The Washington times., 1915-05-11
News Items and Notes
of Club Activities

The Stellar Dramatic Club OF West
Washington is rehearsing Sir Arthur
A. L. Tubbs' comedy, Mrs. Busbys
Boarders." and will present It on
May II and Is for charity. The club
has been organized several years and
each season presents two or more
plays.
Miss Sue II. Murray does all the
coaching. arranges most of the details
of production and usually is given a
great deal of credit for the perform
ances. Those in the cast Of Mrs. Bus
by's BoaTders" are Miss Gertrude l..
Clements. Miss Mae f. Callahan. Miss
Mary V. Dugan, Miss Anne o. Titlow.
Miss Eileen Ready, Joseph A. Kuhn,
j. Edward Kirby. Harry S. Green.
Francis Connally. and John J. Mat
tare.
The popularity OF the open lectures
under the auspices Of the Washing
ton League for Right Thinking and
Right Living increases each week.
and headquarters at Studio Hall. 1919
Connecticut avenue. are crowded ev
cry Wednesday morning. These pub
lie meetings are held at IL o'clock
Wednesday mornings and are address,
ed by Mrs. Vance Cheney. of New
York. The subject of the next meet
ing will be The Vital Relationship of
Health and Happiness to Our Concept
of God" All Interested are invited.
and at each lecture Mrs. Cheney gives
an opportunity for questions from
the audience.
Giee Club the following were elected:
y. n. Washington, president; George ii.
Jefferson. vice president Clarence A.
Barbour, secretary; Charles A. Champ.
Prof J. Henry Lewis. manager and di
rector. These officers will be installs
at a banquet on June I. Arrangements
were also perfected at the meeting tor
the annual outing on June 1s
. The Anthony League heard it's last
lecture of the season Thursday at the
residence of Mrs. Nanette 3. Paul.
20M Columbia road. The Rev. j. }.
Dimon gave talk on Westminster
tcon views in illustration. The next
social gathering of the league will be
held at the same place on June 3 at 8
p: m, when Miss Clarine McCarty.
give a recital.
The annual outing In celebration or
the anniversary of the Anthony League
will be given the first Saturday in July
to produce a short play. written by a
student Of the leagues English class.
and reports from the committees work
ing with other organizations will also
form part of the program.
The Anthony League was fully repre-
sented at the recent annual meeting
OF tho Federation of Womens Clubs
ana was proud or the report read by
Its president, Mrs. Anna f. Hendley.
At the regular business meeting the
following officers were elected for the
ensuing year:
Mrs. Anna f. Hendley, president; Mrs.
Nanette B. Paul. vice president: Mrs
t.vangeline Dunlop, recording secretary:
Mrs. A. T: Avery. corresponding score
tary and treasurer: Mrs Perkins audi
tor and Mrs. G. W. Fits. delegate to the
federation.
The league Is working for the success
OF the benefit play. The FREELY" to We
given for the District federation at the
Columbia Theater on May Is.
The last meeting Of the season will be
held by the Franklin-Thomson Home
and School Association tomorrow even
Ing In the assembly hall Of Thomson
school. Mr.. Finckel, the principal. viii
make the opening address There will
numbers by Mrs Byram. director OF
music In the public schools A social
hour will close the meeting.
The Towers Mothers Club at its la st
meeting, held Monday afternoon at Tow
ers School: entertained the Walach
mothers The program included two
by Miss Lulu Mcintosh, and addresses
by Miss Lydia Burklin. Of Friendships
House, and Mrs Ellis Logan. retiring
president Of the District Federation.
Hefreshments were served
The Current Events Circle, Of the
Home Club, held its last meeting of the
year on Friday evening at the club
A number of members of the Home
Club are planning to take a trip to the
california fairs using twenty-five days
Of annual leave.
Columbia Chapter, d. A. R.. met on
April g, at the home of Mrs LYMAN
Swormstedt. The chapter voted & for
the night schools for foreigners, con
Quoted under the auspices Of the Society
Of Jewish Women.
Mrs. Swormstedt. Mrs. Barber, and
Miss Laura Virginia Walker were elect
ed members of the council to All the
vacancies caused by the death Of Mrs
Virginia Yost Brown and Miss Nellie
Mack. and the transfer from the chap
ter of Mrs. Mary s. Patrick Mrs. n. j..
DEAN, the historian, read q paper OF
John Paul Jones. One of the members
gave a supplementary talk. telling how
her Revolutionary ancestor fought TN
der the noted naval commander. and on
one occasion shared a prison cell with
him.
Refreshments and a social hour fol-
lowed the meeting.
The Womans Single Tax Club OF he
District of Columbia held its monthly
meeting Monday evening at the home Of
Mrs. NJ. c. Lohr. 759 Eleventh street
southeast Mrs. Jessie l. Lane presided
Miss Frances S. Crosby and Mrs. N
G. Lohr We're elected delegates to the
National Conference of Charities and
Correction. to be held in Baltimore
May l2-ls. Mrs. Jessie l.. Lane was
appointed one OF the delegates to the
conference. representing the ID strict
Federation of Women's Clubs
Mrs. NJ. c. GA-st gave an account Of
her trip through Switzerland and Italy