Evening star., 1924-12-07
NEWS OF THE CLUBS.

. and Mrs Harry Harlan. Or. Harlan
is agronomist in charge of barley in
vestigations for the Department OF
Agriculture and has recently been in
India. He will give an illustrated
talk on The Punjab and Kashmir.' -
The tea is under the direction of the
press committee. Mrs. Clyde W. War
burton, chairman of the committee,
will be hostess a t the tea. E. d. Ball
be assisted by Mrs. Grosvenor NJ
Jones and Mrs. Henry w. Draper
The Shakespeare Society will give
its second play of the year tomorrow
and Tuesday evening in Emerson
Assembly of All Souls Church. King
John has been condensed TO two
hour performance by Mabel owens
| wilcox, and the production is under
the direction of Walter w. Beck.
Those giving the, play are J. o. Por-
ter, as King John: Mortimer More
house, Prince Henry; Sarah NJ. Smith.
Queen Elinor; Lutu G.. Adams, Lady
Blanca: Theodore TenIey, Pembroke;
| Wflliam>>E. Bryant, Hubert; c. E.
! Ruebsam. Robert Faulkenbridge;
John McInerney, King of France:
|
Dauphin: Leslie Waudby. Cardinal
Pandulph; Fulton Lewis. aChattilon:
| T. w. Harvey, the Duke of Austria;
L. NJ. Monroe, citizen Of Anglers.
Philip the Bastard is played by
Walter w. Beck; twelve year -old
Prince Arthur by Ada Louise
Townsend, and Lady Constance.
! Arthurs mother, by Mabel owens
| wilcox.
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Women's CIubs.-AIrs. Virginia White
! Speel. president announces that ow-
| ing to the regular monthly meeting
| coming during Christmas week. that
1 meeting will be omitted and a called
meeting of the federation will be
held on Monday, December 2s, at II
am, at the Hotel Roosevelt
The committee. on Bible study of
the federation, Mrs. Walter H How
ard. chairman, and the members OF
her committee, Mrs. J.. E.. Cunning
ham, Mrs. Sarah Nevins. Mrs. Arson
Rogers Tracy. Mrs. Helen DOGGY and
Mrs. e. G. Russell. have completed
arrangements for the series Of meet
! ings TO be held at Keith's Theater,
beginning December IS. from 1890
! to l o'clock and continuing through
| the week.
Rev. Jason Noble Pierce, pastor Of
!
be. the speaker Monday. his sub
! ject being THE Birth OF Christ"
| Tuesday, Rev George f. Dudley, of
| St. Stephens Episcopal Church will
speak on The Gift of Christ: Wed
nesday. Rev. Charles Wood OF the
| Church OF the Covenant will have
! for his subject The Personal Christ;
! Thursday, Rev. P. C. Gavin of The
| Sacred Heart Catholic Church will
| ~
Of Society; Friday, Bishop William
Mcdowell OF the Methodist Church
will have for his subject The Living
| Christ
Saturday will be childrens day,
| when Madge Beck will tell them
! The Christmas Story" and Edwin
y. c. Barnes. director of music in the
public schools. viii lead the children
in the singing of Christmas carols.
| The fine arts committee of the fed
GRAFTON, Mrs. Ellis Logan, chairman,
and the members of her committee,
VIII meet all club women interested
at the Corcoran Art Gallery. Decem-
Der 13, from ? to 4 PM. to study the
| collection of the ten noted Washing
ton artists now on exhibition there.
District League of American Pen
Womcn-The drama group will meet
| tomorrow, s pm, at the clubhouse,
| 1909 H street, under leadership of it's
| chairman. Miss Rebecca Dial, who
will discuss What Each Act Of a
Play Should Do" The group has pre-
viously considered the long play and
| the one-act play as a whole, and to-
morrow evening will analyze more in
detail the separate acts OF a long
play.
All members of the league inter
| ested in play writing are invited to
attend this meeting, which will be
| the only craft meeting of this week
The art group, Miss Loretto Lowen-
| stein. chairman, is arranging an art
| exhibit. and sale to take place at the
| clubhouse December Is and I6, on
which days the public is invited to
view the work OF the leagues art
| members, the clubhouse being open
| for this purpose from to pm
Leagde members desiring to place
| their work in this exhibit should
bring it to the clubhouse by Thurs
| day noon, December II.
| The tea this afternoon from to 6
| o'clock is under the auspices of the
| literature department, Mrs, Anne TIL
| lery RenShaw, chairman.
ID. c. Chapter, National War Mothers,
| met November 28 at 522 Sixth street
with Mrs. G. G. SeiboId in the chair.
Hrdtllyfng reports were read by Mrs.
| NJ. c. O'Neill, chairman Of st. Eliza
| beth's, who with her committee served
| dinner to the AZ men on Sunday, No
| vember %. Mrs. J. Sonnerman, chair
| man of Walter Reed, reported about
| one hundred boys would be remem-
| bered at Christmas. Space will not
| allow. to tell of the success Of Mrs
W. Simmons, chairman of ways and
means, and her committee during
| the past year. Communications were
| read from Mrs. Ida Blue, Mrs. Sarah
Miller and Mrs. NJ c. Manthan. A
letter from Mrs. Coolidge expressing
| pleasure of being with the War
| Mothers on the occasion OF planting
a tree in honor of mothers Of war
| participants was read by Mrs Sci
bold. Mrs. Landsburgh in a letter
| thanked the members for their
| generous Donation to the Social
| Hygiene Society. Mrs. 0'Neill Of
| fered a resolution to contribute to
| George Washington Post, No. i. the
American Legion, benefit Christmas
| party for children and families of ex-
service men. which was adopted The
mothers were invited to attend at
! least one of the Bible talks to be
given in keith's Theater, December Is
to 19, inclusive, under the auspices
| of Federation of Women's Clubs. A
report of the executive board of Ma
ttonal War Mothers, held in Mill
| waukee, Wis, on October 6 to 8, was
read by Mrs. G.. G. Seibold, who was
| sent to represent the District chapter