Evening star., 1917-04-15


at II am. in the lecture room or All
souls' C,hurch. 14th and l. streets. Mrs.
Gilbert III. Grosvenor. leader of the sec
.;on Ill, n,aside Reports will be
made by the chairmen of committees
and a luncheon Will follow the meet
ing which will he the last or Ihe !eai J.
Mrs T. G. b Pierce will be hostess 10
the club members and their Irieiius ,, a a
a tea Tuesday afternoon, AT ''t ntao -
auar,erS of the National American
Woman's Suffrage Association. @ @io-o
Rhode Island avenue Assisting M >
Pierce will be Mrs. :. stockton ~
hos Mrs Thomas NJ Woodruff. Mrs.
r G Seward Mrs. Arthur EalnSa9 >
Mrs. Il. IL. Liggett and Miss Eiieh h"'-
terfeld 1,,h pod
Cross workshop at 1901 Connectlcut
avenue is omen every morning from 9-5o
to pm. and also on TUESDAY anu
day afternoons from 10 = ~
LAST week a series of lessons on the
making of surgical dressings was pc
gun for those who are working unoer
the auspices of the clubs Red cross
committee Sewing of hospital gar
ments can be done either in the shop
or at home Surgical dressings must
be done in the workshop under the u.
rectiou of those having the work III
charge. Samples of dressings anu gar
ments are being made by TWentleth
Century Club members for the Red
Cross TO be sent to all parts OIL the
country as patterns tor those HecNiN7
instruction.
College women's CIub.-Group u OF
the club will be the hostess at the cruz
tea tomorrow afternoon at = C'och; IN
the ClubroomS, 1904 + street IN auui-
ton to the social features, Dr- H. III
True Of the Agricultural Department
will give a talk on Thomas Jehersoh'
The Cul.us Club met Tuesday at the
home of Mrs George W. Harris. 80"
Morrison street. The roll call was re-
sponded to by seventeen members win
current events. Interesting papers on
ALASKA and the Klondike, by Mrs
William H. ShoIes, and on Politics ana
Education by Mrs. oscar Nilklnson
were followed by a conversHlon on
'"rhe Seal Fisheries led by Mrs. W. l.
Over. A selected reading closed the
Program The clubs guests were as
follows: Mrs. Abraham Mrs Dutton'
Mrs Galliher, Mrs. Demonet ana Mrs.
Walter Weaver.
The Sarah st. Clair Chapter. ID. 4. r..
met Monday evening at the holue OF the
Corresponding secretary. Mrs. Holland
W jerks 1927 Fairmont street. The
regent Mrs Francis A st. Clair, pre-
sided. The treasurer, Mrs. 5. j. Muir
ply, reported gratifying results from
the sale of candy. The money is to be
used to help maintain bed in a local
hospital during the war. The historian.
Miss Anna 5. Walton, read paper on
Home Life in the CarollnaS during
Colonial DAYS" dwelling on the practi-
cal work of the women of that period.
Mrs. Gaius NJ. Brumbaugh. state regent
made an appeal for the Red Cross, urg-
ing all Daughters who had not yet
joined that organization to do so; Mrs.
Gertrude Lyons, sang -Four Leaf
Clover" Crows Egg and Cuckoo
Clock Refreshments were served by
the hostess.
Among the guests were Mrs. George
NJ
Brumbaugh. Mrs. Howard L. Hodskins.
ex-state regent; Mrs Fred W. Matte
son, recording secretary: Mrs Ober-
holser, corresponding secretary, and
Mrs. James William DOGGY.
CereIe Des Precieuse~ Ridiculcs.-
Mile. Darlington entertained the Cercle
at its current meeting Mime Hind
marsh read a paper descriptive of some
notable women of France, of whom
realistic tableaux were given as fol-
lows: Queen Clotilde. Nine. Simpson;
Charlotte Corday. Mile Miller: Jeanne
dare, Mile. Darlington: La France ct
Nine Recamier. Mile Bicknen; Nine. de
StaeI, Mile. Becker; La Franchise
aujourdhui ct Red Cross Nurse, Mile.
K Miller Nine. Seip and Nine. Simp-
son contributed instrumental music.
and Mile Becker, by request. sang
"Ouvre ties yeux bleus." The seance
closed with the singing of the Mar
seillaise" by NJ. and Mile. Becker.
F. w. C.-Mrs. Clara Y. Avery. chair
man of the committee of the Fedora
.tion of Womens Clubs, to cooperate
with the work of the Red Cross So
ciety. has called meeting for We'd
nesday at 2 O'Clock at the residence of
Mrs. c. n. Chapman, 1929 l street north
west, to formulate plans for work
Each organization of the, federation
has been requested to send repre-
sentative to attend
Mary Washington Chapter. ID. A. r.,
met Tuesday afternoon at the Wash
ington Club. Chapter members and in
vited guests to the number of about
900 filled the ballroom and the adjon-
ing rooms to listen to Capt. Granville
Fortescue has been upon all the i'm
of "Women's Part in the War" Capt.
Fortescut has been upon all the i'm
portant battlefields in which the Euro
peans have been engaged since the
outbreak of hostilities. The burden of
his remarks was the appeal to Ameri-
can women to support the President in
his desire for a selectiYe conscription.
picturing the mistakes of the allied ma
tions in this respect. and showing how
women may aid in the economic prob
lens which the nation has to solve.
Miss Janet Richards, regent of Mary
Washington Chapter, was among those
who asked the speaker many questions.
The chapter has had no more highly
interesting or instructive gathering
during the year, and its appreciation of
capt. FOTLeSCue kiNQneSS was 6A-
pressed by rising vote of thanks.
The Janet Montgomery Chapter, ID. A.
r.. met Tuesday at the home of Mrs.
George Peter Henderson in Rockville
Mrs. ]. Frank Wilson. presided. After
singing The Star Spangled Banner re-
ports were given by Mrs. L. l.. Bullard
Mrs. A r. Wingate, Mrs. Harry c.
Meem, Miss TalDot and Miss Virginia
Wilson. a report Of the state board
meeting, neId in Baltimore. was giver
conference. held in Annapolis, was giver
by Mrs. James H Langhborough A lib
eral donation was voted toward the
tablet to be placed at old St Mary's the
first capital of Maryland, the marking
to take place in June with elaborate
ceremonies. Mrs. James II. Langhbor-
ough read an ancestral paper on DIR
william Cabel, who came to Virginia
from England in 1924. A talk was giver
by Mrs. William Heyde Talbot, on the
National Old Trail Roads" Mrs. Tai
bot was nominated by the state confer.
ence for vice president general foi
Maryland. Refreshments were served
by the hostess. and social hour en-
joyed. spirit Of patriotism was ex-
pressed throughout the meeting. which
closed by singing Maryland, My Mary.
land" The May meeting Will be held
in the Montgomery Country CLUB al
Rockville.
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