carlos Blum. Women’s City Club.—Mrs. John S. Bennett, president, and Mrs. Caroline B. Stephen, chairman of membership, will receive members and friends at the tea today in honor of Miss Julia Lawless and Miss Jessie P. Maxwell, newly elected members. Miss Nelle V. Price and Miss Florence C. Bell will preside at the tea tables. A pro- gram of music has been arranged by Mrs. Mary Izant Couch, who will ac- company Miss Hazel Priest, soprano. The club will be addressed Tuesday by Arthur Fleming, director of the School of Public Affairs, American University, on “You and Your Gov- ernment.” The French Section dinner session Wednesday at 6:30 pm. will have Leon Dostert of Georgetown Univer- sity as honor guest speaker and W. Barrett Fuchs, tenor, will sing, ac- companied by Mrs. W. R. Fuchs. The Business and Professional Sec- tion entertained Miss Josephine Roche, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, at a formal dinner at the club house last Wednesday. Soroptimist Club.—The following members of the Columbia Polytechnic Institute for the Blind were the honor guests at the luncheon Wednesday: tional training at the institution; dog, Hurea, one-time student of the Seeing Eye Foundation at Morristown, Navy. ! Ensigns of the Supply Corps, Naval Academy class of 1933, who have been serving under revokable commis- sions, will be issued permanent com- missions in that corps with rank in the following order: De W. C. T.| Grubbs, J. S. Dietz, H. L. Foote, P. L. | Weintraub, E. G. Campbell, R. G.| Linson, A. F. Ryan, A. T. Magnell, D. O. Lacey, D. W. Twigg, H. T. Bierer. J. E. Bullock, F. L. Blskew lock and E. S. Rhea. ' ODD FELLOWS | The Wood Testimonial Committee has prepared an interesting program for the testimonial to be tendered Past | Grand Master John H. Wood next| Friday in I. O. O. F. Temple and will | be open to all members of the order {and their families and friends. In- | vitations have been extended to the grand officers of the order in the Dis- | | trict and other prominent members | | to be present. Grand Sire William A. Pittenger of the Sovereign Grand | Lodge will make the address of the evening. The Line Officers’ Association of Instruction, under Grand Representa- tive W. W. Millan, will meet tomorrow | night in the temple. The board of trustees will hold a special meeting tomorrow night at the | call of the vice president, Louis L. Beazely. Selection of a new president ' will be made, in addition to action | |on important business. | Federal City Lodge degree team, under the directorship of Past Grand | | William G. Bollier, conferred the first | | degree on Bernard L. Tauberschmidt | | last Friday. The second degree will be conferred May 31. | Reports are being received in the | office of the grand secretary that large | delegations are planning to atfend the | pilgrimage June 16 to the Tomb of | | the Unknown Soldier. Special trains | |are coming from Delaware with 600 | {and their own drum and bugle corps. | Special train also from Reading, Pa. | A moonlight excursion will be held June 18. Rebekah News. | At the last meeting of Fidelity Re- | bekah Lodge the president, Mrs. Orra | L. Pfrimmer, made her official visit. |Mrs. Anita Haight, instructress, pre- |sented & demonstration by a new member. Addresses were made by W. W. Millan, W. E. Lawson, Milton S. Fall, grand patriarch; James H. Solt, grand master. A playlet was pre- sented by the Young People’s Dra- matic Club of Calvary Baptist Church entitled “Not Such a Goose.” Mrs. Schwinger, a charter member, gave a history of the lodge. A gift was pre- sented Mrs. Pfrimmer by Mrs. Grace ‘Thomason. At the last meeting of Martha Wash- ington Lodge Thurmond Cordell was | | elected degree director. Friday eve- ning this lodge entertained at the Odd Fellows Home. A feature of the pro- gram given was vocal selections by Miss Alice Sherer, accompanied by Miss Frances Sherer. Dances by chil- dren and refreshments formed part of the evening’s pleasure. On May 23 the lodge will feature a children’s night. Naomi Lodge held divine services last Sunday at Odd Fellows Home. Members