Evening star., 1922-02-26
NEWS OF THE CLUBS

| reports Of the collectors, Mrs. George
| Tallman. Miss Charlotte Seaton. Miss
| Eva Patton and Mrs. Lorin Espey
and the treasurer. Mrs. Emily Gott-
| walls. Plans were completed for
Blue Plains. and an address on
characterization by the w. G. T: u"
| was delivered by Miss Elizabeth
| heiss. .,t
Patriots' Memorial Chapter. ID. 4. r..
held its February meeting and lunch
con with Mrs Qrrin B. Stout as hostess
| and Miss Caroline F. Smith, regent.
presiding: Alternates to the Con-
consress were elected es as fol
| alternate to regent; Mrs. G. P. Con-
| way, alternate to delegate; others.
Mrs. ]. p. Saffold. Mrs. o. B. Stout.
Mrs. A. S. Haycock. Mrs. L. w. Chari-
ton. Mrs; G. ?. Wan Fleet Mrs. !.
| Green. Contributions were made to
| the Temassee School. Emergency
Home. lights in Continental Hall.
Junior Protective Association. joint
celebration. Friendship House; Trav.
relief, Chapter House. Two pages in
| the Memory Book were taken in honor
Of Miss Caroline F. Smith and Mrs.
G. P. Conway.
The District Federation of Women's
Clubs will meet TOMORROW at IL am.
| az the Grace Dodge Hotel. Mrs. ].
W. Frizzell president Of the fedora
ton. Will preside. After the busi-
| there will be a midday luncheon.
The program. arranged by the well
fare department. under direction Of
Mrs. Ellis Logan. will begin at pm.
! Thomas H. Macdonald. director of
a MI nf rNtyh1 3o dc ,rrfI II
at that time. Other prominent
speakers will be announced later. The
! meeting is open to all clubwomen.
All federated club presidents are
directory to Mrs. Faber Stevenson.
chairman Of press of the federation
/, College WOmen's Club, 1922 street
| I-romorrow. . to pm. tea: host
! sites Of Michigan: M:snesota and
| Wisconsin. Miss Karoline Klager
chairman. DR.. Victor c. Vaughn of
! the national research council and for
mer dean Of the medical department.
| speak at > o'clock. Mrs. Vaughn will
| receive with Mrs. Basil NJ. Manley.
| preside of the club. Mrs. James G..
Cum. m.'''.. and Mrs. Howard will pre-
Jane Harvey. Miss Stevens. Miss Bar
| nett. Miss Beckwith and Mrs. Nc
Bride. Wednesday. at 8 pm. meeting
| In honor of Press Club. Joe Mitchell
| Chapple of Boston, editor of the Ma
| tional Magazine, will be the guest of
| of the Washington Press Club will
| be present, and gentlemen are espe-
cially invited.
The Twentieth Century Club-The
parliamentary law section will meet
at the Y. W. c. A.: 1888 F street.
Tuesday morning The first section
| will meet at 10:45 and the. second
section at 1880. Mrs. l.. c. Bethel.
director. The nature section will meet
at 18th street and Columbia road at
l pm. Wednesday for walk through
the Zoo. The regular club meeting
| will be held at the Cosmos Club
| Thursday at IL am. when a musical
at the last meeting Of the literature
i section consisted Of review Of re-
cent and noted biographies. Mrs.
Philip s: Smith spoke on Tumulty's
review Of the life of the French ento-
! mologist. Fabre. She told of his
! peasant parentage. lack of early edu-
| cation and his poverty. but showed
!, that his intense power of observation
sa% ms all '0xs hsndcaps ns Mrs fhp Gpe S.
| Smith reviewed THE Life of John
! Marshall" by Albert Beveridge. She
| read extracts from the four volumes
| to show the effect of historical events
! on Marshalrs character and the ef-
| feet of Marshall on the historical de-
| velopment of the nation. Mrs. Walter
G. Mendenhal1 summarized "stracheys
| Life Of Victoria" Mrs. Alfred H.
! Brooke gave vivid account of Mony-
J penny and Buckles 'Disraeli.''
The American Women's Legion is
making an active connection with
~
done, by schools in the District
Tuesday evening at the mid-year eN-
| ercises of the Americanization School.
under Miss Alton. at the old Central
High, the George Baldwin Mccoy
Unit, through its president. Mrs.
! Walter l. Mccoy. presented a prize to
the winners of honorable mention for
i their excellence in English compost
| tion. This took the form of books
for the library. The pupils of Miss
! it is clearly a great opportunity Of
service for the Women's Legion to
cooperate in this work Of construct.
ing future citizens. Miss Alton will
pm. The Alexander K. Anderson
! Unit will restrict its meeting to es-
sential details in order to attend the
above address. 1t will be held in the
hall at Mason House, and all mem
bers of the American Women's Le-
gion are urgently requested to be
present, as several of the units have
already pledged their support to this
! work and should hear and know Miss
Alton. The Flanders Field Unit had
splendid success at its Valentine ball
on the 18th, and anticipates a spring
of effective work for disabled soldiers.
Lc Cercle Francnis de Washington
Precieuses Ridicules spent an even
ing at the artistic home of Lieut.. and
Mrs. Labat. The following program
was given by the members: Piano
selections, Miss Marie Leotine Becker:
monologue, "Un Monsieur Qui va dams
le monde" Marcel Delporte; reading
of two letters. Lieut.. Jean Labat:
poem, "Quelques extracts de tot ct
mol" Georges Poulin. The climax
Of the evening was a one-act comedy.
entitled ''Cher Maitre," with the fol-
lowing cast: Nine. Berard, Mrs.
Francis Walker; NJ. Berard, Lieut..
Jean Labat; Nine. Forester, Mrs.
Ruby Anderson; Helene, Mrs. Joseph
Greco; Juliette, Mrs. Jean Labat; Au-
gustine, Miss Maude Scruggs; Charles.
Mr.. Jackson Keblinger. Songs and
piano selections. Mrs. Joseph Greco.
Monticello Chapter, ID. A. r., met
Tuesday evening with Mrs. Mcintosh,
821 North Carolina avenue southeast.
Mrs. Baker was appointed to the
magazine committee; Miss Pitchford
requested transfer to a Florida chap
ter, and the registrar was instructed
to forward papers: the D. A. r. prize
medal for excellence was discussed;
a request for donation to Caroline
Scott Harrison was deferred for. fu-