Evening star., 1920-02-01
AMONG THE CLUBS

WOmen's City Club.-Mrs. Myer
Cohen will be hostess at the tea to
be given this afternoon at the club
house. with Mrs. E. ]. Brennan, Mrs.
y. r. Street and others to assist. The
third of the series of dances will be
given February and the monthly
. meeting will be held February 4 at
rs o'clock pm.
Il The mass meeting held Monday
Il night at the New Willard was sue
!; cessful in purpose, despite the IN
clement weather and much illness
among the members.
i DR.. Writ gave an illustrated lee
| ture on The Near East Wednesday
i evening at the clubhouse.
i Victory Chapter, ID. A. r.. celebrated
1 its first birthday anniversary Monday
i afternoon at the home Of Mrs. j. n.
! Baker, 1862 Macomb street. Mrs. r.
4 Cotton Lewis and Mrs. George Macom-
| Der were the assisting hostesses. Mrs.
| Duncan u. Fletcher, organizing secre-
tary general. rendered her congratula-
l tionS and Miss Hilda Fletcher, state re-
| gent. who was not able to be present
| on account of illness, sent a message
| of commendation. Mrs. T. j. Kemp
read a paper on Ireland. and told of
! her experiences on a recent trip to
| that country. The chapter voted in IA
vor of the Smith-Towner bill. providing
for a new system of national education.
Amounts We're disbursed for patriotic
education, the Juvenile Protective Asso-'
citation, flag for troop of BOY Scouts
southern schools. and Americanization
community service.
The Political Study Club at its jan
uary meeting, held at the residence of
Mrs. David Kincheloe. 1901 K street,
elected delegates to the Federation Of
| Women's Clubs Mrs Van Auken. Mrs
Charles L. Gumnel. Mrs. NJ. Fairchild,
Mrs. David H. kincheloe Mrs. Arthur
Macdonald. Mrs. William Mason. Mrs
Frederick Shepherd. Mrs. Shulteiss. Mrs
| Richard Whiting and Mrs. Towson. The
presided. A paper on Panama. was
read by Mrs. David H. Kncheloe and
Miss Margaret Mansfield entertained
with violin selections.
The John Lindsey Chapter, d. A. r.,
was entertained recently by Mrs. Mat
| thew Trimble and Mrs Henry F. Saw
telle. The regent, Mrs. j. Edison
Hriggs. presided. and reports showed
\ the chapter to be in excellent con-
ship. received ar previous meeting,
were acted upon. Matthew Trimble
spoke on "Americanism as the Founda-
| ton of the d. A., r." Mrs. John P Hal
| sted sang and Miss Mooney gave reci-
tations.
The Children and Sons Of the Re-
public Committee of the District ID. A.
r., Mrs. Frank Foster Greenwalt,
chairman, reports that free weekly il
auspices for. the young boys at the
Y. NJ. c. A. main building. The club
organized by the District of Columbia
D. A. R. of Y. NJ. c. A. boys. known as
boys-including children Of foreign
iparentage-are invited Mr.. Clarence
J. Blanchard of the United States re-
clamation service recently delivered
an illustrated lecture entitled Our
Pagan People. the Sun Worshipers of
the Great Southwest" Money has been
raised to aid the Girl Scouts.
The committee is working to obtain
United States flags for Boy Scout
/ troops of the District who do not pos
j thirty will be needed. The following
chapters and individuals have re-
! sponded with pledges to donate flags.
The state regent of the District, Miss
Hilda Fletcher; the ex-state regent,
Mrs. Gaius Brumbaugh; Miss Effie l..
| Henry, regent of the General Stephen
| Moylan Chapter, and the following
| chapters: Telles de Rochambeau, Dolly
Madison. Mary Bartlett Ann Hill,
Wendell Wolfe, Sarah St. Clair. Pa
Richard Arnold, Continental. Ruth
i Brewster. Marcia Burnes, Victory Key
stone. Abigail Hartman Rice. Army
| and Navy, Louise Adams, Mary Wash
ington, Dorothy Hancock and Federal
City.
! Potomac Garden Club-About thir-
ty-five acres of land in Potomac Park
surrounded by the speedway. divided
| into about three hundred lots, were
| cultivated as vegetable gardens by
members Of the Potomac Garden Club
4 last year. 1t is expected that from
| fifty to a hundred acres in this park
will be made available to club men,
| bers this season. The plots will be
allotted by w. c. Hall. agricultural
agent for the District. as the land will
be cultivated and used under the gen.
eral supervision Of the Department
| of Agriculture. No allotments will be
made except to members.
| The club has recently been reor-
, Eanized, and it's affairs have been
placed in the hands of nine directors.
who have elected George NJ. Curtis of
| 3157 18th street as president and M
H. Fearnow of 435 7th street south
west as secretary treasurer.
Any head of household in the Dis
trict who desires to cultivate garden
on one of the unassigned lots, 40 by
| 100 feet, may apply to the secretary
treasurer for membership in the club
and deposit with him a SIS member
ship fee. Any unused portion of the
| fee will be returned to each member
of the club at the end of the 1920 gar
den season.
Dorothy Hancock Chapter. ID. A. r.,
was entertained on it's guest day yes
| terday by the regent. Miss Marie
| Adams, at her home on Park road
The regents of all the District of CO.