Evening star., 1925-10-11

WOmen's City Club.-C. Francis
jenkins initiated members of the club
fortunate enough to have made reser-
vations into the mysteries of trans.
mitting pictures by radio at the forum
luncheon Saturday.
AS this is the season when people
think of joining the club, the presi-
dent, DR.. A. Frances Foye. has desig-
mated the membership committee as
hostesses for the Sunday teas in Octo-
Der. Miss Myrtle l.. Bum. chairman,
will be assisted by Mrs. Edgar L.
Brown, Mrs. E. J. Brennan. Mrs.
James Henry Harper, Mrs. Virgi. S.
Miller, Mrs. Grattan kerans. Mrs.
! Granville NJ Hunt and Miss IneZ
JuStuo.
Wednesday evening at $50 O'Clock
the business and professional section
will hold it's monthly dinne". The
speaker will be Chauncey Depew
Snow. whose subject will be Cham
bers of Commerce in American Life
Mr.. Snow is manager of the foreign
department of the Chamber of Com
merce of the United States. Reserva-
tions are linite to 100.
Mrs. Jeanne kafka will have charge
of the semi-a annual style show Thurs
day evening. when the latest Ameri-
can and Partisan styles will be eX-
hibited on living models. An orchestra
will play during the evening. Many
members are planning dinners at the
club before the show.
The library committee has added
many new books to the shelves of the
circulating library. which is largely
patronized by members. The librarian
is in attendance every week day from
II to 1890 and from 4:30 to 6 o'clock
At the business meeting Wednesday
evening plans were discussed for the
betterment of the club and commit
tees made reports. Mrs. Lyman B..
Swormstedt presented the plans of the
local branch of the National Civil
Service Reform League.
The French section and the free
and-easv auction meet each Tuesda: !:
evening.
The American Association of Uni
verSity Women Will give a tea tomor-
row afternoon. at which the guest of
honor will be Miss Elizabeth East
man. She will give a short talk on
the Institute of Politics at Williams
town. which she attended this sum
mer Mrs. W. H. s. Stevens will be
hostess.
There will be meeting at the club
Friday evening at 7:45 o'clock to dis
cuSs the formation of an evening
bridge club. The hostess will be Miss
F'loy Wallis, Adams 4249-J.
There will he club luncheon Sat.
urday at l pm. at which David A.
Robert son. assistant director of the
American Council on Education. will
be the guest of honor. Mrs. L. g..
Nourse will be hostess and will intro
duce the speaker. whose subject will
be Contemporary British Authors" :"
Reservations for the luncheon must
be made at the club not later than
Friday night.
There was large gathering at the
tea given Monday for the ladies of the
Interpa parliamentary Union, which was
attended by many of the delegates,
each of whom made a brief address.
This was the first of the regular
weekly teas, which in future will be
on Monday afternoons instead of on
Wednesdays. as in the past.
Among the activities Of the club
during October will be the formation
of dramatic section for the produc-
ton of plays during the Winter.
Those who are interested are asked to
get in touch with Miss Ruby Nevins.
Columbia 3500-W.
Mrs. Ernest Smith, Columbia 1900,
will also form a book review class
similar to the one which met last sea-
son to discuss the new books and cur
rent literature.
Miss Eleanor Boswell, the new eX-
ecutive secretary of the club, was in
troduced to members at the tea Mon
day. when she was one of the receiv-
ing line. She spoke at the monthly
meeting Friday evening.
Twentieth Century CIub.-The first
meeting of the International Outlook
section was held Monday at the resi-
dence of Mrs. Bradshaw II. Swales.
Mrs. A. c. Muhse gave a comprehen-
sive account of affairs in China; Mrs
George +. Bowerman spoke briefly on
the unrest in England: Mrs. G.. S.
Schofield spoke on Turkey and Miss
Agnes Miller told of her experiences
in India and Japan while on a recent
trip around the world. an unusually
large number attended the meeting,
which was presided over by Mrs. Ern-
est P. Bicknell, who left the same eve
ming for the West. She will circle the
globe before returning to Washington
next May. Before adjournment of
the meeting Mrs. Bicknell transferred
the leadership of the section to Mrs.
Edward B. Clark. Mrs. John G. Mer-
riam is vice chairman and Mrs. Brad
shaw H. SwaleS is secretary and