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1936—~PART TWO THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, ) AV\{omen’s Cit?rClub to Mrflrk MT. HOREB MASONS Birthday With Reception HOSTS 70 LADIES “Major Bowes Contest” Will Be Held in Evening as Part Celebr: HE seventeenth birthday anni-; versary of the Women's City Club will be celebrated tomor-~ row. There will be a reception in the afternoon and a “Ma). Bowes Contest” in the evening. Judge Mary O'Toole, Mrs, Lyman B. Swormstedt, Dr. Frances Foye, Dean Grace Hayes Riley, Mrs. Merritt O. Chance, Mrs. William L. Corbin, Miss Alice M. Heaven, Mrs. John S. Ben- nett, past presidents, and Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley, president, will receive in the afternoon. Mrs. Gladys D. Mid- dlemiss and Miss Ethel Bagley, vice presidents, will head the committee for the evening party. Miss Elsie T. Ott- inger of Baltimore will impersonate Maj. Bowes. Contestants will be chosen from the ranks of the club members. Mrs. Lyman B. Swormstedt will re- view “Gone With the Wind" by Mar- garet Mitchell, on Tuesday, at 5 p.m., st the meeting of the book hour sec- tion. Dr. Edwin N. C. Barnes, director of music education, District of Columbia public schools, will present an evening with the “Women Composers of Amer- ica,” Wednesday at 8:45 pm. The program will be given under the direc- tion of Flora McGill Keefer, with Dor- othy Radde Emery at the piano. Mrs. | Mary Howe will play some of her own compositions. The Opera Club Trio, composed of Norma Simonson, Betty Galbraith and Tone Hoffman, will sing. Mrs. Joseph Rolichaux will sing the ! songs of a number of American Women | Composers. Original compositions will | be played by Ida Hoyt Chamberlain. | Miss Evelyn Davis, dancer, will inter- | pret some of Mrs. Howe's works. Dr. Edwin N, C. Barnes will give the seventh lecture Friday at 5 p.m. on| *Mflestones in American Music.” His subject will be “In Lighter Vein.” | Mrs. Gladys B. Middlemiss, chair-| man of hospitality, will be the hostess at a tea on November 22, at 4:30 p.m. She will be assisted by the members of her committee. The League of American Pen Women announces an art tea today, from 3 to 6 pm. Etchings and batik and craft jewelry done by Minnie Briggs and Pherne Miller will be| exhibited. Miss Miller will give a talk on the life of her uncle, the noted poet, Joaquin Miller. Lily Hunt will be the hostess Wed- nesday at the weekly rendezvous, from 2 to 6 pm. Members and guests are invited to | an art and radio program Saturday at 1 8 p.m., arranged by the art chairman, | Hazel Cameron Menk. Alice Hutchins ‘ Drake will speak on “Outdoor Life in ‘Washington.” Ida Hoyt Chamberlain will present Chinese songs and explain China's radio system. Martha Maples, pianist, will play. be served. Junior Section, Women’s Bar As- sociation, The second in a series of | informal Sunday morning breakfasts at the Hamilton Hotel was held last Sunday. Miss Mary Agnes Brown, chairman, ‘was toastmistress. Phil Sheridan Women's Relief Corps, No. 12, Auxiliary to the G.| A. R, held its annual inspection n, the Thomas Circle Club. Assistant department inspector, Mrs. Rosalie Bhelton, was the inspecting officer. Mrs. Helen Pitney was initiated and Mrs. Emma Beull made application | for membership in the corps, --The Junior Women’s Club will meet | ‘Tuesday, at 8 o'clock, at the Jessup- | Blair Community House. Hostesses will be Misses Carrie Trivett, Doris | Johnston, Patricia Davis and Jane Cooper. Mrs. Howard O. Parsons, chairman | of the Program Committee, announced the speaker will be from the Federal Buerau of Investigations who will tell of the work of that bureau. Mrs. John T. Lucker, jr, president, willf preside. The bridge group will meet Novem- | ber 16 with Mrs. Paul Underwood. The Excelsior Literary Club met at | the home of Mrs. Alice V. Creque, 1822 | Wyoming avenue. Mrs. Lloyd C. Biddle, president of the District of | Columbia Federation of Women's Clubs, was guest speaker. Mrs. Grace Delaney, president of the | elub, read a paper on “Kentucky.” | Articles on the life of John J. Audu- bon were read by Mrs. Alice V. Creque and Mrs. Julia Webb, and one de- | seriptive of the caves of Kentucky by Mrs. Emily Jarboe. | The next meeting will be at the home of Mrs. Harvey Beavér, 4104 Harrison street, November 17, Phyllis Lyman Colony, National So- eiety of New England Women, met at the home of Mrs. R. L. Kimball, Silver Spring, Md. Luncheon was served by Mrs. Kimball, assisted by Mrs. C. N. Rodlun and Mrs. R. E. Bowker. A business session was held, with Mrs. George McCann presiding. Mrs. Edward Dingley read a paper on “The Boston Post Road.” A New England song, written by Mrs. Avery ‘T. Brunner, was sung by the colony. ‘The next meeting, December 4, will be a luncheon at the home of Mrs. Olivia Ryckman. Rowac Club.