Evening star., 1918-03-17
8: Among the Clubs 5:

Mrs. A. Howard Clark. Mrs. Gwynn Gar
diner. Mrs. Samuel Avery, Mrs R. J.
, Stratton and Mrs. Eugene Byrnes
The Cercle Francais de WaShinSton
will meet Saturday at 4:30 pm. at the
Perpetual Building Association Hall.
I The program will comprise a lecture
! the University of Lyon. France. who
viii speak on the "Alsace-LorFaine e
Question" An address by member OF
the French high commission will be
which viii include an extensive musical
repertoire by prominent artists of this
city who have lent their cooperation
to the movement.
! The object of the cercle is to popu
larize the study of the French lam
| guage and to enable the public of
| Washington to hear the various mem
bers OF the French commission Mrs.
NiiIlam w. {. Gorgas, wife of the sur
9eon general of the Army. chairman of
the cercle. will preside and make the
| opening address
The Columbian Women of George
WashinGton University met Tuesday at
2o2I q street. Mrs Croissant, Mrs. Lap
/ nam and Mrs. Doyle were hostesses. 1t
was announced that there would be
! card party in the near future at the
nome of Mrs. T. NJ. PI ice to help raise
| the yearly subscription for the Univer-
slty building fund. and that plans were
| being made for the annual supper of
the society, for the latter part of April.
! Mrs Fahnestock of the food admins
| tration spoke on The Need of Food
| conservation" Mrs. F. L. Ransome,
! chairman of the subcommittee ON food
production and home economics of the
womans committee of the District
council of Defense. outlined plans for
"A Womans Land Army" that is. wom-
/ an farmers Raymond S Crisp' chief
| OF the bureau of naturalizat ton. told of
| With Today"
Dolly Madison Chapter. ID. A. r., met
iuesday evening a the residence of
Mrs II. c. Thompson. $500 18th street.
mere mere was large number present, in
| c!uding several guests, and its regent
Mrs: Mertz. presided
Ihe usual business meeting was fol-
io"ed with greetings from its host of
the evening. DR.. Thompson Miss Colby
| gave several musical selections on the
piano and Mrs. Lindsay. a group of
songs. Mrs Cullen of Mary WASH
ington Chapter, guest of the even
ihg' read paper on Indian Myths of
the Potomac River" A social half
hour included refreshments.
Col. James Mccall Chapter. u. A. r.
met Monday night. with Mrs Anna San
! porn Hamilton. regent, at her apart-
ment in the Bradford. The interest of
IRE chapter centers about the French
| orphan whom the members viii sun
port for at least one year. The child
: was born in 1918, and a reply of erati
@ w mas peen received by the chaplain
Srs. Mrs. Maud Prescott spoke of a letter
ircm her cousin, a Dartmouth man. now
IN france who visited the orphan and
round that she mas never been well
ana IS unable to walk. She has two
Wna,Id Slt,ait pr G;risht brothers. The chapter
would IKE to enlist the sympathy and
heip OF its friends in behalf of these
boys Mrs. Wattke. treasurer. present.
eaoa;, cd a gratifying report. which showed
eA'eieht activity in war relief work
The Cultus Club met Tuesday at the
residence of Mrs. William Steuart. in
Morrison street. with seventeen new, NJ
bers and one guest. Mrs. Hugh Me1nv
present The first paper was by Mrs
William Steuart on Sectional Indus
tres hn srlI in the United States: the SECOND
lomat1c Service and the third, by Mrs.
Charies Denoult. on Some Internation-
1 al MaTTlases" The program was con-
Poe I,uuGu oy a reading from Edgar Allen
anthony League-The war service
committee met Wednesday afternoon
at the home of the president Mrs
anna q. Hendley. 20o7 Columbia road.
hins.a Mrs. M 4; Blair; director of the Ru-
while in England at the opening of
the war and of hev observafions OF
the English soldiers and the patriotism
Mrs. Blair gave the use of her home
IN England to the government and
plans to return in May and stay until
the close OF the war, She became a
kloss gave violin selections Mr,e
Jaime C. de Veyra. wife of the PbiIin-
pines resident commissioner, will speak
Wednesday at pm. on philippine
Stahl of Minnesota will sing. All meet.
1ngs of the league are open 10 tho
public and strangers to the CITY are
especially invited
+ The Takoma Park Home Interest cInb
held its annual dinner, in the form of
an oyster roast, recently at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. William Leayjtt ON
Cedar street. The husbands were the
honored guests, as well as the enter
tainers. The original songs rendered
by The Queer Quartet" provided much
amusement Frequent telephone calls
from no one knew where" also gave
opportunity for more jokes and asts
on the various members. Those con-
tribut1ng to the amusement of the
evening were Mrs. Smith and Mrs.
shoemaker and Messrs. Carroll. Scriv-
ener, Coale. Stockberger, Shoemaker
and Simmons.
Robert +. Lee Chapter. L. ID. C-The
annual Dixie ball will be given by the
Chapter Easter Monday at the New
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rapidly formed. and Mrs. F. Hilton
Jackson. chapter president announces
the following as partial list Of patron
esses:
Mrs William T. Baggett, Mrs. John
H. Bankhead, Mrs. James l. Blakesley.
Mrs. Margaret N. Berry, Mrs. DeIos
Blodgett, Mrs. James Boggs, Mrs. AL
bert Sidney Burleson, Mrs III. f. Cary.
Mrs. L. B. Chisholm, Mrs George w.
| Eastment. Mrs. L. W. Eugstere Mrs.
Goodwin Ellsworth, Mrs Charles H.
Fred, Mrs. Alexander H. Gait. Mrs.
| Murray Clifford, Mrs Thomas P. Gore.
! Mrs. w. c. Gorgas, Mrs. Cary Grayson.
Mrs. Robert n. Harper, Mrs Thomas w
| Harrison, Mrs. John NJ Hickey. Miss
! Mamie r. Heth. Mrs. A. Barnes Hooe.
Mrs. William H. King. Miss Virginia
i Miller, Mrs. Lawton Morgan, Mrs. T
| Frank Morgan, Mrs. Leslie. D. Moore
Mrs James Z. Mulcare, Mrs Frank
! Odenheimer. Mrs. Clarence Owens. Mrs
Albert Sidney Parry, Mrs. L. d. Robin
son. Mrs. Leigh Robinson. Miss Mae
ROGERS Mrs. G. Sherburne Rogers, Mrs.
Willard salisbury, Mrs. r d. Shep-
| herd. Mrs. c. +. Shut, Mrs. Eli Bamford
Smith. Mrs. Rexford, Smith, Mrs. Claude
Swanson. Mrs. Wesley Martin Stoner
Mrs. Fred S. Swindell. Mrs George
Theobald. Mrs. Benjamin Tillman and
Mrs. Furman Wise.
! The young ladies, committee. and the
floor committee will bk composed OF
many of the prominent young peopIe
of the city, headed by Miss Helen. Stuart
| Griffith, Miss Lena Daniel and Miss