Evening star., 1921-12-11

MT. anu Mrs. fdul DlSSoeH VIII eA'S
an evening Of folk songs tomorrow
at $50. The prologue. interlude and
epilogue. written by Mrs. B. H. Wat
son. will he read by Miss Alberta
Walker. A dinner is announced for
Wednesday at $50 PM, when the
speakers will be Mrs. Bessie Parker
Brueggeman of United States En-
ployment Compensation Commission:
Miss Grace Abbott, chief children's
bureau; Mrs. Eleanor Franklin Egan.
advisory committee. conference on
limitation of armament: Miss Maud
Younger, California legislative chair
man of the National Woman's Party;
Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes. superintend-
cnt of Fairgrounds. and Miss Mary
Anderson, director of womans bu-
reau, Department of Labor. The
civic sections round-table meeting is
scheduled for Thursday at 8 pm. DIR.
Esther Lovejoy will be guest of
honor and speaker at the forum
luncheon Saturday at l pm. DR..
Lovejoy is chairman of the National
Medical Association and president of
the International Medical Women's
Association and has served In hos
pitals in Serbia. Turkey and France.
Wickham IN Stead, editor of the London
Times, addressed the club on inter-
national relationship Monday eve
ming. and the Japanese treaty from
the British standpoint. The lecture
was preceded by music by the Lyric
Orchestra and the Lotus Quartet. 1t
is announced that Baron kanda, with
the Japanese delegation to the con-
a
Der 10. Mrs. Charles Sumner Bird.
Mrs. Eleanor Franklin Egan, Mrs.
Thomas G. Winter. Mrs. kathrine
Phillips Edsall and Miss Julia 10th
rop have been made honorary mem
bers of the club.
Twentieth Century Club.-At the re-
ception given by the members Satur-
day in honor of the women Of the
arms conference. an unusual oppor-
tunity was afforded to meet the
guest. After the guests were pre-
scented to the president and those re-
ceiving with her, they found smaller
groups receiving in other parts of the
drawing room. which added to the
;ttmospheAs of hospitality. The off,
GERS Of the club aAd chairmen of the
committees were among those who
received in these groups A pleasant
feature was observed by those as
sist;ng in the drawing room who
spoke French only. The president.
Mrs. William H. Heron, was assisted
in receiving by Mrs. Frank H. Briggs
and the reception committee, of which
Mrs. Gilbert H. Grosvenor was chair
man.
The literature section will meet at
the residence of Mrs. William H.
Holmes. 1854 Belmont street. tomor-
row. at pm. Mrs. George H. Bow
erman. who is in charge of the meet
ing. will give talk on The Move
ment and Tendencies of Modern Lit
erature."
The household decoration section
will also meet with Mrs. Holmes
Tuesday at IL am. Mrs. Holmes will
talk on Color in the Home"
The parliamentary law section will
meet Tuesday at the Y. w. c. A, at
IL am. Mrs. L. c. Bethel will conduct
the class.
The archaeological section will meet
Tuesday. Mrs. Jesse Cunningham will
read a paper on The Social Customs
of the Primitive Indian Tribes of
Mexico"
The French section will meet with
Mrs. John Van Schaick. jr.. 1417 Mas
$3.50. Members will read Christmas
play in verse by the Belgian author.
Franz Ansel. This will be the only
reading in December.
The section of education will meet
Thursday at II am. at the Women's
city Club. c. j. Blanchard of the
United States reclamation service
will speak on Making the Desert
Bloom The lecture will be illus
trated with slides and motion pic
lures.
The College WOmen's Club, 1922 1
street-Tea tomorrow. to I'm.
Guests of honor will be Mrs. Thomas
q. Winter. Mrs. Charles Summer Bird,
Mrs Eleanor Franklin Egan> and Mrs.
Katherine Philips Edison, the four
woman members of the advisory
committee of the limitation of arma-
ments conference. Mrs. Edison will
speak. Hostesses will be Mrs. J. G.
Cumming, Mrs. w. L. Fulton, Mrs.
Ernest Burchard, Mrs. L. Radford.
Morrow.
Mrs Edward p. Costigan presiding;
Mrs. Alice Barrows Fernandez will
speak on The Work. Study. Play
P1an-the Solution of the School,
Building Problems in Cities"
'Phe District of Columbia League of
Woman Voters will meet at the home
OF Mrs. J. Borden Hartman. 2O17 F
members and prospective members
are invited. The league met Friday
in the boardroom of the District
building. Committee reports were
heard and plans made for active par
1icipation in District work. The of
ticers of the District League are:
PRESIDENT, Miss IIarlean James; first
vice president. Mrs. Frederick Ii.
Brooke; second vice president, Mrs.
}. Borden Hartman: recording secre-
t;try, Mrs Dean Acheson; correspond
ing secretary, Mrs. Arthur Powell
Davis. treaSll Mrs Fra 3nciS
Walker: directors -at-large. Miss Ethel
Smith, Mrs. Laura Williams. Mrs.
James Campbell Cantrill and Mrs.
Howard L. Hodgkins. Committee
chairmen: Miss Marie Obenauer. wom-
en- in industry; Mrs. Richard Faye
jackson. child welfare: Mrs. Nina Van
Winkle. social hygiene; Mrs. William
Van Week, food control: Miss Ger
trude Van Hoesen. membership: Mrs.
j. Borden Hartman. reduction Of
armamentS.
District Branch of the National
Woman's Party will hold it's third
international meeting tonight at 8
o'clock at 25 1st street northeast.
Women Of Ireiand"; Mrs. ]. D. Wilkin-
son. THE Equal Rights Bill lust
Passed in Louisiana" and Miss Anita
Pollitzer. Lobbying for the Equal
Rights Bill in Alabama" Friends in
vited.
Children Of the American RevOlu-
tiOn.-The presidents and chairmen
of the state executive met Tuesday
at thS home of the state director,
Miss Helen E. Stout. There was a
general discussion in which advanced
ideas were given as to work to be
taken up, and decision was made to
continued and new work to be
give a colonial tea the latter part Of