Evening star., 1917-10-28

! man of the committee which will give
| out hospital garments and inspect
! them when they are returned. Mrs.
| r. b. Marshall is chairman of the COM
| mittee having charge of the tnforma-
| tion desk. Members are requested to
notify Mrs. MarshalIs committee which
| days they will be on hand to work at
the shop. which will be open every day
from $3.50 to l pm. and on Tuesday
and Thursday afternoons from to 4
o'clock.
: The sclub will meet Thursday morn
ing at 1890 in All Souls Church. Dr.
Alonzo f. Taylor who is in charge of
search of the food administration and
who also represents the Department of
Agriculture on the war trade board
will address the club at 1915 o'clock.
DIR. Taylor has recently returned from
Europe, where he was sent by this
government to study the existing food
conditions. both in the warning and
neutral countries. He viii describe
the conservation methods in Europe as
,, well as those in this country, and will
tell the housekeepers how they can
best economize. The meeting is open
to the public and cordial Invitation
is extended to all who are interested
In this subject.
The parliamentary law section will
meet Tuesday morning at II o'clock in
the west study of the Public Library.
ldiis lor the work OF tht. winter Will
be discussed. Mrs. Edith H. Town,
leader of the section, Will preside.
The wild flower section will meet
November at o'clock with Mrs
William H. Heron. 1906 Oregon ave-
nue.. All members interested in wild
flowers are invited to attend this meet
ing.
The model food exhibit which the
club has Just installed in the Public
Library in cooperation with the food
god
show at glance the relative values of
seventy different kinds of food in com
mon use. From this exhibit the house
wife. laboring under the necessity of
war conditions, may select a menu for
the "wheatless and meatless" days that
VIII contain foods of equal value to
those to which she had been accus-
toned before the advent of the war
The exhibit will be displayed in
Washington for only a short time and
the public is cordially invited to in
spect it. The war recipe files are of
special interest at this time, as they
show the best methods of using the
various substitutes for wheat, meat and
other articles of food needed abroad.
The Columbian Women held their first
meeting of the season Tuesday, from 4
to 6, in the University building o0aT G.
street. During the social half hour the
officers of the society received members
OF the organization. Mrs. Joshua Evans
tea.
Three things of especial interest were
decided upon at the business meeting
The meeting place was changed to the
Women's University rooms located at
2o21 G street. The time of the meeting
Will be on the second Tuesday Of each
month. The society appropriated a sum
of money sufficient for the purchase OF
some dishes and few other necessities
for the University rooms, which cover
the entire second floor of the building
al 2027 G street.
Miss Ethelwyn Hall gave an interest
ing history of the vacations of the diff
ferent members of the society Seven
teen new members were admitted
among whom We're several recent grad
yates, and present students at college
The next meeting will be November
13, at o'clock, in the new meeting
rooms. After the business meeting a
program will be furnished by the COM
mittee in charge.
The Legion of Loyal Women met
Monday evening at the home of Mrs
w. H. Houghton. A canvass of the large
attendance showed that nearly all of
the members had invested in liberty
bonds. The legion, as an organization,
had answered the first call. The maxi
ing of feather-down and hair pillows
for the Washington ward of the Amer
icdu hospital at Neulliy, fIdHCe, Will
be continued. There has already been
renovated between 500 and 500 pounds
Of feather and down, which have been
made up and sent to France, and fully
the same amount Is being now reno
waited The Christmas present that the
legion is sending is "a 5xS best wool
bunting American flag. with streamer
lettered In gold: Presented by the
Legion of Loyal Women, Washington, |
D. c. This flag is to be placed in the |
Washington ward of the American Hos
pital in France. Henry NJ. Rose, as |
will deliver three lectures on Wash |
ington. the City Beautiful" shortly, un-
der the auspices of the Loyal Legion of |
Women, at Wardman Courts. the pro-
Of the washington ward. of which the |
legion has charge. At this meeting S68
was reported as suhscribed-t0 the Clara