Evening star., 1926-05-02

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Miss Lillian Venable, Mrs. B. Carroll
Reece, Mrs. Henry p. Erwin, Mrs
; William Mather Lewis, Mrs. j. Harry
Shannon, Mrs. George Barnett, Mrs.
Frazier d. Head, Mrs. Henry Lloyd
Aspinwall, Mrs. William +. Ham, Mrs.
Henry l.. West, Mrs. John Hays Ham
mond, Mrs. Peter A. Drury, Mrs. John
T.. Benton.
Twentieth Century Club.-The In
ternatioEal outlook section will meet
tomorrow afternoon at 2 O'Clock at
the residence of Miss Agnes Miller,
Woodlawn, ol55 Highland place,
Cleveland Park. This will be the last
meeting of the season. Mr.. Drew
Pearson. foreign editor of the United
States Daily, will address the mem
bers on The International Outlook y
Each member of the section who has
'sponsored' :. country during the
year will rpeak briefly on her
country durn,g the hour preceding
the talk by Mr.. Pearson. The na-
ture section will meet Wednesday at
10 am. at Dupont Circle for trip
along the canal.
The annual meeting of the club with
election of officers takes place Thurs
day. Music will be furnished by the
music section under the direction of
Mrs. ByfneS.
SOrOptimist Club-On Wednesday
| at the La Fayette Hotel program de-
| voted to better homes was presented
| to the members of the club, and its
array of guests, the newly elected ma
| tional officers of the League of Ameri-
can Pen Women including Mrs. Grace
Thompson Seton, president, and first
president of the New York Soroptimist
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! first vice president of the league; Mrs.
Clara Keck Hetiebower of Cincinnati,
third vice president; Mrs. Clarence NJ.
Busch of Miami, retiring first vice
| president; Mrs. William Atherton
| Dupuy, chairman copyright legisla-
ton; Mrs. William Wolff Smith, chair
man, motion pictures, and Mrs. Chalre
Lewis. public bath commissioner of
Baltimore, all introduced by Harriet
| Hawley Locher. An interesting ac
count of the annual banquet of the
Philadelphia Soroptimist Club was
given by Marie Lawyer.
Soroptimist Elizabeth Shepard led
her hearers to the selection of house
and said patriot is added to the Ma
ton the day one signs up for a home.
Soroptimist Celeste Hodges took the
audience into the interior of the house
and showed the fashions of 1926 in
Summer draperies and slipcover ma
terialS.
The pricipal address was made by
Miss Mary Stewart. in charge of the
bureau of Junior employment, Depart
ment of Labor. and formerly president
of the Business and Professional
Women's Club. who told the members
that in years past the house has been
stressed too much and the home too
iS hn irit
quality" in the house; the place where
we are healthiest, happiest and have
the most advantages; where we enjoy
the particular kind of living that will
look out for the finer spiritual rela-
tions of the occupants. 1t remains for
the business woman to re-define and
re-establish the home, for housekeep-
ing is only one phase of home making:
vocation which belongs to women
by choice; but home making is joint
job for the man and woman in the
home.
Club sings were lead by Polly"
Pollard. who returned with all her old
time vigor. The Daughters of the
American Revolution were represented
by Mrs. Jamison, State regent of Min
nesota, who was guest of DR.. Baird,
and her daughter, Mrs. Diggs.
tOtefeSS DiStr1ct OF Columbia
League of Women VOters.-The an
nual business meeting of the league
will be held at dinner at the club
house of the American Association
of University Women tomorrow
evening at $50. Reports of the
years activities of all committee
chairmen will be heard and the Off
GERS for the ensuing year will be
elected. Officers are elected for a
tWo-year term and one-half the num-
ber are elected each year. Candidates
from whom officers will be elected
are, for first vice president Mrs w.
A. Slade and Mrs. Laura Williares;
for recording secretary. Mrs. James
G. Cumming and Miss II. f. Upson;
for corresponding secretary, Mrs.
Alice Rodgers Hagar: for directors
two TO be elected, Mrs. Edward p.
Costigan. Mrs. George Eastment, Mrs.
Thomas Sidwell, Mrs. Dennis Upson:
for delegates to the Federation of
Citizens Associations two to be elect
ed. Mrs. George A. Kicker, Miss
Edna Sheehy and Mrs. Frank Hiram
Smell.
This will be the last meeting of the
season for the league. and plans and
policies for the next year will be dis
cussed. A full attendance is urged.
Reservations for the dinner should
be made to Mrs. Charles AIcNary at
the Mayf1ower Hotel. Main $500, be-
tween the hours of 6 and : pm.
American Association of University
Women.-Monday, May 3. 4:3O PM:
Club tea, at which Mrs. John Glover
wilson. lecturer. of Baltimore, will
be the guest of honor and will speak
on Current Events-How the Rest
OF the Country Regards the Issues
Before the Administration. and What
May Be the Result of These Issues
on the Coming Congressional Elec.
tions.' Hostess. Mrs. Robert c. How
ard. assisted by Mrs. f. r. F.. John.
son.
On Tuesday evening at O'Clock
Henry \. Towner, Governor of Porto
Rico, will be the guest of honor at
dinner and will speak on ''The Work
That Is Being Done for Porto Rico"
Mrs. Lyman G. Swormstedt will pre-
side as hostess for the evening.
reservations should be made at the !
clubhouse not later than Monday.
The Friday Evening Bridge Club |
Will meet as usual on Friday eve
ming. and on May s there will be a |
bridge luncheon at l pm Reserva-
tions should be made to the hostess.
Mrs. Dowell. at Cleveland 2519. or /
Mrs. f. T. F. johnson. North 1928. |
Mrs. Herrick has announced that |
the time for reservations for the boat |
trip down the Potomac has been ex-
tended until May 8. This is the last |
possible date at which reservations
may be made, and unless 225 reserva. |
tions are made it will not be pos |
sible to charter the steamer.
The book review claSSeS apd tbo |
French classes have been continued |
for the remainder of the season.
The house committee has an
nnunced the following radlIotior, In, [