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their April meeting at the home of Mrs.
Charles W. Richardson, 1917 Connecti-
cut avenue, tomorrow, at o'clock
After the business meeting Mrs
Marius Campbell will give an illustrat-
ed talk upon The National GLACIAL
Park"
Mrs. William ii. Heron and the fol-
lowing members of her section have
charge of the meeting: Mrs. John
Barrier, Mrs. William Cnne Borden,
Miss Margaret II. Brener. Mrs. Emma
b. Brice, Mrs. Walter c. Clephane. Mrs
John T. Earnest, Mrs. John Joy Ed
son. Mrs. Shepherd Franz. Mrs. Wallace
Greene, Mrs. Charles H. Lane, Mrs Fl.
r A. Lemon. Miss Janet McWilliam.
Mrs Theodore W. Noyes. Miss Anne L.
Pierce. Mrs. NJ. NJ. Parker, Mrs. E. 8.
Rose. Mrs. u. *. Shute, Mrs. Stutler,
Miss F. NJ White. Mrs. j. z. Wood.
CONGRESS- OF MOTHERS.
The District branch of the National
Congress of Mothers will hold its first
state convention. April 10, in the oak
room Of the Raleigh. from 10 am to
II and pm. to . pm. A program has
been prepared which makes both morn
ing and afternoon sessions of equal in
terest Besides Ernest j.. Thurston and
stephen Elliott Kramer, superintendent
and assistant superintendent of the
District of Columbia public schools,
there will be illustrated addresses by
prominent speakers of other cities.
Prof. Charles s Richardson of the
Maryland Agricultural College will
give an address on Public Speaking
and Its Needs in the School Curricu-
lum.' Miss Mary L. Reed of New York
city will add to the interest of her IL
lustrated lecture on "Mothercraft" by
having an exhibit relating to her work.
Mrs Elsie Cole Phillips. assistant sec
retary to the Milwaukee child welfare
commission. will speak on "COnserya-
tion of the Child while Mime. Ali Kuli
Khan will present the Mother and
Child of Persia" All attention is not
given TO the infant and the little child
on this epock- aking day in the annals
of the Congress of Mothers, for older
boys and girls, their interests and ac-
tivities. from the standpoint of home
and state, are important topics on the
program. o. H. Benson. agriculturist
in charge club work, northern. central
and western states, in an illustrated
lecture will show the progress made
by boys and girls all over the land in
their little home gardens. The oppor-
will be made plain. Edwin Callow.
Mrs. George Metcalf. Miss Sylvia Met
calf. Miss Emma c. Bender. Rev. John
Il. 1Iuddle and Charles Stuart Alden
will contribute interesting numbers.
All piesluentS of parent-teachers as
soc.atiOns and mothers clubs of Wash
ington, all suburban communities and
outlying sections of the District and
nearby cities are requested to attend
anu to urge the members of their asso-
cations to do So Tea will be served
by lauies of the congress at o'clock.
TWENTIETH CENTURY CLUB
At the monthly meeting held Thurs
day the club voted to withdraw from
the District federation. The last meet
ing of the art section will be held
I.xr ~ Dfa IL Mra noy
ton Ward. 1863 Columbia road. The
subject, "Sorella and zuolago." will be
treated by Mrs. o. L. Veerhoff. The
ase' io:se with iIe'iS Mrs T E. + Williams, H 1861
18th street. The subject will be
China"
COLLEGE WOMEN'S CLUB.
The College Women's Club will hold
its last social meeting of the season
Wednesday at pm. at the Raleigh.
The hostesses will be Miss beth
Fortune True. chairman and member
of Section 8, and Mrs. E. F. Burchard,
chairman and member of Section 9.
Bailey Willis will give an address:
Argentina and the Argentine" illus
trated by lantern slides.
D. c. STATE EQUAL SUFFRAGE
ASSOCIATION.
At a meeting of the District of CO.
lumbia State Equal Suffrage Associa-
assembly room of the Washington COL
lege of Law arrangements were made
for the celebration of national suf-
frage day. which this year occurs May
Library on the evening of that day.
All the suffrage organizations in the
city be asked to cooperate. The pro-
gram will be announced later.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE. COUNCIL.
At a meeting of the Washington
Woman Suffrage Council. held Thurs
day day y,,s evening at at the rooms Of the
Hiram Smell, chairman of the commit
tee on propaganda. outlined a proposed
plan Of work for the season. With
other things, Mrs Smell asked the
week during their months vacat tion,
preferably In campaign state. Since
the membership of the council is now
about 800 and responses may be ex-
pected from at least IS per cent this
will insure contribution to the suf-
lrage cause aggregating. as it would.
notable offering from the Washington
Woman Suffrage Council.
SENIOR GOV. T wELLEs SOCIETY.
The Senior Governor Thomas WelIes
Society. Children of the American Rev
oiution, furnished delightful program
10 an audience which taxed the capac-
ts VI tHc NdtlOHdl Library for the
Blind Tuesday evening. The president
OF the society. Mrs. Clayton i. Emg,
was in charge
Those who assisted were Miss Golden.
Miss Anna Decker. Miss Blanche
bryan. VINO gave piano solos, hurnor-
Gus readings by Miss Evelyn NJ. Ernie.
waiter Mari and Dufour Brown rem
dered popular airs on mandolin and
guitar and several vocal numbers were
given by Miss Gladys Emig Others
present were Howell Windeu. Reese
hoinpson and Frederic Bryan, Helen
Decker and Mrs s. d. Mcconnell
LIVINGSTON MANOR CHAPTER, OAR.
Livingston Manor Chapter, D. A. R..
met "wednesday afternoon at the home
or Mrs Charles X. koones. 20 Iowa
circle Owing TO the continued illness
OF the regent. Mrs. e. W. Brown. the
vice regent. Mrs. a. Y. Casanova. pre
SIDED The historian. Miss NJ L. Schmidt.
gave as her regular report a history
o' the chapter. in which she stated
tnat the chapter had given between
tour and five hundred dollars for benefi
cent and historical purposes The
paper OF the afternoon. "Prison Re-
form, was read by Mrs. John C. Hoyt.
who explained the different methods
adopted for the betterment and uplift
or prisoners. physically and morally.
Mrs. z. q. johnson opened the discus
SION and was followed by Mrs. A. p
Anderson. Mrs. G. NJ Brumbaugb Mrs
IL T. Mcintosh. Mrs. James Mckee and
Mrs. a. Y. Casanova There were
twenty three members present and tvo
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