—The sewing group will meet Wednesday at the home of Mrs, De Witt Smith, 5501 Edgemoor lane, Bethesda. It will be a luncheon meet- ing, the group coming at 10:30 a.m. and sewing yntil 4 pm. The gar- ments made are used for disaster vic- tims in any devastated area over the United States. They also sew for the District Chapter of the American Red Cross. Business Women’s Council meeting Tuesday, 8 p.m., in the chapel of the Covenant-First Presbyterian Church. Lecture on “Civilized Art in Modern Form” by Mrs. Margaret 8. Zimmele. ‘The devotional service at 6:45 will be conducted by Rev. James R. King. The Washington Readers’ Club will meet at All-Souls’ Church Tuesday night, Virginia Bayly Blassingham presiding. Harriet E. Bryant, Mrs. Alvin Lamar Wills, Esther Marsman and Cathyn Chaloner will give read- ings; songs by Edna Cecelia Moreland, accompanied by Dorothy Sherman Plerson. There will be several num- bers read by Violet Warren- Pierson. The Washington branch of the American Association of University Women will give a buffet supper to- day at 6 pm., honoring the national board of directors, who are meeting here November 16, 17 and 18. The directors’ of the fine arts projects of Refreshments will | § of Anniversary ation. local club, will preside. She will be assisted by Dr. Kathryn McHale, gen- eral director, and Mrs. Horace Torbert will introduce the speakers Folger Cahill, director, Federal Art Project, will discuss “Art for the Few or Many.” Dr. Nikolal Sokoloff, di- rector, Federal Music Project, will tell about “Developments in the Federal Music Project” and Hiram Mother- well, assistant director, Federal The- ater Project, will have for his subject “The People's Theater Arrives.” Dr. Henry S. Alsberg, director, Federal Projects for Writers, will tell of the “Contributions Made by the Federal Writers' Project.” Miss Ida Hoyt Chamberlain, com- poser, soprano and pianist, will give & lecture-recital tomorrow afternoon following tea. Mrs. Bess Heath Olm- stead will accompany her. Mrs. John Jay O'Connor will be hostess at the tea preceding the musicale. Mrs. W. J. O'Leary will be hosteas at the bridge luncheon Tuesday at 1 pm. The Committee on the Economical and Legal Status of Women will meet in the lounge Thursday at 4:45 o'clock. Miss Edythe Rose will be hostess at the junior group dinner bridge Thurs- day at 6:30 o'clock. The drama study group will meet in the lounge Wednesday at 11 o'clock. Mrs. Hiram Snell will discuse Lope de Vega. . Miss Elizabeth M. Carhart will dis- cuss the poetry of Victor Hugo at the Martha MacLear poetry group Thurs- day at 11 o'clock. Miss Madge Lane Cooke will read from other poets of the romantic school. The art appreciation section will meet in the Phillips Memorial Gal- lery, 1600 Twenty-first street, at ¢ p.m. Saturday. The creative writing group meets Monday at 3 pm., and the duplicate contract bridge section meets Friday evening in the lounge. The Executive Board of the Polit- jcal Study Club met at the May- flower Hotel November 9, Mrs. Wil- liam A. Kinnan, first vice president, presiding. Mrs. Mary E. Downey and Mrs. John L Bischoff were elected to membership. The next meeting of the club will be held November 21 at 2 p.m. at the Washington Club. A patriotic pro- gram will be pre- sented. The pres- ident of each pa- triotic organiza- tion will be hon- ored guests. The f guest speaker will be Admiral William H. Standley, chief of naval opera- tions. Mrs. George O. Gillingham will present the fol- lowing artists: The Opera Club Quartet, Norma Simonson, soprano; June Hoffman, alto; Fred Denniston, tenor, and Dolph Atherton, baritone, with Doro- thy Radde Emery at the piano, under the direction of Flora McGill Keefer. Admiral Standley. The Washington Chapter of Junior Hadassah will entertain at a Mother Goose reception for paid-up members only, at 8:15 p.m. November 16, at the Jewish Community Center. Miss Sonya Caplan has arranged a program. Plans are being completed for a bingo party at the Jewish Community Center November 23 at 8 p.m. The annual dance will be February 7 at the Mayflower Hotel. The Alpha Chapter of the World Caravan Guild will meet at Washing- | ton Club Tuesday at 8 p.m. Mrs. Concha Gonzales James, di- rector of international co-operation of the Pan-American Union, will speak on “The Women of Mexico.” A short talk will be given by Prof. A. Curtis ‘Wilgus of George Washington Univer- sity. The Twentieth Century Club will hold its annual reception from 4 to 6 o'clock, November 20, at the Washing- ton Club. Mrs. Alfred H. Brooks, chairman of the Social Committee, will be assisted by members of the board and by members of her committee. The president, Mrs. Karl Fenning; vice presidents, Mrs. E. G. Montgomery and Mrs. William R. Maxon; recording sec- retary, Mrs. P. M. Anderson; corre- | sponding secretary, Mrs. R, Thomas West; Mrs. Howard G. Nichols and Mrs. Ryland C. Bryant will be in the receiving line. The former presidents of the club will preside at the tea table. The art section will meet at 2 p.m. tomorrow at the Yard School of Fine Art, 2040 8 street. There will be a beginners’ sketch class. The garden section will meet at 2 p.m. Thursday with Mrs. Robert Sher- rill, 3401 Macomb street. Members are asked to bring any small plants and moss they can contribute for ter- rariums for the Children's Tuberculo- sis Hospital. The music section will meet and serve luncheon at 1 p.m. Friday at the Arts Club. Miss Beatrice Pinkney Jones, head of the music department of the Foxcroft School in Virginia, will be the speaker. Reservations can be made through Mrs. John D. Hird or Mrs. Arthur J. Seaton. The Columbia Heights Art Club met with Mrs. Edward Russell at