Evening star., 1923-04-14

The Chevy Chase Woman's Club VIII
meet at the Maryland School. April
II, at p.m., instead of the regular
date: the third Wednesday This
program is planned. After short
business meeting the members of the
club Will present play. Suppressed
Desires, after which there will be
music, dancing and refreshments.
The executive board met at the
home of Mrs. Oscar c. Merrill of Mel
rose street. Wednesday. Mrs. Ste
phen L. Tabor and Mrs. Oscar C.
Merrill were hostesses to the lunch
con.
The social section. under the lead
ership Of Mrs. Alfred B. Leet, will
entertain at bridge-luncheon Mon
day ct the home of Mrs. Joseph Trav-
ers Macguire, Hesketh street.
w. L. Ofutt, chairman, gave a tea
and food sale April 6. at the Metho-
dist Church. The affair was a sue
cess socially and financially.
The music section. Mrs. Theodore
w. Norcross. leader. Mr. Herndon
Morsell. conductor. have rehearsals
every Wednesday at 10 am. in the
Maryland School in preparation for a
concert to be given the first week in
May. The section gave a musical at
the home of Mrs. X. o. Belt Meadow
lane, on the afternoon of April 3. A
MacDowell program was rendered by
the following artists: Mrs. Honey
! well, pianist; Mrs. Gertrude Deland
Price. soprano; Mrs. N. z. White, vio-
liniSt, and Miss Grace Jackson, ac-
companist. Mrs. Roy Hall gave the
autobiography of MacDowell and Mrs.
Belt an interesting talk on MacDow-
ell the artist.
/ The literature section will meet at
the home of Mrs. A. Mac Ashley, 7
West Melrose street. Friday, at pm.
Mrs. Eugene Stevens will have the
program in charge. The afternoon
will be devoted to the novels of
Sheila X. Smith. At the close of the
program the members of the section
are invited by Mrs. Ashley to tea.
Stonewall jackson Chapter, L. ID. c.,
met Monday night at Confederate
| Memorial Home. Miss Marie J. Ma
Guire, second vice president. presided
In the absence of the president. Mrs.
Tuck. who is in New Dreams attend
ing the Confederate reunion. An
, nouncement was made that the an
nual May ball given by the chapter,
! will take place "Wednesday, May >, at
Wardman Park Hotel.
The Washington Readers' Club will
give its third public recital for the
season at Wilson Normal School.
Tuesday evening, 8 o'clock. Miss Anita
Schade will give a group of readings
with musical accompaniments, with
Miss Mary l. Kelly at the piano. Mr..
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group of Italian dialect readings, and
Mrs William Charming Johnson will
read Robert Herrick's THE Master
of the Inn" The program will con-
clude with a Dutch pantomime, I'm
Old New York" under the direction
of Miss Emma A. Jordan. DR.. Will
liam f. Chamberlin will appear as
| Mynheer Vedder, Mrs. Emily Frech
| Barnes as Frou Nedder. Miss Jordan
as their daughter Kathryn. and
Clarence Ruebsam as her lover, Peter
; while VIM. E. Bryant will be the
burgomaster and Mrs. Eva Hurd
Willis an old woman.
The annual Shakespeare banquet Of
the club will be May at the Women's
City Club.
National Club Of the American As
socfntion of University Women
the clubhouse, 1884 I street, Monday
at $50 pm. Robert Lawrence. di-
rector of the Community Music As
Soctatfon of Washington, will give
descriptive analysis of the classics.
There will be violin solos by Mar
guerite Carter. folk songs and COM
munity singing.
Wednesday afternoon at 4:30
there will be a tea for the officers
and members of the Continental Con-
r. T. Johnson, regent of the Mary
Washington Chapter, will act as host
eSS.
The first meeting of the Thurs
day Morning Bridge Club will be
held at 1890 Thursday. The mem
bers plan to play from 1890 to 1890
on alternate Thursdays.
President Gray of Bates College.
Lewiston, Me. will be the guest
of honor at the tea Tuesday after
noon at the club. Through a mis-
understanding this tea was announc-
ed for last Tuesday. but the correct
date is April II. Members of the
club who are graduates Of the small
er New England colleges will act
as hostesses. and all New England
women are especially invited.
The Shakespeare Society will meet
Tuesday at 1715 1 street. The gem
eral study of Midsummer Nights
Dream" will be continued. Mrs.
Eleanor Bingham will give the
dramatic analysis and Walter w.
Peck will tell of Ben Greet's manner
of staging Shakespeare. Mr.. Beck
was a member of Mr.. Greet's COM
pany and can speak from personal
experience. The dramatic reading
will be Juliet's potion scene, by Miss
Leona Schoyer. The full play of