Evening star., 1925-03-08
NEWS OF THE CLUBS

Rossman Saunders will be the guest
of honor and speaker at the tea, to-
morrow, 4 to s pm, at the club
house, 1922 I street. She will give
talk on Decoration"
Miss Marie Saunders will be hostess
for the tea, and win pe assisted by
Miss Lucille Compton, who will pre-
side at the table, and by Miss Mollie
B. Weyman.
The American Association OF Uni
versity Women's Dramatic Section
will meet tomorrow, pm, under
the leadership of Mrs. A. Burke
Summers Miss Hope Summers will
be coach.
The regular book review class will
meet Tuesday al IL am.
Members of the Congress on Inter
national Medicine and their wives
will be guests of honor at a tea to
be given by the association at the
clubhouse, 1884 l street, Tuesday, at
4:30. Those in the receiving line will
be DIR. Frances Foye, chairman of the
women's committee; Mrs. William
Gerry Morgan, wife of the president
of the congress; Mrs. Smithies of Chi
cago, Mrs. M. w. Ireland, Mrs. Hugh
S. Cumming and Mrs. Thomas A.
Groover. Mrs. r. u. Patterson and
Mrs. James F. Coupal will pour tea.
Other members of the committee as
sisting are DIR. Ada Thomas, DR..
Edith Seville Coale, DR.. Kate Kar-
peles and DR.. Gladys Kain. DR..
Louise Tayler-Jones will be hostess.
Wednesday, at 4:30 pm, a musical
tea will be given at the clubhouse, at
which Mrs. Lawrence Grogan and
Miss Margaret Callahan, sopranos,
and Mrs. Charles Tooke, pianist, will
give a program. Mrs. Arthur Boal
will be hostess.
A meeting of the Washington
branch OF the A. A. U. w. will be
held Friday evening s pm.
Saturday, at pm, bridge party
will be given at the clubhouse for
members and their friends. Mrs. II.
P. Perrill and Mrs. F. T. F. Johnson
will be hostesses. Reservations
should be made with Mrs. Johnson,
N. 1928.
A dance will be given Saturday
evening from 9 to IL. Mrs. Burt
Carroll will be hostess.
Both the tea of last Monday, given
in honor of Mary T. Norton, newly
elected Representative from New
Jersey, and Florence Knapp, newly
elected secretary of state of New
York and the inauguration tea We'd
nesday at which the governor of
Vermont and Mrs. Billings were the
honor guests, were attended by sew
eral hundred members and their
guests. Mrs. Norton and Miss Knapp
each gave a short talk on political
questions of the day at the Monday
tea. The State band of Vermont gave
concert outside the clubhouse while
the governor of Vermont and Mrs.
Billings were being entertained on
Wednesday.
Zmta Club.-At the Tuesday lunch
con the club was entertained with
talks by Miss Harriet Keith Fobes,
a student and lecturer on jewels, and
Mrs. Florence E. S. Knapp, secretary
of state of New York and the
first woman to hold this office in
any State. Mrs. Knapp referred to
her term of office as her "Sa bbatical
year" from the leadership in home
economics. which became hers as
head of such a department in the
Syracuse University, which she had
built up and made self-supporting.
Mrs. Knapp ran third on the Repub-
lican State ticket in the election and
her first official duty was to admin
lister the oath of Office to the Demo-
cratic governor. Her biggest job
will probably be the taking of the
New York State census, which, under
the laws of the State, is due this
year, and for which she already has
an appropriation of s1,2o0,0oo.
The club was charmed with the
unique interest which Miss Fobes re-
vealed in the very individual study
she has made of jewels and gems,
their history and meaning. She Is
the author Of book on the subject
and has spoken also about it before
many art and other clubs.
Miss Jane Bartlett presided at the
meeting. Miss Mary Lindsey was
elected delegate and Miss Hettie
meeting of Zonta Clubs to be held in
Washington on March 2S.
District League OF American Pen
WOmcn.-The poetry group will meet
at the clubhouse Tuesday evening,
with its leader, Miss Alice NJ. Heaven,
to continue the study of American
poets.
There will be meeting of the
drama group tomorrow evening at the
clubhouse, with Miss Rebecca Dial as
chairman. Mrs. Anne TilIery Rem
shaw will speak on Modern Phases
of Dramatic Work" The meeting
will be open to all members of the
league.
Soroptimists omitted their weekly
luncheon Wednesday so that members
might attend the Inauguration of
President Coolidge and Vice President
Dawes At the meeting scheduled for
next Wednesday noon at the Lafay-
cite Hotel Jerome c. Daneker of
Baltimore will address the club on
Increased Sales" This is the second
of series of talks arranged by the
committee on business efficiency, of
which Mrs. Ruby Lee Minar is chair
man.
Mrs. Ethel K. Pollard, president of
hte club, announces that the new COM
mittee on constitution, composed of
DR.. Elnora c. Folkmar, chairman;
Miss Agnes Winn, Miss Nora Huffman.
Miss Helen Woods, Miss Rosa Place,
Miss Dora Palkin, Miss Caroline Lam
man and Miss Helen Barnhart will
hold hearings on proposed amend
ments to the constitution at an early
date.
Mrs. Marie Lawyer, chairman of
the social committee, announces an
evening entertainment to be held at
the Mayf1ower Hotel during March.
The classification committee under
the leadership of Miss Freda Van
Nest, held a meeting this week and
outlined extensive reclassifcation
plans. Plans are being laid by Mrs
Ethel Ward, chairman of the civic
committee for an intensive campaign
of civic education.
The Robert E. Lee Chapter. United
Daughters of the Confederacy. met
Monday at Confederate Memorial Hall
Ihe meeting was called at an early hour
IN order to get all routine business
transacted and adjournment over so
that members and their guests might
enjoy the card party scheduled for e.oo
pm. large number were present at
this, one of a series of card parties
given by the chapter during the Winter.
Plans were announced for anntha.