her home on Harvard street. Papers were given by Mrs. Elmer 8. Frazier, “The Neth- erlands in the World War,” and Mrs. H. K. Fulton, “Other Dutch Portrait Painters.” Guests were Mrs, Lee Roy Palmer, Mrs. W. Andrews, Mrs. J. E. Briggs and Mrs. Charles T. Jardine. Mrs. Mahlon A. Winter, president, pre- sided. ‘The Business and Professional Wom- en’s Club held a card party Saturday night at the Dodge Hotel for the benefit of furnishing s room in the Strong residence of the Y. W. C., A. Musical numbers were given by Mrs, Vander Holcomb, sccompanied by Mrs. Charles Swann. The Professional Writers' Club was addressed last Monday night at the Y. W. C. A. by Senor Jose Tercerco, chief of the travel division of the Pan- American Union, on traveling in Mexico. x The Washington Wanderlusters held the annual meeting at the club house, PFranklin Park, Va. The following officers were elected: President, Eu- the Works Progress Administration will be the speakers of the evening. Mrs. Richard Hogue, president of the { gene A. Madgin: vice president, Dr. Program Includes Address by Grand High Priest of District. The annual ladies’ night of Mount Horeb Chapter, R. A. M, of which Herbert W. Blandy is high priest, was held Tuesday evening. A pro- gram was presented, including an address by David S. Davison, grand high priest of the District of Co- lumbia. Those contributing to the program were Ann Calvert, Geraldine Simpson, Shirley Gessford, Gloria Simpson, Eunice Harrison, Elmer Bennington, Betty Calvert, in song and dance numbers; Miss Colbert at the piano, the Government Printing Office quartette, Robert Simmons, Arthur Williams, Dean Denny and Marvin Davis, Edwin Rassman at the piano; Hawalian string music and Hill Billy specialties, Garnett Hudson, Fred Hazel, Frank Wilson and John Hazel; solos by Miss Broussard and Edgar Simpson, Miss Colbert, accompanist. At its communication November 20 Lebanon Lodge will confer the E. A. on 11 candidates. Petworth Royal Arch Chapter an- nouiges the Royal Arch degree will be conferred Monday night following a short business meeting. STATE SOCIETIES. The Delaware State Society of ‘Washington will meet tomorrow at the Thomas Circle Club at 8 o’clock. Officers will be elected. The present officers, most of who are up for re-election, are: Presi- dent, Senator John G. Townsend, jr.; vice president, Shelton W. Fair- childs; second vice president, Mrs, Helen E. Jamison; secretary, Mrs. Blanche Paul; executive secretary, Miss Elizabeth R. Groves, and treas- urer, George Raymond. Attorney James R. Kirkland will tell of his adventures in Spain last Summer. Refreshments will be served. The Alabama Society will hold its Thanksgiving dance and reception at the Willard Hotel Wednesday at § o'clock. Edward K. McDowell has asked the following to serve as co- hostesses with Mrs. McDowell: Mrs. Harry R. Fulton, Mrs. Paul Spearman, Mrs. Marion Caskie, Mrs. William E. Fort and Mrs. William T. Weissenger. Entertainments have been planned for the coming year by the following Program Committee: Claude Hamil- ton, chairman; Mrs. B. Y. Martin, Mrs. Pauline Vann Byrd, Thomas Owens, Mrs. R. A. Winston, W. J. Foster, J. Marvin Kelley, W. J. Primm, | Miss Esther Wood, Allan Laster and | Miss Dora Bailey. ‘The Governor of North Carolins and Mrs. C. B. Ehringhaus will be | the guests of honor of the North | Carolina Society of Washington at | & reception and dance next Thursday at 8:30 o'clock, at the Shoreham Hotel. The Governor will speak. Officers of the society are: Giles Yeomans Newton, president; John Wilbur Jenkins, first vice president: Mrs. Aubrey D. McFadyen, second vice president; Mrs. William H. Hes- sick, Jjr. secretary-treasurer; Rev. Rufus W. Weaver, chaplain, and Mrs. Boydston Satterfield, historian. The Illinois State Society of Wash- ington will meet at the Willard Hotel Wednesday evening. Among the Illinois persons, im- portant in Washington official life, who will be present are Chief Justice Fulton W. Booth of United States Court of Claims, Judge William J. Graham of United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, Judge ‘Thomas S. Williams of United States Court of Claims, William W. Arnold of Board of Tax Appeals, L. E. Bird- sell, chief of Legal Division, F. D. I. | C. Representative Kent E. Keller, president, will preside. The Vermont Association met Fri- day evening at the Thomas Circle Club, 1326 Massachusetts avenue. Miss Mary Jean Simpson told of her recent work in Vermont. The Wisconsin State Society will have a reception, dance and cards at the Washington Hotel, Tuesday evening. Frank W. Kuehl, president, and other officers; Anna Halberg, Mrs. G. J. Czerwonky, Iva G. Parish, Pearl Thurber, Olive Grebe, Mary Reid, Cornelia Nots, Patrick Cooney, Oscar Brinkman, Peter Van Nostrand, and Henry Saunders, will welcome the former residents of the Badger State. The Wisconsin State Society wilN give a dance Tuesday at the Wash- ington Hotel. A program has been arranged. The artists are Tamara Dmitrieff, pianist, assisted at the sec- ond piano by Mildred Shockleford, and a Russian dancer, Tatiana Gnoocheff, who will give a group of character dances, accompanied at the piano by Mrs. Starr Tew. The president of the Massachusetts Society of Washington, Frank E. Hickey, announces & formal dancing party and entertainment Tuesday eve- ning at the Wardman Park Hotel. The society will be glad to welcome newcomers or visitors from the Old Bay State. Guest tickets may be secured from the secretary, Mrs. Leon Chagnon, 3500 K street. The contract bridge class will re~ sume Thursday evening at the Roose- velt High School. Instructions will be given by Mrs. Marian H. Barre. Alfred W. Gaver, district deputy grand exalted ruler for Maryland, Delaware and the District of Colum- bia, made his official visit to Wash- ington Lodge last Wednesday night when & class of 30 candidates were initiated. Gov. David Scholts of Plorida and present Grand Exalted’ Ruler of the B. P. O. Elks decreed that this class of candidates should be designated as the James T. Halli- inducted members on “What Elkdom Means." The seventeenth annual charity ball will be held on Thanksgiving evening at the Mayflower Hotel. Exalted Ruler J. Forrest Reilly appointed John D, PFitzgerald as chairman of the committee to make arrangements for & mock trial to be held in the lodge room in January. ) Committee of the Non-Academic Pan Hellenic Association Charity Ball to be iven at the Mayflower Hotel next Saturday for the benefit of t%e Children’s Hospital. Front row, left to right: Marguerite Throckmorton, chair- man, and Maurine Simmers. Back row. Peggy Conner, Virginia Morris and Winifred Huck. —~Star Staff Photo. Order of the Eastern Star ‘The Officers’ Club of Bethlehem Chapter will meet at the home of Mrs. Marie C. Deal, 6402 Sixteenth street, tomorrow at 8 p.m., with Miss Blanche Bowen, Mrs. Anna Deal Hall and Mrs. | John C. McConnell as hostesses. The Temple Committee will meet Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs. Marie C. Deal. The matron and patron will enter- tain their officers at the Dodge Hut Friday at 7:30 pm. Sally Jackson, matron of Mizpah Chapter, announces on Tuesday ac- tion will be taken on by-laws and & memorial service, with entertainment and refreshments. Columbia Chapter conferred the de- grees last Monday, with Matron Ethel M. Mague and Patron Roscoe M. Will- hite presiding. A reception was given in honor of all members initiated dur- ing the year. ‘The Officers’ Club will meet tomor- row at the home of Mrs. Rose L. Hidde, with Mrs. Freddy C. De Le: dernier and Mrs. Eleanor Bartran as- sisting. The matron and patron will enter- tain the officers and committee chair- men at a dinner party in the chapter room November 21. Congress Lodge Chapter will meet tomorrow evening. The Sewing Circle met Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mariella Smith. Assoclate Matron Aurelia Thomas will hold a card party at her home, | 614 Maryland avenue northeast, Wed- nesday evening. On December 7 the | chapter will elect officers. Acacia Chapter will honor the | Grand Chapter officers in visitation | Tuesday evening. Chevy Chase Chapter will meet Tuesday evening, with Matron Myrtie | 1. Woodis presiding. Bethel No. 2 of Job's Daughters will exemplify the | work, assigted by the choir of Bethel No. 1. Refreshments will be served. The Married Members' Club will be entertained tomorrow evening by Mrs. Louella Ward, 6515 Maple avenue,| with Mrs. Genevieve Meese assisting| hostess. The 1930 Association will hold a bridge and 500 party at the home of Past President Evelyn F. Stoner, 5535 Nevada avenue, November 21, at 8 p.m., for the benefit of the Ways and Means Committee. Mrs. Lillian Higdon, president o!" the Star Point Soclety of Miriam | Chapter, announces a meeting Thurs- day night at the home of Mrs. Thelms, Peterson, 120 R street north- east. Mrs. Daisy Hopwood Thour, matron of Ruth Chapter, announces the meeting tomorrow evening will be honored by the appointed officers of this jurisdiction. The meeting will be in Stansbury Lodge Hall at 7:30 pm. Entertainment will be rendered with reading by Past Matron Mrs. Sue Broadhurst, guitar and mandolin solos by Miss Dorothy Willlams and James Williams and dancing. Matron Irene Steinbraker an- nounces grand visitation to St. John's Lodge Chapter tomorrow at 8:30. During the memorial services at the last meeting the incidental solo was sung by Mr. Pearson and pro- gram later was presented by Miss Virginia Hunter's pupils of dance. At the last meeting of Cathedral Chapter home board night was cele- brated. There was entertainment and refreshments. The Cathedral Belles met at the home of Geneva Perry, 3622 Joocelyn street, when officers were elected as follows: President, Eva McLaurin; vice president, Agnes Garner; secre- tary and treasurer, Peggy Burgess. Trinity Chapter, No. 3, will meet ‘Thursday, followed by refreshments and dancing. The demonstration meeting for the Ada Christy campaign will be held tomorrow at 8 p.m. at the home of Irene Simons, 1014 M street southeast. A card party will be held at.the home of Doris Riley, 5724 Fourth street, Tuesday at 8:30 p.m. Gavel Chapter will be paid its annual grand visitation Tuesday. One candidate will be initiated. Election of officers will be December 1. The last meeting of Joffa Lodge Chapter was followed by a sketch, “The Wedding,” by the Star Points. At the meeting Wednesday there will be & social and refreshments. . e The Crand Chapter officers will pay their annual visit to Loyalty