Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-05
COLLEGE woMEN's CLUB.


:ngton will celebrate the tenth birth
day anniversary of the club at the an
nuaI dinner to be given Saturday even
ing at o'clock at the Raleigh Hotel.
BY pleasing coincidence the woman
who was chiefly responsible for gath
ering the college women of the capital
into this organization ten years ago
s.now its president for the first time.
and has seen the nursing of decade
since grow up into healthy club or
430 members, representing eighty-five
different colleges and universities in
this and other lands. besides them
selves hailing from nearly all the
states of the Union.
In extending the invitation to its
members and their guests the club
dinner committee. headed by Miss
catherine Gusts. has prepared an i'm
posing toast list, interspersed with
song and story and things wise and
otherwise" promise a memorable occa-
sion Or. Katherine Bement Davis.
commissioner of corrections of New
York city. Will speak OF the life prob
lens Of the many who- rail- afoul OF the
law and courts of New York. An His
torical Sketch of the decade of the
clubs life will be given by Mrs. Frank
G. wilkins, a former president; stories
Nancy Barbee of Kentucky, and solos
will be given by Miss Elsa Lehman of
New York. Miss Emma Harper Turner
Will preside and the tenth year of
the clubs life has been marked by the
acquisition of headquarters at the
Raleigh Hotel. the newly equipped
cluhroom being already popular with
members.
The executive committee this year
consists of Miss f. II. Turner. Franklin
College and George Washington Tniver
sity. president: Mrs George F. Bower
man. Syracuse. first vice president: Mrs
William F. Woolard- New York Teachers
College. second vice president: Mrs. John
r Weyrich- Wilson. corresponding Secre
tary: Miss Carrie NJ. Davis. Cornell Col
lege of Iowa. recording secretary: Miss
urer: Mrs. Thomas W. Sidwell Nassar
president eX-officio. and Mrs. Frederick
Ashley. Lake Erie College: Mrs. J. b.
Ault. Baker College: Miss Belle Worth
Bagley. Wilson; Miss Grace NJ. Bennett.
cornell University: Mrs. r. F. Burchard.
Northwestern and Colorado: Mrs. W. f,
thamherlin. George Washington: Miss
Margare, Common. Cornell University:
Catherine ''ustis. Nassar; Miss Florence
Hedges. Michigan: Miss Margaret Mer-
rill. Wellesley: Miss Martha MacLean.
Teachers. College; New York: Miss Eliza
beth True. Goucher. and Mrs William
c. Van Week. George Washington.
COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL. AND INDUS
TRIAL RELATIONS F. w. C.
The federation committee on social
and industrial relations held its Feb
ruary meeting with full membership
present. at the home of the vice chair
man. DR.. D. r. Wheeler. S13 18th street
NV During the business meeting, which
preceded the general discussion of the
subject Of the evening. the committee
unanimously Endorsed the Overwhelming
child labor bill and voted that notice
OF its action be sent to Senator New
lands. Announcement of the ,heater
benefit to be given by the federation at
Polls was made. The committee unan-
ffnously disapproved of the Borland
bill to extend the hours of labor for
government clerks and expressed their
American Fedora ton of La Dor has ia
ken against it. Mrs. Gertrude E, Mack
enzle. chairman of the committee. ex-
tended an invitation to the committee
to attend the free lecture to be given
At the Public Library Monday evening,
under the auspices of the Woman's Sin
gle Tax Club. on the subject. "Cntax-
ing improvements by William Nc
Nair. a lawyer of Pittsburgh. where
this new method of stimulating bust
ness and increasing the demand for
labor is being tried. The committee
cussion for February. The District
Government" 1t was the unanimous
e sDi for of COMMITTEES comm ,hs. the pres
eHt Iol III ~ equal IN tne
District. in which neither men nor
women voted. should be replaced by
more up-to-date commission form. such
as nearly 100 western cities have
adopted. with universal suffrage safe
guarded by the initiative. referendum
and recall. Refreshments We're served.
MAJ. LENFANT CHAPTER, Il. A r
The February meeting of the Maj
IEnfant Chapter. u. A. r. was n
pleasant variation Of the stereotype
chapter gatherings the afternoon
the monthly business Was taken up and
acted upon. The chapter is continuing
the series of sewing parties held las,
season. and articles of use and comfort
are made and sent to the Janson De
Sally Hospital in Paris. which is
operated by the French Red Cross
During the transaction of regular
business the alternates for the Cont
mental Congress were elected as fol-
lows: First alternate Miss Marguerit
W""dw ard: Mrs. Fred " Matteson
Mrs 'harl@s p Hancock. Mrs. Georg.
W Trowbridge. Mrs John II Roberts
Mrs. + Bennett Decker. Miss Lucy
harbour Ewing. Miss Clara l. willard.
Miss Rokaaa Willard and Mrs, Roy
BAKER The application Of three can
dtdates for admission 70 the chapter
was voted upon and accepted
unanimously.
The illness of the treasurer Mrs +.
Bennett Decker. VIII" was TO have been
The hostess for the FEBRUARY meeting
obliged her To postpone her inyifs,IotI
and the regent Mrs Fotrs. was
hostess tn" chapter viii b" the guess
PHILO-CLASSTCS
The Philo-Classics held its last meet
ing at the Home of Mrs. j. II. Cunning
ham. Mrs. Charles Glass. the president.
presided but after the REGULAR order