Evening star., 1925-05-10

Chester Morrill,. Mrs. r. 8. Holbrook,
Mrs. II. d. Gillett and Mrs. c. d.
Curtiss.
Members Of the section having
books from the section library are
| requested to call Mrs. j. s. Cotton,
the section librarian.
| The social section, Mrs. Karl Fen
ming, leader. will give a picnic for
! the children Of the members of the
section Saturday. Please telephone
| to Mrs. A. L. Corning. Cleveland 1542,
for details. b
! Chapter b, p. E.. o., received an ON.
cia1 visit May from Mrs. Ola B.
| Miller, supreme organizer. The ritual
istic work was exemplified and gem
| eral condition Of the chapter set forth
| Luncheon was served, with Mrs. s. Ia.
Jacobs. Miss Jessie o. Elting, Mrs.
| Dora X. Harris and Mrs. A. II. Will
| liams as hostesses. Mrs. Helen l..
Bentley Of Chapter c. Washington,
| and Mrs. Depue Falck of Chapter F.,
| Ogden, Utah. were guests.
The Columbian Women Of George
Washington University Mrs. Charles
! /. Corby entertained some 200 of the
$50 members Of the university at her
home on the Rockville pike. May 2.
Assisting Mrs. Corby in receiving was
Miss Elizabeth Webb Wilson, presi-
dent of the Columbian Women. A mu-
sical program was provided by Mr..
| Corby. husband of the hostess, who
presided at the organ which graces
| the house, and by Mrs. Florence Nc
Nelly Price. who sang, accompanied
| by Mrs. Elizabeth Gardner Coombs.
| The feature of the afternoon was the
presentation by Mrs. Joshua Evans.
jr., on behalf of the executive board Of
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| as token of appreciation Of her ad-
| ministration. In her presentation re-
marks Mrs. Evans stressed the inn
| portance Of the work done by the Co.
lumbar Women in the upbuilding of
| the university. AS chairman Of the
| scholarship committee Mrs. Evans re-
| ported that substantial start had
been made on the third Columbian
Woman scholarship for girls In the
| university. Mrs. William H. Heron
| reported the election Of officers for the
coming year as follows: Mrs. Henry
Frattan Doyle, president: Mrs. Dewitt
| Clinton Croissant and Mrs Charles /.
Corby vice presidents; Mrs. Frank
r. Rutter, recording secretary; Miss
| n. Lenore Murray, corresponding sec.
| retary; Miss Irene M. Pistorio, treas
urer. and Miss Ruby Nevins, histo-
rian. A vote of thanks was rendered
| Mrs. Corby in appreciation of her gra-
cious hospitality.
Baby Lovers Circle. No 2 of the
Florence Crittenton Home met Wed
nesday at the home on Conduit road.
Sandwiches and coffee were served
and after an inspection Of the home
| and the hospital now being erected,
! the annual meeting OF the circle was
| held, including election of officers, as
follows: Mrs. A. II. Coster, president:
| Mrs. George Price, vice president; Mrs.
r. T.. Mann, recording secretary: Mrs
NJ. o. Cooper, corresponding secretary:
| Mrs. Fred A. Woods, treasurer; Mrs.
c. Chester Caywood, representative to
! the board of managers from the circle.
Plans were made for participation in
| the baby show to be held by the board
| of managers next week
A delegate from Minneapolis to the
| Quinquennial council Of women gave a
talk on the Crittenton work In that
city. The members brought each a
dress which she had made for the
babies of the home. making a dona.
tion of about 20 dresses.
| Abracadabra Club.-Mr. and Mrs.
Frank ii. Smith entertained the club
at dinner Wednesday at their Sum-
mer cottage in Washington Grove. As
being present.
! Later in the evening Mrs. ]. w.
Thompson read paper on James
| Whitcomb Riley" assisted by Judge
| Thompson, who read Riley's '.Old
Glory" and Mrs. A. S. McAllister.
who read a poem written by Judge
thompson on the occasion of a Riley
birthday celebration.
The responses to roll call concerned
| the United. States in the World war
ana victory, and Mrs. Frank s. Ray
read one of her own poems written
| during the darkest days of the war.
depicting the play of children at that
time.
] Mrs. N. w. Preston read a humorous
selection entitled "Soiled Wings,
Petw0rth WOman's Club met in the
Petworth School Monday evening.
the president, Mrs. Horace J.. Phelps.
presiding. The following officers
were elected for the ensuing year:
PRESIDENT. Mrs. Horace j. Phelps;
vice president. Mrs. E. l.. Griffin:
recording secretary. Mrs. F. B. LIE
Fever: corresponding secretary, Mrs.
| Cecil l.. Blake; treasurer, Mrs, Ma
talie r. Fernald
Mrs. Clarence L. Bullion and Mrs
Clarence c. .Thomason were admitted
into membership at this meeting.
| The WOman's Auxiliary to the
| American Institute of Mining and
Metaliureical Engineers will hold it's
last meeting Of the season at the Co
lumbia Country Club TUESDAY at I 40
pm. Mrs. j. F.. Callbreath, chairman.
| Will preside. Mrs. H. Foster Balm,
who has just returned from several
months in South America. will give
an Informal talk on her Impressions of
!! that country, and experiences of her
trip. The meeting will be followed
by cards and tea"
The Park View Woman's Club held
It's annual election of officers Nav <
at the Park View School. Those
elected to carry on the work during
the coming year are Thomas Faris,
president; Mrs. George Dalwick, first
vice president; Mrs. MacMaugh, Sec
ond vice president; Mrs. George
Evans, third vice president; Mrs.
fred Walker. recording secretary;
MRS. l.. e. Murray. corresponding
secretary; Mrs. l.. E. FELTON,, treas
urer: Mrs. Edward r. Perkins. par.
Humanitarian.
1 Mrs. Perkins presided Following
usual opening business. short talk
on the house of detention and the
Woman's Bureau was given by Mrs.
Wlnkelhans, chairman of the welfare
department of the District Federation
OF Woman's Clubs. She extended an
invitation to every member to be
present at a special meeting to be
held May 20 at the house Of detention.
Each chairman and officer reviewed
the work accomplished during the
past successful year, and Mrs. Eel
tons statement showed a gratifying