Evening star., 1925-01-11
NEWS OF THE CLUBS
BY MAMIE LANCASTER

stranger to Washington music low
| ers, Mrs. Bost is well known in New
| York and Philadelphia for her mez
| zo-soprano voice. The work of Mis-
| Olmstead, of the Chevy Chase Schoo
of Music, as concert pianist and ac
| companist, is familiar to Washing
ronians. There will be dance Janu
AIRY Il, at the clubhouse for mem
| bers and guests.
The Glover Club met Thursday
night at the home of Mrs. Clauc
owen in Chevy Chase. A short bust
ness meeting was followed by So
| cial evening.
The Washington Lonesome Club nc
| longer exists. At a special business
meeting Thursday night, which was
held in the private ballroom of the
Arcade and attended by majority OF
the members, the name Lonesome
was officially and definitely dropped
and the name, THE National Fellow
ship Club" was unanimously chosen
to take its place.
During the past five years the name
Lonesome" has come up for consid-
GRAFTON. many contending that the
club had outgrown the meaning OF
its name. and various motions were
made with n view to eliminate the
undesirable word from the title OF
the club, but on each occasion the
matter was tabled or voted down for
want Of a word that was acceptable
as substitute for lonesome"
Recently, however, Jean Monk, who
for the last three years has been
president of the organization and
leading factor in the shaping of its
policies, organized the National Eel
lowship Club, which gives a get
night at the Cairo. The object OF
the National Fellowship Club, which
will give a get-acquainted dance In
the private ballroom of the Arcade
each Thursday night and at the Cairo
on Saturday nights, is to develop the
spirit of ociability among the club S
members and to afford men and
women who are strangers in the city
place where they might meet
friends or form acquaintance.
The American Association OF Unl-
versity Women Will give a musical
tea at the club Wednesday at 4:3O
pm. Mrs. Casenove Lee will be
hostess. musical program Will be
given by Mrs Katharine Seelye Wal
lace. pianist. and Mrs. Olive Travers
Houghton. contralto.
On the afternoons OF. January 13
Is, 16. 10 and 20, at 1880, at the club
Leo Katz. the Austrian painter. will
give a series of FIVE lectures on the
"Interprets ton of Modern Art"
The Thursday Evening Bridge Club
will meet January Is at 7:45 pm
Miss Harriet Hull will be hostess.
The club received a fine birthday y
present January in the applications
for membership. This brings up the
membership of the club to something
over 500.
DR.. Lois Meek. educational secre-
tary, who is organizing study
groups for the pre-school child
throughout the country, will be pres
ent at a combined meeting of the
pre- school study groups organized
under the Washington branch Tues
day at 1880 at the national head
quarters. DR.. Meek will conduct this
combined round ia BILE group for the
purpose of showing each group how
d model group should be conducted
The American Council on Educa-
ton met at the clubhouse January 2
At conference on academic tenure
and freedom two representatives
from the A. A L. W. were present
Miss Mary Van kIeeck and DR. Nina
Kerr.
At meeting of American Council
on Education held at the Cosmos
Club Dr. Nina Kerr was the rep
resentative of the A. A. U. W. as a
proxy for Dean Virginia c. Glider
sleeve of Barnard College.
Among the notable women who
were staying at the club this past
week were Dean Winifred Robinson
Woman's College, University of Della
ware: DR. Mary Jane Hogue, profess
sor of biology, North Carolina WON
ans College: Prof Sarah T. Smith
Mount Holyoke College; DR.. Clara T.
Bacon. professor of mathematics at
Coucher College: DR.. Anna W. S
Carr. associate professor of botany
Mount Holyoke College; DR.. Alma G.
Stokey. professor of botany, Mount
Holyoke College; Dr. Louise 5. Nc
Dowell, professor of physics, Welles-
ley College, and DIR. Anna NJ King
enhagen, dean of women. Oberlin
College Miss Mary Caswen. secre-
tary to the president, Wellesley Col
lege. is now at the club. The women
were all in Washington attending the
conferences on the advancement OF
science.
District League OF American Pen
Women. Three successful group
meetings were held last week. First
on the schedule was the meeting of
the short story group at the club
house Monday evening, under the
leadership of DR.. Mary Meek Atkeson,
chairman of the group. DIR. Atkeson
led the discussion on the subject of
Markets for Short Stories" Other
speakers were Mrs. Eugene Collister,
and Mrs. Agnes NJ. Newman. Mrs
Collister, who writes under the pen
name of Elizabeth Burgess Hughes,
discussed What Editors Want" in
relation to short stories, while Mrs
Newman took up the question of pos
sible plots for short stories in vari-
Gus phases of official Washington life
Some original stories by members OF
the group were also read and dis
sions of the group.
Tuesday evening Mrs. Edouard AL
bion's children's literature group met
at the studio of Mrs. Albion, 1914 G
street.
Wednesday evening the history and
genealogy group, under Miss Jean
Stephenson, met at the clubhouse, for
the consideration Of the subject The
Use of Historical Matter by Newspa-
pers and Magazines"
This week the drama and poetry
groups will meet. The drama group
whose leader is Miss Rebecca. Dial
will entertain league members and
their friends with the presentation OF
one-act play, The Hiring Line" by
Wilson. The comedy will be present
ed tomorrow evening at $50 O'Clock