Evening star., 1924-02-24
NEWS OF THE CLUBS

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ty branch of the federation, and it is
| earnestly hoped that all clubwomen
viii avail themselves Of this privilege
and be present,
The Women's Auxiliary to the Rail-
way Mnil Association met February
! ~ at Odd Fellows Hail. Mrs. J."C a,ide
| Meyers presided The WAYS and means
committee. Mrs. A. X. Wine. chairman
reported on the progress of the card
| On the first of the month the auxil.
! larry invested $500 In the Northeast CIT
izens Association. The chair appointed
a, committee Of ten. Mrs. William NJ
Collins, chairman. to revise the consti-
.ullon ana bylaws. the committee to
| report Mt the March meeting.
| Ihe floral committee chairman, Mrs
r. T. Ball. reported the sending of
flowers TO Mrs. Henry Strickland and
J read letter Of appreciation from the
seSipient. a letter Of coincidence was
f, ordered to be sent to Mrs. Wilson en-
pressing the associations deep regret
ana sympathy on the passing away of
sne great statesman, Woodrow Wilson,
me corresponding secretary was also
iiistructed to write letter OF encour-
asement to the Boy Scouts OF Washing
| ton.
Miss Beatrice Deeds read a paper on
me Origin of St. Valentines Day" \
great many favorable. communications
were reported from senators and rep
| resentatlves on the. Hin. signifying
| Ineir Willingness to support bill No.
II. Il. 4l23. dealing with higher salA-
res Tor employees in the postal serv-
! After business the .ux,l,arv was
| joined BY the Hallway Mail Association
lor The program and social hour Those
| appearing on the program were Mrs
| Bianche Carnaha,, who entertained
WITH ", Scotch songs, followed by little
Miss Furtrosky with fancy dances: n
song and dance by the Misses Ather.
Ton, and Il dance by Miss Katherine
! Mcleod. The speakers We're Villa m
! VI. Collins. national president, Railway
s.alI association Chester NJ Harvey of
St faui, MINI, and Messrs. Stamp and
MeCoai OF San Antonio. Tex.
Ierreshinents were served by the
hostesses. Mrs. William VI. Collins and
Mrs. Harry Darling.
The Petworth Woman.s Cluh.-sfrs,
L. ). Tfncher president of the club.
with members OF her executive COM
| mrtee, Is perfecting plans and re-
: hearsing for "The Evening In Old
Japan" for Friday in Petworth BAN
tist church. AS the entertainment
| Is for the benefit of both the District
!
| worth club. Il capacity crowd is ex-
! pected. Miss Francis Gutelius VIII
give t"o plano numbers. Mrs Ros-
, coe oatiey, with members of her mu-
| sic committee. viii repeat. by re-
quest. the Japanese song and drill
which was given at the fall festival.
| q group under the direction of Mrs.
! Anna Williams is rehearsing a ONE
act play which Mrs. Williams has
| written, entitled The Wooing OF
Little Whoa San and others are
| puSy preparing solo numbers
! The social feature OF the evening
VIII be the serving of tea and waters
with Mrs. W. S. Ryon in charge, as
sisted by Mrs. II. f. Norton, Mrs.
/ Griffith Evans. Mrs. Georgia Johnson.
Smith. Mrs. LEster Dewey. Mrs.
Frank Schaeffer. Mrs. J. Herbert
Robinson, Mrs. Frank Barnard and
Mrs. Charles Radley.
Through the courtesy Of Mrs T. J..
F. McElroy. secretary Of the Pet
| very beautiful screen pictures Of
scenes In Japan will be shown.
/ The decorations are in charge Of
/ Mrs. j. X. Gaskfn and Mrs. J. W.
Hrown and will be very beautiful.
The literary committee OF the club
met with Mrs. E 4. Russ February
II. Current events were presented
| by Mrs. Maud Weddelnan: Miss Ro-
berta Patterson read an article on
! essayists: Mrs. Williams gave 6
! resume Of the play "The Fool" and
Mrs. r.. c. Smith gave d history of
for the entertainment Of the club at
! the March meeting were perfected.
+, Assisting Mrs. Russ were Miss Kate
| Cline Funk and Mrs. Edward It.
/ Perkins.
In spite Of the heavy snow nine
n h
! mittee met with Mrs. W. S.. Ryon
Tuesday and spent the afternoon In
| the usual sewing.
At the meeting of the home COM
:aittee February Is at the home of
Mrs, George Dietz. Mrs. Frank Nc
Dowell presented a paper on Re
vtved Art
The Newcomb Club was entertained
Friday at the home OF Mrs. W. E.
Emory. Hobart street. The presi-
dent, Mrs. George Hane, presided.
After brief business meeting the
members listened to a most interest
| ing paper on Business and Lepts-
lation," read by Mrs. L. Rea IIark-
| tess.
Y. w. G. A.-The booklovers of the
\. w. G. A. Will meet at Mrs. Lam
sings informally this afternoon. Miss
Alice Drake Is in charge Of the musi-
cal program. At the March meeting OF
the booklovers. Miss Drake will
speak on Symbolism Of the Muriel
Decorations in the Library OF Con-
gress."
Miss Susanne Moore VIII speak be-
fore the Business Girls Club Tuesday
evening, on astronomy. Miss Moore
is secretary Of finance of the local
Y. W. G. A. She has for five years
been teacher of science In Washing
ton.
On Wednesday the campaign chair
man and captains Of teams for the
finance drive are to meet for tea at
the Eliza beth Somers, 100 M street.
Mrs. Harry f. Hull. chairman Of the
/ finance committee, will be assisted by
Miss Alys Downing, chairman OF
| Women's teams; Mrs. Louis P. Mac
Fadder. chairman of the congress
sional committee; Miss Mildred Barth-
olow, chairman of business girls
| teams, and Mrs. Walter Browne. cap
tain of the all-chapter team. Plans
for the finance effort will be made
and the drive take place from March
II 20 %.
The school council Of the Y. w. c. A.
will meet at S14 Z street, pm,
Wednesday. Miss Frances L. Chicken
ing, chairman of the council, has Sc
| cured as the speaker Miss Mignon-
,, cite Buckingham of the business staff
OF the Y. w. c. A. -.
DR.. Ada Thomas. member OF the
7. W. G. A. board will speak before
| the Industrial Mercantile Business
Clubs on the Charm OF Health" Z
pm, Thursday. The meeting will fol-
low the club supper at 614 E street
North Capitol w. C. II. U. met with
| Mrs. Lillian Moore Monday evening.
The president, Mrs. Helen Bowen Hall,
was gratifled with the several re-
! ports Of the special committees on
! the progress of the years work. The
speaker of the evening. Mrs. George
| A. Ross, gave a talk on, Scientific
Temperance"
! The second of the series Of teas will