Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-14
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1 walton section-The regular meeting
| of the conservation section will be dis
/ continued, as the members will devote
the greater part of their time to war
, work. Special meetings of the wlld
/ flower, bird and Lincoln highway sub
sections will be announced later. The
! general work Of the section will be in
= cooperation with the United States
| food administration and DR.. George
| Bowerman, through whose patriotism
! a large space has been allotted in the
/ Washington Public Library. to the food
/ propaganda. This work will consist in
i helping to organize and conduct SUCH
activities as exhibitions. talks. clipping
I and recipe files and giving publicity to
! the methods of saving now advocated
by the food conservation division of the
administration. A card catalogue of
practical recipes for the conservation OF
wheat and other scarce articles of food
will be accessible to the public. Mrs.
NJ. r. Campbell will be in charge of
the bureau of information Monday from
to $50 pm.
The League of American Penwomen
will hold public meeting Wednesday
evening in the parlors of the Lafayette
Hotel, 18th and l streets northwest. at
O'clock Mile. Amy Bernardy Will
speak on wartime work in the schools
of Italy and DIR. Edward II. Egbert,
who. for year, served as chief surgeon
in the American Red Cross Hospital in
kiev, will speak on Russia.
An attractive and appropriate must
cal program is being prepared by Mrs.
susanna Oldberg. chairman of the mu-
sic committee.
a course of three food administration
lectures to be given by speakers of the
Department of Agriculture arranged for
the club by Mrs. f l.. Ransome of the
Council of Defense The first lecture
will he Monday, October 90, at pm.
at the College Club by DR.. J. a. LeClerc
on Food Values and Food ConServa-
ton" College women who are stran-
gers in Washington are particularly in
vited. The club is now located in its
new quarters. 1872 | street northwest.
r.. will hold its first meeting Of the
house of Mrs. Charles w. Richardson,
1917 Connecticut avenue.
The d. c. Chapter. Daughters Of
Founders and Patriots of America, re-
Gently held its opening meeting of the
season at the home of its president.
Mrs. St Clair Six members We're pres
ent and the names of two new ones
Cartwright, Bristol. Va, and Miss Hilda
Fletcher. Year books were presented
by the chairman of the program COM
mittee. Mrs. Brumbaugh gave an ac
count of the Lafayette meeting. va
cation Echoes" was responded to in an
interesting manner and included the
recital of much preserving. canning and
knitting. Mrs. Hodgl<ins was the guest
of the evening and later DR.. st. Clair
Joined the party, Refreshments We're
served.
Col. James Mccall Chapter. ID. A. H..
met Monday evening at the home of
the regent. Mrs. Anna s. Hamilton,
1900 X street northwest.
The feature of the evening was the
presentation of flag by Mrs. Ella
Royal Williams. chapter historian, in
the name of Mrs. Ella Marcus Bull.
former regent, now of Los Angeles.
Cal. The flag was accepted on behalf
of the chapter by the regent. 1t was
voted unanimously to adopt a French
war orphan for one year. Among those
present Were: Mrs. snyder, Mrs. Pres
colt, Mrs. Wuttke. Mrs. Meacham. Miss
Johnston. Miss Rousseau, Miss Meach-
am and Miss kerley.
The Sarah st. Clair Chapter; D. a; r..
met recently at the homo of Mrs. Ton
mis- ]. Holzberg, 1925 18th street north
west. 1t was decided to give card
parties to raise money for patriotic pur-
poses. The chapter voted to purchase
yarn for knitting wooden garments for
a sanitary unit. The District mile
stone near Walkers Chapel, Va. re-
Gently purchased and inclosed by the
chapter. will be dedicated in the near
future. The regent. Mrs. F. A. St Clair,
presided at the meeting and the usual
social hour followed. during which re-
freshments were served.
Constitution Chapter. ID. A. r.. will
6n1 1.-fj c1t inp or CsriN f,f
Columbia milestone, No. 5, Queens
Chapel road, October 90. at a:30 pm.
The chapter extends cordial invita-
ton to all members Of the D. \. r.
and their friends to be present. The
milestone may best be reached by pri-
vate autos through LIST street northwest
to Soldiers Home gate, then east
through Brookland to Four Corners.
north on Queens Chapel road to District
line. Route indicated by flags. Those
going by Brookland car line will be
met at the end of the line by autos
from 80 to 2:15, who will charge 25
cents for round trip of about one mile
to District line. The stone is situated
in a field the distance of about two
squares away
The Anthony League held its first
meeting for the season Thursday at
the home of the president Mrs. Anna
E Hendley, 20O7 Columbia road. The
league pledged SIS to the National
American Woman'S Suffrage AsSocta-
ton, which will meet in Washington in
December. The following delegates
were elected to attend the annual meet
ing of the District of Columbia Suf-
frage Association to be held October %
at pm. at 1926 Rhode Island avenue:
Mrs Anna L. Hendley. Miss Heaven,
Mrs Avery. Mrs. Fits, DR.. DuComb,
DR.. Brennon. Mrs. Paul, Miss Reynolds,
Mrs Kondruh. Mrs. Woodruff. Mrs.
Lord and alternates, Mrs. Taft. Mrs.
Anderson, Mrs. Stoner, Miss Alley. Mrs.
Overman. Mrs. Goodacre, Mrs. johnson,
Mrs. Millsap, Mrs. Steward, Mrs. Nam
ruoff and Mrs. Dunlop.
The president called a meeting of
the executive committee for Tuesday at
3:30 pm. to discuss the plan of work
meeting will be held at the headquar-
tiers of the y. y W. S. A. 1926 Rhode
Island avenue. Thursday, November l,
at S pm. Everett Colby. who was sem
ator from New Jersey and Il member
Of the national republican committee
for Mr.. Hughes and has been legal
adviser for the suffragists and helped
in their bills before Congress and is
now d member of the United States food
comm ssion, will be the speaker. The
meeting will be open to the public. Bus
mess meeting at $50.
The John Lindsay Chapter. ID. A. r.,
was entertained Wednesday evening by
Mrs. J. Edison Briggs and Miss Briggs
at their home, Maple Park, $50 South
Carolina avenue. The program con-
sisted of summer "reminiscences, all
present responding: musical numbers
by the chairman of the music commit
tee, Miss Flora Briggs and an address
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