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

this afternoon at the club from 4:30
to o'clock. Assisting Mrs. SWORN
stdet will be Mrs. Garrit S. Miller, jr.
Eugene Byrnes. Mrs. Frank Mondell
and Mrs. Mark Potter will preside at
the tea table. Piano selections will
be given by Miss Alys Rickert.
A card party will be given under
the auspices of the bylaws commit
tee, assisted by the entertainment
committee tomorrow evening, 8 pm.
The bylaws committee also will give
card party Tuesday at 2 pm.
Articles OF fancy work. made by mem
ners of the bylaws committee, will
be given as prizes.
Mrs. Robert E. Nelson will give the
review at the meeting of the after
noon current events section Wednes-
day at 2:30 pm.
The second annual banquet. cele-
brating the fourth birthday of the
Women's City Club. will be held at
Rauscher's Thursday, pm. The ban
quet hostesses are Mrs. A. G. Nc
Clintock. Mrs. Howard L. Hodgkins.
Miss Myrtle Bum. Mrs. Isaac Cans.
DR.. A. Frances Foye, Mrs. o. !. Wood
ley. Miss Ethel Bagley, Mrs. Harold
Paul Parks, Mrs. Caroline B. Stephen.
MISS Tiilie Steiner. Mrs. Rose Yates
FORESTER. Mrs Frederick Johnson,
Mrs. James F. Callbreath. Mrs. Carl
Casey and Mrs. Mary Laird Stevens.
me luncheon committee, Mrs.
James Mcneil, chairman, announces
The presidents of the mems clubs of
Washington, as follows, will be the
speakers: H. E. StrinASr, the City
Club; DR.. Lyman J. Briggs, the Co.'S
IA ~ Y IL
Club: Claude Owen. Kiwanis Club;
Arthur Marks, Rotary Club. and
Carter Field. the Press Club.
A dance will be given under the
auspices Of the entertainment COM
mittee November 26, $50 pm. Cards
may be obtained a. clubhouse.
Foundations OF Japan" will be re-
viewed by Mrs. Ellis Meredith at the
section November 81. 2:3o pm. Mrs.
Robert ]. Bates will preside.
The Bible study class. DR.. o. Jo-
sHphine Baird laird, leader r.,o will meet
York, will be the principal speaker at
the Bible class subscription dinner to
be held in December.
The evening class of the French
section will meet Tuesday at pm.
for the diners at the French CONVEX
sation table. and at o'clock for the
members of the Causerie. The morn
ing class will meet Wednesday at IL
am. Nine. Emile Noel. diplomee Of
the University of Paris, instructs
these classes, which are free to club
members.
The annual bazaar. festival of ma
tions. will be held December s. and
3. Contributions of articles suitable
for display at the booths are re-
quested.
College women's Club. Tomorrow
from to o'clock at the club, 1922
/ street. The hostesses of the oc-
casion are the members of section II,
Miss Louise Chick chairman. This
the various southern colleges and
universities, and they extend a
cordial invitation to all southern
college women to attend. The pro
Irish dialect stories by Miss Ellis
Meredith and whistling solos by Miss
Terese Pyle. Mrs. w. L. Fulton and
Mrs. Frank Wilkes Pyle will preside
over the tea table.
Much interest is shown in the
bazaar to be held In the clubhouse
Friday and Saturday. In addition to
the sale of fancy work. candy, jelly
etc, fortunes will be told and a
buffet supper served.
Federation of Women's CIubs.-For-
get-Me-N Not day was put over the top
with aid of the federation, at the rate
OF S3,44O31. At least so per cent of
these funds will be used to succor the
veterans, who in their ignorance of
conditions here, come to Washington.
many times bringing their entire
family, without money and expecting
tention.. Their plight is pitiable,
when they learn that it takes days,
some times months, to validate their
claims. This is the stage where the
bureau plans to step in and give
women's clubs and the generosity
OF all the people of the District has
made this help possible.
The committee on friendly relations
with ex-service men, Mrs George e.
Farrell, chairman, began the years
work with the forget-me-not drive
November 10. Many of the disabled
men are in hospitals and unable to
undertake the actual work of selling
forget -nots. They appealed to
Mrs. John L. Steele, corresponding
secretary of the District Federation
of Women's Clubs and, always an ac-
tive worker in their behalf, Mrs.
Steele brought the matter before the
chairman of the committee on friend
Iy relations with ex-service men and
together they appealed to the wom-
en- of Washington. The response was
immediate and enthusiastic.
The city was divided into six dis
tricts under the following captains:
Mrs. Lloyd W. Biddle. Mrs. Gertrude
Bischoff. Mrs. A. K. Wines, Mrs,
Sarah Deeds, Mrs. ]. L. Steele, and
Mrs. George L. Farrell. On Forget
Me-Not day more than fifty matrons
and numbers Of attractive girls un-
der the direction of these captains
sold forget-me-nots to a public that
proved that they are not unmindful
of the debt they owe the disabled.
ture section will meet Wednesday,
day, 10:45 am, at Dupont Circle, for
q trip from Chain bridge along the
canal. under the leadership of Mrs
Miner.
The art section will meet Thursday,
3 pm, at 1447 Irving street. Mrs
Dayton Ward is the leader and the
subject will be "Pericles and the
Golden Age"
The section of education met
Thursday morning with Mrs. Thomas
Sidwell, 1901 Wisconsin avenue. Mrs.
Harriet Hawley Locher spoke Of THE
Development of the Educational value
of the Motion Picture" Several COM
mittees reported.
lie Cercle Francais de Washington.
Les Precicuses Ridicules opened it's
flfty-first year at the studio of John
Philip Shaddick. 1907 I street, with
Mrs. Camille Hindmarsh and Edmond
report by Miss Marie-Leontine
Becker. last years officers We're re-
elected unanimously and Mrs. Bessie
Edison was elected vice president to
replace Rene Van Croumbrugge of
the Belgian embassy, now in Europe.
Several piano selections by Mrs. C.
Augustus Simpson, recitations by
Mrs. Jeanne f. Benedict and the
singing of French songs closed one
of the largest and most enthusiastic
first meetings of the club.