Evening star., 1923-04-07

secretary OF the A. A. U. W.. will pre-
side.
The College women's Club.-The
monthly meeting Of the executive
board. which was held Monday night
last under the present regime. as the
annual business meeting and election
OF officers will take place May 5, two
days before the next board meeting.
Mrs. Veerhoff was in the chair and
a great deal of important routine
business was transacted. Miss Marie
saunders. chairman of the finance
committee, announced that another
bridge luncheon would be given by
the club April %, the committee on
arrangements aaaI, to consist of Mrs
Joseph c. Zirkle and Mrs. Howard G.
Nichols. Luncheon is to be served at
l pm, and will be followed by bridge
and 800. with prize at each table.
The board decided to call to the
attention of those members not
already aware of 1t the fact that the
latchstring at the clubhouse is
always open and that they have the
privilege of dropping in at any time
for rest after shopping. little visit
with friends, a browse among the
books in the library, or an informal
. oihO ol Sui ldDltS anu uCIhS loi
which are always available. except, of
course, when some special social
function is taking place.
A committee was appointed, with
Mrs. Harris Baldwin as chairman, to
make plans for entertaining in some
way the delegates to the conference
or university settlement workers to
be held in Washington in May during
the national conference of social
work.
The following members of the club
have taken life memberships: Mrs
Mrs. John Barber. Mrs. l.. A. Bauer
DR.. Martha Burritt. Mrs. William E.
Chamberlin, Miss Edna A. Clark, Miss
Louise Coburn. Miss L. C. Grams. Miss
Catherine Z. Custis. Miss Airline Du
four, Miss Sara P. Grogan. Miss Jane
Harvey. Miss Ida 3. Johnson. Miss NJ.
A. Mcmahon. Miss Julia Macmillan.
Mrs. Basil NJ. Manly. Mrs. Avery C.
Marks, jr.. Miss NJ A Matthews, Mrs
Chester Morrill,. Mrs F. w. Pyle. Mrs.
T. e. Robertson, Miss Marie X.
Saunders. Mrs. w. d. Searle. Miss
well, Mrs. Eugene Z. Stevens Miss
Sophronia Stevens Mrs. L. B. SWORN
stedt, DR.. Ada r. Thomas, Miss E. II.
Turner, Mrs. o. l.. Veerhoff. Mrs. c.
w. Warburton. Miss NJ. B. Weyman,
Mrs. Harvey w. Wiley, Miss Bertha
Frances Wolfe and Mrs. Harriet deK.
Woods.
The hostesses at the tea. April 9.
are to be the members of Section XI,
Miss Anna Jenkins, chairman. DR..
William E. Stafford. economic botanist
of the Department of Agriculture,
America and What
They Teach U.s." This talk will be
illustrated by stereoptlcon slides
Mrs. Joseph c. Zirkle. treasurer of
the club, is to preside at the tea
table. assisted by Miss Lucy Graham
Mrs Minnegerode Andrews will speak
briefly on the National Monticello AS
sociation.
Saturday. April IA, the annual ban
quet Of the club is to be held at
Rauscher's Elaborate plans for the
affair are being made by Mrs. Leroy
T. Vernon. chairman. and the mem
bers OF her committee.
International Association of Art and
Letters.-The inauguration of the
new board will take place April 13
and will be a function of a social or
der as also Of unusual Importance as
an event. DR. Clarence ]. Owens takes
office president and the twenty
one members Of his staff who are all
active workers and have been accom-
plishing much for the organization
Will SUSTAIN lHo pidnS lHdI are 10
bring in new interests. Prof. August
King Smith. as vice president of the
retiring board will preside and in
troduce the speakers who will be,
besides DR.. Owens. Mira Huessin
Alai. minister Of Persia, and Col. John
Temple Graves. 1t is expected also
that DR.. c. Alphonso Smith, head of
the department of English at An
napolis and one of the association
council, will make an address. Pre-
ceding the Inauguration by two days
the last business meeting of the pres
ent board will take place April IL.
Each event will be held at the club
Mouse, 1715 Eye street.
The Twentieth Century Club.-Miss
Mabel Boardman, head of the Red
Cross organization, spoke before the
regular meeting Of the club Thurs
day morning. She explained very
clearly the new plans OF Red Cross
work, and pleaded for the training
and registering of women for emer-
gencies of war and disaster. The diff
ferent branches which are needed in
transcription of the Braille produc-
ton. which includes making Of gar
ments and surgical dressings. can
teen service, which means hot sup
pers cooked and served with a little
human touch. and the canning OF
vegetables and fruits for the hos
pitfalls: home hygiene and care of the
sick; hostess and recreation work. 1t
Is the purpose of the Red Cross to
build a memorial to the women who
served In the world war and to con-
tain therein facilities for trainin z
women in these various branches
Each member was asked to give
eighteen hours Of service in the year
The second part of the program in
cluded three short plays. presented
and staged by members OF the litera-
ture section under the management
of Mrs. Frederick harrington.
First: THE Barrel" by Edna St
harrington and Mrs. George Putnam
Second: Dust of the Road" by
Kenneth Sawyer Goodman and pre-
sented by Mrs. Lyman B. Swormstedt
Mrs Eugene Stevens. Mrs. Benjamin
Smith and Mrs. Truman Able.
Third: "a Dear Little Wife" A
Japanese comedys given by Mrs. Ma
than Grover. Mrs. Philip Smith and
Mrs. Franklin Jones. These plays
were so cleverly presented that they
will be repeated next Thursday even
ing at $50 at the Washington Club
for the benefit of the Juvenile Pro-
tective Association.
The parliamentary law section will
meet Tuesday morning at IL o'clock
at the Y. w. c. A. on F. street The
constitution upon which they have
been working will be completed at
this meeting under the guidance OF
Mrs. Frank Briggs.
The nature section. under the
leadership Of Mrs, Leo d. Miner. will
leave Dupont circle Wednesday at
:15 for a walk along the canal in the
vicinity of Chain Bridge.
Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor, chairman
of the civic section, announces that
John 1lder will speak on the alley
situation in Washington at its regu-
lar meeting next Thursday at IL
o'clock at the Women's City Club.
The art section holds its last meet
ing of the season Thursday at 3
o'clock, at 1447 Irving street. This