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meeting tomorrow evening. Miss Alice
| HutchinS Drake, chairman, and on
Tuesday evening the short story group
will meet with Mrs. Eugene Collister.
chairman. who baS to her credit sew
| eral hundred snort stories, published
in many leading magazines. Mrs. Col
| lister has been selected by the Ma
tional League as editor of the League
Bulletin, with Mrs. Bertha Taylor
Voorhorst, associate editor: Miss Grace
Hudson, business manager, and Miss
Jean Stephenson, Bulletin treasurer.
The Chaumont Unit. American
NOmen's Legion, held its first meet
ing of the year October 5 at the home
of the president, Mrs. Austen Nose
ley. Plans for the annual card party
were discussed and arrangements
made to hold it i'm the Officers Club
at Washington Barracks October 2S
| The chairman of the committee in
charge is Mrs. James w WadSWorth
Jr.: the vice chairman is Mrs. Aristides
Moreno and the chairman for tickets
is Miss n. r. Macomb.
Mrs. Walter Schuyler Grant is in
charge of refreshments, Mrs William
A. Wooten Of tables and Mrs. Herbert
Is. Crosby of the hall and decorations
The funds raised are used for the re-
lilies whose necessities are outside the
scope of.other relief agencies.
The Capitol Hill History Club held
its first meeting of the season We'd
nesday at the home of Mrs J. r.
Reed, 1853 Mckinley street Mrs. &.
ID. Glass was joint hostess, and lunch
con was served during the social hour
Business of Importance was trans
acted and two new members admitted
to the club. The topic of study for
the coming year was begun with two
papers. Physical Australasia" by
Mrs. Hemphill. and Early History of
Australasia, by Mrs. Rorke. The list
OF new officers for the year follows:
President, Mrs. j. B. Reed; vice presi-
dent, Mrs. l.. II. Elliott: secretary.
Mrs. w. NJ. Collins; treasurer Mrs. J.
NJ. Bryant; director to the District OF
Columbia Federation of Women's
Clubs, Mrs. G. NJ. Jones
The next meeting will be held al the
home of Mrs. L. X. FoltZ, Cherry
dale, Va.
Chapter Il. =. r. d. met Tuesday.
Following the business session a re-
view OF current topics was presented
by Mrs. j. T. Hendricks and "A descrip-
ton OF recent trip through Europe
was given by Miss +. f. Shrine. The
hostesses We're Mrs G.. l.. Peckham.
Mrs a. H. Williams and Mrs. l.. Z.
Woodruff.
Columbia W. {. +. L. held its Oc-
tober meeting with Mrs. Howard Gun.
nlngham. In the absence of Mrs. f.
;. Knight, the president. Mrs. 5. w.
Norris, vice president. occupied the
chair. Mrs. Livingston conducted the
devotions. Annual reports were made
by officers and department superin-
tendents, and delegates were appoint
ed TO the district convention Officers
for the year were elected as follows:
President. Mrs. Edwin Dinwiddie: vice
president, Mrs. s. w. Morris: second
vice president Mrs Arthur Hayes: re.
cordinS secretary. Mrs. A Rogers
Tracy; corresponding secretary. Mrs
T.. =. Henry: treasurer. Mrs. Sidney
Phillips. The following vice presidents
of churches were appointed: Mrs NJ
b. Scott. Sixth PreSbyterian: Mrs
Walter Rhodes, Emmanuel Baptist
Mrs. l.. :. knight, Calvary Methodist; ;
Mrs. G. L. Grandfield, Gunton-Temple
Memorial Presbyterian: Mrs. A. Liv-
ingston. New York Avenue Presbyte-
rian; Mrs. Percy Russell, Mount Pleas
ant Congregational
The Petworth Woman's CIub.-The
civic committee met October with
Mrs. Jay 3. Smith. Communications
were read from Detroit Cleveland St
Louis and Akron regarding the com
munity chest which is in operation in
those cities. The committee will study
this subject further before going on
record as indorsing a community chest
for the District
At the next meeting of the civic
committee suffrage for the District
will be discussed
The literary committee met Monday
with Mrs. Alfred Norcross. Current
literary events We're discussed by Mrs
Byrne and Mrs. Bourbon. Mrs. Pattie
read resume of What Price Glory"
and several criticisms of this play