Evening star., 1926-03-21

Badolet read and presented for critl.
cism one Of her own stories entitled
Carnival Night" Fred Mclaughlin.
who has a story in this months Acc
High. and who has just sold 1t
another, received a letter from the
editor offering to buy all that Mr..
Mclaughlin can produce and asking
that he become a regular contributor
The Writerscraft Club Is very proud
of Mr.. Mclaughlin. He has several
other stories appearing in current
magazines.
The club meets every Monday at
pm in the basement of the Mount
Pleasant Public Library. If you are
interested in studying or writing the
short story, you are invited.
A Nature Study Club has been
organized by a group Of women in
Northwest Washington. The object
shall be to create in the members and
their friends a desire to be on speak
ing terms with the wild flowers, birds
and trees and help protect and pre-.
serve them. Walks are to be taken
once a week through the Spring, the
first one to begin Friday, March rs.
at 1890. This club shall sponsor
nature club to be organized among
the patients of the tuberculosis Hos
pital. Their dues shall go to buy
nature material for them. A series
of nature lectures is to be given at
the hospital. under the direction OF
Mrs. Edison w. Briggs and Mrs. Agnes
II. Stewart, director Of occupational
therapy there. Percy l.. Kicker
spoke on "The Spring Wild Flowers"
Thursday evening. Mrs. Robert NJ.
Reese of the Audubon Society. will
t.Ily dcb vaI,
"a. at pm, at the hospital at Four
teenth and Upshur streets. Wood
ward & Lothrop have donated a set
Of Reeds bird books, and the Audubon
Society has sent a set of large bird
charts. Mr.. Ridsdale will send copies
of the Nature Magazine every month.
The motto of the club will be Love
and Let Alone"
SOrOptimists.--The accredited apos-
tie of Christianity in Ireland was born
near the site of Fitzpatrick, Scotland.
but his zeal prompted him to cross the
channel for the conversion of the
pagan Irish. Rev. Father Cartwright
told the club and its guests at the
luncheon meeting, Wednesday. In the
Pompeiian room Of the Lafayette
Hotel. His missions continued over
40 years, during which time he es-
tablished a number Of schools. mon
| asteries and did much to introduce
Roman civilization. He lived to be
over 100 years old and is perhaps the
most generally accepted and honored
of all saints by people of all nation
alities and creeds.
The Shamrock Symphony Synco-
pators of st. Patrick's Players Or
chestra. under the leadership of Sor-
optimist. Sadie Newell played
throughout the luncheon and after.
ward the st. Patrick Players gave
program for the entertainment Of the
65 members and guests. An inter
pretative dance by Miss Louise Ar
mold in costume was given a spirited
encore. Miss Mary Deere gave a
clever Apache impersonation.
AS winner of the attendance prize,
Jane NJ. Ryan give the booster talk
| on Helena d. Reed and her work at
the Lincoln National Bank.
The favors were green baskets with
Irish symbols attached to the handles
and were filled with green and white
bonbons. A large number of these
favors were sent to the Childrens
Hospital. in which institution the
club maintains and supports the eye
clinic.
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Wrinkle. presided over the business,
and Miss Marguerite Sitgreaves over
the social program.
District Home Economics AssOcia-
tiOn.-The food and nutrition section
Will hold joint meeting with the
Journal Club. Of which DIR. Minna G..
Denton is chairman. in room l, Cor
coran Hall. George Washington Uni
versity, on Twenty-first street between
G and II streets, northwest, at 8 pm
March 25.
Miss Sybil Smith. specialist in bio
chemistry in the office of the expert
ment stations Of the Department of
| Agriculture, will speak on the Re
cent Progress in Vitamin Studies"
Any one interested in the work be-
| ing done is invited.
American Association of University
WOnlen.-Dr. Frederick Lent, presi.
dent Of Elmira College. will be the
guest Of honor and will speak on
college Women of the Twentieth
Century" at the club tea tomorrow
afternoon. The hostesses will be Mrs.
Charles w. Rippey. president Of the
Elmira Club Of Washington, and the
Elmira members of the University
Women's Club.
The tea in honor of Nine. Alphan-
| derry Of France. which was previously
announced for Sunday afternoon, has
been postponed to Tuesday afternoon
at 4:30. Nine. Alphandery Is the
leading expositor of French woman
hood and Is the daughter of Senator
Cremieux. the oldest member Of the
French Parliament. She has been
| awarded the cross of the Legion of
Honor and will tell Of her work which
| led to the comforting of this insignia
upon her. Miss Grace Abbott, chief
of the Children's Bureau of the De-
partment of Labor, will be the
hostess for the afternoon and will
| introduce Nine. Alphandery.
On March 27 the first annual ban.
quet Of the University Women's Club
Continued ON Fifteenth Pa gel