The Washington herald., 1920-05-23

Mrs. Clifford Bergman, Mrs. Fran
els A. st. Clair and Mrs. S. NJ.
Meeks were elected members of the
executive board of directors. An
nual reports were read by the
chairmen of all committees.
THE EXCELSIOR CLUB
HOLDS INTERESTING MEETING.
The Excelsior Club held its last
meeting Of the season and picnic on
May Is at the home of Mrs. Mills
.O'Keefe, in Hyattsville. Md. Mrs.
B. Barnhart, the president, presid-
ing. Interesting papers were read
by Mrs. Fannie Page on Edith
Cavelw and by Mrs. J. W. Webb on
The Animal Rescue League" A
piano solo by Miss Francis Hoops
was given. Guests of the club were:
Mrs. Howard S. Hodgkins, president
of the d. c. Federation of women's
Clubs, and Mrs. l. whiting. president
OF the Civic Club of Hyattsville.
Mrs. Cu1ley and Mrs. (. N. Corey,
of College Park, and Mrs. J. Webb
and. L. Warner. After the meeting a
picnic dinner was served in the gar
den. A feature of the garden was
the planting of a spray of Ivy by
Mr.. Hodgkins in honor of the fed
'eration, and a rose by the Excelsior
Club. Many plants, which were
friendship plants. have now become
memorials. The next meeting of the
club will be at the home of the
. coming president, Mrs. E. A. Tib-
it's, 1918 Vermont avenue north
west. the first Tuesday in October.
Officers elected to serve next year
are: President. Mrs. E. A. Tibbetts:
first vice president, Mrs. ]. W.
Bulla, second vice president, Mrs.
E. Gravatt; third vice president,
Mrs. Henry c. Cook: recording Sec
rotary. Mrs. Addie w. Foster; corre-
spending secretary. Mrs. Fannie
rage; treasurer, Mrs. Yeatman;
press correspondent. Mrs. Mills
o'Keefe; director to the federation,
Miss Flora B. McCreery.
NEAR EAST RELIEF
TO HOLD GARDEN FETE.
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson. Mrs.
Joshua W. Alexander. Baroness Ro-
mano Avezzano, Mrs. Charles B.
Ames. Mime. Bryn. Mrs. Newton d.
Baker, Mrs. Charles ]. Bell, Mrs.
Montgomery Blair. Mrs. Delos 4.
Blodgett, Miss Mabel T. Boardman.
Mrs. Louis ~Brownlow, Mrs. A. S.
Burleson, Mrs. Henry X. Bush
Brown, Mrs. c. c. Calhoun. Princess
Cantucacene. Mrs. Wilbur Carr, Mrs.
cambridge Colby. Mrs. Ira c. Cop
ley. Mrs. Josephus Daniels, Mrs.
Henry F. Dimock. Nine. Ekengren.
Mrs. Stephen B. Elkins. Mrs. Henry
d. Flood. Lady Auckland Geddes,
Mrs. Thomas T. Gaff, Mrs. Hampson
Gary. Mrs: Cary T. Grayson. Nine.
Slavko Y. Grouitch. Mrs. John Hays
Hammond. Mrs. Joseph Hampson.
Mrs. Archibald Hopkins, Mrs David
F. Houston, Nine. Jusserand, Mrs.
Julian James. Mrs. Ralph Jenkins,
Mrs. Francis. T. JunkIn, Mme.fKwa-
piszewska, Mrs. Victor Kaufman,
Mrs. Robert Lansing, Mrs. George
Cabot Lodge. Mrs. Breckinridge
Long. Princess LHbomirska, Mrs.
George P. Mayre, Mmes Matthew,
Miss Julia Maths, Mrs. Randolph
Miner, Mrs. Francois B. Moran, Mrs.
Theodore w. Noyes, Nine De Pezet.
Mrs. A. Mitchell Palmer, Nine.
Panaretof. Mrs. James ParmeIee,
Mrs. Robert w. Patterson. Mrs.
Henry c. Perkins, Mrs. Mahlon Pit
ney, Mrs. Key Pittman, Mime. Riano
Mrs. Henry T. Rainey, Mrs. Charles
w. Richardson, Mrs. Franklin D.
Roosevelt. Mrs. Matthew T. Scott.
Nine. Soil. Mrs. Wesley NJ. Stoner
Mrs. T: De Witt Talmage, Mrs. Ross
Thompson. Mrs. Robert NJ. Thomp-
son, Mrs. Walter Tuckerman, Mrs.
Harvey. w. Wiley and Mrs. John
Hervey Young are the patronesses
for the garden fete and card party
to be given by the Near East Relief
Committee at the residence of Mrs.
Charles J. Bell. Twin Oaks" Wood
ley lane, near Cathedral avenue
Friday. May %. 2 to Z D. M, and for
musicale and ball at wardman PARK
Hotel Monday. May 81.
Mrs. Hollister Sturges, of Philadel-
phia, has come to Washington to
spend the, week end at the Maison
Dupont, 1901 r street.
wOMEN's LEGION UNITS
SPRING UP RAPIDLY,
New units of the American wom-
ems Legion are springing UP all over
the country like the spring flowers
that are covering the hillsides. II is
waking a national heart throb nv
drawing together the women whose
trembling hands SO eagerly grasped
the daily papers, and whose anxious
eyes so fearfully scanned the casual
NORTHERN INDIANS