Evening star., 1926-10-24
NEWS OF THE CLUBS
The Writerscraft Club Of Washing.

The Writerscraft Club of Washing.
ton was held in the basement Of the
Mount Pleasant Library Monday, at
pm. The program included the
reading, by Miss Graves and Mr..
Thurber. of selected paragraphs on
the art Of writing. with special ref
erence TO the merits of the short
story. and an original article by Miss
Story on the Grand Canyon country
entltled "Golly. What Gully
which had been prepared at the re-
quest Of ~woman's magaZinei and an
original, we'll written story by Mrs.
Love entitled "Insufficient Evidence.
The program for the next meeting.
which will be held tomorrow evening.
includes original stories by Mrs. Love.
Mr.. Mackey and Mrs. Davidson. ana
selections from magazine articles of
interest to writer's by Miss Graves.
The International Language Club
met Thursday evening at the Mount
Pleasant Library. The meeting was
well attended and number of visitors
were present. among them Edwin {.
Reed. co-author of a popular Esper-
anto text book. The first hour was
devoted 10 a review of certain prln-
ciples of grammar. in which the class
was led by \. Mayer.
For the benefit Of visitors who came
in the spirit of inquiry, William F.
Madsen gave a convincing talk on the
need of an international auXiliary
language.
Prof. Allen Davis, principal of Bus
mess High School. was prevailed upon
to relate some of his recent eXper-
fences at the Eighteenth international
Esperanto Congress at Edinburgh.
They We're given in semi-humorous
vein. His description Of the interna-
tional ball, where representatives OF
30 different nations made merry in the
dance. using the Esperanto tongue ex-
clusively in giving expression to their
thoughts and feelings. was TO its ad-
vocates an added proof Of it's useful
ness.
The next meeting will he held
Thursday at the Thomsont School.
The club meets regularly on the sec
ond and fourth Thursdays OF each
month. On others Thursdays tho
kahea Kluho meets in the same place.
The latter is sister Esperanto club
which suspended its meetings in
March upon the death Of Its late pres
ident. DR.. r. Pickman Mann. but is
now resuming activities and the two
clubs are planning To work In close
during the Winter. Any
one interested in Esperanto is vel
come at all meetings. instruction is
free and there are no dues
Montgomery County Federation Of
WOmen's Clubs.-The semi-annual
meeting of the fedora ton will be held
in Rockville at the courthouse Novem-
ber ! at 10 am. This meeting is
dedicated to the clubs in the fedora
tion so that they, through their di-
rectors, may have an opportunity to
give expression to theif plans and
activities Because of the limit of
time. five minutes is all that ca he
allotted to each director; but 1t Is
hoped that this will he sufficient to
bring out the high points in club
activities throughout the county and
give a bird 's.eye view of what the
women in Montgomery County are
doing toward civic betterment. educa-
tion and the many interests that the
federation has undertaken. All club.
women In the county, and there are
about 800, are urged to attend this
One Of the most important aspects
of this meeting will he that coming. as
it does, at what is for most of the
clubs in the county the beginning of
Fall activities. great impetus will he
given the chairnnen Of committees
and departments. as we'll as individual
members. In getting their clubs well
started on plans for the year
The chairman Of education, Mrs
ivan Weld. W. have a meeting prior
to this general meeting Of all chair
men of education throughout the
st. .Ioseph's Cuba card party was
held October * in the hall Of ST. 10.
seph's Church for the benefit Of the
Society. Many useful and
pretty favors were presented to the
lucky ones. Miss Lena Hettinger. as
sisted by Mrs. w. A. Hettinger, were
the hostesses for the evening.
William Mckinley Circle. No. 2,
Ladies Of the Grand Army of the Re-
public. met at G. a. r. Hall Friday,
the president, Mrs. E. NJ Owey, pre-
siding
1t was voted to suspend the regular
order of business to hear the report
of Miss c. 3. MilliSan. the circles
delegate To the fortieth national con-
vention Of the Ladies' Of the Grand
Army of the Republic. which was held
in Des Moines, Iowa. September 19
to -.
Miss Milligan supplemented her re-
port with an interesting collection of
pictorial views and newspaper clip
pings. in the form of a scrap hook,
embracing the press accounts of the
welcome and entertainment events so
offered by the city of Des
Afninnc 10 ho of -
the auxiliary organizations.
The Curley Club met at COL E street
Octoheh l.. The officers this year are
AloNsius 4. Mcr;arvey, president:
Luke OReilly. vice president; Miss
Agnes Broderick, recording secretary:
Miss Helen McGarvey. treasure Miss
Anna Wall. corresponding ser retary:
Miss Julia ONeill. advocate. and Mr..
Raymond Mullee. warden. The chair
man of the athletic committee an.
nounced a hike to Great Falls for to-
day. The members. who will Join the
hike will meet at sol Z street at ;
o'clock. Silvio H. Poll chairman Of
the entertainment committee. an
nounced that the club would hold
Halloween dance October 80 at the
Hotel La F'ayette. This dance is being
held for the benefit of Archbishop
scholarship fund. and is open
to the public as we'll as members. The
next meeting of the club will be held
Tuesday. All members are urged to
attend. as there are matters of great
Importance which will be discussed at
that meeting.
The Capitol Hill History Club held
the first meeting of the season at the
home of Mrs T.. NJ. Wallace October
IS. Mrs. J. c. Hemphill was Joint
hostess. After luncheon business
meeting was called Mrs. W. r.
Swafford was elected to membership.
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