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bers at 1905 9Th street northwest. this
evening at Z o'clock. A private dance
| has also been arranged for the mem
bers of the club New Year eve. Several
! piano selections We're given by S.
Lieberman. followed by dancing and re-
/ freshments.
The Continental Danes Chapter. D.
A. H.. held its December meeting at
/ Evans in Chevy Chase. The regent
| Mrs. Sarah Chace Guss. presided. A
large box of clothing and toys. con-
tributed by the chapter members. was
sent to Bethany Mission, at Appalach1a,
Va. After routine business, the mem
| hers adjourned to the dining room Tor
refreshments. miniature Christmas
| tree adorned the center of the table
Music and dancing followed.
The Irish History Study Club met
Monday evening at the home of Miss
Miss Mary Cleary described the Christ
mas customs of Erin in her paper.
Christmas in Ireland" and musical
selections on Il monograph were spir1tu-
ally typical of the feast Miss Costi-
| san's, 1923 G!rard street, will be the next
place of meeting. January Is.
| League Of American Pen Women-'''
have come to believe that an American
press that presents essentials in
accurate fashion instead Of froth in
rag-time dress. is one of the greatest
needs of this nation said Commission
Ier Oliver 2. Newman, before the League
of American Pen Women. at the Raleigh
Hotel on Wednesday evening, And l
| intend, he declared. Ito devote my
self. when I get through 'commissing.'
| to newspaper work and try in my small
way to develop a new journalistic
standard"
Mr. Newman's address was, in the
main, on the subject of art in news
paper work. After declaring that
| there wasn't any such thing" he gave
personal experiences illustrating q
number of phases of newspaper work
| IN which so-called art" figures.
| The musical program was supplied by
Miss Genevieve Conwell Mrs. Edith Nc
| Intosh and Harris Franklin, under the
direction of Mrs. Suzanne Oldberg.
chairman of the music committee of
| the league.
Mrs. Oldberg also read paper on the
subject of temperament. "Tempera-
| ment,' she said, "is not emotion run
riot. nor bohemianism vanity and vul-
garity: it is rhythm or the human
| ability to reflect divine power
| Mrs. Anna Borgenholm Sloane read an
original story in which she portray
ed the trials Of a young foreign artist
in the United States.
The entire program was under the
direction of Mrs. J. O. Estabrook.
chairman of the art committee.
Among the guests, besides Mrs. Old
berg's musical artists. was Representa-
tive Hardy of Texas.
Continental Chapter, ID. A. r.. met
Monday evening at the home Of the re-
gent. Miss Lillian Chenoweth. who pre-
sided. 1t was voted to give a card
party in January the proceeds to be
used for educational work among the
mountain whites. During the social
hour the following musical program
was rendered: Where My Caravan Has
Rested" THE Sunshine of Your Smile
and "At Dawning." E. Taylor Chewing.
! tenor; "a Little Bit of Heaven" Nam
my's Song" Richard Bingham. baritone
I Ehistling solo. DR.. Lula l. Waters. Mrs
Ba Nter and Miss Schmids, accompanies.
! later refreshments were served by the
/ hostess Among the guests were Mrs.
! iaius Brumbaugh, state regent; Miss
Sarah Hannay. Miss Margaret Scott,
| Mrs. North. Mrs. Robert Handy. Mrs.
Sayles and Mrs. Mcmillan.
The CuItus Club met Tuesday, at the
| home Of Mrs John Mitchell. jr. 2645
| Connecticut avenue. After luncheon
| the roll vas called and the seventeen
members responded with current events.
The papers of the day were 1.-The Re-
pueltcs of Central America" by Mrs.
| William r. Myers: THE West Indies" /"
by Mrs. Wilkinson, and Principal Cities
and Industries of Central America" A
/
| guest present was Mrs. Argo.
The Anthony League observed its
! usual afternoon Tuesday at the home
of its president, Mrs. Anna E. Hendley
2007 Columb bia road. After discussion
upon the second in the series of suf-
! frage lessons given by Miss Clara Stin-
son, a resolution was adopted by the
| members present in acknowledgment
and appreciation of the stand taken by
/ ,,r{y,
the discussion of the prohibition bill
in the Senate.
/ The Tuesday at homo will be dis
continued until January 2. at which
tune the suffrage lessons will be re-
sumed.
d, The league participated in the dedi-
| catory exercises of the Anthony room
! at the new headquarters last Sunday
| wreath in honor Of Susan B. Anthony
| for whom the league was named.
! The next meeting, which will be In
charge of the suffrage committee, will
be held January in the new suffrage
| headquarters, at 1926 Rhode Island ave-
nue.. Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait, presi-
dent of the National American W oman
Suffrage Association. and Representa-
tive Nolan of California. viii be the
| speakers. Good music will also be a
/ feature. All Interested are cordially
| invited to attend these meetings.
Capitol Chapter. ID. A. r., had its
| first annual midwinter guest night re-
| Gently. when Mrs. John B. Conway en-
| tertained the chapter In her residence
| at 1105 K street northwest. Assisting
| Mrs Conway were her sister, Mrs. John
| Lehman. Miss Kittie st. John, Mrs. W.
| 4. Mcmillan and Miss Rose Apple. The
meeting was opened by tho regent. Mrs.
, Catherine Nagle. and was then placed
! in charge OF the chairman of the pro-
! gram conn . ttee, Miss Laura McCaus-
land. \ program of readings was given
: by Mrs. Emma Anderson, Miss Virginia
/ Bayley and DIR. John r. Huddle of St
paufs Lutheran Church. and music was
rendered by Miss Meriheth Jackson
Miss Flora Briggs and f. Taylor
/ Chewing. Mrs. :. H Vandergrift and
! Mrs. Huddle served refreshments.
Among those present were Mrs. G.. NJ.
! Erumbaugh, the state regent, and Mrs
I Wal ace Hanger. District candidate for
/ the position of vice president general.
Potomac Literary Club--The Christ
mas meeting of the club was held
/ Tuesday evening al its headquarters
/ 522 9Th street northwest, with the
president II. NJ. Fulton, presiding
I f. w. Dever was elected to mem
bership.
The usual custom of the club was
followed in that each member presen,
was given an opportunity to partici-
pate III the program. $. A. Terry
read several selections. Z. W
Weaver described how he became q
member of the club about twenty years
ago. and he also gave several readings
Miss Katherine Lank rendered plano
. solo Polish Dance" by Scharwenka
Thompson, Mrs. Amelia C. Kent and
] MIS- NellIe " NaYa rcadini<s ~