Evening star., 1924-01-27

G. w. Hoke Of the National Transpor-
tation institute Subject RsIatien ito 81
feet on the Individual Business" Two
bass solos were sung by Harry M.
/ Forker. The attendance prize was
| given by Alice +. Schultz and won by
Mrs. Elsie H. Coleman.
| The District League of Women
Voters, will hold a business meeting
! Samuel T. Ansell will talk OF the sit
uation in the District schools and Will
| outline a plan for improvement. Action
! will be taken on the Endorsement Of the
Jones bill and the subject OF District
suffrage.
| The District Federation Of WOmen's
Clubs will meet tomorrow, IL am, at
| Hotel Roosevelt. The morning ses-
| sion will be devoted to business
/ until luncheon, at ! pm. The after
noon program will be contributed by
| the department of international rela-
] tions, Mrs. f. s. Mussey, chairman.
Subject, World Court"
Eel Club Cervantes, at it's meeting,
tJanuary IT. held in the auditorium of
the Interior Department building,
| featured a Porto Ricans night. The
guests of honor were MISS lSanel n:
Macdermott. editor of the Bulletin of
the n-AmericaV Union; Senor
Cayetano de Quesada, consul of
Cuba, and Dr. Pedro :Capo- Rodriguez
of the Carnegie Endowment. for In
|ternational Peace, each Of whom
cipal speaker was Senator Magnus
Johnson, who took for his topic
! Democratic Government,V capt.
| Frank Steward and Representative
| William n. Vaile also addressed the
meeting. Master Richard C. Hunt
| recited in Spanish the poem. Ger
/ yantes v Shakespeare" The L. >.
! Marine Band Orchestra gave pre-
liminary concert with Spanish selec.
tions and some typical pieces OF
Porto Rican music throughout the
| evening. Walter T. Holt and Miss
Alice f. Hill played a mandolin
| guitar duet. "Serenade Espagnole."
| Senior F.. J. Hernandez. president or
Ell Cervantes Club, presided.
PhiIo-CIassics..T January meet
+! ing took the form of a silver ami
versary luncheon and program at the
City Club for members. past anu
! gustus knight. president OF the ciuo'
! welcomed the assembly. The center
piece was a birthday cake bearing
| twenty five red candles and sur
! rounded by red carnations and ferns.
The place cards were decorated with
! owls, the Philo-Classics emblem.
! The program consisted of MS
| tory of the club by its founder, Mrs.
lE. II. Pitcher; the presentation OF a
! Thompson, the only continuous MEM
ber of the club for the entire quarter
! century; songs written by Mrs. Faber
| Stevenson and sung to famillar
| tunes, and the pageant. OF snakes
! pearean characters. introduced by
| shakespeare, impersonated by MRS.
| Court F.. Wood. Queen Eiizaoeth:
| represented by Il former president OF I
Philo-Classics, Mrs. John Stokes OF
Freehold. y. j.. and her mother. Anne
| watched the less historic personages
! lppear and speak their lines. Ophelia,
J Petruchio and Katherine the shrew'
/ the three witches from Macbeth
Cleopatra Portia. Bottom the weaver,
| Falstaff. Lady Macbeth and Touch
| stone, Andrey and William were
| present.
The washington Readers Ciub me.
iTuesday evening when two one-act
plays were presented. Mrs. W1ilam
liz Chamherlin presided AS chairman.
| The first play was The Romance
Iof the Fan" the theme dealing Win
| the story Of II haunted mirror, ana
AZ a fan and love verses which, were
! found hidden in a secret drawer OF
Ian antique French dressing table. Ihe
play is a dramatic adaptation OF a
story by the same name written pE
Ada Louise j O~nSellu
| The characters and cast were as
follows: w..
| Madam Nauden. a little French
twoman, Ada Louise Townsend.
| Betty Vernon. her young friend ana
lneighbor. Margaret L. McMullen.
| The scene: Home OF Madam MAUI
den, in Washington. p. C.
Period: The l2-~cer part OF 1929.
| The second play was AT the EleT-
ZENITH Hour" a little comedy in Which
1.-THE trials and tribulations of a fash
lionable hostess awaiting the arrival
lof her guests for dinner provided
,great amusement for the audience.
Either there would be telephone
message that somebody could not
come. or, after SUBSTITUTE sues!
ihad been secured, one of the original
number would Unexpectedly send
word that he or she could come, caus-
ling a constant upsetting of plans
and table arrangements The result
Twas an unlooked-for event in the
| shape of the arrival of a substitute
tguest who proved to be a most dis
ltinguished parsonage. and whose
presence amply repaid the hostess
for all the nerve-racking strain of
the preceding hour. The following
least appeared in the play:
| Mrs. Pringle, a fashionable hostess,
Mrs Mary Randolph Dickens.
Elaine, her daughter, Lulu G.
Adams.
\ Dunhan, ner DutleT, Ley uth w lllIe,
|jr.
| Scene: The dining room in Mrs.
Pringle's New York home.
Time: The present.
| The program of the February
| Injecting will consist of original num-
tbers by members of the club. At the
business meeting Tuesday evening
iplans for the annual banquet in April
iwere briefly discussed, and more ex-
tended announcement regarding same
will be made later
The Curley Club, organized to as
sist Archbishop Curley's Scholarship
Fund. gave dance Friday night in
1.-THE Oak Room of the Raleigh Hotel.
iThis is one of series of dances that
1.-The club will hold during the winter
season in the interest of the fund.
| RESORTS.
4 BERMUDA.