Evening star., 1924-04-20

"onen's City Cluh.-Mrs. John Allen
Munson will be hostess at the club
tnis afternoon from 4:30 to 6
ociock- Assisting Mrs. Munson will
a oe MIS-. James F. Calibreath. Mrs
eertha M Robertson. Mrs Alfred
raven will preside at the tea table.
MISS Esme Reeder will play violin
selections.
ine AFTERNOON book review section,
mrs. Robert ]. Bates, chairman. will
meet Tuesday At ESQ pm. c. N.
uoy VIII speak on THE Apprecia-
tion OF Poetry" Short talks will be
GIVEN on American and foreign poets.
MISS Janet Richards will give the
Aast or her series of current events
tAks before the club Tuesday. S pm.
Safos may be obtained at the club
"oose. The proceeds will benefit the
piano fund.
mis- MISS Gertrude Henneman. pianist;
Mss FRANCES Scherger, soprano. and
the Indian princess, Naconee yioIin-
- ~Hi De the artists appearing on
1Hs Ampico concert program, to be
sven under the auspices of the bust
+;n ana professional womans sec
ION. Wedne esday, s pm Judge Mary
OIooie will preside
Inc dramatic section. Miss Adelaide
borah; director, will present the
.acs .r,s play. Six Cups of Chocolate"
,Aprii "a, pm. The characters will
oe played by Miss Josephine Crowley,
MISS Grace McVey, Miss Teresa Con-
noLy. Miss Josephine Rankin Miss
Eeona Schoyer and Miss Elaine Ep-
prey Miss EsteIle Allen will give
dramatic selections and Mrs Thelrna
Mills Trotter will sing. Cards may
oG obtained at the clubhouse.
me M Bioie study class will not meet
on Thur sday next, but Dr. .. Jose
phine Baird leader. will hold a meet
Ing April "a, Z o'clock. at the Sum
Sh1ne Home for Women, AZ street
sand Missouri avenue southwest. Those
Interested are invited to attend.
a forum luncheon will be held
april 26. pm. Nine. Tsamados, the
suest OF honor. in native costume.
EIu give the program postponed from
IsSaoas, nIroa - The Songs Of the Greek
aceo oy the story OF the origin of the
songs The president, Mrs. William
II Charberlin. will preside. Reser-
Fations limited to 100.
me French section meets Tuesdays
~ Z pm. and Wednesdays at II a. m.
rhese classes are instructed by Nine.
ity of Paris
The Free and Easy Auction Club.
class in bridge instruction, meets
Tuesdays. from 1880 to $3.50 pm
The Washington Reasers, Club has
Two events scheduled for Easter
week, the first being the regular
meeting Tuesday evening at S O'Clock in
ne parlors OF the College Women
CIuo. lS22 l street. The second, the
annual banquet, which will be held
at the Headquarters Of the General
federation of Womens Clubs April
20. An informal reception. from $50
o O'Clock will precede the banquet.
2oets form the special numbers of
the program for Tuesday evening at
the regular meeting. The authors
selected. with the names of the club
same, are as follows: Amy Lowell.
Mrs Claude y. Bennett: Lancer
Hermann Hagedorn), Mrs. William
r. Bryant; Anna Hampstead Branche,
MISS Elizabeth q. Wilson; Sara Teas
dale; Miss Alice ]. Whit,omb; Karl
Sandburg. Mrs. Emily Erech Barnes:
Machc, Lindsay, VILE Q. Ison;
Twilight of the Kings" tAnnie John
son Flint, "Hepzihah of the Cent
Shop" and The Old Woman and the
Daffodils" virginia TAYLOR McCor-
nick, Mrs. William {. Johnson.
Maurice II. Jarvis will preside as
chairman
The principal address ut the ban
luet Saturday eve ming viii be made
by DR.. William Mather Lewis. pres-
dent of George Washington UnIver-
sity. Several Shakcspearcan numbers
will be given by Walter y. Beck and
other interesting features of the oc
casion. now in the course of arrange
ment by the members of the banquet
committee. Will be announced later.
TIE members OF the committee are:
William L. Bryant. chairman; Mrs
Claude y. Bennett. Miss Lenora NJ. dc
Grange. Miss Lulu G. Adams, Leslie
Waudby.
LenEuc of American PEN Womep.--
The authors costume carnival bal,
:in annual social event, given under
auspices of the District league. vii!
his year surpass all previous balls Of
This organization, and will be known
specifcaly as the "Mah-Jorg Ball"
to take place Thursday evening of
this week at $3.50 oc.ock at Wardman
Park Hotel.
Coming during the week OF the ma
tional biennial Convention of the
league. IL is listed as one Of the con-
rention features, and many noted
women, wielders Of the pen, pencil
and brush" will Join with the local
members of the organization and with
irhe general public in the festivities of
he evening. Many will come ar
irayed as characters from the pages
of some book or play, thus adding to
the colorful effect OF the scene.
though special costuming is not at
yall obligatory.
Mrs. William Atherton Du Puy, di-
director OF the ball; Mrs. Mcpherson
sIErichton, assistant director; Mrs.
II Theodore Tiller. chairman of the
H Young ladies' committee; Mrs. Vir-
tis-inia Monroe, chairman Of hospitality,
Hand Mrs. Samuel Bu-leigh Milton,
II chairman of decorations, are complet-
II ing arrangements, which include a I
program of special dance features.
! The decorations OF the ballroom
i will be in Chinese effect and a grour
."f young gir's dressed as NAH jong
lii'es will act as pages. Mrs. Monroe
and her committee Of hospitality will
nc in Egyptian costume and, unde'
the direction of Mortimer Clarke, are
tan style. Another feature will be q
gypsy camp. presided over by Mrs.
Milton. assisted by a group of young
women in attractive costumes.
The general public is invited, and
tickets may be obtained from ciu'
headquarters, 1922 II street northwest.
Mrs. H. S. Mulliken, chairman of
book reviews, announces that there
will be a book review luncheon each
day of the convention, April 1926, at
books of out-of-town members viii
he featured.
Miss Laura Thornbcrough and Mrs
Il S. Mulliken, chairman and vice
chairman of the national motion pic
ture conference, one of the sessions
take place during the convention.
urge all District members to cast
their votes for the six best films"
they have ever seen and state reasons
printed and may be obtained at head
Secretary Wallace of the Depart
ment of Agriculture will speak on
The Value of the Educational Film"
at the authors breakfast, Saturday.