Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-28
X Among the Clubs X

| The Woman's Club Of Rockville held
! an open meeting Friday at the home OF
Mrs. Duncan Bradley. feature of
the program was a talk on KINDER
| Almoney and Miss Eliza Choate gave
several vocal solos Refreshments were
served.
The annual convention of the Mont
gomery County Federation of Women
Clubs was held May Is at the Preshy-
| terrain Church, Chevy Chase. Mrs.
Johnson, president of the Woman s
| Club of Bethesda. the hostess club.
made the address of welcome. which
| was responded to by Mrs. Franklin c.
Getzendanner. president of the fedora
| ton. The morning session was devoted
| to business of the federation. annual
reports being received from the officers
| and reports from the standing commit
tees.
The work through committees has
been along these lines: Civics, Mrs:
Merritt O. Chance, chairman. reported
by Mrs Defendorf Mrs. ]. Harry Cum
ningham and Miss Mary Magruder in
Mrs. Chances absence: social service,
Mrs. kirkpatrick of Bethesda: club ex-
tension. Mrs. Chswell of Dickerson,
chairman. reported by Mrs. L. j. Harris
horn of Kensington: home economics.
Mrs. Cronn of Bethesda. chairman:
legislation. Mrs. G. V. Chandler. chair
man: press. Mrs. J. Harry Cunning
ham. chairman; educational. Mrs. Harry
c. Armstrong of Kensington. chairman.
reported by Mrs. Eugene E. Stevens of
Chevy Chase This last report was
followed by an address by Mrs. f. S.
Buchner of Baltimore. chairman of the
state federation educational committee.
Reports of clubs followed and the fol-
lowing clubs were represented by del
egates: Woman's Club of kensington,
Mrs. Edgar Moore: Womans Club of
Rockville, Mrs. Darby Bowman: In
quiry Club of Rockville. Mrs Henry ].
Finley: Home Interest Club of Forest
Glen. Mrs. Mary D. Dawson; Wednes-
day Club of Sandy Spring. Miss Anna
Fa~quhar; The Association of Sandy
Spring. Mrs. H. G. Davis; Woman's
Club of Jamestown. Mrs. Lawrence
Allnutt: Newcomb Club of Bethesda
Mrs. Emery: Woman's Club of Bethes-
da. Mrs. Anderson; Womans Club of
Poolesville; Round Table of Dickerson
Mrs. Clopton Chambers: Woman's Club
of Jacksonville. Mrs. James n. Jones;
Social Service League, Mrs. Means. the
county nurse. and Mrs. NJ. J. Finley;
Woman's Club of Chevy Chase. Mrs. J.
G. HesSelman; Home Interest Club of
Takoma Park. Mrs. ]. n. Arnold; Civic
Study of Garrett Park, Mrs. Call; Just
Government League, Mrs. Ross Thorn
son; AS You Like 1t. Germantown Mrs.
B. F. Waters: Community Club Chevy
Chase. Mrs. Stone; Forest Glen Reading
Club. Mrs. Chesley: w. c. T. T., Mont
gomery county, Mrs. Frank T. Chap
man. henSlnStOn. Civic STUDY OIL IA
koma Park, Mrs. w. c. Gersden; Ladies'
Cooperative Society of Silver Spring
Mrs. Newman; Womans Club, Friend
ship Heights. Mrs. Charles Money;
Woman's Club. Woodmont. Mrs. John
Nash. Short addresses were made by
Mrs. Kate Walter Barrett and by Mrs.
Court F. Wood. president of the D. C.
Federation o fWomen's Clubs
After recess for luncheon the after
noon session was opened by musc-in-
strumental solos by Miss Nellie Wheat
ley, and vocal solos by Nina de Var
rene Stock, accompanied by Mr. Ell
bridge. The addresses of the afternoon
were:
''Antecedents of the Mexican Situa-
ton. by DR.. Swisher, professor of his
tory George Washington University;
The American Red Cross" Miss Mabel
Boardman. and The Smith-Lever Bill
and its Workings in Maryland" by Miss
Katherine Pritchett, state agent in
ton in Maryland. The election resulted
in the unanimous choice of the follow
ing ticket: President. Mrs. G. V. Chand-
Ter. Linden. Md: vice president, Mrs. G..
