Evening star., 1924-06-08


'sisting Mrs. McCIoskey will be Mrs.
Gertrude Reed. Mrs. c. w. Sisson jr.,
Miss Margaret Hanna. Miss Bess VOL
lard and Miss Josephine Rankin. Miss
Frances c. Stillings will preside at
the tea table.
An informal party of bridge. five
hundred and NAH jong viii be given
under the auspices of the entertain
ment committee tomorrow at pm.
The business and professional wom-
en- will give a subscription dinner
Wednesday at $50 o'clock. 4 vaca-
- tion style SHOW. with living models.
will be feature Mrs. Jeanne kafka
will preside. Reservations limited to
100.
The entertainment committee an
nounceS a dance tor June 23 at 9:30
pm. Refreshments will be served in
the garden. weather permitting.
Cards may be obtained at the club
house.
The following committee chairmen
have been appointed: Finance, Judge
Mary OToole; membership, Mrs
Granville Hunt: house. Mrs. Elliott
Woods: publicity, Mrs. Marie Stair
Lawyer; library, Mrs. Charles Will
cox; entertainment, Mrs. Mary {. ID.
Johnson; hospitality. Miss Margarc.
Hanna: printing. Miss Florence
Fraser Stiles. Mrs. j. Garfield Riley
has been appointed chairman of the
business and professional women
section, and Miss Maria Ewing. chair
man of the ciVicS section. Subcom-
mitteeS of the civic section formed
are law and legislation. outrage. pub
lie amusementS, institutions, public
utilities. schools. citizenship, health.
Fairgrounds and gardens. 1t is re-
queSted that members volunteer their
services to the civic section, selecting
Snhrnrn m tpn fpr
muniCate with Miss Maria Ewing.
chairman civic section, - jackson
place.
The Bible study class meets Thurs
day from : To $50 o'clock. 1t is non
sectarian: DR.. o. Josephine Baird
Will preside.
The French section evening class
will meet Tuesday at pm. Th"
morning class has been discontinued
Mrs. Marie J. Anderson is the new
instructor.
lie CerrIc Fran ais de Washington.
les Precicn"e> Eidicuic~. was received
Wednesday at the home of the presi
dent. VI. Edmond Becker. The present
year goes down in the history of the
club as one Of the most successful
and closes the fifty second year of
its existence.
The following program was enjoyed
by the members and their friends:
Piano duet overture of La Muette
de lortirf lAuber). Mile. Marie
II,eontinc Becker and Miss Hilda
ma: piano numbers. Nocturne
Gries). Tango" rGodowsky). Mel
"Gr' UGSn. DaWes) comedy, entitled
absent ie Chat les Souris DanSent,;
SuSannc. Mr.. Bessie Edison: Mariettc.
Nile. Leontine Becker: Catherine
Mrs. Charles l.. g. Anderson; De la
Rri"hardiere N. Georges Poulin:
Marconnet. NJ. Carlos Elume: Bap-
tiSte. NJ. William Shoemaker.
The club resumes its meetings the
first Wednesday in NOV ember
Susan B. Anthony. II. D.-With the
approval of Mrs. Eva {. Chase, sec
ond vice president. a meeting of the
board of directors of the Susan +.
Anthony auditorium memorial is
called for tomorrow evening. O'Clock.
at the residence of Mrs. Spencer. 1871
Connecticut avenue. The board mem
Nanette B. Paul. Mrs. Eva c. Chase.
Mrs. Edgar e. snyder, Mrs. Percy VI
Bailey. Mrs. Lillian Spencer Mrs
Marie Heath, Mrs. Noami Campbell,
Mrs. Ruth LitZinkirChin, Mrs. Char
lotte H. Beers. Miss Bede +. Johnson,
Mrs. GardnerSmith, Miss Mary Hey
Ter. Mrs. Rose Arnold lowell, Mrs.
Lucy r. Cash Mrs. l.. NJ. Callison and
Virginia Peters s-Parkhurst.
At recent meeting of the citizens
joint committee, held in the rooms o.
the Board Of Trade, a subcommittee
was appointed by the chairman to
draw up a petition to present to Con
gress granting representation in both
houses of Congress, the electoral col
leee, with the right of petition to
the federal courts of residents of the
District. This subcommittee was
George W. Kicker, chairman; Virginia
Peters-Parkhurst and Z. G. Crawford,
With Jesse c. Suter cooperating
Miss Bede f.. Johnson, chairman of
legislation; Mrs. Kate Trenholm
Abrams and Mrs. Lillian Spencer
served on the whole committee, rep
resenting the Anthony League:
Mrs. Virginia Peters parkhurst. |
press chairman. will attend the open
ing Of the new bridge on the Severn
Richie. In the evening she will
hav" group Il Maryland friends at
n buffet supper in the grounds of
the United States Naval Academy.
guests of the Mary land state roads |
commission.
Tie Petworth Woman's Club held
It's biennial banquet at the Petworth
NJ. T.. Church Monday evening.
the evenings festivities. with the
president, Mrs. T. S. Tincher, presid-
ing, the annual reports of the officers |
were read as follows;
:, Mrs; w $. Ryon, vice president;
rretary Mrs. w. b. Wood. treasurer;
Mrs. H. F.. Fits. corresponding sec
retary: Mrs. Agnes McElroy. Gus
todian. and Mrs. T. s. Tincher the |
retiring president. showing the splen-
did work accomplished by the club ,
during the past year.
Escorted by Mrs Tincher and Mrs |
Horace Phelps. the chairman of the
banquet committee. and also the
newly elected president. the guests
Of honor. Mrs. Virginia White Speel. |
the new president of the District of
Columbia Federation of Woman's
Club: Mrs. }. W. Friz2elI the re-
tirine president: Mrs F.lits Logan. |
past president. and Miss Mary Frank. |
honorary members. led the procession |
of more than 160 members to the
banquet hall, which was decorated
with iris and roses. under the eff
cient direction of Mrs J. w. Brown
and Mrs George Dietz.
All eyes turned to tho center of the
room, where marvellous birthday
cake rose in three tiers. iced in vel
low and blue. the club colors and
surrounded by TEN blue candles. one
Tor each year the club has existed
with very pretty ceremony the
candles wore li~h+ed " turn. the first
by Mrs. Harriet r. IIill. th~ founder
and honorary president of this group
or women. now nearly 300 strong
Justly singing We're Ten Years
Old. Hoorav" GU then passed the
taper to the chairman Of commit
SeA''t i'r HtinS d fHHuIp ana re-
citing clever verse The last candle
was ut by Mrs. Tincher The credit
Tor this charming cake and candle
ceremony belongs to Mrs. ]. r.
Gaskins.
=, After the feastine and the songs
fhe program opened with quiet men
tlon or the names of those members
VINO had entered eternal life.
Mrs. Al. w. knowlton sketched the
early history of the club, whose
small beginning showed tho sn;r;t of
philanthropy. of interest in Petworth
and Of riendshin for one another