Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-14

and its delightful fantasy was greatly
| enjoyed by the audience.
| Mrs. Robert W. Bolwell and Mrs.
T. NJ. knappen presided at the tea
liable and were assisted by Mrs. Ar
thur F. johnson. Miss Lillian Carpen.
ter and Miss Elizabeth Cullen.
! Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle presided
at the business meeting which pre-
coded the entertainment. An impor-
! tant amendment to the bylaws was
passed as follows: The annual dues
for the year ending May 81. 1927. and
! for each year thereafter shall be ".
| One. half OF this amount shall be
| placed in the scholarship fund.
| Announcement was made that Presi.
| dent William Mather Lewis would be
/ the speaker at the next meeting to be
| held on the first Tuesday III April,
and that the annual dinner would take
place at the Chevy Chase Club at
o'clock on the evening Of April 20.
The VOteIess District Of Columbia
League of Women VOters.-The March
meeting of the executive board was
unusually we'll attended. The board
indorsed Mrs. Frank Hiram Smell,
chairman of the law and legislation
committee, to be a member of the
Citizens Advisory Council of the Dis
trlct of Columbia. Mrs. Smell was
candidate for that office last year and
received so flatterins q number of
votes that those who feel that it
would be an advantage 10 have
woman on tho advisory council felt
encouraged to submit her name again
this year. Mrs. Smell has been resi-
dent of the District of Columbia for
number of years and Is a member
of the Kalorama Citizens Association
and is active in the Womens Demo
cratic Club and the Womens CITY
Club. The president. Mrs. George A.
Kicker, announced that Mrs. Thvmas
Jefferson Howerton would be chair.
man OF the nominating committee and
asked that nominations tor office To-
sent TO her. The board Endorsed the
Zihlman.Capper Juvenile Court bin
and went on record as favoring in
creased appropriation for medical In
spection in the District.
The chairman Of the child welfare
committee urged cooperation of the
members in working for the mothers
aid bill, which was drafted by the
public welfare committee under the
direction Of William Hodson. There
Is a strong feeling that the New York
bill Is not at oil suited to the needs
Of the District.
The next meeting or the league Will
be held in the Mount Peasant branch
of the Public Library March 80 at s
pm, at which time Mrs. Alvin Dodd
will speak on 1.-THE New Federal
Prison for Women" and Miss Eliza
beth Harris will speak on Jury Serv-
ice for Women The public Is in
vited to attend these meetings.
The annual conference OF the Ma.
tional League Of Women Voters Will
be held in ST. Louis April II to 81.
Mrs. Kicker asks that any members
Of the league who can attend that
meeting notify her in order that they
may be given proper credentials to
represent the District League.
The annual meeting of the District
League will take place early in May,
at which time first vice president.
recording secretary, corresponding
secretary, two directors and two dele
gates to the Federated Citizens AS
ISOLATION will be elected for a term
Of two years.
Audubon SOciety.-The Spring bird
,lasses which are being conducted un-
Ter the auspices Of the society of the
District are receiving marked atten-
ion by bird students. Two OF the
i've meetings to be given this month
ave taken place and the third will