Chapter Wednesday evening. The Star Point Society has selected the Kenesaw for its banquet December 14. Esther Chapter, after the business session next Thursday, will be enter- tained by George O'Comnor with songs, George Myers, tenor, and Wil- liam Test, cello. St. Johns Chapter will be paid its annual visitation by the Grand Chap- ter officers tomorrow evening. Other visitations scheduled for the ‘week are: Tuesday, 8. Gevel Chap- ter, and at 9:30 e’clock, Aeacia Chap- A ter. Loyalty Chapter, Wednesday, 8:15 o'clock; Fidelity Chapter, Thurs- day, 8:30 o'clock; Bethany Chapter, Friday, 8:15 pm., and Washington Centennial Chapter, 9:30 o'clock the same evening. Mrs. Anne D, Potter, matron, Har- mony Chapter, announees the meet- ing of November 26 will be canceled as it falls on Thanksgiving day. A benefit turkey dinner will be given ‘Tuesday, 5 to 7 p.m.. at Joppa Lodge Temple, Ninth and Upshur streets. Martha Chapter was entertained by Mu Chi Club at its last meeting. A | playlet, “The Holidays,” was presented by Mrs. Edna Malth, Mrs. Bertha Johnson, Mrs. Pauline Fry, Mrs. Isabel Titlow, Mrs. Alwine Miller, Miss Helen Gates, Miss Nellie Ralston, Mrs. Dessa Cauffman, Mrs. Anne Cromwell, Mrs. Maude Watts, Mrs. Mildred Green, Mrs, Alice Mitchell, Mrs. Susie Brown, Mrs. Erna Noel, Mrs. Ruth Olif, Mrs. Mary Deck, Mrs. Rena Hunt, Mrs. An- na Howard and Mrs. Elsie Speer. The Association of Past Matrons and Past Patrons will entertain the chapter November 20. Gamma Chapter will meet at Pierce Hall tomorrow at 8:15 o'clock. A study of “Tales from Chaucer” will be taken up under the leadership of Mrs. J. LeRoy Elliott, with the fol- lowing program: “The Wife of Bath's Tade,”” Miss Julia Moore Gilbert; “Pal- amon and Arcita,” Mrs. Esma Maybee Lachowicz; “The Influence of the Classics,” Mrs, Eveiyn T. Haller; “Re- flections of Medieval Life,” Miss Sopha Lunsford: and “Literary Qual- ities,” Mrs. Mary G. Wolford. Ths president, Mrs. Pearl R. Friede, will preside. Theta Tau Zeta Chapter met at the Mount Pleasant Library last Monday. The subject of discussion was “The Era of the Crusades,” with Miss Iva M. Menefee, president, as the leader. Topics were discussed by Miss Kathryn Doherty, Miss Barbara Sutter, Miss Estelle Anthony and Miss Mary C. Williams. Columbia Society will meet Novem- ber 19 at 10 am. at Woodward & Lothrop’s. The subject for study is “Oriental Tale II” Mrs. Maude E. Thatcher is the leader and will give the introductory comment. Other topics are: “The Thousand and One Days,” Mrs. C. M. Jansky, ; “The Story of the Sad Vizier” (a) “Hasson's Loss of Fortune,” Mrs, George Ellis; (b) “In the Shah’s Court,” Mrs. W. W. Spaid; (¢) “The Disconsolate Lovers” Mrs. M. K. Campbell, and (d) “Fickle Fortune,” Mrs. Wilfon B. Nairn. The president, Mrs. G. M. Norris, will give the sum- mary. Tea will be given November 20 from 3 to 5 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Norris in honor of Mrs. Elizabeth R. David- son, & member of the chapter whose birthday anniversary occurs that day. Roosevelt Chapter will meet at the Parrot Tea Rooms Tuesday at 10:30 am. “The Era of the Crusades” will be dealt with in such a manner as to link our institutions of the present day with the Middle Ages. A resume by the president, Mrs. Wil- liam E. Clark; “The Pirst Crusade,” Mrs. Willlam C. Linton; “The Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem,” Mrs. Gladys B. Middlemiss; “Later Crusades,” Mrs. Mrs. William T. Gill, jr.; “The Church in Later Ages,” Mrs. William S. Ham- mers, and “Monastic Growth,” Mrs. J. Ward Mankin, Mrs, Willam J. Grabam will be leader. Chapter A met with Mrs. T. A. Hut- ton, College Heights, Md., with Miss Anna Theaker and Miss Mary Theaker of Washington, D.- C., assistant host- esses. The president, Miss Elizabeth B. Johnson, presided. Guests were Mrs. M. H. Fohrman and Mrs. A. H. Snyder of Chapter K, Wi : Miss Isabel Smoots of Chapter N, Spearfish, 8. Dak., and Miss Dorothy Bixby and Miss Glenna Irene Potts of Washington. , A musical program was presented as follows: Pilano solo, Miss Dorothy Bixby; vocal solo, Miss Isabel Smoots; piano solo, Miss Glenna Irene Potts; vocal solo, T. A. Hutton. Miss Ruberts M. Olds accompanied Miss Smoots and Mr. Hutton. Chapter B met at the home of Mrs, Nathan B. Williams, 3917 Me- BLINDTOGETBOOK [November P.-T. A. Session ON CONSTITUTigy| Will Hear Ruth Sheldon Conference Will Be Held Tuesday at 1:30 P.M. in N. E. A. Building—*“Relation of Growth to Health” Topic. Fred Taylor Wilson Volume Selected by District D. R. for Braille. “Our Constitution and the Makers,"” { by Fred Taylor Wilson, has been se- lected by the District of Columbia Daughters of the American Revolution as the last of the series of books to be transcribed into Braille. An unbound volume has been pre- sented to the Committee for the Blind, and the chairman, Mrs. Ross T. Mc- Intire, is arranging for the transcrip- tion. ‘The acquisition and protection of historic spots, &s an incentive to his- torical research, was urged by Mrs. Charles Carroll Haig, State regent, in her talk before the Capt. Molly Pitcher | Chapter last Priday. Mrs. Arthur 8. Field, regent of Capt. Joseph Magruder Chapter, will enter- tain at her home, 3607 Lowell street, December 4 at a Christmas shower for | the Waleska, Ga., Mountain School. ‘The State chairman, Mrs, Roy C. Bowker, will speak on “D. A. R. Ap- proved Schools.” ‘The chapter met Friday at the home | of Mrs. Joseph Wheat, 410 B street | northeast, with Mrs. Earl B. Fuller the | assisting hostess. Mrs. Joseph N. Saunders, State chairman, Junior American Citizens, spoke. 