Evening star., 1926-04-18

r coming from all
parts Of the
United states.
Miss Bede E. n
JohH3on, chair
man of the legislative committee. an.
nounced that the bill for the abolish.
ment OF capital punishment in the
ols,rict or Columbia would probably
come np for consideration on next
district day. The bill for striking out
the clause in the law preventing mar
ried women from acting as security
on note or otherwise using her name
as single woman was indorsed by
the foundation.
Mrs. Mary Allen Adams. Mrs. wv.
mono Bradbury and Mrs LueHa NJ
Mackennan were elects ed as the three
extra delegates for the ANNA! meet.
Ing or the District ot Columbia FEEDER
atlon or Women's Clubs which will he
held in May. Mrs George Seibold
VIII serve on the nomina ting commit
tee and Mrs. Florence G. Estabrook,
mrs Chapman. Mrs. Rose Waters.
Mrs. Renfrew. Mrs. Sherer. Miss
, Mate H. Lewis and Miss Grace r.
Osgood were elected alternates.
There will he the usual informal
gathering on next TUESDAY from 10
pm. in the par.ors of the Shoreham
Hotel. Mrs. Sarah Deeds will be in
charge OF the Office on Thursday and
Mrs. III, r. lnnNioS VIII be there on
Saturday Afternoon. Other members
are asked to hep with the office work
when possible. An intere~ Ing pro-
gram is in preparation for the pro
gram meeting on April -, by Mrs.
'iara OBrien McCrona. one of The
vice presidents. Miss Anna SNYDER
was admitted to membership ....
WOmen's City Club. Mrs. -Iohn
Allen Munson will he hostess At the
tea this afternoon and viii have as her
assistants Mrs. James r. Gaibreath
Mrs. Mary A. O'Connor g nd Miss Meta
Martin. Mrs. William r.. Chamber
lain and Mrs. Lucile r. F'ehl will pre-
side at the tea table Miss Esme
Reeder will present violin numbers
. and Mrs. Blanche s. Carnahan vocal
! solos. Mrs. Jessie Biaisder, of the
faculty OF Maryland University. will
be the accompanist.
On Wednesday evening David Law
renee win be the guest of honor and
. speaker at the dinner of the current
events section at which Mrs William
e. Chamberlin will he hostess. Reser
vations are being taken rapidly for
this event.
i" On April % a program will be pre-
scented by the music section. at which
the following artists will appear: Mrs.
Ethel Hotzclaw Ga wier. Mrs. William
7. Reed, Mrs. Flora Tiniey Noble and
Charles T. Ferry The Mondar bridge
section will continue playing during
the month of April. The msetinS OF
May will he preceded By business
meeting WHICH .wfll he held a i2:3o
pm. The nominating committee.
Mrs Hamilton Dimick. Mrs. Virgil e..
Miller. with Mrs. George Eastment
as cha irman. will report and the an
nual, election Of officers Wiii he held.
The honor for the highest score of the
saa son will he ava rded. At the meet.
ing of April Il 13 tables We're play
ing Mrs. Edgar T. Brown presided
at the tea table
Alliance Frarcaise. - Among the
people present Al the last lecture of !
the Alliance t'rancaise were the
French Amba ssador and Nine. Beren
ger. Mrs. Theodore Vernon Boynton,
the Misses Cullen. Mrs. James Car
roll Frazer. Mrs. Edward Hartman.
Mrs. John Lindsay Morehead. Mrs.
Charles r. Shepard. Capt. and Nine.
F.. d. Willm, Mrs. W. L. Capps, Mr..
Lynch Luquer. Mrs. John a. Tillema.
Mrs. w. K. Tuckerman, Miss B. j.
kihbey. Mrs. Gillett.
The next French lecture will be
given tomorrow. 4:30 pm. al the Cos
mos Club. by NJ. Andre Morize of
Harvard University. The subject will
be "Queloues esprits directeurs de Ia
jeune literature Fra ncaise: Marcel
Proust. Paul Claudei. Andre Glide.
Paul Nalery."
Twentieth Century Ciuh.-rhe liter
atBre section will meet tomorrow.
pm. AT 1894 I street. The subject.
Poetry and Poetry Substitutes for
Magazine Furnaces will be in
charge of Mrs. o. f. Cook, She will
be assisted by Mrs. Eugene stevens,
Mrs. w. ~. MaXon, Mrs. Austin Clark.
Mrs. A. c. Muhse. Mrs. Alexander
Steuart and Mrs. F. Y. Coville.
The parliamentary law section viii
meet Tuesday. l / am, 1884 l street.
About so members and guests at
tended the luncheon of the art section
Monday at the A. a. L. W. Club.
Mrs. Ruby Smith Stahl. accom-
lanied by. the pianist, Lee Cronicon,
sang two numbers most sympathetic
ally, after which Lucian Powell spoke
upon The Great Divide" Mr.. Powell
applied the subject to both nature and
art. the new and the old. He said
that Washington was an art center
and would be even more so with the
great Clark gfft to the Corcoran per-
manent collection suitably housed.
He urged interest in. the erection of
an adequate national gallery. He
warned the new art not 10 forget
that drawing is still necessary, that
the appeal of beauty is still requisite
'of A picture. as is also The necessity
to tell story: not in the literal sense
but there must be meaning to the
observer which he can understand and
enjoy. Mrs. William Bailey Lamar
who owns nearly 20 Powell paintings.
calls him the American Turner.
and was a most enthusiastic and ap
preciative guest of honor.
At Mrs. loves, Tuesday, DR.. Dun
can held the good audience spellhoutd
for an hour with his true tales of
our remote ancestors, their occupa-
tions. their shelters, their physique
and of the beginnings of speech and
of religion. The great moral of evo-
luton Is that our ancestors having
done so much. we owe it to them to
do what we can for our own genera
tion, both physically and spiritually.
The Guadalupe Club of 1913 had its
pnoutbIv noeetinc Monday evening at