Evening star., 1926-06-13
| CLUBWOMEN OF THE NATION
Head of General Federation Invited Address Unique Glass
University of Maryland nd-Women Voters and
Pen Women Summer Activities

I additional appointments to division
and committee chairmanships reported
last week by the board Of directors Of
the General Federation of Women's
Clubs. following it's post-convention
session at Atlantic City.
| Miss Josephine Junkin was reap
pointed as director OF headquarters,
and Mrs. Virginia White Speel, presi-
| dent of the District Of Columbia Fed
GRAFTON. was appointed chairman OF
the headquarters and house commit
| tee following Miss Florence Dibert of
Johnstown. Pa.
| Mrs. E. O. Leatherwood. wife Of
Representative Leatherwood Of Utah.
was reappointed to. the Craftsmanship
Of the committee on Latin American
scholarship.
| DIR. Louise Stanley, chief Of the bu-
reau OF home economics in the De
partment of Agriculture, will continue
4 to serve as nutrition specialist OF the
division of home making. Miss Julia
K. Jaffray Of New York, who makes
frequent visits to headquarters and Is
well known locally for her work in
connection with prison reforms and
child delinquency problems, was re-
appointed chairman Of the division OF
problems of delinquency under the
department OF public welfare.
One other division chairmanship
was announced. Mrs. John Il. Roberts
| of PENNSYLVANIA will head the division
of literature under the department on
fine arts Mrs. Roberts succeeds Mrrt
L. A. Miller OF Colorado Springs. whs{
was shifted to the chairmanship of tfS
department of fine arts.
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ments, in addition to Mrs. Spells are
as follows: Revisions committee. Mrs.
lG. G. Hunter. st. Johns, Mich: war
veterans, Mrs. v. ". Sessions. Baton
Rouge, La: membership, Mrs. Fred
erick G. Smith, Somerville, Mass. !;
rules and procedure, Mrs. Oscar Lof-
gren, Lindsborg. Kans.; finance, Mrs.
John Sippel. Baltimore, Md; head
quarters maintenance fund. Mrs.
Watzek. Davenport, Iowa, replacing
Mrs. Grace Morrison Poole; resolu-
tions, Mrs L. V. Hubbard. Upper
Montclair, y. j.: biennial convention
apolis. Mimi; biennial council pro-
gram, Mrs. Guy f. Speare. Plymouth.
Mass: federation pin. Mrs. Day Mills
of Texas: medical scholarship loan.
Mrs L. s. Gillentine of Murfreesboro,
Tenn; Federal extension. Mrs. Felix
lMcWherter, Indianapolis, Ind: con-
ltinuation committee, Mrs. Louisa Pop
Ipenheim. Charleston, s. c.; Mrs.
Philip North Moore, st. Louis. Mo,
and Mrs. Eugene Reilley, Charlotte,
y. C.
Mrs. Florence Floore of Texas. retir.
ing treasurer of the General Fedora
ton, and Mrs. Anna Shelton. also of
| fiya
headquarters last week with Mrs. H.
G. Reynolds of Kentucky. the newly
elected treasurer. and Mrs. John F.
Sippel. of Baltimore incoming chair
man of finance, to wind up the
finances Of the past administration
and TO turn over the books to the new
officers.
Art by ownership is one of the
| slogans of the Fine Arts Department
| of the General Federation of Women's
| Clubs, and demonstrating a desire to
practice what they preach" the war
1 presidents of the organization pre-
| sented headquarters with the beauti-
| full bronze head. Pax by Malvina
| Hoffman. This bronze was on exhibit
| ton at the convention and was the
object of much admiring comment by
visitors to the art department booth
| arranged by Mrs. Rose v. s. Berry
of New York.
Miss Belle Sherwin. president of
the National League of Women Not-
| ers. who headed the official American
delegation TO the Tenth Congress of
the International Woman Suffrage AL
lance in Paris the first week In
June, is expected to arrive in New
York about June 81. She will go
I tn of hn 1nae q
executive committee in Lyme. Conn.,.
at the home of Miss Katharine
Ludington. national treasurer. Miss
Sherwin' is not expected at the ma
| tional headquarters in Washington
until June 2S.
The executive committee meeting
will be the first gathering of national
officers since the st. Louis conven-
ton in April. Mrs. James w. Nor
rison of Chicago. Miss Mollie Ray
Carroll of Goucher College, vice
president. and Mrs. Herbert Knox
Smith of Pennington, Conn. secre-
tary. will confer for the first time
as members of the national COM
mittee.
The committee will outline plans
for organization work in the next
few months and will particularly
consider the campaign being carried
on by the National League for get
ting out the vote in the primary and
general elections this year. Reports
being received at national headquar-
ters indicate State and local leagues
throughout the country are en-
ploying ingenious devices to interest
the electorate in going to the polls.
Miss Elizabeth J. Hauser of Girard.
Ohio, former secretary and now
fourth vice president, will stop at ma
tional headquarters for a few days
on her way to Asheville. n. c.. where
she is to be speaker at a regional
conference and citizenship school
from June 2S to July 9. 1t is the
first school of citizenship ever ar
ranged in the South under the direc-
ton of the National League. Com
plete arrangements are being made by
Mrs. Mary o. Cowper of Durham. y.
c.. a national director, who is charged
with development of league work IN
Alabama, District of Columbia.
Florida, Georgia. Louisiana, Missis-
sippi, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Tennessee and Virginia.
National headquarters Of the League
of American Pen Women, formerly at
the Shoreham Hotel, are now estab-
lished in the Mayflower Hotel, suite
l231-232.