Evening star., 1920-10-17

! for the reception to be given We'd
nesday at the Washington Club in
| honor of the new president general
| of the national society, Mrs. George.
! Maynard Minor.
There was almost "A complete rep
! :escuiStion from the siXty-one chap
! tcrS present Mrs. Hodgkins read a
! letter from Mss Florence Bergman.
| who is travelling in the west. resign
| ing the office OF recording secretary.
| Mrs. G. N. BrUmbaugh was elected
| to the vacancy.
| Mrs. HodSkins explained there were
! only 300 invitations to be sent out to
| diplomatic. official and residential so
clety: one to each regent and the
| regent would extend an invitation to
every member in her chapter. All the
| details of arrangements are to be
| completed by the various subcom-
mittees.
The Anthony League held its first
! meeting of the season Thursday even
| ing at the home of the president. Mrs.
! Anna f. Hendley. 2007 Columbia road .
An outline of work was given by the
| president aud the chairmen of COM
| mittees Mrs. George F. Hobson pre-
sented her plan Of working for the
i children in blocks. asking for volun-
teers to take certain blocks conven-
lent To their homes. Mrs. Charles
! w. Fits made an appeal for the en-
/ larged needs of the Crittenton Home
| Mrs. NJ 7. Morse gave an account of
| her plan for the thrift committee to
conduct its work through the schools.
/ DR. Della Du Comb pledged her COM
J mittee, formerly the suffrage COM
| mittee. to work for national repre-
sentation for the citizens of the Dis
| trict. Mrs. Mary Wright Johnson
i was appointed chairman of the civics
committee Miss NJ, l.. Williamson
! will give her experience to the work
| nf th..s = .ig,t,,
| A resolution was sent to Mrs. Carrie
! Chapman Gait congratulating her
| upon the leadership of the campaign
which resulted in the ratification of
/ the nineteenth amendment to the
! federal Constitution. The following
! We're admitted to membership: Mrs.
James Mcclellan Waldrun. Miss Marie
| y. Montague. Mrs. Hortense X. Fow
Ter, Mrs. {. l.. Butler. DR.. +. NJ.
/ Smith, Miss K. NJ. Webb. Mrs. Julia
| W. Webb. Mrs. Bernice Metcalf and
Miss Mellen Mcpherson
/ The Anthony League has appealed
| to President Wilson to commute the
sentence Of the young colored woman
| awaiting execution to life imprison-
ment.
Dolly Madison Chapter. ID. a. r.. re
sumed its meetings Tuesday evening
at the home of the regent. Mrs Rich
! ard f. Claughton. Chatham Courts.
|
education will represent the chief
work of the chapter for the coming
season. "reminiscences of summer va
; cations were contributed by the men,
] bers following the business routine.
Martha Washington Chapter, ID. A.
r.. will open it's season Tuesday at
| the home of its regent. Mrs. Il. G
Yorks. with Mrs. T. q. Milligau and
Miss Milligan as assisting hostesses.
F.! Mary Warrington Chapter. ID. A.
r.. held its first fall meeting Tues
day evening at the Washington Club.
/ with the new regent. Mrs. Eugene
| Gibson Herndon. in the chair. Mrs.
! Charles W. Richardson. the retiring
regent. was presented with a chapter
! eX-regent'S pin. and one was also
presented to Miss Dornda Rogers, 4
former chapter regent
Mrs. Jane Bradley. one of the old
/ est charter and chapter members of
! the society. was given a D. A. Il. in
sigma pin as an eightieth birthday
| gift.
Mrs. Gilmore Collins. former District
and chapter officer. gave a talk on
her experience as chief clerk in thc
/ Department of Vocational Training
and Education in ST. Louis. This
year more steel book racks for th..
library in Memorial Continental Hall
are to be provided at a cost of $500
! each 1t is not generally known that
Mary Washington Chapter furnished
and keeps in condition this sec
ton, which is becoming one of the
best genealogical Libraries in the
country. Nearly $4,000 has been
raised for this work alone besides
many other patriotic lines of work
being done by this chapter.
League of American Pen Women
Walter keating. European CORE
spondent.- iectured on "CZechoslo-
/ vakia" at an informal tea at the
! league clubhouse Friday afternoon
| Edwin Markham gave selections from
his poetry. James Krebs. composer
played his composition, America. We
Live for Thee"
/ At the business meeting of tn"
league earlier in the week. plans an
Puy, included a shop talk evening
the fourth Monday of each month
when the more successful writer's.
artists and composers will discuss in
/ formally with one another and with
! beginners the inS and outs of those
i professions. Plans were also made
! for the professional opportunity serv-
ice department. of which Mrs Crete
P. Hutchinson. will be director. Mrs.
; Katherine B. Knight. who represented
meeting in Des Moines. told of the
many members of the League of
! American Pen Women who were in
i Des Moines as delegates to the fed
tFdtlon lie league elected 10 nom
orary membership Mrs. Annette
Adams. assistant attorney general:
! Miss Mabel Boardman, District Com
missioner; Miss Julia Lathrop. Mrs.
Maude Wood Park, Mrs. Harriet Tay-
! lor Upton, Miss Mary Stuart Miss
Kathryn Sellers and Mrs Katherine
Bovee.
Mrs. Percy V Moran donated an
unpublished manuscript written in
her early eirihood. \ similar manu-
script given by her to the d. A. r.
netted for them thousands of dollars.
with which they had the bronze doors
of their national club house executed.
Mrs Moran specified hat the proceeds
from the manuscript We're to be used
as a nucleus for fund for home
for elderly woman writer's
The wOmen'~ Club of Chevy Chase 1
will meet for the Trst time TINS sea
son Tuesday at > pm. in the Chevy
| Chase School Mrs. Edward p. Cos
tigan. resident of the Consumers
League. will speak on Wv oman IN
Politics Mrs. Josiah Jones. presi-
dent of the County Federation. viii
also give an address and the music
section Will add TO the program. The
section met Tuesday with Miss Nor
cross. the leader.
The Columbia Heights Art Club in
augurated its season recently at the
home of Mrs Wo1haupter of cleNe-
land Park with the president. Mrs.
c. II. Hill. in the chair Inc siuGg
topic for this year, as last. VIII be
Rome: one paper on Art. and an
other historic TO be presented at
each meeting Rome Under the
Kings" was given by Mrs. Hardy. ans
Mrs. Frizzell and Mrs. Croissant also