Evening star., 1922-04-09
News Of the Clubs


additional Club New
(Ail notices for this department
should be in The Star Office not later
than Thursday. pm. Important
meetings that occur later in the week
will be published if space permits0>
| Women's City Club.-Mrs.. Ella
Steinberg will be the hostess at the
tea this afternoon from 4:30 to
o'clock.
Tomorrow evening at $40 the en-
tertainment committee will present
Carrie Harrison in a lecture on Rose
Culture" assisted by DR.. Lumsden and
DR.. Mulford. agricultural experts. Eli
assissed s' by wli Miss s'Gs FinekeI UsIqe0 0''S'
Wednesday, 4:3o pm, Mrs. w:
Chamberlin, chairman public relief
committee. will introduce Miss Alice
Lloyd, head of the Caney Creek Com
Kentucky mountains. who will bring
four of the boys with her. Members
of the College Women's Club are
cordially invited.
Wednesday evening. s o'clock, Miss
Mabel Dill will speak Of the writing
of d short story. Mrs. Caroline B.
Stephen presiding.
The Edith Wynne Matthison recital
April rs at 4:30 at Masonic Temple is
exclusively under the auspices of the
club from April IT, Mrs. Henrietta
Packard in charge.
The minstrel show given by the
business and professional women's
section has been postponed from April
26 to May 10.
Delegates and alternates from the
| club to the D. c. F. w. C. are Mrs.
Hiram Smell. Mrs. Gurney Strong,
Mrs. George w. Eastment. Mrs. Will
liam E. Chamberlin, Mrs. Ellen
MnS Mrc
ley.
The Twentieth Century Club pre-
sented the play Aria da Capo" with
meeting at the Cosmos Club that 1t
is to be repeated for the benefit Of
the Travellers Aid April 2S at pm,
at Chevy Chase School. Mrs. Fred
erick E. harrington, who directed the
| play. read it's prologue and acted the
Smith. as Columbine; Mrs. Philip Sid
ney Smith and Mrs. Nathan c. Grover,
as the shepherds. Thrysis and Cory
don. and Mrs. George r Putnam. a.
Tragedy. gave to their interpreta-
tions a realism of everyday human
| nature garbed in fantastic guise.
4 new method of nominating candf-
dates from the floor was inaugurated
at called meeting Thursday, when
! the following officers were nomi-
ndteu. MrS William II. 1erIoH' lor
| president, to succeed herself; Mrs.
Frank Briggs, also to succeed her
| self, as first vice president; Mrs
Frank H. wilkins. Mrs. P. S. Smith,
second vice president; Mrs. A. H.
Brooks. recording secretary: Mrs. A.
responding secretary: Miss Myra
Hendley. treasurer; Mrs. Walter c.
Allen, Mrs. l. S. Fristoe. assistant
treasurer. Election will take place
in May. The club indorsed resolu-
ton to the effect that women and
children of the District who may be
detained by the police be safeguard
ed and handled exclusively by the
woman's bureau. and that Congress
be urged to support the bureau be-
and children.
Anthony League-Robert Lawrence
spoke on Civic Improvement Through
Music" at the meeting of the Anthony
League Thursday evening at the home
of the president. Mrs. Anna E. Hend-
ley 2007 Columbia road. Mrs. Clop-
ton Chambers was the guest of honor
and Mrs. John Steele hostess. Dele
gates were elected for the annual
meeting of the District Federation OF
Women's Clubs. and Endorsement for
hanson as director to the general
federation was given. Resolutions
were adopted supporting the cam
paign for the new home for the Cen
trail Union Mission, and asking that
the franking privilege be granted to
the Prisoners Relief Society of
Washington, D. c., as stated in the
bill now pending in the Senate. The
league congratulated E. c. Snyder,
husband of one of the members, upon
his appointment as marshal for the
District. The league will meet We'd
nesday evening. s o'clock, when Mrs.
Ada Brown Talbot will give an illus
trated lecture on Canada Mrs. Mar
garet McNfichal will give humorous
recitations; Mrs. Wayne B. Wheeler
Mrs Clara Sears Taylor will be guest
of honor. Mrs. Charles II. Werner
will act as hostess. The meetings of
the Anthony League are open to the
public.
The Housekeeperx' Alliance will
hold it's third quarterly meeting on
Thursday at $50 pm. in the small
ballroom of the New Willard Hotel.
Mrs. A T. Buchanan will speak on
Fabrics" a subject in which she has
specialized as tester in one of our
large stores. She is teaching this sub
ject to a class in the Y. W. c. \.
Meeting is open to the public.
The Abracadabra Club met Wednes-
day evening at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Arturo Y. Casanova. The re-
sponse to roll call was by remarks
on current events. Henry L. Barrick
read extracts from "Greenleaf and
Law in the Federal City" Miss Lu-
cile Hardesty sang, accompanied by
Mrs. John NJ. Sylvester.
Officers for the ensuing year were
elected as follows: President, Blom-
field H. Howard; first vice president,
Mrs. Lotta B. Moorehouse; second
vice president. Mrs. John NJ. Sylves-
ter; secretary-treasurer, Henry L.
Barrick: corresponding secretary,
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