W. Ashworth. Kensington. Md: record
ing secretary. Mrs. George Mikkelson,
Chevy Chase, Md; corresponding sec
rotary. Mrs. Archibald Small, Silver
Spring, Md; treasurer, Mrs. William
Wallace Welsh. Rockville. Nd: auditor,
Mrs. Leonard /. Hayes, Dickerson, Md ;
Takoma Park. Md; directors. Womans
Club of Kensington. Mrs. ]. Frank
Wilson; Handicraft Club, kensington.
Mrs. w. l.. Lewis; Woman's Club of
Rockville, Mrs. Darby Bowman; Inquiry
Club of Rockville, Miss Isabel Kingdom;
Home Interest Club of Forest Glen,
Mrs. Ned Dearborn; Wednesday Club,
Sandy Spring. Miss Mary Magruder:
The Association, Sandy Spring, Mrs. Jo-
seph T. Moore. jr.; the Suffrage Asso-
citation of Montgomery County, Mrs. Jo-
siah Jones; Womans Club of Darnes-
town, Mrs. Morris Haines: Newcomb
Club, Bethesda, Mrs. George Redhead:
Woman's Club of Bethesda. Mrs. E. L.
Stock: Woman's Club of Poolesville,
Mrs. James Darby: Round Table Club
of Dickerson. Mrs Clopton Chambers;
Womans Club of Dawsonville. Mrs.
James p. Colt: Social Service League.
Mrs. H. j. Finley; Woman's Club, Chevy
Chase, Mrs. John L. Beatie: Home In
terest Club. Takoma Park. Mrs. w. F.
Wight; Civic Study Club, Garrett Park,
Mrs Jason Defendorf; Just Govern
ment League. Montgomery county, Mrs.
]. Ross Thomson: As You Like 1t Club.
Germantown. Mrs. r. L. Waters; Chevy
Chase Community Club. Mrs. D. r.
Harper, 3D. Forest Glen Reading Club.
Miss Agnes Fenwick; Montgomery
County W. c. T. u. Mrs. John Brewer;
Civic Study Club. Takoma Park. Mrs.
AFRO Corey: Ladies' Cooperative As
ISOLATION of Silver Spring, Mrs. w. B.
I
Heights. Mrs. E. L. Shoemaker, and
Woman's Club of Woodmont, Mrs.
James Wilson.
Mai. w. o. Calls Chapter. d. A. r.
, Nal William Overton Calls Chapter
met Saturday evening at the home of
the hostess. Miss Antoinette F. Peter
son. on Webster street. The regent.
Mrs Margaret NJ Berry, presided. Pa
pers were read by the regent and by
Miss Abrahams, the regular order of
business. including the admission of
some new members. was gone through
with, and was followed by reading and
discussion of parliamentary rules. a
| subject in which the chapter is taking
esoecial interest at this time. A So
| cal hour. with refreshments, followed.
Washington Readers Club.-The sea =
son was closed by the Washington
Readers Club Tuesday at the Com
stock studio. The program was given
over to new members and a varied bill
of entertainment was provided by Miss
| Grace Bromley, Mrs. Edith Hamilton,
| a selection from James Lane Aliens
Kentucky Cardinal; Mrs. Mary Ran
| dolph Dickens, in scenes from The
| Sign of the Cross; Miss Blanche Levy
| and Miss Kate Curry.
| The annual election of officers re-
| suited follows: Prof Edward Town
| send. to succeed Miss Maude E. Lee as
president: Mrs. Emily Frech Barnes
| to succeed Charles Thurman as vice
| president; Miss Elizabeth G. Wilson,
| to succeed herself as recording secre-
tary; Mrs. Edith Hamilton, TO succeed
| Mrs. Gertrude Mustain as correspond
| ing secretary; Frank F. Maxwell, to
| succeed =. j. AltiZer as treasurer, and
| Dos Ha, p lot,