Evening star., 1920-04-04
Among the Clubs

, Wetmore will tell of the Good Health
Club.
Florence Crittenton Wheel Club en-
joyed the hospitality of Mrs. Edison L.
Whitney, treasurer. Thursday after
noon. Mrs. Story. the president. gave
the results of the recent campaign TO
raise funds for the purchase OF
Crittenton country home. Those pres
ent at the mornings session OF the
Twentieth Century Club brought items
| from it. Mrs. NJ. F.. Colt. 4414 18th
| street, will be hostess April is.
Housekeepers' Ailiance.-Mrs. Rose
Gouveneur Hoe. president. announces
the following chairmen of committees:
Placement. Mrs. ]. w. Connolly; in
vestigation. Mrs. George Tully
Vaughn; compensation, Mrs. Eugene
Pomery; schedules, Miss Georgia Rob-
ertson.
The District Of CoIumbin Congress
sOciat tlOns held special meeting Mon
day in the Teachers Club Plans were
perfected for the annual state conven-
tion of the organization Tuesday.
April %. in the Teachers Club rooms.
| The special committee which drew up
the QUESTIONABLE stated that the sur
| vey Of the schools has been star Il.
and will be completed immedi y
after the Easter holidays. The super
vising principals of the several school
committee. and when the survey has
been completed there will be a statis-
| tical report made of the condition OF
every school building in the District.
| OF equal Importance with the Ques-
| tionnaire is the organization drive to
| be started at once. Its purpose is to
band parents together SO that the
parents and teachers will be able to
cooperate for the welfare of the chill
| dren. The teaching of health habits,
has long been advocated by the Con-
gress of Mothers. and three schools
| the Gage, Chevy Chase and West. are
now equipped with scales, where chill
dren are weighed and the parents are
kept informed of their physical condi-
ton as well as their mental progress.
| These scales were purchased by the
Parent-Teacher associations of the
three schools. Another matter which
has long been urged by the Congress
| of Mothers is the serving of a hot
| lunch to school children. and this
scheme has been put into operation
by the Johnson-Powell Mothers Club
at the Johnson School and by the
Parent-Teacher association at the Ben
| ming School with marked success.
Cultus Club.-Mrs. Selder ". Ely
entertained the members of the club
Tuesday at the University Club. 18th
and 1 streets northwest. Luncheon
was served at 1 o'clock. after which
the program for the day was given.
Mrs. Clifford X. Bergman read a pa
per on Great Men and Women of the
Victorian Era" which was followed
by THE Unification of Italy" a paper
prepared by Miss Hiberger and read in
her absence by Mrs. William NJ. Steu-
art. Mrs. William S. Corby led the
conversation on Tennyson and Brown
i, ing. and later concluded the proera
by reading excerpts from the poems
of both authors.
The Excelsior Literary Society was
entertained Wednesday evening at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. A. II. F'rear
223 Sth street northeast. Mrs. Frear
was presented with a mesh bag by
Mrs. F. L. Barringer. president, rep
resenting the society. and musical
program was contributed by Mr.. and
Mrs. Frear. Francis Corey. Dorothy
Gilmore, Louise Wood. o. NJ. James.
Cecil Sale. Mrs. E. V. Carr and Ben
jamin Rather. a scholarship piano
| student of the Washington College of
Music. Mrs. Matte Queen Ewing re-
cited.
The Sixteenth Street Heights Club
| met recently with Mrs. Daniel c.
Roper. the Parkwood. Mrs. E. L.
elected to membership. 1t was de-
cided. at a previous meeting. that
the club affiliate with the Federation
Of Women's Clubs. -t-s. "A
Ladies' Auxiliary. National Capitol
Post. No. 127. will meet in future on
the second and fourth Tuesdays of
the month. at p.m., at Carroll Hall,
91S 10th street.
The Shakespeare Society OF WASH