Evening star., 1926-05-30
Y. w. e. A.

The Indoor Outdoor Club is holding
it's annual meeting and house party
this week end at Vacation Lodge,
Cherrydale, Va. Miss Ludena Sayre
of Fairfax, Va, Is an honor guest.
Miss Sayre was formerly q secretary
Of the Y. w. c. A., and II was under
her leadership that the Indoor Outdoor
Club members pledged themselves to
build the lodge as a Summer residence
for business women.
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Tho sixth annual Louis Hamilton
Bayly fund benefit will be held Wed
nesday at pm. at the Mayf1owei
Hotel. Mrs. William Hamilton Bayly,
for whose son, the late Lieut.. l.. II.
Bayly, the memorial fund is named,
will preside. Mrs. Bayly is the honor
ary president Of the Washington Y. W.
G. A. The program will be presented
by the Booklovers Of the y. w, G. A.
The proceeds will provide money foi'
the support Of q destitute Washington
child during the Summer months.
Mrs. +. r. Purnell, wife Of Repre-
sentative Purnell of Indiana, will sing
two groups Of songs, with Mrs. Robert
Collins of Chicago and Washington as
accompanist. Piano solos will be
played by Miss Joan Collins. Miss
Ellen Mary Dashiell. recent gradu
ate Of the Anne Tilley Renshaw School
of Speech. will repeat two groups of
readings which she gave at her gradu
alton recital.
The Booklovers will hold the last
meeting for this season at the Mount
Pleasant branch of the Public Lii
brary, Sixteenth and Lamont streets.
Tuesday at 8 pm. Miss Alice Hutch
ins Drake will discuss books for Sum-
mer reading. The public is invited.
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Members Of all chapters of the Y. W.
G. A. will hold their annual picnic at
Kamp kahlert, on West River. Mary
land, June 4. Busses will leave head
quarters, GA L street. at 10 am
Everybody is requested TO bring a box
luncheon; coffee and fruit salad will
be sold at the camp. Mrs. Harold l..
Doyle, chairman of Kamp Kahlert
committee, and Mrs. Ray Palmei
Teele, chairman Of the chapters, will
be the hostesses. Mrs. Teele will give
q report on the recent biennial con
vention to which she was a delegate.
Included in the improvements a.
Kamp Kahlert this year are new sani.
tary equipment, Delco light system
and a new sea wall.
The call of the out-of- doors camp
vacation is proving increasingly pop
ular among girls. Early inquiries and
registrations at national headquarters
in New York indicate that 101 ,957 girls
who spent their vacations at "Y''
camps last year may be exceeded this
Summer. Preparations to receive va
cationists early in June are already
under way in the 2S9 camps that dot
mountains, valleys and lake sides
Water sports and competitive meets,
nature and woodcraft, over high hikes
and mountain climbs are among the
typical camp activities.
Miss Ruth A. Walton, director OF
swimming. will attend the Eastern
Region Health Education Conference
from June to 10, to be held at Ches-
ter, Mass, the Springfield Y. w. C.. A.
camp. Miss Jane Bellows of the ma
tional health education department OF
New York will be the executive Of the
conference
Miss Walton reports a heavy regis
tration for instruction in swimming
Because of the demand for beginners
classes, the intermediate class has
been dropped temporarily. Miss Wal
ton is now coaching IL class of ad-
vanced swimmers. This course. con-
sisting of six lessons, reviews all
strokes, with emphasis on technique
diving and endurance tests. A class
for children between the ages of and
Il. taught by Miss Dorothy Lyme, will
be held Mondays and Thursdays from
to 4:30.
The swimming pool at GA Z street
Will be closed tomorrow.
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The finance committee will meet at
the home of Mrs. John T. Schaaff, 1924
Monroe street. Wednesday. The COM
mittee will convene at noon and lunch
con will be served at / pm. Mrs
Schaaff is chairman.
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The business and professional Oprn
ems department will close the season
of indoor activities with a banquet To
be held at the Blue Triangle Hut.
Twentieth and e streets, June 8, at
pm. The program following the ban
quet is being planned by a committee
composed of Miss Mildred j. Bartho-
low, chairman of the department: Miss
Bertha Pabst, vice chairman of the
department; Miss Grace Brame, Mrs.
Mary c. Slough and Mrs. Bulah
James.