Evening star., 1926-03-07

! chapter will be held March II at the
Lee House.
The HOuselIeepers' Alliance held it's
March meeting at the Women's City
Club Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Will
liam +. Chamberlin, president. in the
chair. Representative Henry r. Rath-
bone, chairman of the subcommittee
in Congress which is making a sur
vey of living costs in the District,
spoke on THE Price One Pays to
Live in the District of Columbia" +"
when you are told authoritatively,"
said Mr.. Rathhone. that loaf of
bread sells in London, England, for
just about one-half of what it sells for
here, it is enough to arouse your
curiosity, at least" DR. NJ. G.. Den
ton, head of the home economics divi-
sion of George Washington Univer-
sity. is chairman of the alliances
special committee for investigating
quality. weight and price of bread in
the District, Il matter on which the
alliance is particularly active and
vigilant. 1t was suggested by Mrs.
Albert y. BaggS that a revival of
baking in the homes might prove eff
fective where other forms of conf
petition seem to fail. Mr.. Rathbone
asked for cooperation on the part of
the various organizations of women
in the District along the line of pro-
ducfg facts and figures which might
prove helpful to the subcommittee of
Congress, of which he is chairman, in
its efforts to find a basis for construc-
tive legislation. Such resolution
was unanimously adopted, as was also
a resolution to ask for a hearing on
the poliCeWoman bill, to clarity GER
tain provisions which are n0 readily
understandable.
TaIloma Park Civic Study Club
held its monthly meeting in the ball
room over the Takoma Theater. Mrs.
G. Albert Scott, president, presided.
The meeting. being the educational
meeting for the year. was addressed
by II. w. Shipe, chief of the indus
trial section, Office of Indian Affairs,
Department of the Interior. He
characterized in an interesting and
amusing way the Indians of today
and told of the methods used by the
Government to educate and make
hem self-supporting. Mrs. Carolinn
B. Tuttle sang Indian songs. Miss
Cunradi accompanied her.
Mrs. f. r. kalmbach gave a digest
and explanation of the three Juvenile
Court bills now pending in Congress.
which led to a lively discussion of
the merits and faults of these bills.
The club finally passed a resolution
supporting the Zihlman bill when it
is amended to include the necessary
machinery for the proper function
ing of the court.
Mrs. Mary Iamond White. District
of Columbia Federation director read
a report of the federation meeting,
also a paper clipping showing how
untrue We're the statements being
given out by anti-prohibition propa-
gandistS. Mrs. Nellie Taylor, chair
man of Montgomery County social
service, read a report of the social
service done in the county last year.
Mrs. Metz, librarian, reported the do
nation of II books to the Maryland
High School library. also the distri-
buttons of magazines to the hospitals
of the city.
Mrs Waiter Trey read q prelimi-
nary report on the revision of the
club constitution. Mrs. Arthur Cor
dan chairman of civic development
of the District of Columbia Fedora
ton of WOmen'S Clubs. offered a reSo-
luton to eliminate the Baltimore and
Ohio grade crossing at Chestnut
street She also read in full the pro
posed Sunday blue law bill which, for
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