also attended services at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, where Rev. J. Luther Frantz delivered a special The president of the Rebekah As- sembly, Mrs. Orra L. Pfrimmer, made the 1 announcements: May 26, 3 p.m., tree planing in East Po- tomac Park. Grand Sire William A. Plitenger will take part in the cere- mony. May 22 the assembly officers will give an entertainment at Odd Fellows Home, 3233 N street, at 8 pm. June 6 there will be & school of instruction at Mount Pleasant Lodge in the temple. June 16, at 3 p.m. in Arlington, all branches of Odd Fellows and Rebekahs will conduct the annual memorial service at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Daughters of the Nile. g?- ‘Tem- WHM At the close of the session 'y N. J.. William H. Boyer and his mother, and Melvin Cramer and his mother, Mrs. Cramer. Mr. Boyer will enter the class of the Seeing Eye Project on June 11. He will take advantage of the student loan fund of the club in order to se- cure his training at the institution. Other guests were Robert J. Cotrell, secretary of the Board of Trade; Mrs. Isabel Anderson, who read excerpts from her visit to Galapolos Island in the South Seas: Miss Clara Westropp of the Cleveland club, Mrs. O. D. Blake, Mrs. G. A. Webster and Miss Bertha Schnorer, a newly-elected member of the Washington club. Music was furnished by Melvin Cramer. ‘Washington Colony, National Society of New England Women, closed its series of meetings with a banquet at the Highlands on May 9. Annual re- ports were presented. Two important | amendments to the by-laws of the| colony have been made. Plans were made for resumption of philanthropic work in the Fall. The Ladies’ Guild of Kenilworth met at the home of Mrs. Emma Hats- well, with Mrs. Roloff as assistant hos- tess. The president, Mrs. Dorothy Green, presided. The annual strawberry festival will be held June 5. Mrs. president. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Harry Kent, with Mrs. Pietrie as assistant hostess. Ohio Girls’ Club of Washington will meet Priday night at 1326 Massachu- setts avenue. Installation of officers will be followed by a program in charge of Miss Kathryn F. Kelly, chairman of the Nominating Commit- tee. Miss Anna Park, president, an- nounces there will also be celebrated the seventeenth birthday anniversary of the club. All charter members are requested to be present. All Ohio girls in Washington are invited. The Friendship Circle met last Wednesday evening at the home of Mrs. Ida Brimer on East Capitol street. The president, Mrs. Ida Brimer, presided. Election of officers resutled as follows: President, Mrs. Maud White; vice president, Mrs. Myrtle Burke; secretary-treasurer, Mrs. Mary P. Pollock. Mrs. Maud Brooks and Mrs. Gladys Sample Edmunds are new members. The June meeting will be at the home of Mrs. Myrtle Loebsack Burke at South Washington, Va. * Eckington W. C. T. U. held a pub- lic luncheon in the Eckington Pres- byterian Church last Thursday. The district officers were honored guests. The school teachers from three neigh- borhood schools attended. Mrs. N. M. Pollock is president of this union. Zonta Club of Washington.—The weekly luncheon as held Wednes- day at the Y. W. C. A. Miss Mary W. Sigman presided. Dr. Merbert C. Wooley of St. Elizabeth’s Hospital spoke on “Psychiatry and the Busi- ness Woman.” Mrs. Louise R. Stambaugh won & prize in the Listerine Metropolitan Opera Co. song title contest. The following were guests: Mme. Amalia Conti, founder and president of the International Art Forum and harpist of New York City Metropoli- .; Miss Ruth Benham, Business Women’s Council meeting in the chapel of the Covenant-First Presbyterian Church Tuesday, 8 p.m. There will be a concert under the direction of Mrs. J. Newton Baker. Stanley Franck, tenor soloist, will sing. Rev. J. H. Hollister will speak at the devotional period at 6:45. The Excelsior Literary Club met re- cently in the home of Mrs. Viola Deaton, Riverdale, Md., with the president, Mrs. Henry Fenno Sawtelle, in the chair. Mrs. Harry 8. Newman gave a paper on “The Emerald Isle. Refreshments were served by the ‘hostess. The next meeting, Tuesday, with Mrs. Clarence Langley, 6709 Ninth Mme. Bessie Edson at her home OD|g¢ the home of Mrs. May. Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America—~Several of the national chairman were the guests Monday of the national vice president, Chapter at Annapolis. They were received at St. John's College by Col. Amos W. W. Wood- cock, president of the college, and Mr. ‘Trader of the land office. Following a buffet luncheon at the home of Prof. and Mrs. Henry M. Robert, jr., a business meeting was held, with the president, Mrs. William Henry Hayward, in the chair. Washington Council, Ladies of the U. C. C. of E—The Social Club met ‘The next meeting will be at the home of Mrs. Burton, 1418 Forty- fourth street. met at the Shoreham Hotel Monday evening, with Mrs. Pearle R. Friede presiding. There was taken up, under the leadership of Miss Ellen G. Bulger, a study of “Measured Music and Secu- lar Singers of the Middle Ages,” with the following program: *Descant,” by Mrs. Jessie B. Krause; “Franco’s Measured Music,” by Mrs. Prescott; “Scope of Secular Music,” by Miss Lulu Adams; “The Trouba- dours,” by Miss Emma Hoffer: “The | Minnesingers,” by Mrs. O. N. Fansler, {and “Musical Guilds,” by Mrs. Wini- fred H. Davis. Takoma Park Women’s Club.—~The garden department will meet at the home of Mrs. Charles W. Ayars, 217 Maple avenue, tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. The program will feature Mr. Ayars as guest speaker, the subject of whose address will be “Iris—Varieties and Cultivation.” On Tuesday at 10 a.m. the Govern- ment study department will meet at the local branch library, whence they will visit the Supreme Court Building to begin a tour of inspection of the Gamma Chapter, Delphian Society, | Ella G.| D—7 VETERANS OF 18% ADD 3 MEMBERS : | Meeting of John Jacob Astor Miss Edna Clark, will meet Thursdsy | Henry M. Robert, jr, who has just at 11 am. Mrs, Karl Pribram will re- | been elected treasurer general of the view “The Forty Days of Musa Dagh,” |[N. 8. D. A. R. and the Maryland Camp Conducted by Comdr. Donovan. MEETINGS THIS WEEK. Camps. Monday —Col. John Jacob Astor, Stanley Hall, United States Soldiers’ Home. Priday—Gen. Nelson A. Miles, Pythian Temple. Aucxiliaries. Monday — Admiral George Dewey Naval, Northeast Masonic ‘Temple. Priday—Gen. Neison A. Miles, Pythian Temple. Col. John Jacob Astor Camp, Spane ish War Veterans, met, with Comdr. Thomas P. Donovan in the chair. | William J. Scully, formerly a member | of Gen. Nelson A. Miles Camp; Pat- rick J. Shea, formerly a member of Milton R. Wheeler Camp, No. 103, of | New York City, and Matilles Keller, formerly of Camp Mitchell, Monterey, | Calif., were admitted to membership. | Senfor Vice Department Comdr. George V. McAlear and T. A. Hudlow of Harden Camp made addresses. Comdr. Calvin B. Lucas directed the meeting of Col. James 8. Pettit Camp last Tuesday night. Among those who spoke were Department Comdr. T. D. Binckley, Senior Vice Department Comdr. G. V. McAlear, Junior Vice Department Comdr. J. B. | Preeland and Past Department Comdr. | Charles A. Strobel. The meeting of Gen. M. Emmett Urell Camp last Wednesday night was | conducted by Comdr. Gary E. Powell. | Department Comdr. Binckley, Senior Vice Department Comdr. McAlear, building at 11 o'clock. Following the inspection the group will go to Hains Point Tea House for luncheon at 12:30 o’clock. The philanthropic department will meet at the home of Mrs. J. N. Quinn, 307 Elm avenue, Tuesday at 1 o'clock The drama department will meet Wednesday at 6:30 o'clock at the home |of Mrs. G. Franklin Wisner, 601 ‘gdlln Spring drive, for a picnic sup- T. The music department will meet at the home of Mrs. Eugene W. Bond, 7222 Blair road. Thursday at 10 o'clock. “Life of Mrs. H. H. A. Beach” will be reviewed by Mrs. F. A. Nickols |and the members of the depanmept | will contribute piano numbers. U. S. Grant Circle, No. 1, Depart- ment of the Potomac, Ladies of the G, A. R, met Tuesday at the home of the president, Mrs. Mary H. Fortier. Mr. Miss Cora Fitton, teacher of voca- | French Hufty and his trained Swiss | Samuel Baxter was elected | Faye Palsgrove of Cushin; Cam; Sons of Union Veterans, 1:5 in n?