Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-22

The woman's Evening Clinic.-The
social committee of the clinic will be
at home for the third and last time Tor
this season at headquarters. 40 l5th
street northwest, Wednesday. from .
to 6 pm. The object of these at
homes" is to acQuaint members OF the
organization and friends with the "a
cilities of the clinic for the care OF
wage-earning women and girls, ana
with the nature and amount of work
actually being done. AT each at home
the members of one or more organiza-
lions are made the guests of honor.
This time it is the Twentieth Century
Club. the Junior League of the National
Junior Republic and the Wonan's Sec
zion of the Navy League.
The social committee will be assisted
In receiving by Mrs. Edward b. clark,
president of the Twentieth Century
club; Mrs. C. V. Wheeler. president. and
Mrs. William caches Fendall, second
vice president of the Junior League OF
the National Junior Republic, and MISS
Elizabeth Il. Poe, secretary general OF
the woman's Section Of the Navy
League; Mrs. Frederick II. Brooke, Mrs
Robert S. Chew. Mrs. Henry H. Flather.
Airs. Augustus p. Gardener, Mrs
L
Lewis, Mrs. George Hewitt Meyers, Mrs
Charles Whitman Wetmore. Mrs. Rich
ard Wainwright and Nine. Rafael Za4-
divar. The clinic stands ready to DO It's
part in helping the nation at the pres
ent time. More and more women and
girl wage-earnerS and more and more
women and children from homes of linz
tied income will avail themselves OF
the services of the Women'S Evening
Clinic as the increased cost of living
makes greater inroads on the family
income. The Woman's Evening Clinic
has just added a resident doctor that
II may render more and better service.
During 1915 over 1900 visits were made
by patients to the clinic. All the at
tending woman physicians are serving
on the medical staH of the National
the clinic is chairman of the medical
committee of the National Service
School.
board of directors elected to serve for
next year with Mrs. Ernest p. Bick-
nell in the chair, Will meet tomorrow
afternoon at o'clock at All Souls
Church. TO appoint standing commit
tees for the year.
The archaeology section Will meet
Tuesday afternoon at els o'clock at
the home of its leader. Mrs. John Lowe.
Roman Roads, will be treated by
Mrs. r. Kent Beattie. All members
who are interested are invited.
Mrs. William F. Woodland will be
the hostess at the Twentieth Century
Club tea Tuesday afternoon from 4 to
at National Suffrage headquarters,
1926 Rhode Island avenue. She Will
be assisted by Mrs. Karl T. Kellerman.
Mrs. A. Bruce BielaSki. Mrs II. j.
Beall, Mrs. T. ]. Haines and Mrs. w. T.
Swingle. These teas will be given by
the club every Tuesday, and all mem
bers are urged to attend.
The French section will meet at All
Souls Church Wednesday at o'clock
Mrs Palmer and Mrs. Falk will be
hostesses. Mrs. Charles Bieler of
Montreal. who has four sons in the
Canadian army, will talk on The Soul
of France" This meeting will be a
farewell to Mrs. Frank Rutter. who
has been corresponding secretary of
the club for two years and is a mem
Der of the French section. Mrs. Rutter
will leave shortly for Japan, where
her husband who is in the bureau of
foreign and domestic commerce, has
recently received an appointment. All
members of the club and their friends
are invited to be present.
The social committee Of the Wom-
ans Evening Clinic will be at
home in honor of the Twentieth Cen
fury Club Wednesday afternoon, from
to 6. at 120 18th street. Mrs. Ed
ward B. Clark. president of the club,
will assist in receiving and all mem
bers and their friends are invited.
The present board of directors will
hold its last meeting Thursday morn
ing at 1880 at All Souls Church.
Potomac Literary Club-The club
met Tuesday evening in the w. c. It. L.
parlors, 522 9th street, with the presi-
dent, II. NJ. Fulton. presiding. Theodore
n. Wander Tyre was elected to men,
bership in the club. Carlton r. Ball of
the bureau of plant industry, Depart
ment of Agriculture. gave an illustrat-
ed talk on the subject: Where We Get
Our Daily Bread" In view of the ma
ticnal program for an increased yield of
foodstuffs, especially wheat. the subject
was particularly Interesting. The
methods of breaking up virgin prairie
land and its conversion into grain-pro-
ducing areas were shown, together with
several views of -four mills, both past
and present. The speaker stated that
the demand upon the United States this
year for a large yield of grain was par
ticularly great because of the fact that
the wheat-growing areas in South
America have produced but sufficient to
feed the people in those countries,
whereas ordinarily they have a surplus
for export purposes. \ musical and
literary program followed: Soprano
solos by Miss Frances Scherger, Love
is Bubble" tAlliston), and Resale"
IDekoven), Mrs. Sue Jennings accom-
panying: violin solos. Miss Helene Woy-
tych. "Hejri Katl" (Hubay), and Cradle
Song" (Reger), Mrs. Jennings at the
piano; readings by Miss Octa l. Bassett,
"Hindu's Paradise" "A Cutting From
the Littlest Rebel and wooing scene
from THE Tanning of the Shrew." The
program was brought to a close with
ROTATIONS by Mrs. Everlyn Gurley
Kane, "Gossips," Kipling's Road to
Mandalay" and the "Erl King" the lat
ter TO the accompaniment of piano and
violin, Mrs jennings and Miss Woy-
tych assisting. Refreshments were
served The May meeting will be at
Mr.. Fulton's home.
Teacher Associations of the District a
its April meeting, Tuesday, chose for
its delegates to the national child-wel-
delegate-at-large Mrs. George H F'lem-
ing and Mrs. t. Lewis Daily. Mrs. G.
S. Rafter, the president, will also rep
resent the congress. with Mrs. A. ].
Hin as her alternate. The conference
IS to be held In this city April "a to
May /. with headquarters at the Ra-
leigh Hotel. The forenoons will be
given over to business meetings and
there will be open sessions every aft
ernoon from o'clock until 4. with
programs of general and vital interest.
The state convention with the cleo
tion of officers of the local organiZa-
ton will be held Thursday from l until
in the oak room Of the Raleigh
The child welfare exhibit which will
be AN important feature of the confer
ence, is to be given throughout the
week in the Woodward & Iothrop au-
ditorium, and Will be open to the pub
lie daily from am. to pm. 1t is