Evening star., 1924-10-05

had just tinge of wistfulness be-
meath their friendly warmth. For the
| meeting, which was the first of the
| Fail, after two months vacation, was
also the last in the clubhouse which
| has been the organizations home for
| the past six years.
| Wednesday the league moved into
| its new home at 1909 II street, just
a few doors below it's former home,
and the third headquarters it has oc-
cupied in the near vicinity. The
| growth of the league in the past Few
years has made more commodlous
quarters essential, and these have
now been secured.
The new clubhouse has on it's first
| floor three connecting rooms. wnere
| large gatherings can be held. On this
! floor there is a Dutch kitchen, where
club luncheonS and dinners can be
! prepared.
! On the second floor front there is
| large clubroom, which can accommo-
| date some 60 people, and the house
| contains "a number of well lighted
studio rooms, each with its own fire
| place to bring cheer on wintry days.
| The accommodations of the club
house will be for rent to other or
ganizationS that may desire to hold
meetings or teas there; the ball
room can be secured for dances, and
| the studio rooms are available tor
| lease by artists or teachers OF literary
or artistic branches.
! Mrs. Harriet Hawley Locher, pres
ident IT the District League. pre-
sided at the meeting on Monday
| night. which was well attended in
spite of the bad storm.
| The short story group, leader, Mrs.
| Estelle Aubrey Brown, will meet on
the first Monday of each month; his
! nd los ital d
er, Jean Stephenson, on the fourth
| Thursday: commercial group. leader,
| Grace Hudson, the third Thursday in
the month: poetry group, leader. Miss
| Frances Steele, the second Monday.
All of these meetings will be at the
clubhouse, 1903 II street, at o'clock.
| Mrs. Peggy Albion, leader OF the
! children's literature group, will hold
meetings of that group at her resi-
dence. 1914 q street, at $50 o'clock
on the first Tuesday in the month.
Mrs. Neyle Colquitt's class in prac
teal journalism will start after Octo-
ber 5.
The garden at the side of the house,
with its wistaria- covered arbor. has
already aroused the enthusiasm Of
the members. who plan to hold teas
there in the Spring and Summer
| months.
National League of American Pen
| Wamen.-The first meeting of the
| executive board will be held October
| 13,, 1890 am. at headquarters in the
| Shoreham Hotel The board includes
| not only the officers and chairmen of
| standing committees of the National
| League, but also All past presidents,
! all State vice presidents and all
| branch presidents of the national or
| ganization.
! Mrs. Harry Atwood Colman. ma
tional president, viii preside, and
among the officers from Washington
| and from out of town who will at
| tend are: Mrs. Clarence NJ. Busch.
national vice president; Mrs. Ather-
! ton DuPuy. Washington, ID. G.: Mrs.
! Louis y. Gcldcrt, Memphis. Tenn.
! Mrs. Lincoln Heutis Los Angeles,
Calf: Mrs. Luther +. Gregory, vice
| president for Alaska and Washing
| ton; Mrs. Leo p. Harlow. state vice
president for Virginia: Mrs. Jane Abb
| bott, state vice president for New
| York. and Mrs. T.. r. Zimmerman.
president of the Baltimore branch
The Battery Park Garden Club held
/ special meeting Tuesday at the
/ home of Gen. and Mrs. r. {. Marshall,
| Fairfax road. Battery Park.
| Prof. j. l.. Beattie lectured on Pre-
| paration of the Lawn and Garden for
| Winter" followed by open discussion.
| The next meeting Will be held
October IA, at the home of Mrs. Mar
| shall at 10 am. The speaker will be
! Prof. Reed of the Department of
Agriculture, who has just returned
from China. He will speak about
| Chinese vegetable
| The Shakespeare Society will meet
| this season on the first and third
| Mondays at the Corcoran Gallery of
| Art. ON the opening program tomor-
| row the speakers will be Mrs. Fulton
/ Lewis. president of the Washington
club, whose subject is Queen Eliza