Evening star., 1919-04-20
Among the Clubs

Twentieth Century Club-For the
irst time in its history the club is to
hold q regular monthly meeting at a
place other than that which it has
known as home. The May meeting
will be held in the hall nf the Cosmos
Club. II street and Madison place. The
entrance is through the garden on
Madison place.
The section of archaeology will hold
the last meeting of the season April
% instead of Tuesday OF this week.
The new board of directors. Mrs. Ly-
man X. Swormstedt presiding. will
meet Tuesday morning at II o'clock
in the lecture room of All Souls
Church to appoint standing commit
tees and heads of sections for the en-
euing year. On Thursday morning at
the same place and hour the old board
of directors will hold the regular
monthly meeting Mrs. Gilbert IL
Grosvenor. the outgoing president,
will preside.
The French section viii meet Wed
nesday TT 4 o'clock. at the home of
Mrs. James w. McNeill. 1915 Park
direction of Nine. Blanche Bimont and
Miss Mabel Pillsbury The wild flower
section. in charge of Mrs. William Fl
Heron, will meet at Dupont Circle a I
/ O'Clock Wednesday afternoon for an
expedition in search of spring bios
SONS. Subscription cards for the VIC
tory loan will be sent tomorrow to
the members of the loan committee.
who are requested TO distribute them
to the member of the club named in
their lists. Reports on the progress of
the work may be made TO the chair
man, Mrs. Edward r. Clark. at any
time before the May meeting of the
club. when meeting of the commit
tee will be called at 1880.
The League of American Pen Won-
en- met Monday evening at o'clock
at its headquarters, 1923 II street, Mrs.
Isaac Pearson, president. presiding.
Committee and regular business
ports were waived and the evening
given over to the special business of
deciding upon a new clubhouse for
the league Mrs. Florence Jackson
Stoddard. chairman of the committee
for the selection Of a clubhouse. re-
ported that after she and the members
of her committee had inspected every
available house for this purpose they
had decided that the one at 1922 II
street was the best suited to the needs
of the league a four-year lease
with an option on buying would be
given by the owner of the house. BY
unanimous vote of the members pres
ent this house at 1922 H street was
chosen. The house will be immedi-
ately put into the hands of an interior
decorator and the league will move in
fishing a national headquarters for
the league and home for writing
women in Washington was raised by
the authors carnival and ball given
At tho New Willard in February.
Mrs Isaac Pearson said that the
pen women hoped to make their new
clubhouse literary center in Wash
ington; that many of the outside MEM
bers of the league. which is a ma
ttonal organization. had written to her
house in Washington. where they
could stop while visiting the city.
The corresponding secretary was
authorized to write a note of SYM
pAthy to Miss Alice Hutchins Drake,
member, whose home had been recent
ly destroyed by fire.
The league Endorsed two new books
by members. volume of poems and
prose by Anna B. Patten and a VOL
ume of verses for children by Mrs r.
c. Potter. wife of Maj. Potter.
Seventeen new members were ad-
mitted- Their names are as follows:
Miss Jane Mead Welch. Buffalo. y. Y;
Miss Nellie B. Miller. Colorado Springs.
Col; Miss Cora E Behrens. Dallas.
Tex: Mrs Blanche H Ray, Miss Mar
raret Clark. Washington. D. c.; Mrs.
Grace P. Pope. Mrs. Kate Arlington,
Mrs. Kate c. Havens. Mrs Myrtle Eng
Itsh Ashworth. Mrs Amy s.. Corlew.
Mrs. D. A MacDouga1 Mrs Mary
Gridley Tar of Miami, Flat Mrs.
Mayme j. Pephard. Minneapolis. Mimi |
Miss Mary Carmack MacDougal. New !
York city; Miss Violet MacDougal I
Sapulpa, Okla; Mrs. Ella NJ Sexton |
San Francisco. Cal, and Miss Amy
Colyer. Asheville, y. c.
Several amendments to the consti-
tuition viii be taken up at the annual
meeting, which will be held in May
Later in the evening an informal re-
ceptiion was given the new members
Cefcle des Precieuses Ridicuf~x-i
The enthusiasm of the cercle has in
creased with its years and, although
by right of custom the next meet
ing should close the season, there
10 'Twist-like" clamor for more"
meetings And. why not? Why not
enjoy ones self in May as well as in
lei on rit.'' Mile Shaw recently en-
tertained with the following pro-
gram: Recitation, Nom de France"
N Becker: lecture. Marie Caroline,
Refine de Naples Nine. Seip;
causerie. Souvenirs de Ia Perse," Dr.
q. Ami: piano solo. Romance sans
Paroles" lSaint-Saens). Nine Simp-
son: chanson, ties deux Daisers''
tCharninade). Mile. Booker; La Mar
seillaiBe.''
AFrances Scott Chapter, ID. A. r..
mee Tuesday. the regent, Mrs.
Laur1 =. Olney. in the chair. Re
ports on the war orphan fund and
Gard party for same were received.
A. large card party to be held the
middle of May at the Hotel Harring-
ten was decided upon. The nominat-
ing committee, Mrs. Hayme. chair
man. presented the name of Mrs. AL
fred Ball Garges for the office of
Woe regent. made vacant by the resig-
nation Of Mrs. William o. Roberts.
ArR Garges was unanimously elected.
Anthony League. Mira Ahmad
Sohrab, former secretary of the Per-
sian legation and secretary to Abdul
Bahai from 1912 to 1918, gave a talk
Of the conditions of Palestine and
what the women did during the war
at the Wednesday afternoon meeting
at 2o07 Columbia road. On account
of the illness of the president, Mrs.
Anna E. Hendley, Mrs Nanette B
Paul presided. Wednesday afternoon
at $3.50 Mrs. Whitman will speak of
The Visiting Nurse Society,"" and
Mrs. Charles o. II. Craigie will also
speak.
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