Evening star., 1924-03-02
NEWS OF THE CLUBS

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ering Shrubs" and will be illustrated
! country from all parts of the worlt
many useful and ornamental plants
and tells most interesting of his ex
periences.
Those members of the club desiring
guest tickets for the luncheon OF
Thursday please apply to Mrs. Georg,
Putnam, 2126 Bancroft place.
The nature section will meet Wed
! nesday at the drug. store, corner o.
| 18th street and Columbia road, a.
l:3O Pm, for walk through tn,
| Zoo.
! A committee, Of which Mrs. Lyman
4 b. Swormstedt is chairman, is givint
| another of the series of card partie.
tective Association Tuesday, o:3t
p:m:. at the Woman's City Club. The
chairman will be assisted by Mrs
Hamilton Dimick and Mrs. Gilbert
Grosvenor.
to be given at the club tomorrow aft.
ernoon from to o'clock, the presi.
dent. Mrs. Baldwin, will be assisted in
receiving by Mrs. Enoch Johnson. The
honor guest and speaker will be Nine
iranoff of Russia, who will speak on
Russian Schools"
A series Of Lenten talks on house
hold budgeting has been arranged fol
tuesday afternoons in March. the
first one to be given on March II al
pm, when Mrs. Alice Buchanan will
outline "A Three Years Clothing
Budget" Subscribers for the series
are not to be confined to club mem.
bers. Reservations, limited to fifty
can be made through Mrs. Harvey
Wiley.
The Anthony League will meet at
the headquarters. 1894 y street
Thursday evening, $50 o'clock. with
business session at 1880 sharp. Those
subscribing to the 104 Gold-D Dollar
Fund for the Susan 3. Anthony audi
torium memorial kindly send in the
dollar to Mrs. Virginia Peters Park
hurst Berwyn, Md. as the names are
! 10 De given to the press at an early
date. Program under auspices OF
the: social service committee, Miss
Lillian Williamson, chairman: Miss
Mary j. Wright will give Il summary
or the social service work in the
\. W. e. A; Miss Loretta Murphy will
speak on the various movements OF
Noel House; dramatic sketch by Noel
House Children's Dramatic Club, and
vocal selections by our new member
Mrs. George S. Phillips. "If 1 have
ilyed to any purpose 1 ask that you
take up the work that have to Law
aown.-Susan e. Anthony. A meet
ing of the executive committee was
neld In the Portner Tuesday after
noon and plans were discussed by
the, committee for the campaign for
FUNDS for the building of the temple
SHRINE in Washington to the memory
of Susan L. Anthony
The Shakespeare S0ciety'S next reg
uiar meeting falling on Ash WedneS-
uay,, a majority of those present at
the last meeting voted to change the
date to Tuesday, March, The pro
gram will be a continuation of the
study of Winters Tale" Prof. W. ID.
Hurd Will tell the origin of the story
WIN the variations and additions
Wilbur of George Washington T-ni-
versity will talk on the philosophy of
the. play. The postponed Autolycus
scenes Will be presented with Mr..
Orme Libhey as Autolycus, Oliver Ander-
son as the clown and Misses Mar
saret Wilson, Caroline Marsh and Mar
garet watts as shepherdesses. Autol-
Ecys songs and the trio will be sung.
Inc scenes are directed by Miss Mar
garet Merrill. The society meets in the
Corcoran Gallery of Art auditorium.
TAkoma Park Civic Study Club
Every woman in Takoma is cordially
invited to attend the monthly meeting
of the club, to be held in the Takoma
Theater Tuesday at p.m.
There will be an exhibit prepared bv
the United States women's bureau Of
work for women under ideal conditions.
IhiS exhibit will be on view on the first
floor Of the theater building Mrs. Bor-
den Hartman of the Consumers League
OF Washington. and Dr. Iva l.. Peters
of Goucher College, Baltimore. will
speak on working conditions among
women.
Rev P. Rowland Wagner of Rockville
will report the accomplishments of the
Social Service League of Montgomery
county: Md. during the past year.
W. G. Platt. president of the theater
company, not only turns over to the
club, cheerully. the use Of the theater
auditorium and other rooms regularly,
but has also agreed to include in his
weekly program the film, Home, Sweet
Home approved by the General Fed
Grafton OF Women's Clubs. 1t is under
stood that the first showing will be
given Tuesday evening.
The Argyle Study Club will meet at
the home OF Mrs. H. H. Horton, 1907
Gallatin street, tomorrow at 1880
pm. A paper written by Mrs. Paul
Scharf on "A Trip Through Southern
Maryland" will be read by the presi-
dent, Mrs. ]. E. Douglass.
The Washington Readers Club m t
Tuesday evening at the College
Women's Club, with Mrs. Constance
NJ. Goodman presiding. The program
was of unusual interest to club men,
bers, the first part consisting Of q
question box, in which various ques-
tions pertaining to the art and skill
or the public reader were discussed.
The questions provoked lively in
terest.
The second part of the program
consisted of original numbers. The
lyrics of Mrs. Jessie /. Pierson were
Well received, as were the children's
poems by Mrs. c. c. Bennett. Miss
Grace Bromley gave My Brothers
Keeper and several other selections.
poem of greeting by Mrs. Edith c..
Hamilton of California, a former
member. Plans are being made for
the annual Shakespeare banquet.
The last public recital for the sea-
son was given by members Of the
club in the auditorium of the Wilson
Normal School February 1e. The
program was as follows: "Mr Trav-
ers' First Hunt" Orchard Harding
Eugene Aram's Dream" (Hood). Rev.
DR.. Earle Whitley; Sincerity in the
Home" Don Marquis). Mrs. Maude
Lee Hunt: "A Leap Year Wooing"
David Macrae), Wiley o. Ison !;
reading, ''The Lost Voice" (Amy D.
iPutnam), Mrs. William E. Chamber
lin; comedy pantomime (Ada Louise