The Washington times., 1924-10-02
Women J Clubs
What OlubWolnen Are
Planning and AC-
comp ishing.

plans were discussed to revise
the constitution 50 that an elastic
membership ruling may be given the
lstarTnont Aid Society whereby a
sinking fund may be created to
help the club help to help others,
when the club met at the Harring.
ton Hotel yesterday.
The Starmont Aid for Consuinp-
tives is not new organization. It
was organized in 1906 for the pur.
pose Of giving financial aid to-
tubercular sufferers, particularly 70
those in the Starrnont Sanitoriun
at Washington Grove, an institution
opened in 1905 by General George NJ.
Sternberg.
TubercuIar Aid.
The only institution Of Its kind
now in the city IL the TuDercular
Hospital on Upshur street, which
is assisted by the starrnonr Aid.
to = great extent. However, the
requisite for entrance into the build
ing Is a complete state Of pauper.
ism, and 1t Is this condition which
the aid must combat. Good cheer
and delicacies may be provided. at
the hospital for its inmates and il
appreciated. But it Is the gentle.
woman sufferer who is not pauper
and the many men who have lost
good Jobs through their illness who
are the problems and who do not
wish to be assisted In d pauper's
institution. It is these people whom
the Aid assists with very limited
funds. They find private homes or
Inexpensive sanitoriunls where the
patient may seek the rest cure for
ask for such privileges.
BY the assistance Of garden party
bazaars and home sales, the aid hes
succeeded in helping many a pa
tient to seek cure away from
home in some more kindly climate.
has provided medical help for those
in stringent circumstances. and has
helped materially where but a
little help was needed.
BY the creation Of a membership
rule by which members may be adj
mitted to life membership, honorary
membership and so on the dues
may be so enlarged from the now
associate membership dues Of one
dollar that the club may have funds
at its hands in the nature Of an
endowment to make possible home
Of rest for such members of the
community who will need such an
institution.
The aid has as its heads rep
resentative group of the city's
most responsible clubwomen. They
are: President, Mrs. Andrew Stewart:
first vice president. Mrs. Dewitt
Chadwick: second vice president.
Mrs. e. j. Brennan: treasurer, Mrs.
w. e. McReynolds: secretary, Mrs.
A. p. Clark. jr.. and assistant SEC
rotary. Miss Letta B. Fisher. The
committee executives are, Mrs..
Philip Herman. Mrs. w. HI. Brad
bury and Mrs. w. r. Roberts.
A. A. u. w. Meet.
when the American public
makes American Administration
realize that the Philippines must en-.
joy the same liberty and freedom
for which the. Americans themselves
fought. and gives it to them then
will there be a close lxinship be.
tween the two countries which can
never, be broken" said Maria e.
lamar, in her address to the A. A.
U. W., at their tea held yesterday
In the clubhouse.
Miss lamar is a native Filipino
graduated from the National Uni
versity Of the Philippines and the
only woman ever sent to the United
States to do graduate work at a
University here. She Is registered
at the University of Michigan as a
candidate for degree of Doctor Of
Philosophy which she will receive
after the completion Of a thesis on
the political science question Of the
Philippines.
Miss lamar in her talk elabor.
ated upon the morale of the Fill.
Pine women and talked at length
upon the similarity of the women =
clubs there and in the United States.
She does not believe in suffrage yet
for the Filipino women.
An interested spectator at the
club tea was v. G. Bunuan, director
of the Philippine Press Bureau, who
with his wife seemed Unfortunately
proud Of his tiny .conutrywoman,
appearing in native costume of
emerald green, with all the furbe-
lows attached.
Bethesda Women To Convene.
The first regular meeting Of the
season for the Woman's club of
Bethesda will be held October IA,
at the residence Of Mrs. Harry c.
Karr, and the Current Topics Sec
ton will meet October 20 at the
home Of Mrs. Beverly p. Evans.
Yesterday the executive board Of
the club held q meeting at the
Rome Of Mrs. Karr, the president, 10
prepare for the coming general
meeting.
The members Of the board present
were Mrs. Karr, president; Mrs.
! James r. Ellis, first vice president;