Evening star., 1923-02-24
News of the Clubs

Hotel Monday at pm. Patronesses
have been announced as follows:
Mrs. Howard Lincoln Hodgkins. Dean
Anna l.. Rose, Mrs. Abram Lisner,
Mrs. Charles l. Corby, Mrs. Ernest l..
Thurston, Miss Nellie + Sedgley, Mrs.
William Allen Wilbur, Miss Alice
Henning, Mrs. William c. Ruediger,
Mrs. Merton Leroy Ferson. Mrs. Will
liam Cline Borden. Mrs. Elmer Louis
Kayser. Mrs. Charles Wendell Holmes.
Mrs. Lyman 3. Swormstedt and Mrs.
Otto l.. Veerhoff. The ways and
means committee. Miss Mollie 3. Wey-
man, chairman: Mrs. William Z:
Franz, Mrs. II. T. A. Lemon and Miss
Grace Coleman. will be in charge Of
, the party Bridge and five hundred
will be played.
The reception to the Columbian
Women by Mrs. Hodgkins will be held
at the residence of President and
Mrs. Hodgktns. 1921 Kalorama road,
from to IL pm. March 90, not March
8. as previously announced. The March
8 meeting will be a business session
| at 1919 1 street.
Y. w. II. A.--At the meeting Of the
Young Women's Hebrew Associa tion.
held Tuesday, the following officers
and chairmen of committees were
elected for the ensuing year: Presi-
dent. Mrs. Hyman Levy: first vice
president, Miss Nina Gluckstein; sec
ond vice president. Mrs. Edward
Heidingsfeld: recording secretary.
Theresa Shefferman: corresponding
secretary. Florence Frank: treasurer,
! Mollie Lazerow. The chairmen of
committees are Jeanne Portion. enter
tainment; Mrs. Louis Kramer, social
| welfare; Sarah Roberts. educational:
Flora Bergazin. athletics: Mary Ogus.
/
| Rickie Cans, hospitality; Mrs. Joseph
Wilmer. membership: Lillian Fried
[ man, Wednesday evening dances The
association is arranging for a ban
| quet to be held during the early part
| OF March in celebration of its tenth
i anniversary.
| The Philo-Classics met Friday at
Brinley, with the president. Mrs. Au-
gustus knight. presiding. At the
| business meeting many club matters
were discussed and letters from alb
sent members read. The program was
in charge OF Mrs. Wood. a carefully
prepared paper on shakespeare and
! Roman Catholicism was read by Mrs.
| Brinley. A short description of Flea
Glass. Parts were assigned and part
of act four of King John was read
Woman's Christian Temperance
IniOn-Frances Z. Willard. the only
| woman who has been honored by hav-
ing her statue placed in Statuary Hall
at the Capitol, was euIogized last Sat-
,urday afternoon by the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union of the
/ District. Mrs. Emma Sanford Shelton
president Of the organization, pre-
sided at the exercises at the Capitol.
| at which there were several hundred
present. AS the occasion was in cele-
| bration of the anniversary of the
" q n ntrl1r PnT 10 OF tpH, I'LL
by the state of Illinois. the w. c. T.
U. paid tribute to Miss Willard, a
pioneer prohibitionist. by placing a
| wreath on the statue. Senator Arthur
Capper of Kansas made an address, in
| which he declared that Kansas, one
of the first prohibition states, would
as soon go back to human slavery as
to slaae to the saloon. He praised
Frances Willard for the moral up
lift she brought to American homes.
Representative Ellis Moore of Ohio
spoke OF her work as an educator and
reformer. and said that she practiced
her teaching that the golden rule of
Christ is the only rule which will
! bring the golden age to man. Mrs.
Shelton read poem dedicated to
Miss Willard, and appealed for greater
membership in the w. c. T. u. SO
that the national organization could
year, when the fiftieth anniversary
will be celebrated. Rev. Charles H.
Stocking made d short address. Rev.
Earle Wilfiey. d. D., gave Bible read
ing and offered prayer, and Rev.
Clarence E. Rice, D. D., pronounced
the benediction.
Mount Pleasant w. c. #. L.. met
Tuesday at the home Of Mrs. Charles
Saum. 1241 Kenyon street, Miss Helen
Harman. being assistant hostess. Mrs.
l.. D. Clark, president, presided. The
corresponding secretary. Mrs. r. A. Del
lett. reported the number of invitations
sent out to the tea held in January.
Mrs. A. b. Carly, in charge of litera-
ture, stated the number of pages and
leaflets distributed during the month.
Through the child welfare department a
contribution was given to scales for
Webster School. Mrs. Stout and Mrs.
c. Rippey were appointed to organize a
Loyal Temperance Legion in connec-
tion with this union. Mrs j. Edgar
Hiatt was designated to take charge of
scientific temperance instruction. and
Mrs. Lucy r. Swanton to direct the de-
partment of Christian citizenship. A