Evening star., 1924-03-09

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the purpose of discnssion-'Trifies," :"
by Susan Glaspel, and '1le," by Eu-
/, gene O'Neiil..
The league member who, is the win
ner of the. recent ofle-act play contest
will be made known at this meeting,
IL the. Eeport from the judges Is re-
ceived In time.
The short-story contest closes this
| week, Friday, on which date all man
uscripts must be in the hands of the
chairman of the short-story group,
Mrs. Estelle Aubrey Brown. Word
limit, 5000.
The short story Club met Tuesday
at the rooms Of the League of Amer1-
can Pen Women. The first number
Julia Hoffman, entitled "A Small
Town Girl"
Miss NJ. A. Hilsabeck, accompanied
by Miss Helen Nash, sang by the
as encore MY Song to You" Her
| well-modulated voice delighted the
| audience by its pure and sympathetic
| rendering of the melodies.
Mrs. III. ]. Hoffiiger read an original
! article describing old and. quaint epi-
taphs, taking her hearers from Alex
| andria, Va, to Boston, Halifax, st.
John and Delaware.
Lester Flood contributed the fifth
chapter of the composite story, ignor-
ing former clues and introducing a
deftly drawn suspect into the fore
Intensified or blurred by the writer
of the final chapter.
An Indian story, THE Waters of
the Tickapoo," was read by the
draw ing, phraseology and dramatic
: climax 1t was true to the history OF
the bess of our aborigines.
The clubs next meeting will be
held at the league rooms on the first
Tuesday of April.
The sixteenth Street Heights Club
met Tuesday afternoon in the home
avenue. Mrs. S. James Dennis pre-
| sided at the short business meeting
| which followed luncheon. Miss Ada
Rainey, chairman of painting and
| sculpture in the District Federation of
Women's Clubs, spoke on pictures for
the Home" illustrating her remarks by
a collection OF pictures from the Veer-
hoff galleries
Mrs. Naomi Lockhart, Mrs. Otto
The card party held Wednesday
afternoon at the home of Mrs; Thomas
Marshall netted substantial sum
| for Camp Good VIII. The club will
meet Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. w.
r. Lyman, 1872 Floral street.
1
| Friday evening, at the home of Miss
| Anna c. Reinhardt, was Husbands
night when the husbands Of the
members entertained the club and a
| number of guests. The president,
| Mrs. w. p. Hay, who has been i'll for
several weeks, was joyfully welcomed
1 by the members. One feature of the
program was a burlesaue Of Shake
/ speare's Julius Caesar acted il
pantomime by the husbands. with de-
| scriptive titles of the various scenes
| thrown on a screen by stereopticon.
| Those who participated in this part
I of the program We're MAJ. Adelno
Gibson. Capt; p; J; Hartshorn, VI Rey. =,
| Hay, q. w. Ashworth. +. W. Brown,
| Melville Chance, o. j. Field, II. A.
! Filler, G. +. Hartshorn, W. L: Town
| send, 1. II: Linton, John T: Williams
! we're vocal selections by Messrs.
| Brown, Linton and G. f. Hartshorn;
| a mandolin duet. by Messrs Townsend
and Linton; piano solo by Mr.
| Chance and flute solo by Mr.. Field.
| DR.. Atkinson amused the company
| with a number of stories in Scotch
| and Irish dialect. Refreshments were
served. Mrs. Edward A. Farrell will
| be hostess at the next meeting of the
club.
Petworth woman's Club met Mon
day evening in the school building
! Mrs. Tincher, president, spoke of the
deer sorrow which has come to three
! members since the last meeting
Death has taken the husbands OF Mrs.
John Dermody and Mrs. W. F.. Hard
| ing and the mother Of Miss Ida
O'Neal The members stood in silent
| tribute of sympathy for these loved
members in their trouble.
Mrs. Edith Phelps reported on be-
, half of her committee on moving picture
t1at ohnr hoc ytuif tod
theater each Saturday afternoon for
some time past, and found there can
be no possible cause for complaint as
to pictures shown. Emphasis was
we'll behaved. By unanimous vote,
the corresponding secretary was in
structed to write to Mr.. CHASER,
thanking him for his thoughtful care
in the matter of reels shown Satur-
day afternoons, and to Crandall's
public service educational department,
expressing the same appreciation.
In answer to the request of the club
lecting trash, SO that. the alleys of
Petworth would not become so un-
slightly, letter from the street clean
ing department of the District was
is impossible to follow trash collec-
tions with alley cleaning owing to
the fact that the collection goes on
in spite Of weather conditions. while
Lue CicdHlUE- CdnHol pc
during storms.
MISS Schriener, representing Mrs.
Marie Moore Forrest, spoke of the
historical pageant which will be pre-
sented in May and asked aid in Sc
curing correct historical data of the
Petworth neighborhood.
A committee consisting of Mrs. E.
B. Russ, Mrs. Edith Phelps and Mrs.
Frank Schwartz was appointed to
consider details for the banquet in
June, which will feature the tenth
anniversary of. the club.
The philanthropic committee is
planning white elephant" card
party, the proceeds from which will
be devoted to the clubhouse fund.
other meetings of the week will be
the civic, on Thursday afternoon, at
the home of Mrs. B. J. Waldo, 4o17
New Hampshire avenue, and the mu-
sic committee, Tuesday evening, in
the school building.
At the close of the business meet
ing the chairman of the literary COM
mittee, Mrs. A. A. Williams, assumed
charge. The members of this group
proceeded to give an example of a
regular committee meeting, entering
and being received by the hostess and