Evening star., 1925-02-08
NEWS OF THE CLUBS


ANNIE LANCAS1Eh
on Ft bruary % THE Philippine
Question" will be discussed by Pedro
Guevara. Philippine. resident commits
sioner at Washington. These lectures
are all free to members of the Dis
trict and of the Maryland Lee que of
Women Voters.
international Association OF Art and
Letters.-The monthly salon was held
At the cluhrooms, 1907 | street. Jan
uary 80. This being members night
the entertainment cons sted entirely
of original contributions.
Miss Isabel Goodhue's bird notes
We're cleverly done. Mss Ida Herman
gave some readings: Charles Cotting-
ham. poems, and Prof. Schroeder in
troduced pupil. Miss Evelyn G bson
who very pleasingly rendered Tostis
"Screnade" and the Rose Garden"
after which Prof. Schroeder played
Chopin waltz.
At the tea Saturday. January
"a, Senorita Castro of Costa Rica
gave very Illuminating talk on her
native country. point of interest
being the contact between the modern
Costa r cans and their less progress
Sive cotemporaries. Mrs. Stanley of
Canada described the Walt Whitman
memorial which is cut IN the living
rock of the Canadian Gibraltar.
At the associations at home Sat
urday. the 31st, Mrs. Hughes gave
read 'ngs of her own poems. Prof
Schroeder. by request, played some of
his own compositions and the Sonata
Pastorale" by Beethoven. Mrs. BieIe-
feldt was hostess Wednesd evening
will give a Spanish play with music
Wedne Sday evening.
American Association of University
WOmen.-Howard Cool, director of
the Better Business Bureau. was the
guest of the association at tea
Wednesday and afterward gave an
address on the work of the bureau
in improving shopping conditions.
Mrs. Joshua f ans, jr.. was hostess.
\ dramatic section is being formed
under the leadership of Mrs. A.
Burks Summers, who is planning to
produce a play in the Spring. The
first meeting will be held at the club
tomorrow afternon and all who are
interested are asked to come at 4:3n
or to communicate with Mrs. Sum
mers at Cleveland 2J41.
The club will give musicaltea
Wednesday afternoon at which the
Tuesday Evening Musical Club will
Howard, who is the leader of the
club, will sing solos. The hostess
will be Mrs. l.. c. Scherer,
The monthly meeting of the Wash
ington branch of the association will
be held Friday, pm.
There will be a valentine dance
Saturday from 9 to - pm. Mrs. j.
Austen Stone will be hostess.
Among the guests staying al the
club during the past week were Miss
Josephine Schain. who acted as Secre-
tary of the conference on the cause
and cure of war. Miss Schain is in
charge of the New York branch of
the League of Women Voters, by
whom she was loaned for the confer
ence. Mrs Walter L. Schuster of
East Douglas. Mass, was here at
tending the foreign missionary con-
ference.
College Women's Club.-W. w. Hus
band, United States commissioner of
immigration, will be the guest of
honor and speaker at the tea tomor-
row, to pm, at the clubhouse, 1922
/ street His subject will be: :Immi-
grafton Up to Date"
Mrs. j. NJ. P. Metcalf will be host
ess for the afternoon and will be as
sisted by Mrs. William c. Gordon, who
will preside at the tea table, Miss
Laura j. Silsby, Miss Olive y. Hallock
and Miss Zoda Greenlee, assisting.
The Susan b. Anthony Foundation
will celebrate the 18th anniver-
sary of the birth of DIR. Anna
Howard Shaw, co-worker of Miss An
thony for many years. by a valentine
party tea, February. IA, from to s
o'clock, at the headquarters of the
League Of American Pen Women, 1909 H
street. Miss Alice M. Heaven is chair
man of arrangements with the following
patronesses: Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey,
Judge Mary O'Toole, Miss Helen CAL
houn, Mrs. Lyman B. Swormstedt, Mrs.
william E. Chamberlain, Mrs. Nanette
B. Paul =
Representative Charles f. Winter
from Wyoming will speak at 5 pm
On Sunday, February Is at s pm.
the 105th anniversary of the birth of
Miss Anthony will be observed at the
First Congregational Church. Mrs.
John d. Sherman, president of the
General Federation Women's Clubs,
Mrs. Thomas G. Winter. former presi-
dent of that organization, and Mrs.
Nanette B. Paul will give brief talks
on the spiritual side of the life and
work of Miss Anthony. DIR. Charles ].
Owens, president of the International
Association of Arts and Letters, will
present a United States flag to the
Susan B. Anthony Foundation, which
will be accepted by its president, Mrs
Anna E. Hendley. The choir will rem
der appropriate music under the di-
rection of Mrs. Ruby Smith Stahl
Several pioneers of the suffrage
cause, including Gen. Isaac r. Sher-
wood, the oldest member of Congress;
Mrs. Hester M. Poole. a contributor to
the first suffrage publication, and
others will occupy seats on the plat
form.
There will be groups of Boy Scouts,
Girl Scouts, Campfire Girls, Girls
Friendly, Jobs Daughters, DeMolay
Boys, and College Women in their re-
spective uniforms. All schools and
organizations are invited to send dele
cations to assist in honoring this
great emancipator.
The Susan B. Anthony Foundation
will be at home in it's ~clubrooms, 1713
II street, every Saturday afternoon
After "a BUSINESS meeting at o'clock,
tea will be served from 4 to 6.
District League OF American Pen
WOmen.-Miss Rebecca Dial. chair
man of the drama group, has been
fortunate in securing as the speaker
for the meeting of her group tomor-
row evening Hunter Mulford of Har-
ward, AZ. Mr.. milford will speak at
8 I'm. at the clubhouse on the subject
Essentials of Play Writing" All
of the league are invited.
AT this meeting the rules for the
dramatic contest will be made known
by Miss Dial to all those desiring to
enter this competition, which closes
March 1.
Tuesday evening the poetry group
Will meet, o'clock, at the clubhouse
Miss Alice NJ Heaven, chairman, has