Evening star., 1924-01-13
NEWS OF THE CLUBS


now teaching the art of play writ
! ing at George Washington Univer-
sity. will talk on ''The Technique of
tho one-Act Play Miss Evanise:ine
j Lovett. daughter of Assistant Attor-
| ney General Lovett, will give some
stories from her personal experiences
| on the stage. All members of the
! league interested In dramatic writing
( are invited to attend, whether mem
! bers OF the drama group or not.
! Announcement is also made that
the time limit for submission of plays
! i'll the prize competition now being
conducted by the District league for
It's membership. has been extended to
! February IA.
Poems which are to be entered In
! the poetry contest must be i'll the
| hands of Mrs. Florence Barnes 14l4
Z. Montague street. tomorrow
| The Shakespeare Society will meet
ednesday in the auditorium OF the
Corcoran Gallery of Art. The sub
| ject will be Othello. DR. Earle Will
| hey Will contrast the characters of
! Othello and Iago. and give dramatic
| readings from the play. The presi-
I dent OF the society. Dr. l.. Y. Wilcox,
VIII speak on a subject suggested
by the story of the drama, the So
cial position of the Moors in Europe
/ In the middle ages. and the prevalence
OF lnterracial marriages.
+, The Anthony League will meet at
! Iederatlo headquarters. 1884 n street,
ednesday afternoon at o'clock. the
program under direction Of Mrs. Rob
ert L. Bannerman, chairman thrift
and investments. Mrs Zimmerman
Rev. j. J. Quaelly. whose subject will
be "Thrift in Forethought." The
music: Miss Helen Nash, pianist. and
! Miss Henrietta La Maneger. soloist
Hostess. Mrs. Thaddeus Crapster. Tea
l viii be poured at o'clock. Visiting
club women and strangers are cor
daily invited to share the leagues
! hospitality. The committee on drama.
Miss Ada Louise Townsend Mrs Ed
gar c. Snyder. Mrs William Wolff
Smith, Mrs Redwood Vandegrift and
Mrs. Brooke Young are in charge Of
an eveping OF music and drama at
headquarters January .21 for the
benefit of the leagues treas The
Washington headers Club. being
! William E. Bryant. WillcX O. Ison,
Clarence +. Ruebsam, Miss Ada Louise
( Townsend. Leslie Wauby. Mrs. Emma
Mare Anderson. Mrs. Mabel Owens
! Wilcox. Miss Lucille Roberts, Mrs.
Gertrude Mustain and Mrs. Mary
Randolph Dickens
Mrs. Eva c. Eldredgc Chase and
Mrs. Virginia Peters-Parkhurst. COM
lmittee on arrangements for mammoth
mass meeting to be held here Febru-
airy Ia in honor of the birth of Susan
B. Anthony and at which time the
drive for funds is to be iaugura ted
upon national scale. report that
! plans are progressing rapidly 1t is
hoped to raise s1000.000 for a memo
rial. within the walls of which will
be carried on the work of Susan Is.
Anthony for the advancement of
women and their activities.
At the meeting held January 5 new
members admitted We're Miss kenny.
Miss Lucille La Vane. Mrs. &. NJ
Foelich, Mrs. w. W. Spaulding, Mrs
and Mrs. Alice A. Fassig.
The Abracadabra Club met Wednes-
day evening at the home OF Dr.. and
ject of the roll call was rDiscoverers
of America Ernest \. Perham
read a paper describing some of the
| EARLY Spanish Navigators," includ-
ing Magellan and the Modal brothers
and Mrs. Julia Warner read d story
J by Julia Ward Howe entitled, Laugh
! ing in Meetin'." Music was furnished
! by Dr. Abbott. who sang "A Boat
! swain story; Mrs. Lindsay sang 4
| solo, accompanied by Mrs. Sylvester,
pianist; Mr.. Lindsay. vol mist. and DIR.
J Abbott, 'cellist; A. S. Perham related
| personal experiences with Charles F.
! Hall. who was in the expedition that
went in search of DR.. Franklin to-
was announced for the next regular
me. .ting. Refreshments were served
! by the hostess.
| The Columbia Heights Art Club.
tian Art After the Dark Ages for
the first half of the club season. have
had three meetings. each with it's own
interesting program and social at
/ traction. December Mrs. j. d.
: NJ
were the hostesses. the program con-
sisting of two papers: Legends OF
Early Martyrs. st. SteDhens. St. Law
renee, st. vitus.." by Mrs. f. C. Rus
st. Margaret. st. Barbara and St.
! Cecelai" by Mrs. r. Is. Bare The
Christmas meeting was held at the
| Hotel Claire with Mrs. Josephine
hostesses of the occasion. The Christ
| mas spirit pervaded and added zest
to Mrs Ellis Logan's talk on Legends
of the Madonna" and Mrs J. D. Crois-
pher and st. Nicholas" At the New
Year meeting. January 3, the club
was entertained by Mrs. c. A Abbott
and Mrs. r. B. Bare. Legends of the
Patron Saints of France. ireland. Eng
land. Scotland. Italy and Spain" was
lowed by Fra Angelica. Angels and
:Archangels' and Girlanda jos Exam
! Piles in Art" by Mrs. Anton Heitmul-
iler At the next meeting the club is
ings and windows of the Church of
! the Incarnation. under the direction
of Mrs. Faber Stevenson
! was entertained by Mrs. l.. a. Hawk
ins Tuesday afternoon in her home on
Mount Pleasant street. A number
of surprises planned by the hostess
added gayety to the luncheon hour.
Mrs. S. James Dennis presided at the
business meeting. The membership
voted to sew during the winter meet
ingS on layettcs for needy families
Mrs Harry X. Hobart was appointed
| chairman of committee to call on
new members and on those members
who are ILL Additional memberships
We're pledged for Friendship House.
The next meeting will be held at
the home Of Mrs. Walter Emerson.
Mrs Edith Salisbury will talk on the
making of household budget.
The Chevy Chase Woman's Club will
meet: Wednesday. , pm. at the First
Methodist Episcopal Church. Chevy
Chase. Mrs. c. ". Pimper will be
! the hostess at the luncheon, which
will be served at 12:45 pm
Dean. William Allen Wilbur of
| George Washington University will
be. the speaker. his subject being
! appreciation of Poetry"
! The literature section. Mrs. VIII
liam NJ Clark. leader. will meet Fri
| day. pm, at the First Methodist
Episcopal Church of Chevy Chase.
Mrs. George s. Jameson, assisted BY
/ Mrs. Charles ID. Curtis and Mrs.
| Charles A. Lyman. will discuss mod
ern French literature. Tea will be
! served at the close of the program.
| A meeting of the education COM
mittee was held at the home Of Mrs.
NJ. G. Lloyd. chairman, Monday. at
| 1:30 pm. The committee voted to
! use one-half the fund of $500 to
! build up the library in the Chevy