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second vice regent. Mrs. Paul r, Hickok; !;
recording secretary, Mrs. A. II. Scoheid. !.
corresponding secretary. Mrs. X. b. Cur
rev: treasurer Mrs. y. H. Barrett, reg
istrar Mrs. J. A. Arnold; parliamen-
tartan, Mrs f. NJ. Gregory: historian.
Miss Anna NJ Bragdon; chaplain Mrs
j. c. Elliott: genealogist, Miss Lillian
A. Norton
ing the hostess served refreshments and
social hour was enjoyed
COLUMBIA HEIGHTS ART CLUB.
The Columbia Heights Art Club held
it's last meeting of the year with MIS-.
Sarah A. Wolhaupter, :;421 Newark street.
Cleveland Park the president, Mrs. Au-
gustus Knight. presiding
The outline on the history of America
for the next years work comprises the
years between Washingtons adminlstra-
ton and the causes leading to the civil
war.
| The historical paper. How Washing
ton Became the National Capital. was
presented by Mrs. Augustus knight
! Mrs. Raymond Ford gave an accouhl
| of the previous days meeting OF the DIS
trict of Columbia Federation of women
Clubs,
In place of the usual parliamentary
drill, Mrs William Ethel gave a snort
talk on w ofdS Commonly
nounced.
After the conclusion OF the regular pro-
gram Mrs Edward Clement sang hen
Shadows Gather by Charles Mafshal,
followed by an encore. refreshments
were served bv the hostess, assisted by
Miss Elizabeth Warman.
EXCELSIOR LITERARY Cl.EB B.
The Excelsior Literary Club was en-
| tertained Tuesday at the eoun,r! hoi'ae
of Mrs Roger Tracy, Frank Parh. a;
Miss Flora McCreery. president. opened
tba meeting Reports were given by the
officers of the club and the year pook Iof
next wear discussed. Mrs. Norris read
paper on Current Events iarse q.
tendance was present ana appi a.
quotations given in response 70 rol eai'
Mrs. Virginia Johnston OF Washington re-
cited An Artists Ideals. The hostess
served refreshments during the social
hour.
LEAGUE OF AMERICAN PEN WON
rhs annual business meeting of the
7 aaeua of American Pen Women was
held Monday evening at the uoi,o
Library. the president, MRS Annie a.
Wilder, presiding. ,.d Nrs
Neison Blackburn. Chevy chase Semi
nary. and Mrs Ida Bickham Lar.
.Reports of the years work by o1ncers
and chairnen of the various eoiHi,'.. a ..ees
showed the league to have eh1oyed
successful year and to have gained tWenc
ty-fiye new members. flSins Note "
thanks was rendered all the ofhcers ior
their efficient work , .
number of letters were read from
the Authors League of America, request
ing the League of American zen women zen
to take the initiative IN az i.,ns , III ~,
for the protection of authors rients' ana mo
Mrs Forrestine {. Hooper OF LOS
Angeles was appointed chairman OF the
committee to prepare said OIL,
number Of letters from District of
Columbia clubs, state representatives ana
newspaper editors were read indorslng
the leagues resolutions on the WORKS
bill for clean and reliable journalism
and promising cooperation IN the "ork,
vote of thanks was rendered Mrs,
Edith Kingman Kern Tor ha'ihs the
| resolutions published.
4 motion to keep in closer touch with
! out-of town members was onefed oy
Mrs. Virginia King Frye and accepted
| by the league.
| Short talks were given by two visiting
| members, Mrs Hooker of Los Angeles
and Mrs. Georgiana s. Rogers OF BROOK
| line, ~ H.. and a farewell address by
the retiring president: o,,o,s
was as follows: President. Mrs Phi
| lander p ClaXton; first vice president.
! Mrs Bertha Lincoln Heustis; second vice
| president Miss Jessie A. Griswold; CORE
| spending secretary. Mrs. Della H!ne
| Mertz: assistant corresponding secretary,
| Mrs. Gertrude B. Thomas: recording sec
retary, Mrs. Anna Sanborn Hamilton;
| treasurer. Mrs T A. Whitworth; auditor.
! Mrs. La Sale Corbell Pickett: librarian.
Mrs Susie Root Rhodes; historian. Mrs.
Virginia King Frye. State representatives
Alabama Mrs Martha S. Gielow;
! Arkansas, Miss Byrd Mock; California,
| Florence Haines Reed; Colorado. Miss
Jennie Chaplin; Connecticut, Miss Eliza
beth Todd Nash: District OF Columbia
Mrs Rachel Tongate Beck. Mrs. Eanette
! Florida. Mrs. Lewis b. Stafford: Georgia
Miss Eugenia Estill and Mrs. Paul Beck
/ Illinois Mrs. Eleanor Everett Freer;
/ Iowa Miss Emile B. Stapp; Kentucky.
Byron Holley. Maine. Mrs. Aline Shane
DAWN: Maryland, Mrs. {. r. Miller. Mas
sachusetts Mrs. Alice H. Christopher
Michigan, Mrs. E. Cora De Puy: Mime
sofa. Mile. Anna Dreyfus: Missouri. Mrs
Katherine T. Clemens Nebraska. Mrs
/ Amanda l.. Xanders. New Hampshire
| Mrs Georgiana S. Rogers: New Jersey
Mrs Mary NJ. Wynn: New Mexico, Miss
! Ruth Laughlin: eastern New York, Mrs
| Grace Gallatin Seton; western New York
Mrs Maria Frinh; Oklahoma Mrs. Mat
tie Hamilton Flick. Pennsylvania. ,east
ern). Mrs, Dora Harvey Deyelin; Penn
! Jamison; South Carolina, Mrs Mar,
Ligon Miller; South Dakota Mrs. Zylla
f, Wilson; Tennessee. Mrs. Ida CLYDE
! Clarke: Texas. Mrs. Henrie c. l.. Cor.
man: Virginia. Mrs. Lucy Atkinson Dud.
| ley. Washington, Mrs. Lura E. Brown
Smith. Wyoming. Mrs. Viva A. B.
! Henderson. Representatives abroad
/, Alaska. Mrs. Cornelia Templeton Hatch
| er: England. Mrs. Belle Harpster Hart
ness: India. Mrs. Alice Northup Evans
| Hawaii. Mrs. Katherine VI. Yates; al
| large, Mrs. Christine Walton Dunlap.
COLUMBIA W C. T. L.
Columbia Union W. c. T. l.. me
Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs