Evening star., 1922-07-02

Clubs has focused its interest the
past week on the biennial convention
of the General Federation in Chau-
tauqua, N. Y. Mrs. John w. Frizzell.
president of the District Federation,
made an address Wednesday evening.
Among the delegates in attendance
from Washington are Miss Cornelia
H. Hill, who arranged transportation
for the delegates to Chautauqua from
Washington and points south: Mrs.
Ellis Logan. Mrs. Virginia White
speel. Mrs. Emma Shelton. Mrs. Ed
ward Hardy and Mrs. Lyman SWORN
stedt. Maryland clubwomen who
joined the Washington delegation en-
president of Maryland; Mrs. B. Holly
Smith and Mrs. Francis Sanderson
state delegates. and Mrs. E. r. Fos-
ter, Port Deposit; Mrs. Ernest L. Bull
lard. Rockville: Mrs T. E. Martindale
and Mrs. George r. Collier, Wicomico
Gideon P. Hopkins. Mrs. Calvin F.
Troupe, Mrs. J. Hughes Murphy, Mrs
| Henry Eisonbrand and Mrs. H. Mat
thew Gault of Baltimore.
Other states represented in the
party: Idaho, Mrs. T. F. Goddard and
Mrs. Fairfield; Nebraska. Mrs. Has
tepler; South Carolina, Mrs. Adam H
Moss Estate presidenD, Mrs. J. H
Jennings and Mrs. Laura B. Poppen-
helm; Arkansas. Mrs. Max Layne, state
delegate; Virginia. Mrs: J: Hugh Caf-
! fee and Mrs. Thomas F. Stearns.
The Americanization department of
the District Federation. under the di-
\ rection of Miss Maud Alton. is CO.
| operating with the U. S. S. Jacob
Jones Post Of the American Legion
in a citizenship day celebration at
keith's on the morning Of July from
| to which the public is invited, will be
! furnished by the Marine Band. the
Casper Trio and Miss Gertrude Lyon,
| soloist. Ollie Clapp Steel will make
| an address of Introduction, and in
vocation will be made by A. F. Ham
Post, No. 2. Lois M. Beach, the post
| commander, will conduct the service
Of salute to the flag. A poem,
George Washington" written by Sam
Cohen. native of Poland. will be re-
| cited by Margaret McMichael. Theo-
| the Department of Labor, is to make
the address of the morning, and Wat
son B. Miller, district commander,
| American Legion. will present the
| medal to the writer of the best essay
| submitted in the citizenship essay
| contest.
Boxes have been reserved for Presi-
dent Harding, members of the Army
and Navy and officers of patriotic or
| ganizations and the Federation OF
| Women's Clubs.
The Tekawitha Club has appointed
Miss Anne Leary. president: Miss
| Kathryn Jeffries. vice president: Miss
Agnes Broderick, recording secretary.
and Miss Nellie Broderick. treasurer.
I eEad
were: The Tekawitha teas given by
the Alaskan Unit under the direction
of the chairman of the unit, Miss
Elizabeth Berrigan; card parties to
| be given by the Chippewa and
| Apache Unit under the leadership OF
| summer outing for all the club mem
bers; the appointment of Miss Hughes
! as chairman and Miss OReilly as as
! sistant chairman of the dance COM
\ mittee, with instructions to plan
| dance for the opening of the season.
! and the annual bazaar for the benefit
! of Indian missions.
! Other active units of the club are
! the Pacific Unit chairman. Miss JEFF
! fries). whose members are concen-
| trating on winning new friends for
the work: the Choctaw Cnit (chatr-
| man. Miss Marie Marks, who re-
ports having received several letters
| from missionaries in the field: and
the Mission Indian Unit chairman,
| Miss Julia O'NeilD. whose members
| are planning to get in touch with the
| missions in California and Oregon.
Miss Anna Stowe is preparing ma
terial on Indian folk lore and may
be addressed at 2100 H street by any
one who can inform her as to the
sources of information in this regard.
The log cabin quilt and library set,
the handiwork of Indian maidens.
xr,;l ~ IzI OF
s o'clock at 2100 H street. All MEM
| bers OF the club are invited.
The Ruth Brewster Chapter closed
| its season recently at The kenesaw,
Mrs. Bruce Macarthur hostess. Mrs.
Frank F. Greenwalt, regent, presided.
|. Resolutions were passed urging the
adoption of the name Francis Scott
Key Memorial for the new bridge
across the Potomac river at West
Washington, and the correction of
the error in the book prepared by the
state historic committee stating that
the Key mansion has been razed'' TO
read has been remodeled," the foun-
dation and main walls in the present
building being the same as when IT
was the attractive home on the Po-
| tomac of Francis Scott Key.
Mrs. Mary Key McBlair. grand
daughter of Francis Scott Key, was
admitted to membership.
After years of effort Mrs. Greena-
walt succeeded in obtaining an ex-
ecutive order that Mrs. Mary Tayloe
/ Key McBlair of the District may be
appointed to a position in the classi-
fed service without reference to the
civil service rules. Mrs. McBlair has
been temporarily employed in the
bureau of naturalization, Department
of Labor.
Annual reports showed that contri-
buttons were made to the following
District of Columbia D. A. r. COM
mittees: State historic (for publica-
ton of book) and patriotic education
(for the Berry Mountain School in
Georgia). ALSO, that as a chapter
we are 100 per cent in our contribu-
tions to the three patriotic objects
asked by our president general
namely, the painting to be presented
by the national society. D. A. R., to
France; the Guide to Foreigners and
the memorial fountain to be erected
by the national society at Plymouth
in honor of the pilgrim mothers"
The Lanham study Club of Lanham,
Md. held it's June meeting at the
home of Mrs J. Kempton, with Mrs.
| Guy N. Collins presiding.
| The guest of honor was Mrs.
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