Evening star., 1918-06-23
Among the Clubs


held its June meeting at the colonial
home of it's regent. Mrs. ]. H. Lough-
borough, River road. Md. The morn
ing session was devoted to business
matters and reports. A resolution
was passed indorsing the action OF
the Washington clergymen in their
appeal to the people OF the city to
observe the ringing of the Angelus
daily at noon. During the afternoon
session patriotic exercises were held.
Miss Meta Craig sang several songs
and also read an ancestral paper. MISS
Edith Saul recited, Mrs. F. P. Stone
read an article entitled "Our Neglect
of Prayer for Victory" and Mrs. VIM
gate read two letters from her son.
who is in France. A poem entitled
'"They're There" written by Mrs.
Stones young son, received applause.
Mrs. Bullard read an amusing letter
addressed to the United States Army
BY the wife of a drafted man. Lunch
con was served by the hostess.
The women's Section, Montgomery
County Council Of Defense. met Tues
day in Rockville at the Montgomery
Country Club, Mrs. ]. Frank Wilson
presiding. The feature Of the pro-
gram was child welfare. Mrs. Dr..
Max West of Washington spoke OF the
necessity of following the directions
issued from the United States chill
dren's bureau for the childrens year
campaign. Cards for weighing and
measuring children under six years of
age have been distributed through the
county and the help of all local doc
tors has been solicited.
Miss Armstrong. executive secre-
tary, spoke Of the work and the cam
paign now in progress in Baltimore.
urging the counties to do their full
share. The meeting was well attend
ed from different sections OF the
county.
report of the thirty-two cases the
civilian relief committee has under its
care.
Among those giving chairmen and
other reports were Mrs. William n.
Talbot, liberty loan and w. S. s.;
Miss Erickson. county demonstrator;
Miss Mamie Poole. thrift leader from
Poolesville district: Mrs. o. H. w.
Alice Brooke. Red Cross: Mrs: James
H. Loughborough, Bethesda district;
Mrs. Willard o. Waters. conservation
chairman. Federation of Women's
Clubs: Mrs. James Deets. Clarksburg
district: Mrs. Josiah w. Jones, cap
Idlll IhGSSCA6CA SCI NaSS.
ed a successful tag day Saturday for
the benefit of the pillow work being
carried out by the organization for
the base hospitals in the camps in the
United States. Mrs. Mary Logan
Tucker, president of the legion. in re-
work, extended the thanks of herself,
officers and members to all who helped
in any way. Mrs. Thomas Calver
proved the banner worker. having.
with her corps of assistants, sold
$143.07 worth of tags at the Union
amounted to $92.35. Mrs. Robinett
Perry, in charge of the tag table at
the Shoreham, turned in $60.19. to
which was added $40 by the sales out
side by her assistants: Miss Elsie
Burchard, Mrs. Sanford. Miss Zappone.
Miss Dorothy and Miss Grace Hoffman.
with Mrs. P. Koch. in charge of the
18th street corner, and also of the
exhibit of pillows in the window at
Affleck's drug store, which directed In
terested attention to work of the le-
gion and which resulted in the con-
tribution of several feather beds and
a number of pillows. Miss Cora Curry
sold tags to the amount of $45, and
others who did successful work at va
rious points in the public buildings.
stores, hotels and on the streets were
Mrs ]. Ross Cohoun and Mrs. j. H.
Barnard, Mrs. Gillett, Miss A. B. Glas-
sic, Mrs. Sullivan. Miss Mfnnaugh,
Miss T. Carpenter, Mrs. Sadler, Mrs.
Van Week, Miss NJ Beyerle. Mrs.
Clustie Howard. Mrs. Hillman, Miss
liott. Miss S. Berry. Mrs. Sarah Kin
sella, Mrs. Weiss, Mrs. Knight. Mrs.
Norton, Mrs. Olive johnson. Mrs. T.
X. Cunningham. Miss Brinton, Mrs.
Raymond. Mrs. c. F. B. Price, Mrs.
florence n1orer; Isi ponahue. @ Mrs. john A. ' Lo-
gan and Mrs. Mary S. Lockwood, as
sisted by Mrs. NJ. E. Leith and Miss
Jane Gibson. presided over the head
quarters table at the New Willard
and received all funds turned in by
teams; Gcv. William Pitt Kellogg
kindly donated the use of his car for
Mrs. Tucker to visit various posts and
keep the members supplied with tags
and to transfer workers. The AFFAIR
will enable the legion to at once turn
into pillows the large quantity of
feathers which have been contributed
by friends in all parts of the United
States.
The Sarah st. Clair Chapter, d. A. r.,
met Saturday afternoon at the home
Of Mrs. Maude B: Coll. Jewell Station.
Clair, reported that during the year
the chapter had expended for, pa
trtotic education In the Districti $50.
and outside the District. $105: to war
relief and historic a,n.,1 work, <, ss4S had had
Of knitted garments and
other donations to camps and hospi-
tails. Thirty-nine valuable revolu-
relics have been presented to
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