é | Pledge to the United States flag Mrs. Alice King Mulligan, Mrs. Mc- Keever, Mrs. Ethel V. Marks, Miss Mary Porter Smith and Miss Hayward, the committee appointed by Mrs. | Portier to co-operate with the com-- | mittee of Abraham Lincoln Circle for | the joint memorial exercises to be held in the Rotunda of the Capitol ments had been completed. Bock, Mrs. Genevieve Craig, Mrs. Mary T. Ingram, Mrs, Elsie R. Satter- fleld, Mrs. Julia Marks, Mrs. Irene McGovern Menke have been accepted %‘i they, cgn}:.her with Mrs. Jessie mas an er e ; daughter, will be The circle accepted the invitation of Miss Mary A. Howarth, department president of the Woman's Relief Corps, to attend the exercises held for the sailor dead at 12:15 May 26 and to later attend their exercises to be conducted by Mrs. Helen E. Temple | 8t the Arlington Memorial Bridge at | 2 o'clock for the men who lost their lives in the air. On May 30 Mrs. Fortier will place a wreath on the Tomb of the Un- | | known Civil War Dead at Arlington 1m\i will lqter accompany the depart- | ment president, Miss Hayward, when | she places a wreath on the Tomb of | the World War Dead. | District of Columbia League of can Pen Women.—The 1934-5 :“vmrd.s in the Isobel Anderson crea- '€ group contests were announc Friday. Dr. Prances Moon Butts, Juf:(-i for past president, presided, assisted by Mrs. Bess Heath Olmstead, president. Maude Lukens was awarded first prize in the journalism contest for her feature article “Unique Industry Lures Tourists to Florida.” “It's an Allergy,” by Blanche Parker Nelson, ‘was awarded second prize. First hon- erable mention went to Marguerite Merigold for her feature “The Junior Capital.” and Susan C. Baker for her !10‘:1’}\ ‘Washington Sees Its First Judges were Miss Malvina Lindsay, Homer Dodge and Mrs. Ruby Scruggs Anderson. In the drama contest first award went to Minnie Frost Rands with “The Pot of Gold.” Mrs. Leona Patterson Tiller won second place with “Miss Lolypop’s Party” or “The Candy Counter’s Close Catastrophe.” First honorable mention was given to Anne C. Darlington for “Heritage,” and second to Isabel Perkins Anderson for “Under the Bo Tree.” Judges for the entries in the drama were: Marie Moore Frost, Jane Plum- mer Rice and Minnie Saxton Bliss. Florence Barnes’ poem “The Chimes of Flanders” won first prize in the poetry contest, with “New Salem,” by Edith Mirick, second. First honorable mention went to Lillian Cobb Baird for the poem “Summer Storm,” with “The Miracle,” by Alethea Todd Al- derson, second mention. Judges for the poetry contest were Dr. Lewis P. Chase, Dr. Homer C. House and Helen Cowles Le Cron. First prize in the short story and other fiction contest was awarded Emily Maxwell Maddox for the story “Told by a Neutral Party,” second prize going to Minnie Frost Rands for “The Rendevous That Failed.” “Veng- eance Is Mine,” by Nellie Walker Irish received first honorable mention, sec- ond going to Willard Howe for “A Canvas Chapel.” Judges were Dr. Lewis P. Chase, Dr. !ci;l:‘zr C. House and-Helen Cowless Le Grace Merrill Ruckman was awarded first prize for an oil landscape “Snow,” in the art contest. Hazel Cameron Menk won second prize with an oil landscape “Man With Plow.” Honor- able mention went to Margaret Scully Zimmele for an oil painting Club Door.” The art entries were judged by Rowland Lyon, Ruth Porter Ward and Helen F. Collinson. The popular vote prize was awarded to Florence C. Estabrook for a water color landscape “White Mountains.” There were no entries for the contest for the Frances Moon Butts prize in non-fiction, and none in the radio contest. The prize-winning articles will be read at a meeting of the league May 27 at the Burlington Hotel. The Stell Maris Club will elect offi- Mrs. Harriet Disney, Mrs. Ada F. | Junior Vice Department Comdr. Free- | 1and and Past Department Comdr. &. | 9. McWilliams spoke. 