Evening star., 1924-04-13


tea this afternoon from 4:SO to
o'clock. Assisting her will be- Mrs.
Mary c. ID. Johnson, Mrs. Frank
Hiram Smell. Mrs. Lyman Is. SWORN
stedt. Mrs. Marie Stair Lawyer, Mrs.
Frederick r. f. Johnson, Mrs. l1otta
Moran Miss FL. IL. Arnold and Miss
Judith BarbauX.
DR. =. 4. Merritt, director of the
Nrav laboratory at Garfield Hospital
and a recognized authority on cancer,
will give an illustrated lecture before
the Women's City Club April 10 az
pm. The Cancer Problem, oeallns
with cancer detection and treatment,
will furnish the subject matter Tor ms
talk. The concer committee or the
club Dr. A. Frances FOyel chairman,
is cooperating with the iIt,. DiStIict
for the Control of Cancer In a one
month campaign, which began March
IL.
The evening current events section;
Mrs. J. J. Franklin. chairman Will
meet Thursday al pm.
Mrs Gertrude Reed VIII review ,
'"The Thirteenth Letter AT the eve
ming book review meeting ThurSdaF
at s O'Clock. Mrs Mary Z. Mctloskey
will preside.
An Easter dance will he given un-
der the auspices of the entertain
ment committee April 10 1T 80 pm.
Naval Academy will be guests or
honor. Cards may be obtained at
the clubhouse.
{. n. Claudy will speak on The
Appreciation of Poetry" and short |
talks on American and foreign poets
will he given at the afternoon book
review meeting April - AT $50 pm:
Mrs. Robert J. Bates Will preside.
Miss Gertrude Hennt man, pianist;
Miss Frances ScherEer, soprano, and
the little Indian princess, Naconee.
vjulinist, will he the artists appearing
on the Ampiro concert program to be
given under the auspices OF the bust
ness and professional ,Women's soc
ticn April 23 at pm Judge Mary
O'TOole will preside.
Miss Janet Richards Will" give the
last lecture in her series of current
events talks before the club April -
at pm. Cards may be obtained at
the clubhouse The proceeds Will
benefit the piano fund.
The dramatic section, Miss Adelaide
r. Borah, director. will present. April
"a, at : pm, the one-act play. Six
Ney. Miss Elaine Eppley, Miss Leona
Schoyer and others Will portray the
characters Miss Estelle Allen will
give dramatic selections and Mrs.
Thelma Mills Trotter will sing. Cards
may be obtained at the clubhouse.
The French section meets Tuesdays
at pm. and Wednesdays at IL am.
Nine. Emile Noel, diplomee Of the
University of Paris, instructs these
The Bible study class, Or. o.
Josephine Baird. leader, meets Thurs
days from to $50 pm. 1t is non
Sectarian.
At the meeting of the board of
directors held April the following
new members were elected: Mrs.
Rose NJ. Heiskell. Mrs; Julien Friez
HuEgins, Mrs; ?. f. Meade. Mrs.
Thomas Sidwell. Mrs. Don &. Johnson,
Mrs. \. J. Mckelway. Mrs. +. \. Mer
riman, Mrs. cleveland MOfTett, Miss
Maud Suman, Mrs William l. Darby,
Miss Vera \. Carter, Miss Hide gar ride
Hurley, Miss Blanche Kern. Miss Will
helmina Beha. Mrs: Russell NJ. Rich
ards. Miss Myra l. Williams and
Mrs. Harry Wardman.
The Free and Easy Auction club. a
class in bridge instruction, meets
Tuesdays at 1:30 pm.
y. W. ca reception was given by
the Department of Fine Arts and the
Federation OF Women's clubs Wednes-
day evening at the Art Club, 20l1 /
street. Mrs. Augustus Knight, chair
man of the finance committee of the
federation, presided. 1t proved one
Of the most enjoyable affairs of the
season. Felix J. Mahoney. president
of the Washington School of Applied
Art, gave talk. Hiroshi Yoshida.
who is exhibiting some of his pictures
at the club, read paper on japanese
art Or. Mitchell Carroll was also
on the program. Mrs. ]. J. Stahl
sang. During the informal reception
which followed the guests were en-
tHrtained by piano and violin rendi-
tons.
Twentieth Century CIub.-The par
1iamentary law section will meet at
1874 l street tomorrow, IL a. m. Mrs.
William II. Heron will preside.
Wednesday at 1.15 pm. at Dupont
circle for a trip TO Cabin John. Mrs.
Leon Miner will lead.
The section Of education will meet
Thursday at IL am. at the home of
the chairman. Mrs. Sidweu Miss La
vinia Eagle of the Maryland Lea que
of Women Voters will speak on The
ems will also speak on THE New Citi-
zenship as illustrated in Chevy
Chase"
The Shakespeare Society has but
three more meetings-ApriI 16 May
and 16. The last date is due to the
fact that the Corcoran Gallery of Art
will be used for convention the
week following. and include the
regular third. Wednesday. Meetings
on the above dates will be held At
the Corcoran AUDITORIUM. April Is it
is expected that the deans of litera-
turc in the four universities in the
city will talk informally of their ex-
perienCes in teaching Shak espeare
The speakers will be Dean w. A.
Wilbur Of George Washington Uni
versity, DR.. Paul kaufman of the
American University and probably
Dean w. 7. Talon of Georgetown
University and DR. =. j. Lennox OF
Catholic University. Prof Edward c.
Townsend will recite Cardinal VOL
sey'S farewell from King Henry
VIII In the current issue of the
Shakespearean Quarterly there is an
article by +. V. Wilcox, president of
the society, on 'Shak peare on the
American Stage Today" and also two
more full-paEe pictures of the So
riety's players. The play of Gym
heline," in a shortened arrangement
is under rehearsal, to be produced
April 80.
lie Cercie FrancaiS de Washington
Les Precieuses Ridicules held one of
its best attended meetings of the year
in the studio of John Philip Shaddick
with the Misses Marie and Matte
Winner hoStesses. After the read
Ing Of the minutes by Miss Marie
]%ontine Becker, the following pro-
gram was given: Piano. Mrs. c. Au-
gustus Simpson, Nocturnal Tangiers"
fGodowskyl. "Berceuse" (Godowsky).
"A Little Tango" Godowsky) and
''Nocturne" (Schumannl; recitation,
Mrs. Camille Hindmarsh. "Lc Petit
CIregoire' CThe odore BotreD: vocal
duets Mrs. BESSIE Edison and Mile.
Marie Leontine Recker 'Si, la stan
chezZa m 'opprime' tVcrdD and Bar
csrolle Belle Mutt tOffenbach). ac-
companist. Mrs. Simpson: causerie, by
NJ Ossip Perelma, "Corot and Titan"
with views; Breton songs, by Mime.
1sade Boury, in costume, La Danse
des Korrigans." "Pont Aven, Tou-
jours' and "Pont Aven Pays glamour
tBotreH, at the piano, Nile. Becker.