Evening star., 1926-10-10

retdry, ana 1arry 1ngley trustee.
The Wheel Of Progress met Wed.
nesday at its headquarters in the
Jefferson room Of the Mayfiower
Hotel.
AS this was the first meeting of
the year, officers of the District Wheel
were nominated; and those electeds by
sealed ballot will be announced at
the meeting on October q.
Mrs. Margaret Hopkins Worrell,
who spent the Summer working in
the interest of the national organiza-
ton, gave an account of the exten-
sion work and stated that in 1896
80 per cent of our electorate voted,
while in 1924 less than so per cent
of the qualified voters manifested
enough interest in our form Of Gov
ernment and the character of the men
who make our laws to vote. The
field organizer reports % wheels or
ganized in Los Angeles. Headquar.
tiers for the Pacific Coast have been
established at the .Biltmore Hotel in
Los Angeles. The Pacific Coast of
the Wheel, the organizations Western
supplement to the official national or.
gan. published its first number at
Los Angeles this Summer, edited by
Helen Dortch Longstreet.
An interesting meeting was develop
ed through the narratives of Mrs.
Luelia NJ. MacKenna, delegate to the
biennial meeting of the General Fed.
GRAFTON of Women's Clubs at At
lantlc city; Mrs. Mallie Roberts
Nichols, national assistant secretary.
who spent the Summer touring Eu.
rope, and who gave a talk on Paris:
Mrs. Lucy Cooper Shaw, spoke of the
organizations study of the Constitu.
tlon this Winter; Miss NJ. K. Burk-
holder gave a short humorous talk:
Miss Annabel Ruth spoke of her ex.
periences in Philadelphia at the
Sesquicentennial, where she was in
charge of the Indian exhibit for a
time; Mrs. Frances Gurley Adams
Couison. national historian, told of
l!1e IN the Summer colonies along the
severn River; Mrs. Adele G. Guth.
ridge and others spoke.
Many matters of interest to the
organization were discussed and the
Winter program outlined.
The Excelsior Literary Club met
IueSday at the home of Mrs. w. A
Irauty. 1892 Park road. New officers
installed were Mrs. A. NJ. Hobbs, presi-
cent; Mrs. l.. E. Whitney and Mrs.
~. rogers Tracy, vice presidents;
Mrs. X: j. Brasel. recording secre-
tar!; Mrs. Carr. corresponding Sec
retary; Mrs. j. w. Bulla, treasurer:
M Mrs' -: !. Donovan. press correspon-
oent, Mrs. VIM. Trauty, director to d.
c. F: w. c.: Mrs Rosa l.. Wood
member of clubhouse committee. D.
Z. r. w. c. Interesting vocational
experiences were related by the mem.
oers or the club. A vote of thanks
was given Mrs. Hobbs for the wear
nook. The next meeting will be with
MRS. Rosa l.. Wood, 1894 LanieI pIace
on October 10.
The Society of the Founders and
fatriOts OF America will meet ton1or
row at 1:45 pm. at the Cosmos Club.
Folio"ing report of officers and COM
mlttees as to activities since the
Spring meeting, there will be an cleo
tlon OF new members and ain address
by Maj. Edgar f. Hume, deputy gov
ernor of the Society, on my Expert
ences In Serbia During the World
War"
Pen WOmen's League.-Mrs. E. L.
Atwood, member of the league and
prominent club woman, is the latest
or her sex In Washington to desert
the social world for business activity.
MRS. Atwood has just been made
manager of the bureau Of social ac-
tivities for the Maddux. Marshall
Moss and Mallory string of hotels
mere, which includes the Cairo, Ar
llngton, Martinique, Fairfax and TIL
den Sf!an. The position was created
especially for Mrs. Atwood, whose
duties will consist in looking after
amusement features for the guests.
actlng as cicerone for any social ac-
tlvlties to which they may aspire and
arranging affairs for the club women
OF the city at the various hotels un.
der her charge. Mrs. Atwood is not
entirely a stranger to the business
world She has been a newspaper
woman of note and has engaged in
several other branches of business
and professional work.