Evening star., 1926-03-21

Nomen's City Club.-Mrs. Raymond
McCarl will be the guest of honor at
the tea this afternoon at which Mrs.
Ralph a. Shepard will he hostess.
Mrs. Shepard VIII be assisted by Or.
A. Frances t'oye, Judge Mary OToole,
Judge katherine Sellers. Miss Jessie
Dell. Mrs. Bessie Parker Rruegge-
man. Mrs. Nina Van Wrinkle and Miss
Pearl Mccall. Miss Laura Berrien
and Miss Ivy Wentworth will serve at
the tea tables Others assisting will
be Mrs. Gertrude dc Reed, Miss Mary
Benton Wright, Miss Maizie Buie.
Miss Caroline Audler. Mrs. Frank
Gregory Stewart. Miss Josephine
Grace McNey, Miss Elaine Eppley,
Miss Inez .Tustus and Miss Fay Bent
ley. An invitation is extended to all
women in the Government service to
visit the club on this occasion.
The st. Patrick'S day dinner was
one of the outstanding features of
the year. The decorations were
beautiful and appropriate to the occa-
sion. The speakers We're Daniel w.
O'Donoghue, Representative Edward
+. Keating. Felix Mahony and Mrs.
Kate Trenholm Abrams. Mrs. Ellis
gave an original poem on the life of
st. Patrick. Judge O'Toole presided
in her own happy way and groups
of Irish songs were given by John
Paul Jones, Jack Phelan Miss Edna
Sheehy and Miss Olive Beatty.
On Thursday evening the life men,
hers will give their first annual din
ner. The arrangements and pro-
gram are being kept very secret by
the committee in charge.
The Monday bridge section held
another interesting meeting March Is.
Mrs. l.. Becker was elected to men,
bership. Reservations for the bridge
luncheon. March 81, are in charge of
Mrs. Grattan Kerans.
Twentieth Century Club.-The ed,i-
cation section will not meet this
month on the fourth Monday. which
Is tomorrow, but on Monday. the 29th
The archaeology section will hold
its last regular meeting for the year
Tuesday at 2;45 pm, at 1922 Woodley
place. The paper, ruins in Cam
bodia," will be given by the chair
man, Mrs. Lowe. A special meeting
will be held in April that the section
may have the privilege of hearing
DR.. Duncan. Assyriologist of the
american University, on PREHISTORIC
Man."
The civic section was entertained at
luncheon last week by the Chestnut
Farms Dairy Co. after a most
interesting trip through it's very
modern and most sanitary plant on
Pennsylvania avenue at Twenty-sixth
street. Mr.. Weld. whose wife is the
secretary Of the section, acted as
chairman. presided.
The board meeting will be Thurs.
day, II am. at 1884 I street.
Alliance Francaise.-Among the
people present at the last French lee
ture Of the Alliance Franchise were
David Jayne Hill. w. T. Brantly,
Lynch Luguer, Mrs. Theodore Vernon
Boynton, the Misses Cullen, Comdr.
@nd Nine. E. d. IVillm, Mrs. Gibson
l'ahnestock, Mrs. ]. C. Frazer, Mrs.
John M. Biddle, Mrs. E. A. Harri.
man. Mrs. S. S. Wood, Mrs. w. l..
Capps.
The next French lecture will be
given at the Cosmos Club, at 4:30
tomorrow by Nine. Alphandery. Her
subject will be: "L'Evolution de Ia
Femme ct la Mode"
Nine. Alphandery is daughter of
Senator Cremieux, the oldest member
Of the French Parliament
Her connections in artistic, literary
and scientific circles have enabled her
TO acquire a wide knowledge of all
subjects which can be of interest to
the people concerned in women S
welfare.
Nine. Alphandery' most earnest
desire is to meet American women,
to get to know them better.
The International Society of Arts
and Letters held its annual election
Of officers March 10. 8 pm, in the
ciubrooms at the Gordon Hotel. The
newly elected officers and reelected
officers are as follows: For president,
DIR. Clarence j. Owens; the vice presi-
dents are DR. Alexander Henneman
Mrs. Henry P. Dimock. Mrs. c. E.
Barnard, Hugh NJ. Irish, Mrs. B. l..
Perkins, Dr. NJ. De O. Lima; treas
urer, Charles w. Warden; assistant
treasurer. Miss Amy Fairless; aud
itor, Mrs. NJ. F. Adams; recording
secretary, Mrs. NJ. Hugh Irish; corre-
spending secretary, Miss Isabel Fur
bank; assistant corresponding secre-
tary, Mrs. NJ. V. Smith; historian,
Mrs. J. D. Sullivan; board of council
Mrs. K. J. Fenton, Mrs. V. Bielefeldt,
Bernard Foley. Mrs. Clara McCrone
ana MISS r dIlflle w OlISOH.
The customary Irish tea was held
in the clubrooms at the Hotel Gordon
yesterday at pm. Mrs. Hugh Irish
presided, assisted by Mrs. j. ID. Sulli-
van. Mrs. Wallace Streater gave a
reading on the subject, "St. Patrick y
Mrs. c. Essery Bernard spoke on
Irish literature, and Maj. Ferris sang
some Irish songs and gave recitations
in the Irish dialect.
The Literary Salon will be held
Wednesday in the clubrooms at the
Gordon Hotel at 8 pm. Victor Val.
lely will speak on the National Con-
test of the Federation Of Musical
Clubs in the Use Of Musical Cross
word Puzzles" Mrs. Josephine Beach
of New York will give readings with
musical accomplishments. There will
be a trio with piano. violinist and
cello. The artists will be Mrs. Angus
tus Simpson, Duff Lewis and Dore
Walton.
The District of Columbia Fedora.
tion of WOmen's Clubs will meet at
the Hotel Roosevelt tomorrow, II In