Evening star., 1925-03-29

ley. house committee, and Mrs. Frank
White, at large.
The club has been fortunate in Sc
curing the services of Mrs. Sarah +.
simpson as manager, who has re-
| Gently undertaken her duties. Mrs.
| Simpson is a graduate of the home
economics department of the Unfver-
| sity of Kentucky and later spent
| some time in this work at Simmons
| College. For the past two years she
4 has been assistant dietician at the
| Grace Dodge Hotel
! The delegates to the convention
' which meets at Indianapolis April
! s, which will represent the Wash
! ington branch, have been chosen ano
are: DR.. Louise TaylerJones, presi-
| dent of the Washington branch; Mrs
| Walter Brookings, Mrs. Frank Will
! llins, Miss Harlean James, Mrs. Glen
l.. Swiggett, Mrs. Raymond Morgan
| Mrs. Frank White, Miss Katherine
Arnold and Mrs. Thomas w. Sidweil
During the month of April paint
| ings of Miss Mary Riley, a member
| of the club, will be on exhibition al
| the clubhouse.
The Twentieth Century CIub.-Tht
| April meeting will be held Thursday
| as usual, at the Cosmos Club audlto-
| rum at IL am. The program viii
consist of an address by William
| Richards Castle, jr.. chief of the
| Division of Western European Affairs
| of the Department of State, who viii
| speak on Some Economic Problems
| of Europe" AS director of the bu-
| reau of communication of the Ameri-
| can Red Cross during the war and
! thros previous and subsequent eN'
| periences Mr. Richards had wide op-
| portunity to observe European con-
! ditions.
The nature section will meet at the
Mount Vernon station, Twelfth and
| Pennsylvania avenue, "Wednesday al
! 1920 am. for a trip to Dyke. Va.
The Federation of Republican W0m-
en- of Montgomery County.-Mrs VIII
| liam Wolff Smith will be the guest
and speaker at the quarterly meeting
of the federation April 10, which Will
be held at the Montgomery Country
Club, Rock willie. Mrs. John \. Holmes,
the president, will preside.
Chapter Ii, p. T.. o. met Tuesday
evening Following the business
session, a paper on the life and poems
of James Whitcomb Riley was pre-
sented by Mrs. j. w. Thompson. The
hostesses were Mrs Edgar b. Merritt
and Mrs. II. II. Brinkley.
The Susan b. Anthony Foundation
will hold its usual at home Saturday
from 4 TO pm. in the clubrooms,
1713 II street.
The monthly meeting will be held
in the same place Tuesday evening at
s pm. Business of an important
nature will be considered and all
members are urged to be present.
An evening at the President Theater,
to see the play, Rain" is being ar
ranged for Thursday evening. One
half of the price of the tickets sold
by the members will be given to the
foundation, therefore all should plan
| to be present and communicate with
the treasurer, Mrs. Alfred Anthony,
1713 II street.
The Susan B. Anthony portrait,
recently acquired by the foundation,
has been placed in the parlor of the
Shoreham Hotel. where 1T may be
seen by all friends and admirers of
the great emancipator. Among the
out t-of-town visitors. during the last
week was DR.. Manford b. Welcher OF
Hartford, Conn, one of the speakers
| at the anti-tobacco conference. Lady
Astor. member of Parliament, London
Eli dppIlcu IOi biic pl {
| of having her name on the yellow
| rose tablet of the memorial building
Mrs. Ida Hustled Harper was the
| guest of honor in the Susan b
Anthony box in the ballroom of the
Mayflower Hotel Monday evening.
Tomorrow evening the fourth in
| the Lenten series of lectures, given
by Mrs. Nanette b. Paul on The
| Human Side of the Bible" will be
i l. T., II,
Her subject will be Solomon's temple.
it's attendants, ritual. etc. The royal
blue robe, such as Mary would have
worn, will be exhibited. These lee
lures are free to the public and all
who are interested in the historical
side of the Bible are especially in
vited.
National womnn's Party.-The last
of the Winter series of Sunday meet
ings will be held at headquarters. 81
First street northeast. at 4:3O tomor-
row. The next series of meetings
will be outdoor garden meetings
while the historic old headquarters
is being remodeled.
Olive Geiger. a local attorney. will
talk on the legal disabilities of women
in the District of Columbia. She is
chairman of the legislative committee
of the District of Columbia branch
of the Woman's Party Burnita
Shelton Matthews. who is the head of
the legal research department of the
Woman's Party, will give a general
survey of the status of American
women.
Glover CluD.-Mrs. Gertrude Bischoff
of 1926 Crittenden street was hostess
for the meeting of the club, Thurs
day evening. This organization has,
as its basic principle, self-improve-
N ent and growth, and conducts under
the leadership of its president, Mrs.
Claude Owen, an interesting program
at each meeting. The last half of
this year is being devoted to Ameri
can industries. interspersed with
talks on leading topics of the day.
A recent innovation is a standing re-
port at each meeting on The League
of Nations and 1.-The World Court
by Mrs. George Gillingham, and
another on THE Congress" by Mrs.
Gertrude Bischoff. There is also a
10-minute instruction in "Parliamen-
tary Law by Mrs. Ralph Lawrence.
At it's last meeting, the club sent a
donation to the Proudfoot family,
which is only one of the many ways
in which it has given assistance when
needed
The next meeting. at which short
business meeting will be followed by
a social evening of bridge, will be at
the home of Mrs. Claude owen of
Chevy Chase on April 2.
League of Women N0ters.-The
education committee has secured
Miss Rose Phillips, director Platoon
Schools, Detroit, who will speak
Thursday, s pm, at the First Con-
gregational Church, on the Work
Study Play or Platoon System" To
hear Miss Phillips, who is one of the
foremost exponents of the system in