Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-28

tea to be given in the clubhouse this
afternoon from 4:30 to o'clock. As
sisting Mrs. MacFarql.har will be Mrs.
Lolita Moran, Mrs. G. o. Dove. Mrs.
Edgar Brown, Mrs. C. F. Finch and
Mrs. Theodore Hoftettler. Mrs. Frank
NNck will preside at the tea table.
rhe entertainment committee will
give a New Year eve dance Wednesday,
beginning at $50 pm. and continuing
till / am. Supper will be served at
IL o'clock. There will be favors.
Cards may be obtained at the club
house.
There have been many requests for
a continuation of the French table,
q. SO beginning January s, and on every
q Tuesday thereafter, the diners Will
meet in the grill from to o'clock
4 at the special table provided for the
members of the French section and
Z for other club members who wish to
profit by this hour of French con-
Nersation while dining. Nine. Marie
BOuley- Instructor of French
at the Women's City Club, will direct
the conversation. Those Interested
please communicate with Miss H. H.
Arnold. chairman of the French sec
ton. The monthly business meeting
will be held January Z, at pm.
The dramatic section, Mrs. Marialyse
Ross Manly, director, will give an
evening of drama and music January
s, at $3.50 pm. The play will be
the one-aGt comedy. The Hiring
Line" Miss Katherine Brooks will
sing and Miss Mildred Kolb Schulze
will play piano numbers. Cards may
he obtained at the clubhouse. A
luncheon will be given under the
auspices of the civic section January
10, l pm. The entertainment COM
mittee announces an informal party
OF cards and NAH jong January II,
$50 pm.
Daughters of Founders and Pa
triots.-The national president. Mrs.
Charles d. Ward of New YORK, presided
at the meeting of the executive com
mlttee of the society, held December
IL, at the residence of the national
registrar. Mrs. Gaius Brumbaugh
Reports of national officers showed
the society to be in an excellent con-
dition, both financially and otherwise,
as evidenced by an increasing MEM
bership (31 members being added at
this meeting, besides many applica-
tons for membership in the hands of
the registrar, with new chapters
about TO be formed in two of the
states), and by the near completion
OF the published lineages of the pres
ent membership. Volumes to COM
plete sets of these books have been
sent to the following libraries: AL
bany Library, Albany, n. Y: Mime
sofa Historical Society, ST. Paul
MINI; Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Nebraska Genealogical Society, at Lin
coin, Nebr
Eligibility for membership in the
Society of Daunghters of Founders
and Patriots of America is founded
upon descent from patriotic ancestry
in unbroken line through colonial
times and the Revolutionary War: it
being required of an applicant for
membership that she must be de-
scended in the direct paternal line of
either father or mother from an
ancestor who settled in any of the
colonies now included in the United
States of America. from the settle
ment of jamestown, Va, May IS, 1907
TO May 10, 1887, and provided that
during the Revolutionary War an an
cestor in said direct line, by personal
service in evil or military capacity,
assisted in establishing American in
dependence.
Twentieth Century Club Notes.-The
literature section will meet tomorrow
at pm. with its leader. Mrs. George
+. Bowerman, 1852 Ontario road.
The members of the section will give
a program of interest, consisting of
original stories and poems.
The archaeological section will meet
at the residence of Mrs. Josephine
Lowe, 1922 Woodley place, Tuesday
at 2:45 pm. The subject will be
ancient Chinese Potteries," and will
be led by Mrs. Charles H. Merwin.
The Columbia Heights Art Club met
at 1900 Kenyon street Thursday, Mrs
c. r. Cranmer and Miss Cornelia Hill
hostesses; Mrs. C. G.. Abbott, chair
man. Modern Realists of the Slash
ing Stroke" was the subject of the
paper presented by Mrs. John Boyle
Jr. Mrs. Ellis Logan gave a talk on
Famous American Water Colorists."
Mrs. Charles Granfield, Mrs. Arthur
Seaton, Mrs. John Frizzell, Mrs. Ed
ward Hardy, Mrs. Dewitt Croissant,
Mrs. Augustus Knight and Mrs.
Rogers Tracy took part in the general
discussion on local art exhibits.
College Women's Club.-The woman
delegates to the American Associa-
ton for the Advancement of Science
will be the honor guests at a tea to
be given by the club tomorrow, to
s pm, at the clubhouse, 1922 1 street.
The club will be addressed by one or
more of the delegates. Miss Carrie
NJ. Davis and the members of the
educa ton committee will be hostesses.
DR.. L. A. Reed will preside at the
tea table and will be assisted by Mrs.
Amos A. Steele and Mrs. Frank E |
Edgington.
The president and board of directors
of the College Women's Club will be
at home to the members of the club
and their friends January /, from
to pm, at the clubhouse, 1922 Il
street.
International Association of Art and
LefferS-Tha home hold q "a
clubrooms, 1907 I street, Saturday, at
which Mrs. Bilefeldt was hostess, was
the final one for the year. The next
will be held January g. The guests |
of honor on this occasion were Mrs. |
Dona Gray and Mr.. Ruynitz, both
musicians, who have recently come
to Washington to reside. Prof.
Schroeder of the Progressive School
of Music played some of his own
compositions. Mrs. Stoddard told an
original Christmas story.
The monthly literary salon was held
Monday evening. DR.. Henneman in
troduced as the vocalist Of the eve
ming Earl Carbaugh. His songs were
greatly appreciated. Prof. Schoedler's
contribution to the evenings enjoy
ment was an original composition,
"Maytime," a trio, Prof. Schroeder,
piano; Mrs. Garda Piazza. violinist;
Joseph Piazza, cellist Little Sylvia
Altman played a Beethoven concerto
and recited THE Star Spangled Ban
ner."
Senator Sterling of South Dakota.
sponsor for the bill providing for a
Federal department of education, pre-
scented the bill in brief, calling atten-
ton to the need of our country for
such bill. Representative Upshaw,
introduced by DR.. Clarence J. Owen,
president Of the association, spoke