Evening star., 1923-03-17
News of the Clubs


section, will be hostess at the tea t
be given in the clubhouse tomorrow
afternoon from 4:30 to s. Receiving
with Mrs Bird will be the guests o
honor. Mis-. Arthur Capper and Mrs
Ralph II. Cameron. wives of senator
members of the District committee
and Mrs. Lyman B. Swormstedt
Judge Mary O'Toole. Mrs. Eller
Spencer Mussey and Mrs. Virginia
White Speel. Presiding at the tea
table will be Mrs. Clara Sears Taylor
Mrs. William w. Whittier. Mrs. Giles
scott Rafter and Mrs. William Wolf
Smith. with Miss Hope Thompson
Miss Lucille La Narre ana MISS MARY
Arsenath Johnson serving as thell
assistants. Throughout the tea houI
the Aloha PalyerS' Orchestra Will
render Hawaiian music.
An Illustrated talk, Uncle America
Sees 1t Through" will be given in
Ihe clubhouse tomorrow evening al
$50 pm. hy DR.. Andrew Brodie. ma
rional representative of the Near East
Relief.
The Bible study class will give an
Easter subscription dinner Wednes-
day at I pm. Rev. DR.. Thomas "
Nuore of the Catholic University will
speak, with THE Psychology of the
Bible" as his subject Miss Clara Nell
SON Maj. Max Wainer and Mrs. Ellen
Spencer Mussey are to be the other
sneakers A musical program will be
given by Mrs. Charles Nelson Rlkef,
Mrs Wright. Miss Cleo Stanland, Miss
Fern Calvin. Miss Floradell Staples
and Miss Ceres Humber. feature
will be the showing of three-reel
motion picture entitled The Life OF
Moses The Bible study class meets
every Thursday from to $50 pm. 1t
is non -ScCtauan.
\ forum luncheon will be given
Thursday at | pm. Among the speak
will give the views Cf Mrs. DuGan on
''Th" GintIe ART of Kiddin IerSelf.
\ song recital will he given by Miss
Harriet Ayers Seymour on March -
at ! pm
LIN Memo~iam." song cycle. will
~ presented by y. Carien Castle. as
sisted ny John Il. Monroe and Charles
&. Williams. March 26 at $50 pm.
The civics section will not meet
FCajn during March.
The Free and Easy Auction Club, a
"iass in bridge instruction and play
ing. meets Tuesdays for the advanced
students and Thursdays for the be-
ginners; at 7:3o pm:
The French section meets every
Tuesday. the diners at the French
table In the grill at o'clock and the
members of the CauSerie at Z. A fea-
lure is the weekly talk given by Nine.
Noel. the directress. on the part play
1%rI I'd by the French in American his
The College WOmen's Club.-Mrs.
Thomas w. Sidwell. Mrs. David s.
Wing and other members of section 4
will be hosteSSes at the tea at the
club Monday, when DIR. Philip s.
Smith. director of the United States
geological survey. is to be guest Of
honor and speaker. DR.. Smith will
other special guests will be Mrs
Philip S. Smith Mrs. Frederick c.
Hicks. Mrs. Frank Funk and Mrs. a.
Is. Funk. Mrs. Avery Coonley and
Miss Virginia Alexander are to pre4
side a the tea table. All former stu
dents of Vassar and the New York
State Library School are invited to
attend, whether or not they are MEM
berS OF the club
ON Tuesday, from $50 to IL pm.
While this has been announced as a
dance for married couples other
members OF the club still in a state
of "Single blesSedneSs' are invited
also. Mrs Howard G. Nichols is chair
man of the committee on arrange
mentS.
Mrs. Louis n. Geldert national
president of the League Of American
Pen Women, and Mrs. l.. +. Gregory
president of the Alaska branch of the
league are to give 4 program of orig
inal poetry and music at d reception
at the club Wednesday. from $3.50 to
1890 pm. at which the members of
section 10, Mrs. Frank Wilkes we,
chairman, are to be hoStesSeS. Re-
ceiving with Mrs. Pyle will be Mrs.
Hooker. the novelist Rear Admiral
and Mrs. Gregory, Mr.. and Mrs. Gel
,ert Mrs. Gerrit S. Miller, jr., and
Mr. and Mrs O. L. Neerh off.
The elections committee, Mrs. d.
Roberts Harper. chairman. wishes to
remind the members of the CLUB that
nominating ballots for club officers
should be sent to it at the club
house before March 20.
Great interest is being displayed by
club members in the annual banquet,
which is TO be held at RauScher's
chairman of the banquet committee
are Mrs. Leroy T. Vernon and Miss
Euby Nevins. respectively. Mrs.
James r. Ault is chairman of the
seating committee.
lie Cercle Francais De Washington
les Precieuses Ridicules held
.Jean de La Fontaine" evening
w Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Bes-
sic Edison.
After the reading of the minutes
by Miss Julia Rogers, Miss Marie
1.eontine Becker, assisted by Nine.
camille Hindmarsh. gave an Illus.
1rated lecture on La tontalne,
showing views which were made in
1921 in France in commemoration of
the tricentenary of the birth OF La
I'ontaine and which they obtained on
p recent trip TO Chateau Thierry.
This was followed by Nine. Hind
1riarSh as prologist, and Nine. Bessie
Edison. Mile. Marie l.. Becker, Prof.
Georges Poulin, costumed to repre-
sent animals of La Fontaine's Fa-
lles. enacting the following. ta)
"Le Corbeau ct lie Renard," (b) LIE
Rat de Vile ct lie Rat des Champs"
Cc) La CiGale ct la Fourmi,' I'D lie
Ioup ct rAgneau." (e) lie Cochon,
le Mouton ct la Chevre
The beautiful aria of Gustave
Charpentier's Louise" sung by Mrs
Edison, closed another original pro-
gram.
StonewalI Jackson Chapter, L. ID. c..
met Monday night at Confederate Me-
mortal Hall. Mrs. Albion wilkins
Tuck, president, in the chair. A short
business session was followed by
program of history and music by the
members and guests. Miss Josephine
Bird headed the entertainment by
playing Dixie" the audience arising
and singing the words. Miss Will
muth Gary played three, of her own
compositions, "Valse de Concert"
"Romance" and "Ripples of Avon"
Mrs. Robert Harrison, "a former his
1orian of the chapter, gave a humor-
Gus reading. Toms Last Forage;
Miss Jack Ward sang a group of three
songs, entitled Annie Laurie" "Jua-
nita" and within a Mile of Edinboro
Town" Mrs. Maxwell, historian of
the District Division, L. D. c., told of
the Southern Born Officers in the
World War, Who They Were and
What They Accomplished" Mrs. Nell
ID InH .lnr ,l-nt tOI, nf
Heroic John Morgan" Miss Harriet
Tunnel and Miss Francis Shirley as