4 Guests were Mrs. Harry H. Thomp- | son, regent of Potomac Chapter; Mrs. Ida G. Greenwell and Mrs. Philip Key | Reily. Miss Maude Aiton addressed the| November meeting of the Martha Washington Chapter at the Jessup- | Blair House on the interests and | activities of the Americanization School, of which she is principal. Miss Constance C. Howes, Mrs. C. Breck Parkman and Mrs. E. Marvin | Reese were elected to membership. A class in contract, organized byi | the Ways and Means Committee, vm‘ meet at the Chastleton on the first| | and third Monday of each month. | The next meeting of the chapter | will be held at the home of Mrs. | Warner W. Stockberger, December 1, | when a Christmas party and sale will | | be a feature of the meeting. The Dorothy Hancock Chapter will send a Christmas box to the Blue | Ridge Industrial School. This was | decided at a meeting at the Normandy | Farms, with the following hostesses: Mrs. Dorothy D. Morrison, Mrs. Law- son A. Meyer, Mrs. Arthur E. Nesbitt and Mrs. Marjorie Hendricks. The regent, Mrs. Wesley G. Hanford, in-| troduced a new member, Mrs. Leslie R. Driver. Miss Helen Towner read a paper on “National Defense.” The seventeenth Continental ball, | | sponsored by the Abigail Hartman | | Rice Chapter, will be held at the| | Carlton Hotel next Saturday at 10 pm. Continental Chapter will entertain | at & tea in honor of the State officers | | today from 4 to 6 at the home of | | Miss Evelyn L. Yeomans, 3740 Mc- | | Kinley street. | A parcel post party and silver tea | will be held at the home of Mrs. C.| | A. Betts, 4606 Chevy Chase boulevard, ! Saturday from 3 to 5. The proceeds will be added to the student loan fund, | | which has been established for the | | benefit of women students, at George | Washington University. | ‘The birthday reception of the Army and Navy Chapter will be held Decem- ber 10 at the Club of the Colonial Dames. The State officers and | regents of the District chapters will | | be guests. | The November luncheon meeting | was held at the Army and Navy Club with Mrs. William F. Pearson pre- | siding. President Monroe Chapter wAll hold | & card party November 24 at 8 p.m. at | | the home of Mrs. William A. Bowman, | | 430 Quackenbos street, for the benefit | | of the chapter’s Ellis Island project. | Miss Laura V. Ruff, regent, an- nounces the acceptance of two new members, Flora Elizabeth Bethea, transferred from the Capitol Chapter, Children of the American Revolution, and Laura Elizabeth Calmes. Miss Jean Alexander of the Tennessee D. A. R. School will receive a scholarship | from the President Monroe Chapter. Independence Bell Chapter will give a reception in honor of State officers Tuesday from 8:30 to 10:30 at the Willard Hotel, Members of Marcia Burns Chapter | will be the guests of Miss Edwina Ward, 1611 Otis street northeast, | ‘Wednesday evening. She will be as- | sisted by Miss Ethel Martin, Mrs. Van Wyly and Mrs. Laura M. Raymond. Mrs. Minnie Ashbrook Tull, regent, has invited Mrs. Samuel B. Wood- | bridge, State chairman of library com- | mittee and Mrs. Edwin J. Ryan, State | chairman of motion pictures, to be the guest speakers. | Delos L. James, manager of the Agricultural Division of the United States Chamber of Commerce, ad- dressed Richard Arnold Chapter last Monday. The State regent also spoke. A musical program was given by | Mrs. Charles Carroll Haig, accom- panied by Mrs. Lee R. Pennington. Judd & Detwiler, publishers of the D. A. R. magazine, have extended an invitation to all members to visit their plant at Pirst street and Florida avenue northeast, Friday at 10:30 a.m. Mrs. Gary E. Walters, State chair- man, girl home makers, addressed & meeting of Katherine Montgomery | Chapter at the home of Misses Kate and Minnie Curry, 1420 Girard street, Tuesday evening. The girls meet every Tuesday night at 218 John Marshall place. Mrs. ‘Walters asks for volunteers as teachers. ‘The Senior Division of Capital lo-u . Henry 6200 Oonnecticut avenue, Billy Howard, junior president, pre- sided. Cash donations to Caney Creek and the Goodwill Industries were voted. An invitation was extended to all members to attend a dance being arranged for District societies of the C. A. R. by the State Committee in the Hayloft December 29. ‘The transfers of Clara Ray Waters Society to the National Soclety were approved, s Miss Mildred Carter Sherman, vice president, will be hostess December.13. t, ’A 3 | be used for the purchase of shoes | Louise Bokolowski, William Amonette, ‘pnleu of $5 each will be given. \HE November conference of the D. C. Congress of Parents and Teachers will be held Tuesday at 1:30 pm. in the N. E. A. Building, 1201 Sixteenth street. Miss Ruth Sheldon, president of the District of Columbia Home Eco- nomics Association, will. speak on nutrition, “Relation of Growth to Health”; Miss Rhodes, oral hygienist of the District health office, will speak on “Diet and Effect on Teeth”; Mrs. Murray