Evening star., 1926-10-24
NEWS OF THE CLUBS
Conducted by Mamie Lancaster.

Women's City Club.-Mme. zorah
khanoum Heidary, special envoy of
the Persian government to the
Sesquicentennial, will be the guest of
nonor at the tea given at the club
thls afternoon from 5 to 6 o'clock
. Nine. Heidary is the first woman who
ever held official position in Persia in
all its thousands of years of history
ana mas now been sent to the
Sesquicenntenial by her government
10 install in the Persian building eX-
hmples Of womans work in Persia.
she is the first Persian woman who
mas ever obtained a Persian pass
port In her own name to journey un-
accompanied. Nine. Heidary is keen
~ interested in the opportunity of
education, of economic and social
freedom, of activities in wide world
which are the privileges and respon-
slblllty of American women. Miss
Agnes Winn will be hostess. assisted
by Miss Louise Pattison. Miss Alvina
Carroll will preside at the tea table.
The members of the hospitality COM
mittee and DR.. A. Frances Foye,
chairman. will assist in receiving.
Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes, Miss Ruth
Bowling, Mrs. Edmund J. Bren-
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among the speakers at the meeting
to be held tomorrow evening. p.m..
by the child welfare committee, to
which meeting the club members and
their friends are especially invited
Fairgrounds, tubercular schools and
day nurseries will be the subjects of
the talks, which are being made to
acquaint members of the club and
their friends with the work being done
by these branches of public service.
to voice the needs for further en-
deavor and receive suggestions for
advancement in all divisions Of this
work.
The Monday bridge section began
the season of playing last Monday
afternoon. Many of the section
members of last year were in at
tendance and many new names. were
added to the roster. During the social
hour Mrs. j. X. Freiot presided at
the tea table.
The French class, with Nine Marie
3oulay- Anderson as instructor, will
meet tomorrow at pm. and on
tuesday evening at pm. Mem
bers OF all French classes dine to-
gether in the coffee shop. The be-
SlnnerS class meets Thursday eve
ming. Members interested can COM
municate with Mrs. Anna H. b.
Kinney, chairman.
The Spanish class for beginners
that is being formed will have Miss
henrietta E. Gliding as instructor
Advanced classes are being taught by
Mrs. Jennie o. Berliner. Members
interested in the various studies
offered by the club to it's members
will find competent teachers in charge
and no extra charges for instruction.
These CPpfinnC
of the clubs extensive activities.
The Tuesday evening free and easy
auction section at the meeting last
week had these additional members
playing: Mrs. Eva NJ. Bullard, Mrs.
Josephine Griffith, Mrs. George Willis.
Frances Martin. Hazel nj. Hartman,
Adelaide E. Crowell, Sue v. Hess,
Grace B. Knoeller and Bell Wills
Out-of-town guests were: Miss Lena
Whitmarsh, North Abingdon. Mass.
and Mrs. T. I. Hogan, Richmond, KY;
other guests were Miss Ada B. Rodier
and Miss Evelyn Mccoy. Miss Hazel
Swift, chairman, had assisting Miss
Media Ann Martin, Miss Gladys Cor
don and Mrs. NJ. l.. Whitmarsh
The current events section will hold
the first meeting Of the season on
Thursday at AS pm. Wilmett Lewis,
washington correspondent for the
London Times, will speak on The
British Imperial Conference" Mrs
William r. Chamberlain is chairman
Of the section and extends an invita-
ton to all club members to attend.
The drama unit has among active
members Mrs. Patrick Gallagher.
chairman Mrs. Edith Sears, Nell "
Price, Thelma Schmitt, Phyllis E.
Stewart, Virginia H. Morris, M.
Alvina Carroll, Verna A. Custer,
Sylvia c. Wentworth, Helen Mon
tague, Alice M. Hoonan, May O'Toole,
l.. A. Webster, H. c. Briggs, Jessye
Branscomb, Alice ]. Whitcomb Agnes
Winn and Mrs. Sumner G. Perkins.
traction for the initial performance
of the season of this section, for club
members and their friends on Thurs
day evening at $50 pm. Those of
the cast are Jessye Branscomb, Nell
v. Price, Nadine L. Gallagher. Alice
j. Whitcomb, Agnes Winn. Thelma
Schmitt, Benjamin Doehrer and
Clagett Clark.
The music section is uniting with
the drama unit in this entertainment
for October q and will present for
the musical part of the program Miss
Miriam Herr. graduate of the
American Conservatory of Chicago,
who will play a group of violin Selec-
tions; Mr.. Charles r. Ferry, composer
pianist, groups OIL piano SOluSs MISS
Thelma Schmitt, in two attractive
dances, and Mrs. Gertrude Lyons will
give a group of soprano solos. Mrs.
Charles Brooks Smith and Mrs. Waldo
l.. Schmitt will be accompanies. Mrs.
Gertrude Lyons is chairman of this
section.
Miss Adela Heaven. chairman of
public relief. invites members or the
club to cooperate with members OF the
committee in this work. so that worth
while service can be rendered.
The junior section will give the first
card party Of the season November 1.
at pm. Mrs. Frank Gregory Stewart
is chairman, assisted by Thelma
Schmitt. Margaret Norton, 1nez JUS
tus, Phyllis Robinson, NJ. Alvina Car
roll and Ruth Martin. Honors will be
given at each table and refreshments
served. Reservations can be made at
the desk or with members of the COM
mittee.
The sports" section gave a dinner
last night the first in the history OF
this division 1t was novel affair,
members attending in their sports
costume for the most attractive and
the most comical Of which awards
were given. The judges were Mrs. j.
Garfield Riley. Judge Mary OToole
and Miss Marie Saunders. The chair
man. Mrs Eva Dell Myers, announces
The swimming group will meet at the
Y w q A. pool at Z pm. WedneS-