Evening star., 1919-11-09

and others in their addresses dwelt
upon the fact that the close of the
| war period did not lessen the need OF
supporting the Red Cross. splendid
by the individual members OF the
club.
Mrs. Theodore L. Cole outlined her
plans for the education section Ior
AmericaniZation work.
A resolution was presented ana
unanimously adopted by the CLUB ex-
pressing its appreciation or the spIeh-
did service and indefatigable loyaItv
rendered in past years py Mrs; Eu
ward B. Clark, who. with her husoano'
Col Clark, is residing in Chicago.
Mrs. George F. Bowerman is giving
short talks on Current Topics at the !
monthly meetings In her ADDRESS
Thursday she spoke of the he, sa1i nd pl,., ths
| the teachers retirement Dill ana Tue
| District minimum wage law
| The archaeology section of the cruz
| will meet at the home of Mrs. John !
| Lowe leader, at 2622 Woodley place
| The art section will meet wi.n WIZ c 10
leader. Mrs Dayton S. Ward, 1859 Co
| lumbia road, Thursday. at o CLOCK.
| The subject for study during the
| coming winter is Poetry. ana lot
the next meeting will be The Classic
Epics." coo
ton. announces a meeting at tne
parish hall of All Souls Church
Thursday Miss Mortenson. secretary
of the minimum wage board wiz
speak of the activities OF ner oepai'
ment. .;ox ,y;,,
The parliamentary law section VII
! meet Tuesday at the parish hall OF All
Souls Church. and the subject VIII pe
| "Indefpite Postponement anu ne
amendments Mrs. James I. Eslln'
| leader. wa,as
| The French section meets w eones
day at the home of Mrs. John l.. van
| Schaick ~ tho
| Mrs. Henry Thurtell. leader OF tne
members of the Twentieth Centu[.
| club who can give their time 10 me-!
| Of the headquarters of the surglcai
dressings division of the Red Gross. q. !
| 1920 Connecticut avenue oaIe
| mornings Of each week. 10 mar
n'rsina1 nru,, dressings for the Walter
f.! Reed Hospital. ,ourced
| Mrs. Gilbert S. GrosNenor a.
that Mrs. Eugene Byrnes mas AZ
ranged a program OF nlus.e an"
for the December meetihs'
r.. D,.trict of Columbia Congress
of Mothers and Pnrent-TeaenI -.
xocintfons are planning 70 n0 raon, IN
lin the clothes conservation room
old Central. to which they viii NV.
ali women interested in sewing ~
the school children of Washins 'on.
There have been many caiis ~
clothing for the school cnituln' nr. done
lou;ckly it has been decided 10 holo
Ia different Parent-Teacher assocla
jtion responsible for each day IN ..e
iweek On Mondays the faTene
preacher associations from the north-
west section will have charge OF the
room: on Tuesdays tae kndereaIlen
Association will sew, on WeoHesuaS"
the Northeast; on THURSDAYS the South-
west. and on Fridays the sou s,s,o
tInr will
one from a ParentTetcher assocla-
ton sewing for the school chlldren.
The room will always be open from
10 till every day. and all women
are members of Parent-Teacher as
sociation.
The Ednonds Mother Club will
school. Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter.
president of the District of Columbia
Congress of Mothers and Parent-
Teacher associations. will speak on the
school children in the clothes CON
seryaticn room belonging to the Con
gress of Mothers. Visitors are wei
come. 49,,
The Hilton Mothers Club will hold
a meeting at the school Tue sday' anu
will elect officers for the year.
The Peabody Mothers Club met
Tuesday and elected ofncers lor tne
year Mrs. G. S. Rafter. president OF
the District of Columbia Congress OF
Mothers and Parent-Teacher assocla-
tions, spoke of the sewing for the
school children and on the heaitn OF
the children The new officers elected
were: President. Mrs. l.. II. brown
vice president. Mrs. J. Maycock; sec
retary. Mrs. J. w. Mcconnell: treas
urer, Mrs. F. Newman. and librarian,
Mrs. Holt.
The WaIIach-TOwers Mothers Club
recently elected officers for the year:
President. Mrs. G. A. Hutchinson; vice
president. Miss Lulu Macintosh; sec
retary Mrs. Ebaugh: treasurer. Mrs.
John Doerr. and delegate to the Con-
gress of Mothers Mrs. Reinhold. The
association will hold the regular
meeting at the Wallach School to-
morrow at pm, when Miss Raw
the pupils from the eighth grade will
sing.
j The Wendell Wolfe Chapter. D.A.R..
Mrs. H. C. Oberholser, with Miss Hen
lev. Miss Evans and Miss Garlick as
sisting hostesses. The regent. Miss
! Wolfe presided, and. despite the rain,
Ia large number of members and .
] guests were present. During the
business hour the vice regent. Mrs.
4 Stne, gave report on the District
D. A r. executive meeting and pre-
sented the plans of work along vari- |
4 Gus lines. The chapter voted to con-
/ tribute SIS toward the salary of
teacher for the Americanization
schools The address of the evening !
was given by Representative W. J..
i Nelson. his subject being "Americani-
zation" He told what Congress was
doing along this line of work. speak
ing especially Of the Kenyon bill.
which provides for cooperation with
the states in the education of nom
| English speaking persons and the as
similation of foreign-born persons,
and carries an appropriation for the
first year of S5,000.000 and for the
next five years an annual appropria-
ton of S12.50O.000. He also spoke of
the plans for Americanization in the
state of Delaware, which is making
rapid progress.
Mrs. Claude Trotter, member OF
the chapter. rendered two vocal So
los. Dear Pal of Mine" and Mann ,
my's Song" and was accompanied by
Miss Geneva Wallace. Mrs. Paul An
derson Of Columbia Chapter. D. A: r..
sang two solos, Il Love You. Little |
4 Girl" and La Serenita." During
the social hour refreshments were
served by the hostesses.
+; In addition to the members, other
guests were: Mrs. w. L. Nelson. Mrs.
Il Francis st. Clair. regent of the Sarah
i St Clair Chapter; Lieut.. and Mrs. i
Paul Anderson. Eugene Beall and DR.. ,
II. c. Oberholser.
i The Abrncadabra Club was enter |
tanned Wednesday evening at the
home of Maj. and Mrs. A. s. Pes I'm, |
i 9O5 Westminster street. Respon.cs to
roll call were on Treason and 10y