Evening star., 1919-10-05
Among the Clubs

The Tweatieth Century Club held
IN the new assembly hall of the Cosmos
Club, which has been chosen as the
meeting place Of the club for the next
year. 1t was announced that the board
and some Of the section meetings would
held. ~ formerly, in the lecture room
of All Souls Church. Mrs. Lyman b.
Swormstedt presided at the meeting.
which had an unusually large attendance
for the club opening. Miss Florence
Spofford read paper on Soldier
Humor" and Mrs. Ernest p. Bickneil. a
formAr president Of the club, who has
just arrived in Washington from an alb
sence Of over two years overseas, and
Is the house guest of Judge and Mrs.
Luke Strider, gave a short talk on her
experiences in France.
The section Of archaeology again will
be under the leadership of Mrs. John
Lowe. 2622 Woodley place. An attractive
program has been planned for the COM
ing year. The first meeting will be the
fourth Tuesday in November, at the
home of Mrs. Lowe, at o'clock, the
subject for the day being North Aneri-
can Archaeology"
s, Ward. will begin its work the eesond
Thursday in Novembea The subject
for the season will be the "Seven Arts -
The meeting place, as usual, will be in
Mrs. Wards home. 1853 Columbia road.
Mrs. John Van Schaick will have
charge Of the French section this year.
The first meeting will take place the last
Wednesday in October at the home Of
Mrs. Van Schaick. on Massachusetts
avenue. Mrs. Van Schaick, like Mrs.
iobn in Eron fnr txryn
and both were decorated at the same
time by Queen Elizabeth Of Belgium for
their war service in Belgium. Both are
fluent. French scholars. and the French
section of the club promises to be one Of
the largest departments during the COM
Ing season.
Mrs William r. Heron. leader of the
nature section, which includes the study
of wild, flowers. birds. insects. moths.
etc, will hold a meeting November 10
at her home in Florence Court. When
possible outdoor walks will be taken in
search Of specimens in the various
branches which will be studied. The
section of parliamentary law will be un-
der Mrs. Katherine R. Eelin. 1717 14th
street, who will announce the date Of
the first meeting as soon as the class is
organized
Mrs. Hsffy Thurtel will be in charge
of the section of reconstruction. An
appeal was made for surgical dressing
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week to 1890 Connecticut avenue.
Abraeadabra Club.-The first meet
ing Of the club this season was held
wednesday evening at the home OF
with a large number of members and
guests in attendance. Judge Thomp-
son welcomed the club, and the men,
bers in response to the roll call mar
rated amusing incidents in connection
with their school days. Various items
OF business were transacted. and the
names OF Mr. and Mrs. Henry Barrick
were presented for membership. Sew
eral vocal selections were given by
Miss Mary Thompson and several
piano selections by George Thompson,
son and daughter of the hostess. Rev.
Dr. Montgomery. pastor OF Cal
vary n. e. Church. gave an address on
mentioning several poets and recitins
selections from their works.
Copies of the annual program were
circulated. The officers for the year
are: President. Judge J. w. Thomp-
calf and Mrs. NJ. D., Lindsay; secre-
tary. Dr. e. L. whitney; correspond
ing secretary. Miss Flora J. McCreery;
executive committee. F. J. Metcalf. NJ
w Preston; NJ D: Lindsay, Mrs. g. N.
music committee. NJ. D. Lindsay, DR..
c. q. Abbott and Mrs. F. s. Ray.
The Anthoay League held its nrst
meeting Of the season Thursday at
1850 pm. At the home of the presi-
dent. Mrs. Anna E. Hendley. 2o07 CO.
lumbia road. The various lines Of
work Of the league were mapped out
for the committees, some Of which
will cooperate with other organiza-
tions. ~------r'-. = 49,
Mrs. Nanette B. Paul. LII. B.. gave
an account of her summer work at
Atlantic City. with the Mime. Mumford
collection Of biblical character cos
tunes at the yvarious churches. 4
Mrs. Howard l. Hodgkins. president
Of the Federation ofzWomen, a club,
was the guest Of honor at the meet
ing.
Mrs. Locher. chairman Of the moving
picture COMMITTEES, HWi1l ahdliate with
the educational work OF the league.
The next business meeting will be
held on the first Thursday In Novem-
Der. The "Wednesday afternoon en-
tsrtainment program viii begin No
vember IL. at. 3:30 PM. with several
interesting speakers.
wheel Club menbe1s Of the Flor
eaee CYittentsn wheel Club were the
1uncheon guests =; Thursday Of .n Mrs.
east. president Of the club. Covers
were laid for seventeen. Several
members were ont of town. II was
the thirteenth birthday Of the club.
which fact inspired an original poem
by one of the members. The club
voted $50 for certain needs Of the
Crittenton Home, z1S ID street, and
500 liberty bond toward the fund
for the purchase Of q country home.
Mrs. Regina Douglas. q guest Of the
club. gave Talk on Crittenton work.
Other guests were Mrs. H. N. Simp-
son Of Vincennes. Ind. and Mrs. Mary
z. Pomeroy of westneld. Mass. The
next meeting will be with Mrs Wick
ham. 1908 Rhode Island avenue north
east October 1e.
The Takema Park Hone Interest
Cfab held itsf deferred September
meeting Wednesday At the home of
Mrs. william NJ. Leavitt, on Cedar
street. FIVE new members were
elected. Mrs. Scrivener will be the
hostess at the next meeting. Octo-
Der 20.
The Neweesahs Club began its thir-
teenth year with the assembly meet
ing held September rs at the home
Of the president. Mrs. Percy r. Allen,
Alta Vista: A calendar Of unusual
effect of the war on our commercial
and Industrial development, the arts
and religion. Plans were made to
arouse new interest In the social
service work for the county. The
club has continued the Red Cross
work through the summer and q
number of finished garments were
turned over to the committee. A lib
eral contribution. was made to the
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