O. Hayes, on “The Excep- tional Child,” and Mrs. W. C. Strauss, on “Homemaking.” Richard M. Ham, director of safety of the American Automobile Association, will show s new traffic safety film entitled, “A Challenge to Chance.” Members and others interested are invited. Local receiving home chairmen will meet with Mrs. Morgan Otterback, State chairman, in the N. E. A. Build- ing Tuesday at 12 o'clock. The Community Chest display of | the work of the student aid branch of the congress may be seen in the show windows of D. J. Kaufman's Store, | 1005 Pennsylvania avenue. The money | contributed to this organization will and rubbers for the unfortunate school children of our city. Henry. The association has made plans for a luncheon November 18. Dr. Segard of the Wisconsin Alumni Re- search Foundation delivered an in- teresting address. ‘Woodridge. Dr. Ella Oppenheimer addressed the meeting held November 12 on “Guard- ing Your Child's Health.” Indian songs were rendered by Mrs. John Robey. Health certificates were awarded to Barbara Hodge, Robert High, Bertrom Stansbury, Ruth Soleneeski, John Porch, Robert Gerst, Margaret Inglis, Phyllis Chenault, Donna Davis, Barabara Burnside, John Garner, War- | ren High, Janet Furgett, Richard | Valdez, Louise Wilkinson. Mrs. Sewell Shreve, grade mother chairman, re- ported a meeting held at her home, Langley Junior High. A membership drive is being con- ducted by Mrs. E. M. Tucker. Three The first and second for the class with the most parents enrolled, and the third for the class that has the most fathers enrolled. The drive closes tomorrow. Bowen-Greenleaf. ‘The Mothers’ Study Club will meet Thursday at 2 pm., Mrs, Hahn will lead the group. Madison-Taylor. ‘The Executive Committee designated November 18 as bundle day. The No- vember meeting was held Thursday at the Taylor School. Miss Marion Ferguson spoke on “The Value of Healthy Children.” Blow-Webb. Mrs. Louise 8. Sheppard, librarian from the children’s department of Dorothy Malone and Mary Jane Opdyke entertained with piano selece tions. Ester Snyder geve a reading. Plans were discussed at a grade moth- ers' tea for obtaining new members. Park View. A meeting was held November 5, Mrs. L. Raebach, presiding. The topic was, “The Underprivileged Child and His Needs.” Mrs. E. J. Dowling, State student ald chairman, and Grady H. Leonard, superintendent of the receiving home, spoke. Mrs. J. A. Schubert, student aid chairman, opened the student aid room to re- ceive bundies and to exhibit the work. Jefferson Junior High. Parents met November 9 to celes brate the opening of National Educa« | tion week and to honor Miss Bertha McKay Ohr, who, after 20 years of health service in the schools of south- west Washington and for 12 years at the Jefferson Junior High School, was retired from the service. An honorary P.-T. A. Mother's pin was presented on behalf of the associa= tion by Mrs. William H. Hummel, president. A corsage was presented Miss Ohr by Miss Norma Dant, presi- dent of the Jefferson Student Council. Central High. Mrs. Marie Wade Doyle, president of the Board of Education, will ad- dress the association tomorrow at 8 p.m. The Senior Girl Reserves Glee Club, under the direction of Miss Mary Burnett, will present a program of songs. A reception will follow. Refreshments will be served. Janney. “Open house” was held at the school Tuesday. A study group com- posed of mothers of the kindergarten, first and second grade pupils will be held November 17. The guest speaker will be Miss Catherine Watkins, for- mer head of kindergartens in the Dis- trict schools, Gage. ‘The association met Monday eve- ning. Miss Dorothy Tirrell, repre- senting the Community Chest, spoke. The association voted to provide tickets for the boy patrol to attend the National Theater special per- formance for children on Saturdays. Miss Skippon, patrol chairman, will |act as chaperon. Bundle day was announced for November 16 and 17. A stocking party has heen arranged for the De- cember meeting. Each member is requested to bring a pair of new stockings to be given to the student aid for needy children. “Open house” was held at the school last Wednes- | day from 9 to 11 am. in observance of American Education week. Buchanan. At the meeting Wednesday, Dr. Lyle W. Ashby of the National Educa- tion Association, spoke on “The Wise Use of Leisure.” A meeting for room representatives will be held in the teachers’ room November 19 at 1:30 pm. Wheatley. the Northeast Branch of the Public Library, spoke on “Children's Read- ing.” Mrs. K. E. Killinger made a special request for sewing mothers to sew at the student aid rooms November 18.