The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-14
RAINBOW FETE'
|SOPENEDBY
MOTHERS
Sylvia SedgeWick Describes
Toy Festival and Gives
Other Club News.
By SYLVIA sEDGEWICK.

By SYLVIA SEDGEWICK.
A brilliant display of gifts and
toys, arranged in booths in carnival
style and complete enough in as
sortment to permit one to do all Of
his Christmas shopping within one
room, was opened today in the New
Ebbitt Hotel by the District of Co.
lumbia Congress of Mothers and
Parent-Teacher Associations. The
affair is known as the rainbow
fete,' and its purpose is to raise
funds for a Mothers building. It
will continue tomorrow.
One section is devoted to dancing.
conducted under the auspices Of the
girls of Eastern and Western High
schools. The two sections of the
fete are connected by a doorway
over which stretches a brilliant
rainbow which gives the fete It's
name. The symbol is that through
the fete poor and needy children
and parents will find happiness at
it's end.
Among the things to be seen are
a Punch and Judy show, a
'world-renowned fortune teller" the
parcel post, the book of knowledge,
beautiful dolls, stamps books, books
of every description, toys and other
things suitable for gifts and scores
Of other attractions.
Mrs. c. K. Bergman, who is ;ls-
sisting the Library Of Congress
with it's bookplate collection, gave
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| Tuesday before the Washington
Paris Brengle. Mrs. w. s. Corby
read a paper on Washington as an
Art Center"
The Washington Cultus Club,
which is in it's twenty-first year.
was founded by group Of north
west Washington women, for the
discussion of cultural subjects. 1t
meets bi-month1y. Speeches and
papers on subjects of cultural IN
terest are discussed. The club mem.
bership is limited to twenty-five.
The officers are:
President, Mrs. j. E. Dyer; vice
president, Mrs. Appleton p. Clark,
jr.; recording secretary, Mrs. Will
liam Knowles Cooper; corresponding
secretary, Mrs. George w Harris;
| treasurer MITE W. Il AyOA'
At each meeting a club critic IS
| appointed.
DR.. William Burdick. State super
visor of physical education in the
MARYLAND State schools, gave an in
teresting survey of his work before
i the Woman's Club of Bethesda at its
meeting Tuesday at the home OF
Mrs. Arthur B. Crane, Chevy Chase.
Mrs. James H. Jones, president OF
the County Federation, and the mem
bers Of the committee on applied
education of the Montgomery Coun-
ty Federation, were guests.
The current events and art Sec
tions of the Woman's Club Of
Bethesda will meet Tuesday after
noon at o'clock at the home of Mrs.
Eleanor T. Cronin, Sixteenth street.
The meeting will be addressed by
Henry Bush-Brown.
Members of the Woman's Club of
Bethesda were guests of the League
of Women Voters at a meeting Fri
day. Mrs. Adolph Guttnacher, mem
Der of the children's code commits
sion, addressed the meeting.
| che Ladies Auxiliary, Charter 81,
Greeters Of America held the annual
elections at the Shoreham Hotel
Wednesday night. The following Of
ficers were elected.
Mrs. RUSSELL A. Conn, president;
Mrs. Charles Pease, vice president;
Mrs. Weston B. Jones, secretary
treasurer; Mrs. Charles Schaffner,
Mrs. Jas. H. Small, Mrs. Bacon K.
Page, Mrs. Ester Mills, Mrs.
Ho E,sff o~6 nF
and Miss Jane M. Williams, sergent
at arms.
Phil Sheridan Relief Corporation
will hold it's next regular meeting
Tuesday, December 10, at o'clock
in Grand Army Hall.
The Washington Safety Council
have elected as honorary vice pres
idents: Senator l.. Heisler Ball,
chairman, Senate District Com
mittee; Congressman Stewart F..
Reed, chairman, House District
Committee; John B. Larner, pres
ident, Washington Loan and Trust
Company; Emile Berliner, and Miss
Mabel Boardman.
Clubwomen in charge Of the boozh
in the District building for the COM
ing week are: Monday, Mrs. E. p.
Perkins, Park View Club; Tuesday
and Wednesday. Mrs. Ella Knight.
Columbia Union, w. c.. T. u;
Thursday, Mrs. Alice F. Goodacre,
London Circle 8, G.. A. r.; Friday,
Mrs. Irving S. Woodruff, North
western Union, W. G. T. u; Satur-
day, Mrs. Eva Criswell, Shelton
Union, w. c. T. U.
The Takoma Park Home ard
School Association will meet tonight
at the Public Library, Fifth and
Cedar streets. Mrs. Otto Zeerhoss.
president of the association, will
preside. Henry Clark, chairman of
the health committee, will make his
report and DIR. S. NJ. Grayson OF
the District Health Department will
give a health talk.