Evening star., 1922-03-26

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Americanization School March 15 for
the chapter. The report Of the enter
Of the successful card party held by
the chapter. A rising vote Of thanks
was accorded the committee.
The historian Miss White, read a
| paper on the battle>of Guilford Court
House, 8. c., the topic Of the evening.
Burnside Post and Auxiliary Relief
Corps held their respective meetings
Wednesday night in Grand Army
Hall. Commander Babbitt OF the
ness meeting at 1880. 1t was decided
to defer the patriotic program until
the fourth Wednesday In April.
The Relief Corps initiated new
member, and mas application for an
other membership.
Mrs. Ellen Spencer Muxxey Tent.
Daughters Of Veterans, met Monday
| evening, the president and all officers
present Arrangements for attending
the unveiling Of Gen. Grants statue,
April 81, were made. Adjt Gen. Old
| royd presented the tent with a silk
flag, with an appropriate address, re-
piled to by the president, the tent
giving rising vote of thanks. Sew
eral sons Of veterans were obligated.
A body of sons of veterans and others
were entertained with speeches. music
and dancing. Mrs. Kathryn Burns
! Austin sang, accompanied Mrs. Fl.
A. Sutton.
The Congress of Mothers and Par-
ent-Teacher AssOciatiOns-Membe
ship committee. Mrs. L. D. Smoot,
chairman, entertained at tea Wed
| nesday at the Harrington Hotel. Many
teachers and presidents of the asso-
ciated clubs were present. After
selections by Nine. Won Unschuld::
the organization. short addresses
were given by DR.. Ballou. Miss Ger
! trude Macarthur, Miss Mary wilkins,
Miss Gertrude Young, Miss S. r..
| Craighill and Miss Frances s. Fairly.
DR.. John ]. Tigert. commissioner Of
o'clock.
| Tea was served by the committee,
Mrs. E. ]. Brennan, Mrs. H. S. Par
sons and Mrs. Smoot Mrs. Marie
Hodgkins. vice president Of the board
lou presided at the table.
L. A. p. VA special meeting of
| the national executive board will be
held tomorrow morning at headquar-
acting president, presiding. The ma
tional headquarters. has received
! word officially that new branch of
the organization has been estab-
lished in Texas. with headquarters
at Dallas, Mrs. Rosser Thomas, Texaa
writer and club woman. president.
Mrs. Jane Fitzgerald, well known here,
! IS it's founder, and will attend the
convention in Washington. April rs
2S. with Mrs. Thomas, as Texas
delegate.
Mrs. George NJ. Flick. who Joined
| the league in 1897. is now in Wash
ington, and upon her return to Ok
lahoma City will organize Oklahoma
league. cooperating with national
headquarters.
The District league will meet in
business session at o'clock to-
morrow evening at the clubhouse
for the election of district delegates
for the coming convention.
The Anthony Leakue and friends
will be entertained by Mrs. Kate
Waller Barret Saturday. from 3
| to 5 o'clock, at her home, in Alex
andria. Delegates to the District
Federations of Women's Clubs. which
will hold its annual convention in
May. will be elected at the meeting.
April 6. at 20o7 Columbia road.
| ednesday afternoon, Mrs. Gertrude
Bonnin. (Zit-ka-la) was the guest
of honor. and Mrs. Carl Ruth was
the hostess. Mrs. Lillian Cole Bethel,
! u
ing many specimens from ocean life
for illustrat ton. A mass meeting was
! announced to be held soon in the in
| terest of the bill to abolish capital
| punishment in the District recently
introduced in the House of Repre-
| rendered by Mrs. Wayne B. Wheeler
and Mrs. Davies. violinists. and Mrs.
Cunningham, pianist.
The international Association Of
Art and Letters held three functions
within the week. Besides its regular
literary salon of Wednesday night,
when the speakers of the occasion
were DR.. Stanwood Cobb. Mrs. Flo
renee Jackson Stoddard. founder and
first president: Mr.. Manuelian Of the
Armenian legation and DR.. Alexan-
der Henneman. there was a meeting
! Of the writer's committee. two teas
and dance. The salon fell on MICA
RENE and was attended by a brilliant
assembly. DIR. Cobb spoke on Turkey,
experience. having lived there some
years while connected with Roberts
College. He gave the aspect of Turk
ish life as presented to foreigners.
and Mr.. Manuelian told Of the atti-
tude toward dependencies Of Tur-
key. DIR. Henneman demonstrated
the development of musical harmo-
nies from nature sounds and recited
| Wordworth's What the Birds Say"
giving his musical setting of the
poem. A tea was given Tuesday by
Miss Isabel F'urbank in honor OF
Mrs H. NJ. Powell of London. who
spoke on the reality Of fairies, as
demonstrated by Sir Conan Doyle,
and showed lantern slides of the
children who are said to frequently
play with and make companions Of
elves. The writer's section also held
a tea, the chairman, Mrs. I. D. Peters,
entertaining in honor OF Chancellor
Bradford and Mrs. Lydia Allen de
Zuldiss Of California. A benefit dance
was given Friday evening by Mrs.
Thomas Smyth Wallis and her niece,
Miss Eleanor Perry of Queenstown,
Md, a large company attending.
Alpha Omega Of Delta Gamns will
meet tomorrow evening with Mrs. b
F.. johnson at the Hadleigh Hotel. All
Delta Gamma in Washington are in
vited.
Mai. William Overton Calls Chapter
d. A. r., met Tuesday at the resi-
dence Of Mrs. Elizabeth Knox Harri-
son, when, after a business session,
the regent, Mrs. Margaret Monteiro
Berry gave a discourse, with a dis
play of portraits and English man
ors of Archbishop Sandys, her an
! cester, and his son, George Sandys