| Arrangements were also completed for distributing Thanksgiving baskets to the needy families of these schools. A report on membership was given by Mrs. M. Eagen, setting December 3 as the dead line. A study group demonstration was held by Mrs. J. W. Anderson, State chairman of parent education. Whittier. Mrs. Carol Schaeffer, in charge of remedial reading in the third division, addressed the meeting November 9. It was voted to hold all future meet- ings at night with the exception of October and June. The annual Fall luncheon will be held Wednesday at 12 o'clock. Hearst. The association will meet tomor- row. There will be an open discus- | sion on “How Can We Make This Parent-Teacher Association a Helpful Force in Our Communit; James E. Schwab will give mono- logues. H. D. Cooke. A meeting will be held Tuesday at 2:30 pm. Truesdell. The Study Group will meet Tues- day at 1:30 pm. Mrs. Dixon will | speak. Adams. A meeting of grade mothers was held at the school Wednesday to dis- cuss the plans for the year's work. | The membership chairman announces | the annual membership campaign will begin tomorrow and continue through | November 20. Bundle day will be | held Wednesday. Send your bundles | of clothing or usable materials to school that day. Anacostia Junior-Senior High. The association will meet tomorrow | evening. Teachers will be in their | class rooms for consultation with par- | ents from 7:30 to 8:00 pm. Mr. | Foster announces a spelling and | information contest participated in by the children of the school. The ways and means chairman, Mrs. W. J. Plemmons, has planned a card party at the school Friday evening. Benning. The association planned a health program. Dr. Eckhardt was the guest speaker. His topic was, “Diph- theria.” Curtis-Hyde-Addison. The association met November 9 in the Curtis School. Moving pictures | on Alaska furnished the entertain- ment. A school luncheon was an- nounced for November 18. The membership drive will continue until the December meeting. Mrs. Leo ‘Thomas presided. Brookland-Noyes. The association will meet in the Brookland School fomorrow at 8 p.m. The general topic will be, “Family Co-operation for Health and Safety.” Leading this discussion will be 8. E. Ely, supervising principal of Fifth Division; Richard M. Ham, director of safety of the American Automobile Association; Mr. Ennis, police cd-or- dinator, and Miss Mary Eastlack, who will discuss the problem from the point of view of a teacher. On November 5 the Study Group, consist- ing of mothers and teachers from the kindergarten, first, second and third grades of Brookland School, met. Tea was served by the teachers and grade mothers. Edmends-Maury. The association will hold a lunch- eon Wednesday at the Edmonds School, Miss E. E. T, Ford of Eastern High School spoke on “What Is Eduea- tion?” at the meeting November 9. Accompanied by their P.-T. A. room representatives, Mrs. K. S. Paxon and Miss M. J. Freeny, teachers; the pupils of the two kindergartens visited the Gallaudet farm last Friday, where J. Stuntz, superintendent, dem- onstrated the modern processes of farming. Under the direction of Mrs. K. 8. Paxon, the school glee club made its first appearance at the P.-T. A. meeting Wednesday after- noon. In co-operation with the Com- munity Center’ now at Wheatley, a class in contract bridge will be held each Thursday from 1:15 to 3 p.m. Thomson. The association . met Thursday. Clarence A. Phillips presented an illustrated lecture on Spain. | Y. M. C. A. News | Leonard W. DeGast, general secre= tary, will speak today at 10 o'clock to the Harrison Bible Class of Congress Street M. P. Church. Page McK. Etchison will give an illustrated lec- | ture on the World'’s Sunday School Convention at Oslo, Norway, at the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Brunswick, Md., at 8 p.m. The Board of Managers will meet at dinner Monday at 5:30 p.m. Presi- dent James P. Schick will preside. A lecture in the series of “Voca- tional Guidance for Youth” will be given in room 219 at 7:30 p.m. Tues- day. The Executive Committee of the Organized Bible Class Association will meet in room 217 at 8 pm., and the Dramatic Club will hold a rehearsal in room 218 at the same hour. ’ Classes in the School of Religion will meet from 7:30 to 9:30 Wednes- day. The final examinations will be given at the last period. An illus- trated lecture on Palestine will be given in the assembly hall by Dr. George S. Duncan at 8:40 pm. The Glee Club will meet in room 217 at 8 o'clock. The weekly staff meeting will be held at 9:30 am. Thursday. The devotional period will be led by E. A. Drumm, employment director. A rehearsal of the Dramatic Club will be held at 8 pm. The Dormitory Bowling League will meet in the Y. M. C. A. Alleys at 8 o'clock. A “youth symposium” will be held in the assembly hall at 8 o'clock under the leadership of Dr. Horace P. Rainey, director of the American Youth Commission. W. W. Millan, honorary president of the District of Columbia Sunday School Association, will give the weekly radio talk from Station WMAL Saturday at 5:30 pm. The subject will be, “An Ambassador in Chains." The Riding Club will meet at River- side Stable at 2 o'clock. Southeastern University will hold its “homecoming” at 6:30—dinner in the assembly hall. The Married Couples Group will meet at 8:30. Divine services will be held this evening in the Douglas Memorial Church, Eleventh and H streets northeast. Rev. Clarence H. Corke ran, grand chaplain, is in charge of the service, and will be assisted by Rev. H. H. Rowland, a member of Langdon Lodge. Grand Lodge and Rebekah Asseme bly officers, headed by Grand Master Roscoe Jenkins and President Emma Tress Strobel, will be present. Grand Master Jenkins and other Grand Lodge officers will pay Mount Pleasant Lodge its official visitation Tuesday in its lodge hall in Takoma Mm The third degree will be con- {