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tings refused reelection and Mrs.
Candy was elected president.

tings refused reelection and Mrs
| Candy was elected president.
| ID. 9. League Of Women voter..-
The dinner to be held at the Won.
ems City Club Thursday evening
promises to be an event Of unusual
Interest as the officers of the Ma.
| tional League are to be guests of the
local body. The honor guest and
sneaker, Mrs. Ida Hustled Harper
wi have for her subject. Has
Women's Suffrage Met Expectations?'
give two-minute talks: Miss Belle
Sherwtn. president, Of Ohio; Miss
Julia Lathrop, Illinois; Mrs. Minnie
Fisher Cunningham, Texas; Miss
Ruth Morgan, New York; Miss Eliza
beth J. Hauser. Ohio; Miss kathrine
Luddington, New York; Mrs. James
f. Cheesman, Rhode Is and: Miss
Gertru'e Ely. Pennsylvania; Miss
Adele Clark, Richmond; Miss Mar.
gurita Wells, Minnesota: Mrs. Will
| lam G. Hibbard, / linois; Mrs. Charles
II. Dietrich. Nebraska. and Mrs. w
A. Shockley. Nevada. Reservations
will be limited to 100 places. Those
| wishing to attend should notify Mrs
Laura A. Bradley, 1853 Irving street
not later than Wednesday. ..
| 'IdkOm8 fa N SltIc StUSy Nlut
met Tuesday in the Takoma Theater
| With Mrs. Walter Trey. president, II
the chair.
| The session was opened by the
| reading of the "Woman's Collect" by
| Mrs. William Earl La Rue. Mrs. G.
Albert Scott, chairman of the budget
| committee, presented a satisfactory
plan for expenditures Of funds of the
club. Mrs. j. A. Councillor. chairman
| of the membership committee, sub.
mitted the names of eight new mem.
| bers.
| 1t was stated that the donation OF
clothing, dry groceries, canned goods
and jellies would be accepted at the
December meeting for the benefit OF
the needy, and that the club would
| cooperate with the special social
service committee of the Takoma
Park Citizens Association. A proper
| distribution of such donations can
| then be properly managed by Mrs. 6
| Albert Scott and Mrs. Hooker as a
| special committee of the Civic Study
| Club. At the conclusion of Mrs. Ar
| thur Gordon'S report of the meeting
Of the District Federation last month
| the club voted to enter the General
Federation Of Women's Clubs.
Two new committees were an
nounced, Il town Identification com
/ 'n.ttee and a. penny-fiower committee
| The Identification committee, consist
ng of Mrs. Mary Lamond White and
| Mrs. William Stuart, will give partic-
| ular attention to unsightly spots In
( he approaches to Takoma Park. The
penny-flower committee. with Mrs. J
| I. Allen as chairman, Will raise funds
| 20 send flowers to those members OF
| he club who are sick.
Mrs. Ethel Lamond was appointed
| chairman of the committee on ar
| -angements for a New Ye reception
! o be held under the auspices of the
| club. Other members of the commit.
.ee are Mrs. c. r. Mills, Mrs. q. AL
bert Scott and Mrs. Nellie Taylor.
Mrs. Philip North Moore. presiden,
! ). the National Council OF Women
| las appointed Mrs Lloyd W. Biddle ol
! he Takoma Park Civic Study Club a
! state hostess for the sixth quinquen-
| NAL meeting of the council, to be held
| Washington May to IA.
At the meeting of the club Tues
| y DR.. John Hull of the Children's
3ureau of the Department of Labor
! explained the idea underlying the ma
| ional act for the protection of ma
| .ernity and infancy.
Mrs. Florence v. Watkins, executive
secretary Of the National Congress OF
rents and Teachers, spoke on the
raining of the child o. pre-school
! ge. She also strongly urged sup
port of voting women for the pro-
| 20 ed child-labor amendment to the
! National Constitution. which has
| ,assed the Congress and been submit
ted to the States to consider ratifica
| ton.
Walter S. Ufford. secretary Of tn.
tuberculosis Society of the District
n lde a plea for interest of the mem
| bers of the club in the all-the-yeaI
outdoor camps for tubercular childrei
| # the District.
| Miss Lydia Birklyn, Superintendent
| If Friendship House, in Southeas'
| Washington. told of the rapid growth
| Of her work, and invited the members
| 20 visit the settlement house.
The Abrncadabrn Club met at the
home Of Mrs. Elizabeth H. Claflin. 1927
| hing. DR.. c. f. Abbot of the Smith
,onian Institution interested the clui
about Some Queer Things in the
| sky" Mrs. B. H. Perham read from
ilfred Tennyson's poems. Mrs. Shore
accompanied by Mrs. Sylvester, sane
The Star" II Passed Ba Your Win
dow" and "A Cradle Song"
The Battery Park Garden Club will
/, It the home Of Mrs, Edward Kohmar
On Wilson lane and Fairfax road. The
! lecturer on this occasion will be Prof
B. Y. Morrison and his subject THE
Iris"
washinkton Circle Of Child Csnser.
walton League. presided over by Mrs
lucy E. Bold, organizer. was held
| Tuesday at Hamline Church. The
lnhi "a RI n
tellectual and moral purity, health
and strngth of childhood by means
| OF systebatic educational and advisory
work and the enforcement Of exist
| ing laws. The original charter was
issued by the District of Columbia.
Officers elected were: Mrs. Earl E
Goss. president; Mrs. l. c. H MIL
ford. vice president; Mrs. William H
MacKay, secretary; Mrs. W. L. Moore
press reporter; Mrs. G. c. Shinn, di.
rector, bureau Of exchange. Meet
ngs are to be held the first and thiro
Mondays of each month. Members
are invited to attend a get-together
meeting at the home OF Mrs. Goss
1909 Decatur street, Wednesday at
pm. Many other circles are doing
effective work throughout the vari-
Gus States.
The Cultus Club met Tuesday at the
home of Mrs. Samuel Lewis with ever
member present
A paper on american Humorists,'
read by Mrs. Sholes and one on THE
Cliff Dwellers." read by Mrs. Dyer
were most entertaining and instruc-
tive.
Two guests added to the pleasure
Of the meeting.
TIE Alumnae Of the Cniverxity OF
Illinois will give a dinner at club
house Of the American Association OF
University Women, Wednesday, {