Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-06
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The Twentieth Century Cuba tea
will be given under the auspices OF
the club tomorrow afternoon from
to at national suffrage headquarters
1926 Rhode Island avenue. Mrs. Ed
ward b. Clark will be the hostess. as
sisted by the following members OF
the club: Mrs. Ernest P. Bicknell. Mrs
Gilbert Grosvenor, Mrs. U. G. b. Pierce,
Mrs. George ]. Hesselman. Mrs. Frank
r. Rutter, Mrs Benjamin E. Smith, Mrs.
Eugene Stevens, Mrs. Richard jackson
and Mrs. Caleb Miller. Mrs. John F.
wilkie. a former president OF the ciuo'
will be the guest of honor.
The French section will meet We'd
nesday at o'clock with Mrs. Oscar
Knipe and Mrs, Karl Kellerman at the
residence of the former. Lenox ana
Magnolia streets. Chevy Chase. Nd a;
French comedy, La Lettre Chargee.
will be presented by Mrs John van
Palmer and Miss Myra Hendley. A
charge of IS cents will be made for
the benefit of the refugees OF the IN
yaded French provinces: Members d may
bring friends and are asked to notl1y
Mrs. Knipe before tomorrow. -,
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meet Thursday. at IL O'Clock, az me
home OF Mrs. Gift r. Richards, west
Irving street. Chevy Chase, Md. A short
business meeting will be followed ny
basket picnic luncheon under the trees
Mrs. +. H. Town is leader of the section
At the meeting of the club last week
copies of a bread bulletin issued by
the home economics committee of the
civic section were distributed to the
members. The bulletin shows the food
value contained in the bread OF the
various bakeries of the city examined
by the health department, and their
rating with respect TO sanitation
Copies of this bulletin may be OBJ
tanned from Mrs. Sarah X. Lamb. 1857
Mount Pleasant street, chairman OF the
committee.
The club is entering the. city gar
den movement by providing for vege-
table garden at the new Bruen Home
The children will be instructed in the
caro- of both vegetable and flower gar
den by a committee from the civic
. the direction of Mrs. William HI. Her
ron and Mrs. Henry S. Graves Mrs
Gilbert Grosvenor will provide for the
blowing. Members of the club who
will provide seeds, tools or other neces-
saries or the money to pay for them.
are asked to communicate with Mrs.
Hoyt Gale, 1902 Jocelyn street. Chevy
Chase, chairman of the Bruen Home
committee.
The club will furnish Red Cross unit
10 take part in the demonstration and
dedication Of the Red Cross building. May
IL. The twenty-three members of the
unit have been chosen from the club
members who have been most actively
assisting in the work carried on during
the last two months at the Twentieth
Century Red Cross workshop. at 1901
Connecticut avenue. Mrs. Ernest r:
Bicknen, who was last week inaugurated
as the new president Of the club, is the
captain of the unit. Mrs. Edward b.
Clark. the retiring president and newly
appointed chairman Of the war relief COM
mittee, is one Of the lieutenants. and
E,1izahefh Mona the Men1-
bers of the unit are Mrs. A. B. Baker.
Miss Mary Bright. Mrs Charles Brand.
Mrs. F. v. Coville, Mrs. Gilbert II. Gros-
venor. Miss Ellen Hayes. Mrs. Sarah K
Lamb. Mrs. Caleb Miller. Miss Zenaida
Merriam, Mrs. Lowry l.. Morrill,. Mrs
r. B. Marshall. Mrs. Chase Palmer. Mrs
Lyman B. Swormstedt. Mrs. Joseph Stew
art. Miss Phyllis Stewart. Mrs Henry
Thurtell, Mrs. r. Thomas West Mrs
William Woodward and Mrs. Robert
Sterling Yard.
n. A. W. 8. Airs Helen Gardener
will be hostess at tea this afternoon at
National American Woman Suffrage
Association headquarters. 1926 Rhode
Island avenue. from 30 to o'clock, on
which occasion DIR. Philander p. Clax-
ton. United States commissioner of edu-
cation. will speak on the subject of
The Importance of Suffrage in the
Education of Women" Mrs. Gardener
will be assisted by Mrs. Frederick Part
Mrs. Arthur Ramsey of Fairmont Semi
nary and members of their faculties.
Tomorrow the Junior Suffrage League
will meet at pm. leader. Mrs. Elliott
TO Woman Suffrage" Suffrage Fedora
ton of the District of Columbia. exec
utive board meeting. 4:30. The suffrage
committee of the Twentieth Century
be in charge of the afternoon tea, at
which Miss Grace Abbott, newly APP
pointed head of the child labor admin
istrative division of the children's bu-
tea. 4 to 6. Mrs. Lyman B. Swormsteft,
hostess; guest of honor. Mrs. Frederick
p Bagley of Boston. organization
chairman of the Boston Equal Suffrage
Association. who will speak on the suf-
frage work in Massachusetts. Wednes-
day. class in surgical dressings, open
to the public, conducted by Mrs. Gene
We've Stone. who has qualified under
Red Cross instruction. 1890 to 1890.
Afternoon tea. to s. in charge of An
thony League. hostesses. DIR. Laura
Brennan and Mrs. Overman. Thurs
day. afternoon tea. 4 to 6. hostess, Mrs.
Eleanor Wesselhaft Hutchinson. The
guests of honor will be DIR. and Mrs.
Walter wesselhaft of Cambridge, Mas
sachusetts. Mrs. Howard Nyman will
preside at the tea table and will be
sisted by Miss Sara Spaldine. Miss Lee
ona Johnston. Miss Elizabeth Tappan.
Miss Florence Robbins, Miss Henrietta
Iittlefield and Miss Ruth George. FRI
day. afternoon tea. to 6, Miss Mary
Sibley Evans. hostess. Miss Florence
Young of New York. of the editorial
stan of the Leslie woman suffrage COM
! mission. will speak on The Present
. Status Of the Suffrage Movement" As
sisting Miss Evans will be Mrs. Thomas
w. Sidwell, Mrs. F. w. Albert. Miss
Naude Burwell, Mrs. Eleanor Vessel
haft Hutchinson. Miss Hilda Johnson.
Miss Edna Maedel. Misses Grace and
Mary Fox, Eleanor Hickman, Elsa
Rathrock. Elsie Brown. Mary Hunt
Roberts, Estelle Reeve. Margaret Nor
ton, Margaret Dodge and Louise Low.
Saturday. afternoon tea, to g.. Host
esses, the newly elected board of on
GERS of the College Equal Suffrage
League, Mrs. William c. Van Week,
president; Mrs. Basil Manly. vice pres
ident. Mrs. A. A. Steele, corresponding
secretary: Miss Emma Duke. record
ing secretary; Miss Edna Sheehy. treas
Urer.
The Abracadabra Club met Wednes-
day evening with Mrs. b. J. Price. 2s32
LIST street. Temperance reformers were
mentioned in response TO roll call
Judge Thompson presented the club
with a gRvei made by himself from
walnut rail from fence his
fathers farm in Indiana. The paper
of the evening was by F. J. Metcalf
who gave an account OF THE Lesser
known Events in the Life of John B.
Cough" closing with account of
the present condition OF the liquor
question in Europe. "reminiscences of