Evening star., 1925-04-05

| Jesse b. Adams. 1406 Emerson street
DR.. GaiuS NJ. Brumbaugh read a paper
| on the practical applications of chem
istry, and Mrs. Georgiana NJ Thompson
gave a reading. Refreshments were
served by the hostess
The Danes of the Loyal Legion ot
the ID. c. met at the home of Mrs
Mary Logan Tucker, president of the
national society, Wednesday, and was
preceded by board meeting of the ma
tional society.
1t being the annual meeting dues were
paid and much business transacted
Much enthusiasm was shown over the
program for the meeting of the nationa'
convention, which is to be held Apri
16 and II at the Federation of Woman's
Clubs.
Mrs. Coolidge is to receive the mem
bers the first day. and a luncheon at tho
club is planned. The evening of the 18th
dinner at the Willard, at which time
there will be short addresses by severa
speakers.
League of American Pen women.-
The poetry group will meet with its
chairman, Miss Alice NJ. Heaven, Tues
day evening at pm. at the clubhouse
1909 H street
All members of the league interested
are invited to attend and enjoy the pro
gram.
Miss Heaven, who has made an ex
haustive study into the history of tn,
South great song, Dixie" will talk OIL
that subject
There will also be readings of Snrin,
poems from the magazine-Cotemporar
Verse.
The Cultus Club held its current
meeting At the home of Mrs. Charles
Nesbit, on Connecticut avenue.
The president, Mrs. Appleton Clark
Jr., having returned from an extend
ed stay in Florida, received a cordia,
welcome when she took the chair as
presiding officer
High Days and Holidays and How
Ihey came, was the subject of the
first paper which was read by Mrs.
William H. Sholes
Mrs. William A. Kinnan followed
with an interesting account OF
Historic Timepieces
Verses. appropriate to Spring. wer,
read by Mrs. Augustus c. TAYLOR
God Speed and Bon Voyage" were
given to Mrs. William Knowle.
Cooper, the vice president of the club
who sails shortly for the southern
coast of France for a sojourn of many
weeks Nineteen members and one
guest were present
The wheel Of Progress, a non-par-
tisan, non-sectarian association. or
ganized by Mrs. Margaret Hopkins
Worrell, is new movement. the
object of which is to unite the
women of the country, regardless OF
| party liations, in order that 2
balance of power may be establish &c
| to protect the rights, advance the
! interests and promote the welfare OF
| the citizens of this Republic and tc
! inform our Legislators, whenever tn,
| necessity shall arise, what the woman.
! hood of the country desires to bt
! done in any given circumstance, ant
! to coordinate all women's clubs anC
organizations to that end withou
/ running counter to their prescribed
work
\ bureau Of information will b,
established in the District of Colum
| bia in order to supply knowledge
! governmental and political. vital t
the interests of our citizenship. Tht
dues are nominal. Headquarter.
| have been established in the May
| flower Hotel where all inquiries ma,
| be addressed to the secretary Mrs
E. Contee Meredith. Mrs. Worrel
has been elected president. Mrs Ros,
I
trict of Columbia, will have contro
of all wheels in the District; Mrs
Claes Dickson -Hallencruts is frs
vice president; Mrs. Minnigerod
Andrews. second vice president, anc
Mrs John E. Fowler, third vice presi
dent. Mrs. Nanette B. Paul is parlia
mentarian, and Mrs. Mary Dextol
| Walton, assistant secretary.
The Shakespeare Society will NEE
| tomorrow evening in the auditorium
of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Prof
| De Witt c. Croissant of George Wash
ing University will address the so
ciety on the plays OF Beaumont ant
| Fletcher.
| "The Shoemaker's Holiday" pla.
| written in 1899, by Thomas Dekker. Il
under preparation and will be pre-
sented May % in Emerson Hall O.
All Souls Church, Sixteenth and Har
ward streets.
| All interested in learning of Eliza
| bethian drama are invited to attend
the meeting tomorrow evening at
| o'clock.
The $4,000 reindeer in Alaska ar,
valued at $9,750, 900, or $3.50, 900 NOR
| than the United States paid for tn,
| territory.