Evening star., 1921-04-10
NEWS OF THE CLUBS

of a national tree. Mrs Josephine
Rich. chairman of vital statistics. pre-
sented a map of the United States
which showed by various colors the
states and cities where birth regis
tration is required by law or where
no such legal requirements are made.
Mrs. Louise H. Ear1l, chairman of the
Bible study committee. spoke of the
Bible contest which her committee
is conducting through the newspapers.
Mrs. ]. w. DOGGY of the w. C. T. U.
invited the federation to attend re-
ception to be given by that organ
ization. at which Mrs. Howard l..
Hodgkins would be guest of honor.
Miss Elizabeth Refs, chairman of the
department of education. gave a re-
port of the activities of her COM
mittee. Other speakers were Mrs.
Grace Daish, Mrs. A. K. Wine, Mrs
Anna Hendley and Mrs. w. H. How
ard, who gave a report of the work
being done in vocational, training and
guidance at the National Training
School of this city. Mrs. Vernon Kel-
logg told the federation how it could
best aid in assisting the women of
America in obtaining the gram of
radium which is to be given to Nine.
India, spoke of the broad field OF
work in India for the betterment of
conditions through health e.. centers.
Mrs. Court F.. Wood presented pro-
posed changes in the bylaws relative
to annual assessments and club
representa- tion. Through the lnElta-
ton of the Graduate Nurses Asso-
citation the federation will hold its
next annual meeting at the home OF
that organization. 1887 K street
The Twentieth Century Club met
Thursday in the assembly room of
the Cosmos Club. Mrs. Lyman &.
Swormstcdt. president, in the chair
DR.. Bedrick Stepanek, minister from
CZechoslovakia. gave talk on edu-
cational conditions in his country
the birth of Comenius. the educator
who founded the educational system
among the Czechoslovakha. The min
lister played a number of folklore
Ripper of the Travellers Aid Society
made a plea for assistance for the
organization which she represents.
Mrs. William Macintosh Saiter, Mrs
Joseph Fairbanks. Mrs. G. Wallace
Hanger. Mrs. c. w. Weeks and Mrs.
w. F. Bailey were elected to mem,
bership. designations were accepted
from Mrs. J. J. Ridgeway, Mrs. Fair
fax Bayard. Miss Jessie L. Burrell
and Miss katherine Goss.
AS it was necessary to take action
to limit the number of guests at
monthly meetings, the FOLLOWING ru1eS
were adopted: No member may invite
more than one guest to meeting.
No member may have more than two
guests in one year. The number of
guests at any one meeting will be fixed
by the board. Guest tickets will be is
sued by the chairman of the hospitality
committee in order of application.
The section of literature will meet
tomorrow at pm. at the residence
of Mrs. W. H. Holmes. 1854 Belmont
street The program. which will treat
of Modern Poetry" will be in charge
of Mrs Frederic harrington. The
parliamentary law section will meet
Tuesday morning at IL o'clock at the
Y. W. c. A. 1888 F street. The
French section will meet Wednesday
afternoon at $3.50 at the home of Mrs.
John Van Schaick. 1417 Massachusetts
avenue. Mrs. George F. BQwerman
will have charge of the program,
which will consist of reviews on re-
cent French books. The Misses Mar
guerite and Bessie Brown will be the
hostesses. The civic section will
meet Thursday morning at II o'clock
at the A. c. A. building. Mrs. For
rest of the community service will
speak on an Adequate Recreational
Program for Washington Thurs
day afternoon at 3 o'clock the last
meeting of the year of the art sec
ton will be held at 1447 Irving