Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-28
WOMAN LEADERS
TO ATTEND DINNER
Tribute to Miss Jessie Dell to
Launch Drive for Seats
in Congress.

Women Of prominence in virtually
every field of endeavor VIII speak al
the dinner to be given by the Nationa
Womans Party at the Mayfiower
Hotel tonight in honor of Miss Jessie
Dell. recently appointed United States
civil service commissioner.
The dinner. which will be attended
by about 400 persons from all section
of the country, will launch the ''wom
en- for Congress" campaign to be con
Quoted by the Woman's Party throug'
q nationwide tour of two Of its Off.
Gals. Miss Mabel Vernon. executive
secretary. and Miss. Margaret White
more, vice president They will carry
to the country the organization de
mand that qualified women be given
more recognition in appo,ntive and
elective Offices OF the Federal and State
govern entS.
Speak nrs at the dinner will include
Eva La Gorianne, actress and play
producer: Georgia O'Keefe. r7oderniGt
painter: Muna Lee. poet; Ida C'vde
. Clarke, editor and author: Ruth Hale
Journalist: Mrs. Gl9dvs CaithroD, de
signer of stage settings; Mrs. Jacob
Riis, prominent business woman: Mrs.
Izetta Jewell Brown, one-tin1e candi-
date for the senatorial nomination in
West Virginia. and other women of
achievement in various fields.
Gen. Bellinger TO Sneak.
Brig. Gen. John r. Pellinger, assist
ant quartermaster general, with whom
Miss Dell served overseas during the
World War, will speak in appreciation
of Miss Dell's service in behalf Of her
former associates in the War Depart
nent. and Laura NJ. Berrien will speak
for the Government Workers Council
of the National Woman's Party, of
which Miss Dell is chairman.
Mrs. Donald r. Hooker of Balti-
more, chairman of the national
council of the Woman's Party, will
preside at the dinner.
Miss Vernon, who will leave i'm
mediately after the dinner for Detroit
TO join Miss Whittemore for the cam
paign tour which will take them
through 20 States. will explain the
purposes and plans of the campaign
In an address. The two ENJOYS of the
Woman's Party will travel in an
automobile TO the Pacific Coest.
speaking in every town and city
along the route in behalf of the cam
paign to place women in public office.
Many to Entertain.
The out guests will include
Judge Clarence Goodwin and Mrs.
Goodwin of Chicago; Mrs. John G..
Martin. Miss Mary Burnham and
Mrs. Pope Yeatman Of Philadelphia;
Mrs. Charles Meredith of Richmond,
Va; Mrs. Florence B. Hilles and Mrs.
e. B. Jones of Wilmington. Del. and
Mrs. John w. Brannan of New Yor@s
Among those who have taken
tables and will act az hostesses are:
Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley, Mrs. Peter
Drury, Mrs. Theodore Tiller. Mrs.
Sumner G. Perkins. Mrs. Emil Ber-
liner, Miss Sue White; Mrs. Burnita
Shelton Matthews, president Of the
Women's Bar Association; Mrs. NJ.
Capers Graves, president of the Quota
Club; Mrs. William Walker, Mrs. wy
mond II. Bradbury. Mrs. Arthur
Keith. Miss Elizabeth F.des, Miss
Stella Hellman, Miss Elizabeth J.
Raymond. Miss Florence Fox, DR..
Mary O'Malley, Mrs. Jessie Bosley,
Mrs. Legare Obear. Miss Barbra
Reynolds. Miss Gertrude Leonard,
Mrs. Margaret II. Worrell. Mrs. Ada
Klein Peters, Miss Clare Graecen and
Mrs. N NJ. Norton