Evening star., 1916-05-14
Mary Washington Chapter. ID. A. r.

at the Washington Club. the regent
Miss porinda Rogers. presiding. Mrs
Archibald Hopkins presented the case
of needy Daughter who has for many
wears lived in Washington, but who is
now in a sanitarium in the south, and
the chapter plans to raise sum for her
immediate relief. The sum or 30 WAS
voted 10 be donated to the Elizabeth Y.
Brown scholarship fund at "eorse
Washington University. Among '"e
other appropriations which the chap'eF
has made during the past year is 80
10 the Junior Republic. SO to the tor-
eign Night School. S5 to the Mary
Washington Hospital at Frederlehs-
burg. s25 toward the debt on Con'iheii-
tai Hall and two steel stacks LOT 'he
library costing s144. The chapter Will
also at an early date place iehee
around the boundary stone: at SILVER
Spring. Md This stone is on the estate
of Senator Blair Lee. and was choseI
for the reason that his mother was 'he
founder and for many years leSeh' VI
Mary Washington Chapter
Annual reports were read, that or the
regent being most interesting Durlns
the two years OF her ihcuthpeh'S -. -
members have been admitted. nineteen
the first wear and twenty-one this year
Members who have been cialmed pH
death during the year lnciuae vi >
Emily Lee hagen. Mrs. freaerich NJ
f;uire. Mrs Mackrilie. Mrs. Edith FAR
fax Moucure Mrs. Helen L. Barton'
Miss Ataway Miller Lewis and Mrs.
SalIie Foote Waller. At the conclusion
Of the regents report Mrs, faeoerarN re err,
bile, on behalf of the board OF man :
apament. presented her with basket
of radiance roses.
As soon as nominations for officers
were in order Miss Elizabeth Ilmiow
nominated Miss Rogers for re-eIection'
II being impossible for her to accept,
Miss Janet Richards was unanimously
elected. There being no opposition the
following officers were unanimously
elected for the ensuing year: Regent.
Miss Richards; vice regent, Mrs. {. w 9.
Richardson: treasurer. Miss Mary Perry
Brown: recording secretary, Mrs. y L.
Jefras; corresponding secretary MIS-
Eugene V. Herndon: registrar, Mrs
Douglass B. Thompson. and historian
Miss Eta Joce1lyn Giffin and Mrs.
Frederick Ollie. Mrs. Franklin Rogers,
Mrs. J. B. Collins. Mrs; FREDERICK John-
son and Mrs. Herbert NJ. Griffeth to the
local board of management
Among the notable events in the
chapter during the year have been the
annual talk" by Miss Richards at
Kauscher's. the auction tea at the
Washington Club. an address by Ernest
T BickneIl on his Red Cross work in
Europe, a talk on the European war as
eyewitness DIV ltr. ,llHtpl
Swisher an illustrated lecture by Mr..
Fishback on Washington, Past and
Present" and an illustrated lecture on
Historic Santa Fe" by Mrs. Mitchell
Carroll.
Nagruder Chapter. ID. A. R.-The May
meeting of the Magruder Chapter was
held Wednesday evening at the home
of Miss Helen Swami Bowie. 1i9 A
street northeast. for the election OF
officers. Miss VI. Blanche Magruder,-
the present regent. was reelected, as
were Mrs. Caroline Hill Marshall vice
regent: Miss Mary Therese HILL re-
cording secretary. and Miss Maria For
rest Bailey. registrar. Miss Elsie Lam
caster is corresponding secretary. Mrs.
p II. Sheriff. treasurer; Miss Helen
Swami Bowie. historian; Mrs. Agnes
Woods MacGregor Bowie, chaplain, for
the coming year.
Ordinarily this is the last meeting
of the season. but in June the chapter
meets at the home of the vice regent,
Mrs. Caroline Hill Marshall. at West
Falls Church. Va, for the celebration
OF Flag day.
Montgomery Co. F. W. C-The ex-
ecutive committee of the Montgomery
County Federation of Women's Clubs
held its final meeting previous to the
annual convention Thursday at the
home of the president. Mrs. Franklin
e. Getzendanner. near Rockville. The
following clubs were represented:
Home Interest of Forest Glen. Home
Interest of Takoma. Ladies' Co-Opera-
tive Society of Silver Spring, Civic
Study Club of Takoma Park, Handi-
craft Club OF kensington. Woman,s
Club of kensington, Inquiry Club
of Rockville. Social Service League of
Montgo merry County, W. {. T. L. of
Montgomery County, Just Government
League of Montgomery County, Civic
Study Club of Garrett Park. Womans
NJ Pey h I,ih cd
nesday Club of Sandy Spring. Womans
Club of Darnestown. Dickerson Round
Table, Woman's Club of Chevy Chase,
Community Club of Chevy Chase, As
You Like 1t of Germantown, and Suf-
frage Association Of Montgomery
County. The club women present were
urged 20 use all possible influence to
induce the county commissioners to
appropriate the $3.50 necessary to OBJ
tain the Ike sum already appropriated
by the federal government to estab-
ish a county agent in Montgomery.
Unless this appropriation IL made by
May y IT is understood that the United
states fund will revert to the govern
ment funds. Miss Pritchett has shown
by the good work that she has done
IN connection with the Maryland State
college of Agriculture and her work
throughout the adjacent counties the
immense amount Of help such an agent
could be 10 the women in rural dis
tricts Mrs. Harry e. Armstrong of
tee on education. reported the encour-
aging outlook for educational matters
in Maryland IL the excellent measures
adopted by the Legislature in session
This year followed. The suggestion
was adopted that the federation paw
special attention to the beautifying Of
the interior of the schoolhouses
throughout the county during the com
ing year In the absence of Mrs Ner-
ritt o. Chance, through Illness the
work of the committee on civics was
reported by Mrs. Diefendorf Of Garrett
Park. Mrs. j. ". Townsend of Ken
sugton reported the formation in
jamestown county. Tex. Of county
federation OF women clubs similar to
that in Montgomery county. This fed
GRAFTON has been launched with a mem
bership Of eight clubs, under the lead
eTship Of Mrs. Jesse X. McLenden. The
formation Of another federation in
Prince Georges county Md. was re-
ported BY Mrs. F.. J. Hartshorn of KEN
sIn2ton. Mrs. Ross Thon paon of Gar
rett Park. president Of the Just Gov
ernment League of the county. has been
appointed by the State Just Govern
ment League to rcorganizc the suf-
1rage clubs in Prince Georges The
annual convention OF the county fed
GRAFTON Will be he'd May IS at Chevy
Chase Library. beginning AT $50 a m
The SpeS kers at the afternoon session.
which viii be open TO the public will
he br. Burhner Of Johns Hopkins Raj
timore, ana Or. Bradford Knapp Of the
I. ;. government Two new clubs
the WomauE Club OF Friendsbin
Heights and the Wou1apE 1'I,t =.