Evening star., 1923-12-02
NEWS OF THE CLUBS

sions. These talks will be preceded
by an hour of music, under the di-
rection Of Mrs. Eugene Byrnes. Mr..
Louis Potter will give an illustrated
talk, assisted by Mrs. Ruby Potter.
soprano, and by Mr.. Socalove, violinist.
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Les Precieuses Ridicules was received
by M. and Nine. Marcel Delporte at
the studio of John Philip Shaddick.
After the reading of the minutes of
the last meeting. the following pro-
gram was given:
Piano solo, Carlton de Louis XIV"
by Neustedt., Mile. Marie.Leontin:s,
M,,s heeker; I reading, lie Telephonne,a
Rosaire." by Nevin. Nine. Elizabeth
Edison. accompanist. Mile. Becker;
Anecdotes and Amusing Expert
ences." Henri Lasard.
Miss Julia Rogers has returned from
her summer vacation and will resume
her position as corresponding secre-
tary.
League OF American Pen women
The poetry tea" given at club head
quarters Saturday afternoon under
the auspices of the fellowship COM
mittee was largely attended by club
members and by number Of out-of-
town guests. Among the latter were
d. c.. league member, and a num-
ber of the delegates to the U. d. G.
convention. then in session; also Maj
Cameron. Mrs. Isabel Likens Gates.
vice chairman of the fellowship com
mfttee and acting chairman of the
poetry group, was the hostess and
made the address of welcome to the
assembled guests. Mrs. Anne Tillery
Renshaw opened the program with a
discussion Of the two schools of
ma ~ he af
advocates lay stress upon the beauty
of sound and metrical flow of the
language of poetry. of which school
Edgar Allen Poe Is notable rep
resentative. and the school of sense,
whose upholders believe that the
thought expressed in the language
should hold precedence over the
beauty of sound, which school is rep
resented by Robert Browning. The
poets of the District League who
own writings were Mrs. William
Meade Coulling. Mrs. Florence Will
lard Day. Mrs. Estelle M. Moses, Mrs.
Rachel Tougate Beck, Mrs. Hu gh J.
Davis. Mrs; A. T. Clark. Mrs. Frank
and Mrs. Daniel C. Chace. Mrs.
Aaron ID. Newman, chairman of the
fellowship committee, was in charge
of refreshments and aided in receiv-
ing the guests, as did also Mrs. Har-
riet Hawiey Locher; president of the
District branch. who spoke a few
words of welcome. Mrs. Annie c.
Manchester poured tea.
Tuesday evening at o'clock in
the Chinese room at headquarters the
children's literature group, chairman.
Mrs. Eduardo Albion, will hold it's
second meeting of the season and will
continue the discussion of oriental
children's stories. Many of the mem
bers have material collected in the
orient. and the discussion by Mrs.
Albion will cover the methods of
adaptation of this material to the
needs of the American child.
Wednesday afternoon at 5 O'Clock
IT headquarters there will be organ
ized class in public speaking. open
eral public. men and women, under
the tutelage of Mrs. Anne Tillery
Renshaw.
The book review luncheon, origi-
nally scheduled for Tuesday of this
week has been postponed. Early in
January a book review tea will be
held at the clubhouse.
The commercial group luncheon.
which was omitted last week on ac-
count OF Thanksgiving, will be re-
sumed this week Thursday.
The Newcomb Club met recently at
the home of Mrs George F. Hane.
The annual social service sale was
ilefu, anu lncTe WAS u IdTSe dtteHu
ance. The guest of honor was Miss
Elizabeth Spanner. director of Mont
gomery County Social Service League.
who told of the great relief which is
being given to those in need through
this organization. DR.. Thomas Win
Or. James Kirkpatrick of Bradley
Lane vice president of the league.
Among other guests from a dis
tance were Mrs. Josiah Waters Jones
vice president of Maryland Fedora
ton OF Women's Clubs. and Mrs.
James II. Jones. president Of Mont
gomery County Federation. Mrs.
Frank Wilmot and Mrs. Albert Klaas
rendered vocal selections.
The next meeting will be held at
when Mrs. Mitchell Carroll will give
a talk on Holland" including an
account OF Queen Wilhelmina's silver
jubilee" which she attended in Sep
tember.
The Anthony League will meet at
headquarters. 1884 y street, Thursday.
There will be a short business meet
ing at 1880. The program will be
under the direction of the committee
on Americanization. Miss Maude G..
Alton, chairman. Miss. Lillian 7,
Clark. consulting specialist in adult
immigrant education OF the naturali-
zation bureau. will give the principal
address. Mrs. Louise Ellison, from
France. will recite America for
Me-; Mrs. Alcantara, from Germany,
will give my Captain" and Teddy
Veith will recite THE Flag Goes By"
The music will be in charge of
Nine. Mary zalipsky. silent Night"
will be sung by a student quartet, ac-
companied by Miss Lottie Coblentz.
The Shakespeare Society will meet
Wednesday In the auditorium of the
Corcoran Gallery of Art. The interest
ing story OF teaching Shakespeare in
the high schools begun at the last
meeting will be continued. Miss Sybil
Baker of Central, Miss Kate Moore Of
Eastern. Miss Margaret Merrill OF
Western and Miss Ruth Stauffer of
Mckinley will relate their expe-
riences, problems and pleasures in
producing the plays. The dramatic
number will be a comedy scene from
the rarely presented play Of 1.-TWO
Gentlemen of Verona" {act II. scene
~, in which Lady Sylvia will be
played by Miss Olyve Barbee, Sir VAL
entine by Elton B. Taylor, and the
servant. Speed, by Clarence E. Rueb-
sam.
Capitol Hill History Club met
"Wednesday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. c. T. Mccoy. A social hour and
luncheon we're enjoyed at 1890 with
Mrs. b. G. Yorks, assistant hostess.
The president, Mrs. Edgar Merritt, pre-