Evening star., 1923-12-16
NEWS OF THE CLUBS

standing the inclement weather. the
meeting was well attended.
American Association of University
WOmen-Tuesday, at pm, club din
ner and important business meeting
Wednesday. at 4:30 pm, Mrs. Her
bert Marshall will be the hostess at
tea.
Friday, at $40 pm, James ]. Davis
Secretary of Labor, will speak upon
the subject Immigration" Members
may bring guests.
Mrs. George Watson, who is train
ing the voices for the Christm as
carols on Sunday. would like volun-
teers from the members.
During the holidays the clubhouse
VIII be open to all visiting university
women.
Recent visitors at the clubhouse
nave been Miss Helen Fraser. Miss
Jeannette Rankin. Miss Julia Lathrop
MISS NJ. Carey Thomas. former presi-
dent OF Bryp Mawr College and Mrs
Elizabeth Custer. widow of the ia
nous general, and herself an author
OF well known frontier tales.
MRS. Bernard and Miss Kerr recent
~ spoke at meetings of the south At
Norfolk and Richmond.
The Shakespeare Society will meet
in the Corcoran Gallery Of Art audi
torium Wednesday. The president.
Or or. p. '. Wilcox, will speak on The
Sshakespears Revival" There will be
sWo so dramatic numbers. In the scene
from Much Ado About Nothing
I,eonato will be played by Henry
Rule; Don Pedro by Emmett Lee
Gompt. Hero by Lulu Adams and
Beatrice by Mabel Owens Wilcox.
Mrs. Wilcox will also give series of
CHARACTERISTIC 81, speeches by several OF
Shakespeare's women to prove that
the dramatist drew them without
reference to the pact that they would
os enacted. as was universal custom
Ihe large oil panel of Cleopatra
painted by Mrs. Minnigerode Andrew ;
and for which Mabel Owens Wilcox
posed. Will be on display at this
meeting.
League OF American Pen Women
GOV. Wallace r. Harrington of Hawaii
is to be the guest of honor and speak
eer TINS afternoon at the club tea to
be given at its clubhouse, 1872 III
street, from 4 to 6 o'clock. Gov. Far
riugton, who has lived for many
years in Hawaii, will speak at 4.3O
clock. Admission is by card and
members of the league are privileged
To bring one guest.
Mrs. Minnie F. Rands, member of
me league. whose exhibit of Javanes Sc
batique at the Arts Club has at
nacted wide attention, has placed an
eNhlblt1on OF batique on the walls of
tne league clubhouse. For this show :
ing Mrs. RandS has selected the work
OF the Pekalongan school of batique
art. These pieces are brilliantly col
ored in contrast to the designs of
the DJokja batiques, which are more
somher in hue. The exhibit includes
materials for interior decorating IN
the home and the work is that actual
~ done by the Javanese themselves.
with that beauty of design and ex-
qulSlteness of execution for which the
native artists are famous. The
pieces in the exhibit are for sale and
the public is invited to visit and
patronize the showing.
on Friday evening the December
concert OF the league will take place
al O'Clock at the clubhouse. Mrs.
ruby smith Stahi is in charge of the
program, which is to include choral
numbers and solos. Artists taking
part will be Mrs. Elliot NJ. Wood, Miss
helen Bury, Miss Dorothy Schifley.
Miss Ruth Hansford and Mr.. Lord.
League members are particularly
Twentieth Century CIub-A meeting
of the committee of the Juvenile Pro-
tective Association of the civic sec
ton of the club was held Wednesday Y
at the residence of Mrs Gilbert II
Grosvenor. About fifty people were
present. Mrs. Edward b. Clark. chair
man Of the committee. presiding
Judge j. Wilmer Latimer, founder OF
the Juvenile Protective Association
gave a talk on the reasons for its
organization. Rev. DIR. w. l. Darby
executive secretary of the Fedora
tion of Churches, told why the
churches should be the allies of the
Juvenile Protective Associa ton
which happened to be the first or
ganization OF the kind selected by
the Federation of Churches to have
its work brought into closer associ-
alton with that of the churches be-
cause 1t lis doing those things which
need to be done in Washington" Mrs,
Whitman Cross. former president of