Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1916-04-07
County Club News.

On March 8, 8, and 10, Miss Katherine
Pritchett and her assistants gave a course
of lectures on Home Economics at the
Woodside school. under the auspices of
the Home Interest Club of Forest Glen
The lectures were well attended and treated
of the following subjects First day, Home
Structure and Sanitation" and Home
Decoration: second day, Food Values
and Principles" and Meat Substitutes" !;
third day, Textiles" and practical Value
of Household Reagents. Compared to Com
mercial Value" and First Aid in the
Home"
The Home Interest Club of Forest Glen
met with Miss Rose Wilson. Woodside.
March %, when an excellent talk was
given by Mrs. Joseph Burkett. Of Forest
Glen, describing her experiences while Wis
itins the two California Expositions. Mrs.
Burkett illustrated her talk by means of
many pictures of the buildings and works
of art.
held two very enjoyable meetings this
month. the first being held March l, with
Miss Bertha Schaeffer as hostess. Re-
freshments were served after the interest
ing program. The second meeting occurred
on March rs, when the club was enter
tanned by Mrs. John Darby. The meeting
was presided over by Mrs. James Colt.
During the course of the afternoon. Miss
Annie Lee Allnutt recited Riley's Man in
the Moon," and Mrs. u. d. Nourse and Mrs.
James Colt gave two humorous readings.
The Woman's Club of Rockville met
March 23 at the home of Mrs. John Hen
derson. Responses to roll-call were men
ton of and facts concerning celebrated
men of Maryland. The program for the
afternoon was as follows; Annapolis, Its
History and Progress" Mrs. Holland; I'm
teresting Topics of the Day" Miss Lucy
Smith.
The next meeting of the Womens Club
of Chevy Chase will be April S. with Mrs
Bowen Crandall, Raymond street. hostess
The program will treat of the art and arch
itecture of South America. with papers by
Mrs. Howard S. Paine and Mrs. Byron P
Turner.
The Ladies Cooperative Improvement
Society of Silver Spring met March is al
the home of Mrs. C. M. Warren, Mrs. Viii
liam B. Newman presiding. Miss Alice
HARDWOOD gave an interesting and instruc
tive paper on Property Rights Of Women,
dwelling especially upon the laws in thii
respect in Maryland Miss Barbour enter
tanned the society by playing several Sc
lections on the violin, her rendition o
Beethovens Minuet in G. Dvoraks Humor
esQue and MendelsshOn's Spring Song being
particularly pleasing. Supper was served
by the hostess.
A well-attended meeting of the Dicker
son Round Table was held at Rock Hall
March 81. The program was most inter
esting, consisting of the following papers
Rome Under the Emperors." by Mrs.
M. White Italian Sculpture" by Mrs
Clopton Chambers. and the opera "BOhe
milan Girl" Miss S. V. Belt. The mex
meeting will be held with the Misses Bel
April IS. when the annual election o
officers will take place.
The Womans Club of Bethesda me
March 20 at the home Of Mrs. Roger Tracy
FARMLAND Park. Virginia. Miss Kathe
rine Stuart, field agent for the Audubon
Society of the District of Columbia, spok'
on bird Conservation" and plans wer,
discussed for cooperating with the Audi
bon Societies of both Maryland and tn
District of Columbia to help save the birds
Miss Flora Briggs, soprano. sang two songs
THE Wren" and THE Cuckoo" Two birt
games were played as part of the after
moons program. The guests Of the clul
were, Mrs. H. S. Allies. Mrs. Briggs. Mrs. E
D. Hardy, Mrs. L. M. Wilder. Mrs. M. {
Cook, Mrs. Fred Young. Miss Flora Brigg,
and Miss Lulu Allies.
The Forest Glen Reading Club met OF
Thursday with Mrs. John B. M. Mcqueen
One hundred and fifty bandages wer,
made for the Episcopal Eye. Ear an,
Throat Hospital as Lenten Offering Re
freshments were served. Mrs Norman
Engle was the guest of the club.
The Womans Club of Kensington helC
its regular meeting last Thursday at tn,
residence of Mrs W. p. Hay. Baltimore
street. Kensineton. The topic for the after
noon was Current Art" and the club an
guests listened to delightful lecture fur
: nished by the Federation Of Arts and rea
, by Mrs. Hay. The lecture was profusel
illustrated by stereopticon views. shown
reproductions from the work of contem
r poraneous artists in European countries q
well as in America, with examples Q
"Cubist" and "Futurist" schools. Mrs .
. the club as delegate to the general Fedora
. ton Of Womens Clubs. Mrs. E. W. Moor
e and Mrs. Herbert Wright were chosen a
e delegates to the State Federation. wit
e Miss Gayley and Mrs. Clarence Broomall a
o altenates. Satisfactory reports were mad
by the Civics Committee. Mrs. Harry
e Armstrong chairman. and the Social Sci
!. vice Committee, Mrs. J.P. Hermann chail
! man. The latter committee plans "A
|. Evening With James Whitcomb Kelley" b
i the Rev. J. T. Middle. Of Washington
: early in May
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