1 Richard J. Harden Camp met last ‘Thursday night, with Comdr. C. D. Long presiding. Department Comdr. Binckley, Past Department Comdr. Mattocks, Senior Vice Department | Comdr. McAlear and Junior Vice De- | partment Comdr. Freeland spoke. The President'’s Club will meet | Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Wil | son, 504 Oglethorpe street, at 8 p.m. president of Gen. | Nelson A. Miles Auxiliary, presided at the meeting May 10. Catherine Dint- ler. department president, made her official visitation, accompanied by her stafl. Minnie Pruitt, Mary Lyons, Clara Brown, Maggie Lane and Willie Gates were initiated. Hellen Knapper, ac- companied on the banjo by her brother George, gave tap dances. Readings were given by Hattie Lud- | wig and Ann Palmer. Members of ! the auxiliary gave a one-act play. { Gertrude Stoll Parent Teacher Activities today at 2:30 p.m., reported arrange- | (Continued Prom Sixth Page) Green, principal, second vice presi- dent; Mrs. K. Foote, recording secre- tary; Mrs. S. Stewart, corresponding secretary; Mrs. C. L. Howard, treas- urer. Miss Ida Lind spoke on “Future Tasks for Today's Children.” [ Oyster. | At the meeting last Monday sub- jects discussed were “Vacation Camps” and “Diphtheria Inocula- tion.” Officers were installed by Mrs. W. B. Fry, first vice president, District of Columbia Congress of Parents and Teachers. Marion Lancaster fur- nished the music. Wheatley. Officers were installed by Mrs. L. B. Castell. The operetta, “Famous Mothers,” was presented under the direction of Mrs. T. P. Kettering with the following participating: Mes= | dames E. Turner, J. Bruton, M. Ward, J. Mayhugh, A. Manning. Gene Starr, | C. Martin, F. Touart, L. Wise and | Miss K. Bresnahan and Charles Em- eigh. A reading was given by Mrs. L. Duvall. Mrs. S. George met with her com- mittee Wednesday in the P.-T. A. club room and completed arrange- | 23 in the school. | On May 25 the sixth grade and Girl Scout Troop 57 of Wheatley, ac- | companied by Miss S. Mellichampe, | teacher, and their P.-T. A. grade | mothers will visit the Tripplett Farm | in Virginia. Kenilworth. A group of parents accompanied the Boy Patrol yesterday to the pa- rade. A luncheon was served the boys upon their return to the school with | the sixth grade girls as hostesses. | The Kenilworth Ladies’ Guild will plant a tree in honor and memory of | Mrs. Voorhes, the first teaching prin- | cipal in the first Kenilworth School. | Woodridge. | 'The following officers were installed by Mrs. George Corbin, delegate to the Federation of Citizens’ Associa- tions: Mrs. W. B. Calvert, president; | Mrs. Paul Neuhaus, first vice presi- | dent: Mrs. Marion Newman. second | vice president; Mrs. C. J. Wolz, third | vice president; Mrs. H. C. Sullivan, secretary; Mrs. Robert Doing, treas- urer. Mrs. J. F. Hilder, counselor of the H. D. Cooke School, spoke on “Char=- acter Education.” . The musical program was furnished | by the male quamet of Taft Junior | High School, together with instru- | mental solos by members of the Taft | orchestra. John L. Mitchell sang. | The association voted to give the Boy Patrol a party at the school. The retiring president, Mrs. Robert Doing, and the principal, Miss C. F. Barnard, were presented with gifts. West School. Children of the various grades of the Joseph Rodman West School will entertain their parents in their re- spective rooms following the meeting of the Parent-Teacher Association tomorrow night. The meeting will be the final one of the present school session. The grade children have been working on the programs for these events for several weeks and a large attendance is expected from those interested in their work. The Maccabees. National Tent will hold a special review Tuesday night in Pythian Tem= ple after the close of the regular re- view to consider moving the record keeper’s office from the McLachlen Building to his home. e e Ladies’ Oriental Shrine. High Priestess Mrs. Bertha Brom- well and her officers and uniformed patrol leave today to attend the ane nual grand session in Chicago, Il cers at 8 meeting next Thursday night. mmqphmum. May 21, 22, 33 and 24