Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-11-18
News of the Clubs


diplomatic secretary Of the United
States, will introduce the speaker
The Anthony Leagu. will meet at
Wednesday at Pm. Business meet meet
DR.. Andrew NJ. Brodie. national
representative Of the Near East Re-
lief. who has just returned from a
and Palestine. will give an illus
trated lecture; and the league is hav-
Ing the pleasure of Mrs. Brodie as
honor guest: The hostess for the
herman. assisted by Miss Louise Ban
washington tom u inaensi " Musisai
program. under direction of Mrs.
group of songs sei by Mrs Mi. Ruth Parks.
soprano. accompanied by Mrs. Irene
Miller Chainey. All club women are
cordially invited. At the meeting
nses of the Mfs
outlined the work of the home. to
ten years contributed. The league
voted to consider the amount 70 1e
meeting. Mrs. Hendley announces
with deep sympathy the passing
away of one of it's members, MRS.
Elenore J, Bingham: The -, members lntMrS
to the city of three former mempers,
Miss Wright from Denver, Col, MISS
Wells from Parkersburg, w. va, ana
Miss Lehm.
The shakespeare Society. after its
successful tercentenary programs
which were attended by large IN
vited audiences, will return TO the
auditorium of the Corcoran gallery
Of Art for the next meeting Wednes-
day evening. The subject will be
the value and methods Of teaching
Shakespeare in the high schools and
Miss c. l. Orr of Central. Miss Bertha
Gardner Of Eastern and Miss Alice
Wood Of Western, presented by MISS
Wood. The dramatic number will be
reading by Walter "; Beck: an
the repetition of the society.s Original
version of "Antony and Cleopatra.
All wishing to inquire In to the work
of the society, with view 10 JOIN
ing, are invited.
International Association OF Art ana
Letters.-Saturday.N November lo, pc
ing Forget me-not Day.. the associa-
ton devoted the afternoon tea 10 tHe
interests of the disabled American
veterans The club rooms at 17lo l
street were well filled with members
and guests of the association 70 near
w. S. Clark. liaison ofhcer with tne
can Veterans. He spoke out OF MS
own experience Of the necessity for
rendering aid to the shell-shocKed
and otherwise disabled veterans OF
the world war. Mrs. Clara t.ssery
Barnard, who was in England during
the war, gave an account OF some OF
the wounded men she had known.
Mrs John Lorenz Steele-or. as she
is designated by the veterans Tor her
untiring work among them. Motner
Steele'--brought the forget-m not
sprays and a collection box. Ihere
was generous response to the ap-
peal for funds to assist the oisapieu
American veterans.
Mrs. c. C. Mcdonald. accompanied
by Mrs. Robert Simpson. sang the
Flanders" and There Is No Death.
League Of American Pen Women
Tuesday will be a gala day Tor the
Pen Women and their frienos, as TWO
events of Importance are TO take
place on that day. First - the tsa ia rye
ernoon at the Shoreham Hotel. un,
der the auspices of the ways and
means committee, Mrs. Murle! Lyhch
Crichton. chairman; MIS- Wlllan
Atherton Du Puy, vice CHAIRMAN.
cess, as by the middle of last week
additional room had to be engaged at
the Shoreham by Mrs. Crichton' the
number of tables subscribed having
been more than could be accommo-
dated in the gold room. In the even
ing Of the same day at $50 o'clock
the second monthly feature dinner OF
the club will be given In Its tea room
at headquarters. 1922 II street north.
west. Miss Mabel Dill, chairman, Will
preside and speakers will be Miss
Maibelle Stuard. who will discuss the
latest novel by Charles Norris; Mrs.
William Wolff Smith, who will review
Fanny Hurst's new novel. ana MRS.
Ida Donnelly Peters, who will give
craftsmanship talk on Books Every
Pen Woman Should Know. !
The motion picture scenario class,
conducted by Miss Laura Thornbor-
ough, recently visited the Depart
ment of Agriculture's motion picture
division. witnessing the complete
process of film making as a special
courtesy to Miss Thornborough. who
was formerly connected with this d.
vision. Mrs. Louis N. Geldert. ma
tional president of the society," has
invited Miss Thornborough to act as
scenario group of the biennial con- 1
ference next April.
The Warrington Readers Club
The first public recitaal of the sea-
son by members will be held Tuesday
evening in the auditorium of Wilson
Normal School at pm. A program
has been arranged by the program
committee, Mrs. Emily Frech Barnes,
chairman. All who are to take part
are members of the club, and the
program. as planned, is as follows:
ROSS chamberlin: The High Tide"
(Jean Ingelow). Gertrude Mustain;
incidental music Niza Lehmann).
played by Emily Frech Barnes:
rhyme of the Remittance Man
(Robert Service), Grace Bromley. An
tume)-"Minuet dExaudet" (Exau-
Diet. arranged by J. B. Weckerlin):
"Vielle Chanson (Bizet) "Deux Ber-
gerettes" arranged by J. B. Wecker-
linz; (a) "Maman, Dites-Mor; Cb)
r Lrs f Hare. aeeompsnied by Mrs VIII
liam Landram Mcfarland. The Play
er's Christmas Harry Lee). Arthur
J, Rhodes; selection from Three Men
in a Boat (Jerome X. Jerome), Mrs.
poses (Genevieve Fletcher; Jack.
Clarence Z. Ruebsam; Doris, Rose
mary Arnold. ..--
The Chevy Chase Woman's Club
will meet Wednesday,, 2 pm, in the
First Methodist Episcopal Church Of
Chevy Chase. Mrs. william T. Pollard
will be hostess at the luncheon, which
Is served from 12:45 to 1850 pm.
DR.. E. G. Zies of the geophysical
laboratory. Carnegie Institute, will
give an illustrated lecture on 1.-The
Valley Of Ten Thousand Smokes"
The literature section, Mrs. w. M.
Clark, chairman, will meet Friday, 2
pm, at tine First Methodist Episcopal
Church of Chevy Chase. Mrs. E. F.
Kelley is in charge of the program on
Modern Russian Literature" assist
cd nv NrS
The December meeting will be held
| December IA, instead Of the Friday
following the club meeting.
The social section, Mrs. Karl Fen