Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-05-02

The wonen's City C1ub.-Miss
Mary OToole will b Hostess at the
directors reception at.. the Women's
City Club from to O'Clock this
afternoon. Asst sting will be Mrs
Robert Nelson. Mrs. James Carroll
Frazer. Mrs. William E. Chamberlin
Mrs George Eastment. Mrs. HarWooC
Read. Mrs. Floyd waggaman. Mis-:
ming. Miss Mia Allen. Miss Jane
Bartlett and Mrs. Lewis C. Ecker.
There will be a club dance tomor.
row evening. the last of the season
"Wednesday the polls will be oper
from 10 am. to pm. for the election
the coming year. The annual bust
ness meeting will be called to order
at 3 o'clock. The result of the cleo
tion viii be announced and reports
OF officers and committees will bt
given. Thursday evening Mrs. Byron
Mcbride Caples will talk on 'Ver.
sailles and Its Romantic History
Her mother, Mrs. Lucy Page STEELE
will give some numbers of French
music. Mrs. Laura A. Bradley will
O'Clock DIR. Charles A1phonso Smith
head of the department Of English a,
the United States Naval Academy al
Annapolis, will talk on "Nationaliza-
ton Of American Literature"
The Home Club will give a thrift
stamp dance Tuesday evening at S:3t
O'Clock in the corridor. under the di.
rection Of the thrift stamp committee
Department of the Interior. Each
guest must buy in advance two thrift
stamps and receive an admission card
Dancers are reminded that they viii
not pay the folders" in that each
participant will save SO cents. A 500
card party will be given by the clut
Wednesday evening at $50 at 1872:
street. Last Sundays hike. unde,
the leadership of7Mr. La Forge. was
through. a little known region OF
great beauty.
The College Women's Cfub.-The
walking sections will stroll through
with supper at Chestnut Crest as its
object. Friday right there was a
lrisk moonlight walk down the ridge
from College Park. Md. to- Hyatts-
vile, under the leadership of Mr.
The club will hold its annual bust
ness meeting for election Of officers
and the report of the years work
tomorrow evening at o'clock at the
clubhouse. 1922 l street.
The National society. Colonial
Daughters OF America. held its thir-
teenth annual meeting April "a in
the Gridiron room at the New Will
lard. The president general. Miss
Mary Florence fancy OF kentucky,
great great grandniece of Roger
Brook fancy. presided and the pro-
gram was outlined by the recording
secretary general. Miss May Wash
ington. great great grandniece OF
George Washington. It was the first
national meeting Of the society held
in WA 1h in and ohnnt fffv
credited delegates and alternates
were present, representing the fol-
lowing states: Kentucky Miss Anna
Hodge Taylor. regenD. Ohio (Miss
souri, ,Mrs. Edward sehaaL regent.
New York (Mrs. Frank D. GallaE.
regent. Arkansas Miss Stella Pick
EFT Hardy. regen), Virginia (Mrs.
James Clark Fisher. regent. District
of Columbia Miss Maud Burr Nor
ferro Alexander. fegsnt). Oregon
(Mrs. John ]. Read, regentf. Cali
fornia tMrs. Freeman r. {Cady. re-
CENT?, Colorado (Mrs. William Wells
liam H. Talbot. regent and Florida
(Mrs. Charles b. Hubert; regent).
The morning session.; was devoted
to the reading of reports of state
officers and to discussing proposed
changes in the constitution. necessi-
society.
At the afternoon session the fol-
lowing ladies were elected to office I:
Mrs. Shepherd W., Foster Of Atlanta,
Ga. vice n, president general; Mrs Mrs.
curator general; Mrs. Low Of Florida,
librarian general: Miss Florence Ber-
ryman Of the District of Columbia.
colorbearer general. and Mrs. Frank
p. Callan. first state regent OF New
Discussion followed as to the form
of memorial to colonial women to
be undertaken by the national or
state organizations. those suggested
being gifts of text books. bronze OF
marble tablets. statues and scholar
ships. Mrs. Foster was appointed
chairman of committee to arrange
for a participation in the Mayf1owel
celebration in December. Addressed
were made by Mrs. Foster, also by
Mrs Joseph Benson, FORAKER Of Ohio
inro ns ss95esf ncw sh ~7 v,e
tory Memorial building
Other out -ofzfown members. pres
ent We're Mrs. Woods of Georgia. Mrs
PauIy Of Ohio. Mrs.HIngraham Of Mas
Carolina. Miss Eloise Rand Butler O.
New York. who. acted as recording
secretary: Mrs. Maxwell of New Jer-
sey and Mrs. Pierce Of Pennsylvania
The Short Story Club met Tuesday
evening at the headquarters, 522 6tl
street. with the program in charg'
of Mrs. Blanche Sanborn. Mrs: Mani.
recited The Rooster and the Crow
and THE Filtration Surprise" giveY
to her own accompaniment on tn,
piano. Mrs. Alexander Mcneil reat
an original poem. and also the stor,
of the evening. "A Romance of Board
ing School Life" Mrs. Florence DaI
read an article dealing with presen
economic problems. and Judge Dow
McClain read a short original stor,
entitled Can q Thief Be a Gentle
MANI" which question was answered
in the affirmative by the former civil
war nurse. to whom the old veteran
returned the Jewel which he had sto!
en- from her more than half a century
before. The final chapter of the serial
story, Behind the White Stone" was
read by President r. s. Moore. who
satisfactorily unrayeled the mystery
which had kept the club guessing
throughout the season. and. in return