Evening star., 1923-10-21
News of the Clubs

east, The first meeting of this the
thirty-eighth year of the clubs exist
ence Will be held November 8, PM,
! In the rooms. of the League OF Ameri-
/ can Penwomen. The officers of the
, club are: President, Fred McI.aughlin;
! Frye; treasurer, Mrs. John NJ. Wal
! cott; recording secretary. Miss Verna
! tlaggi corresponding secretary, Mrs.
! II. J. Ho1tiiger; press reporter, Miss
Julia II. Hoffman,
| Anthony Lcague.-The Anthony
! League announces a course of lee
htures on parliamentary law" under
direction OF Nanette b. Paul, LII b..
first vice president. At the meeting
! held October chairmen and com :
mItteeS for tho coming year were ap-
| pointed. The officers elected were
/ also confirmed: President, Mrs. Anna
! Il. Heudley; first Vice president, Mrs.
! Nanettn b. Paul; second vice preSi-
! dent, Mrs. Evelyn Chatterton Widney;
! third vice president. Mrs. Eva c. Ed
!redge-C ChaSc; recording secretary, Mrs.
- Nj. Bailey; treasurer. Mrs. Charles
! Miss Louise Bannerman; education
/ and Bihlo study, Mrs. Nanette +.
/ Paul; world organization, Miss Marie
! Louise Montague; legislation. Miss
Bedet j.. Johnson, American citizen
| ship, Miss Maud Alton: national rep
rcsentation, Mrs. Kate 7. Abrams;
! prison reform, Mrs Evelyn Chatter
, ton Widn"y; thrift and investments,
Mrs: r. G. Rannerman; health and
! hygiene. Mrs. l.. +. Ransome; motion
! pictures, Mrs. Harriet Hawley
! Lochcr; social service. Mrs. NJ l.. VIII
! hanson; International representative,
| Mrs. II. 4. II. Stewart clubhouse,
| Mrs. e. c. snyder; ways and means.
Mrs. john +. Quinn: membership. Mrs.
! ". j. Egbert; music, Mrs. Wayne b.
! " he 81 tai
HardeSty; program. Mrs, Eva c.
! Eidredge Chase; press and publicity.
| Mrs. Virginia etersParkhurst; his
| torian, DIR. Della {. DuComh; litera-
| ture, Mrs. Lucy Page Steele. and
| drama, Miss Ida Louise Townsend.
Twentieth Century Club-The cdu-
cational section OF tho club met
| chairman, Mrs. Thomas SidwelI. Mrs.
Jessie La Sale, whose coming TO the
Washington school as an Intelligence
expert Is partially sponsored by the
section, was the first speaker She
j told how she measured child intelli-
gencc and showed how children should
| be regrouped to get the maximum de-
VelopmeDt for each. She said. among
other things. that 80 per cent of our
! children had average Intelligence, but
stands; rdized tests" are more accurate
| than the judgment OF most skillful
| teachers. and that the most stupid
person need not despair because he
mover develops all the capacity he
has. Mrs. Briggs, member OF the
section, read a paper on Engines and
! Paint" q discussion Of the education
! OF the child during pre- school years
! Ipr. Louise Taylor Jones. chairman of
| tho committee on health and SANTA
; tiQn of the Public School Association
spoke on certain school work and
! asked for aid in important research
work the committee is doing
The parliamentary law section will
/ meet at the American Association of
| Women's Clubs tomorrow at II am.
| Mrs. Forest Balm will preside and
Mrs. William Huron will instruct the
class
The nature section will meet Wednes-
day at $50 am. at 36th and NJ streets
for trip to Great Falls.
International Association of Art and
LctterS.-Many members met at the
clubhouse, 1915 l street, October l3.
for the first of the afternoon teas
held by the association this season.
Miss Mary Chippendale, Miss Ruth
Fnrlong and Paul Forecast of the Leo
4 pItrichstetn Company were the spe-
. cial guests.
provided by two of the members,
Mrs. Emily stowe with two original
, poems and Maj. Ferris with a hu-
morous sketch. Miss Chippendale and
Miss Furiong gave recitations in
English and French. Mrs. F. Jackson
Stoddard poured tea and Mrs. c. Essery
Barnard acted as hostess.
The association held its first liter
airy salon of the season last Monday.
The evening was devoted TO the dis
cussion of Nexico-its history, art
customs, literature and influence
John Barton Payne, head of the
American Red Cross and special
United States envoy to Mexico. made
the first address, followed by Manuel
Telles, charge d'affaireS of the Mexi-
can republic, and DIR. Leo s. Rowe,
director general Of the Pan-AmerIcan