Evening star., 1916-11-12

son November !. Ihe election VI oiiiNNi
and business discussion was followed D.
an hour of social converse. reading Q
letters received from Belgian soldiers aIit
instr,mental music: Romance" tL;
Fsrge). Nine. Simpson. and NaiSe fraia IIa
caise 10 TAdore' tWittmann), Miie
Becker
The petworth WOmnn's Club met
Monday evening at the school oulioIr,s nv
with sixty members present MIS- .;
Norton. the president; was si IN fiie Paf,ie i
was admitted and the names oil SIX cat
,iidates proposed The music commi'te'
is organizing a chorus which Is 10 ~ ~
voted TO donate 50 toward the work OF
Friendship House. The constitu.loi, W VI
the club was read by the secretary, Mrs
Knowlton. and later was signed pS 'hs
new members. H.,
4 lecture under the auspices OF the edu-
cational committee was given by Waltei
r. Patterson on The ENcep'iohaspie
Child. Mr.. Patterson is super sis". ~,
of atyIc;tl schools both here and IN IN.
larger cities. The civic committee VIII
entertain with u Christmas party peceh-
ber 4.
GLenrue of American Pen Women
At the business meeting of the league
Monday evening at the fubiic LIBRA
five new members were eiecteu' WI .
Hughes Cornell, Los Angeles, CAL
Edith I.vle Salter, CARMEL, Okla: MRS.
Mary Ridpath Mann. Chicago, III; MIS-
Inez Milton and II. VI. Hoar, Washlhs
ton. d. G.. 80
Reports were heard from heads OF
committees and It was announced tha
the new wear book would shortly ap-
near The social program OF the year
has been practically agreed upon anu
includes addresses from a nunloer "
writers and others Interested IN SUD
jects Of interest to literary workers.
An elaborate musical program Is Eeilts
undertaken under the dfrc",inl or Mrs
Susanne Oldberg, and ii is hlnted Una
an operetta may be given Win i .'ls
couposed of the leagues o"n muslcai
talent.
4 series of round table discussions 5
was started, which will be cohthue'i
throughout the winter. The supJece
of next months discussion VIII De
Newspaper Experiences, under the
leadership of Mrs. X. T. Beck.
An unusually large collection OF ma
azine articles and books written ny
league members was displayed; MRS
Katherine & Knight spoke of the sig
nif,cance of these contributions ana the
relation of league members To .he beh-
eral Federation of WomenS Clups.
Montgomery County F.. w. C-Ine
Civic study club of Garrett Park helo
irs annual election of officers octoper
q. Mrs. J. Ross Thomson was re-
elected president: Mrs owen n Irul't'
vice president in charge OF study class
Mrs Lewis W. Call, secretary treasur- :
er: Mrs. Jason Defandorf, director o.!
the county federation. and the Leads OF
committees as follows: Soc-!s SCI VICE
Mrs Thomson: press and rrsos.tlrHs'
Mrs. call: civics. Mrs. Iruit'' ana e'-
rnestic science, Mrs. Springer.
The Reading Club Of Forest Glen met
November at st. Johns rectory. win
Mrs Chesley as hostess. After business
was transacted. the following articles
-@t, ftI- NJ
simpson: The Tile Fish, by Mrs. Ri
der: Enthusiasm" by Miss Fenwick
Vocational Education" by Mrs Schoo-
ley; Origin of the Red Cross, by Mrs
Chesley. The next meeting VIII be heid
November 10 with Mrs. Engle.
The As You Like Ii Club of German
town held its fortnightly meeting at
the home of the president. Mrs. FRANK
Schaeffer. November / Mrs. Robert
Hickerson read selections from "a
Kentucky Cardinal Mrs. Edwin
Houck read paper on the song BIRDS
Of Western Maryland and the Game
Birds of the Eastern Shore. and MISS
Virginia Jones read several poems.
The Woman's Club of Rockville met
at the home of Mrs Duncan Bradley
November .. Papers were read by MIS-
". II. Talbot on "Discoverers and Ex-
plorers": Mrs. W. w. Welsh on Bar
bara Frietchie," and Mrs Otho Talbot
on the story OF American Pictures"
The Home Interest Club of Forest
Glen met recently at the home of Mrs.
Osgood Dowell of Woodside. The pro-
gram consisted Of piano selections by
Mrs. Strickland of Linden and a talk
on Color in Art by Miss Annie VIII
son. chairman Of the act committee Of
the county federation. The poem by
Mrs. j. L. Burket in memory of the late
Mrs Eugene a. Van Week, member
of the club. was read by Mrs. Burket at
The request of several members. AT
the next meeting of the club. to be held
with Mrs. Burket in Linden, DR. Bird,
president of the Social Service League,
will speak.
The NewcOmb Club met Friday after
noon at Elialeigh Farm. Miss Bessie
Hodges. hostess. II was guest day. and
there We're q number Of visitors. Mrs.
Chandler, president OF the County Fed
Grafton. gave a talk on club work and
club unity. Mrs. Small, secretary of the
County Federation. also was a guest
and gave a short talk. Mrs F. II. VIII
mot Of Haswell, Col. sang a group of
songs. and Mrs. Edgar J. Heaton read
a paper on Industries Which Have
Sprung Up in America as Result of
the European War Al the close of the
program refreshments were served by
the hostess. who was assisted by Miss
Margaret Cumpston and Miss Nellie
Flournoy-
Gov. Thomas WeIies society, &. A. H
Anna Margaret Hendrix was hostess
20 forty-fve members and friends OF
the society for its November meeting.
The president. Mrs. Enig. presided
Miss Van Ness presented the names of
Virginia Clarke. Christiana Jones. Mary
Arfnes and Katherine Wuttke for mem
bership. Papers were filed for Frances
=. Campbell. The society has request =
ed all district G. A. r. societies TO
unite with them in accepting the invi-
Jatiou OF DR.. Charles Wood of the
Church Of the Covenant to attend serv-
ices November zs. AT $50. when he will
preach u patriotic sermon TO the Chill
dr.u OF the American Revolution. Anita
Fishe brought greetings from Mrs.
Flora Hanson and her children. vino
are Z. 4 RS. whom she visited re-
Gently in Evanston. III. The program
consisted OF a piano solo by Herbert
Sanford and d violin solo by Anna Mar
yaret Hendrix, accompanied by Mrs
Jsentzy. Greetings We're extended by
Mrs. -. u Ellsworth and Mrs. James
T. Parker, vice regent and regent OF
Constitution Chapter. u. A. r.. Mrs
Howar rd l. Hodg kins and Mrs. James
T.. Dalgleish. Mrs Flora X. Crimes gave
81 talk Gu the "Old Trails In and Sur
rounding the District Of Columb bia -
Little Eunice Lee Evans invited the
children to be her guests in December.
y. ID. &. delegates TO the annual con-
vention Of the District division of the
United Daughters OF the toufederacy
were chosen by Southern Cross Chap
ter Wednesday afternoon. The dele
gates were Mrs. William Oscar Roome
delegate; Miss Mary r. Wilcox, alter
nate: Mrs. Blanche West. delegate. snC
-drs. Albert Ford Ferguson. alternate.
The corresponding secretary, Mrs
Minnie Ola Barron, reported a beneft,