Evening star., 1926-06-20
NEWS OF THE CLUBS
The District of Columbia Fedora
a.. ,E HNonnnn,S GIlIhS held its last
Conducted by Mamie Lancaster.

meeting of the season Monday at
the Hotel Roosevelt. Services appro-
pirate to Flag day were held under
the direction of Mrs. Sarah +. DEEDS,
chairman of the committee on flag.
Mrs. Virginia White Speel, president,
presided.
Reports of the biennial convention
Of the General Federation of Womens s
Clubs were given by the official dele
gates. Mrs Speel. Mrs. Edgar B. Mer-
It'll, Mrs Eugene Pitcher and Mrs. Har-
riet Hawley Locher
IN e. Ellsworth, president of the
District of Columbia Life Under
writers Association, announced that
the prize winner of the life insurance
essay contest was Miss Elizabeth Jar
Wis Raymond of the Womens city
Dub. Miss Helen V. Barnhart. chair
man of the local committee, read the
prize winning essay, and the check Tor
$50 was presented to Miss Raymond
by Mrs. John W Frizzell. chairman
of the department of the American
home.
DR. NInna {. Denton, chairman of
he division of home economics teach
ing, told of the work being done To-
cally regarding the survey of the
home.
1t was decided to dress and send
doll to the Philadelphia Sesquicenten-
NAL to portray Dolly Madison, and
Mrs Edgar B. Merritt was made chair
man of that committee.
Women's City CIub.-The tea" for
this afternoon. from to o'clock,
will be held in the garden of the club,
providing garden arrangements are
completed and the weather Will per
init of this innovation Members of
the club attest the popularity of this
social hour on Sunday by their pat
ronage.
Judge Mary O'Toole was hostess
Monday afternoon to the woman law
yerS of the club and their privileged
lawyer guests, who met informally
the president of the club and dean of
the Washington College of Law in the
person of Mrs. j. Garfield Riley: also
Miss Olive Beatty, chairman of the
law and legislation committee of the
club The young women of the grad
uating class of the Washington Col
lege of Law presided at the tables,
where ices had been substituted for
tea when the temperature became alb
normally high on this afternoon.
The free-and-easy auction which
meets on Tuesday evening, is con-
stautly patroniZed by new players.
Since the Monday bridge section has
closed for the Summer season, many
of its members are making up tables
for play these evenings, while others
assist Miss Benson. the chairman of
this section, in giving instructions
whenever requested to do so. Among
those playing for the first time this
Summer season on last Tuesday eve
ming were Mrs. Laura A Bradley,
Mrs. NJ Is Nalle Miss l. VI. Went
worth Mrs y. II. Brewer and Mrs.
Charles Shaw. Nine tables were play
ing.
Bridge players of the club will find
their club friends gathering on Friday
mornings at 10 O'Clock for a couple
hours of recreation. Members are in
vited to make up table and join
this morning group.
Miss Carolina V. Sudler. who is in
charge of the Government depart
mental section of the membership
committee, held meeting at the club
Monday afternoon. Plans for the com
ing season are being outlined, and a
dinner also, which will be given in
July. when members of this division
can meet and become better acquaint-
ed. The representatives in the vari-
Gus Government departments are: Ag
riculture, Misses Birdseye. Florence
Ward, Josephine Crowley, Lucy Watt
and Minnie Alband Alien Property
Custodian, Mrs Edwin DuBose:
Board of Education. Miss Alvina Car
ROLL Census, Miss Mary Oursler and
Miss Margaret Patch; Comptroller
General. Miss Villa Gallagher and
Miss Mary B. Wright: Commerce,
Miss Mary Black and Miss Hazel
Swift; Civil Service. Miss Elizabeth
Raymond; Efficiency Bureau, Miss
Flora Hoff Interior. Mrs. Lucy Coop
er Shaw; Land. Miss Grace McVey:
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sion, Mrs Edith B. Newman; Navy,
Miss Ethel Bagley and Mrs. Ger
trude Lyons: Pension. Miss Jessie
Wishart: Post Office Miss Helen
Brown Shipping Board, Bureau of
Research. Mrs. Margaret Dowden;
State. Miss Margaret Hanna: Treas
ury Miss Maize Buie. Miss Josephine
Rankin, Mrs. Frank @. Stewart, Miss
Henrietta Olding, Miss Gertrude Leon
ard, Mrs. Mary A. Shepard, Miss
Elaine Eppley, Miss Laura Berrian,
Miss Myrtle Sandiford and Miss Mar
galet Norton; War. Miss Beatrice P
Smith, Mrs. Lucille +. w. Fehl. Miss
Lulu George, Miss Loretta Barnes and
Miss Stella Hellman; Veterans Bu-
reau. Mrs. Ida V. Shipley, Mrs. G. L.
Reed, Mrs. Mary McCloskey. Miss
Julia z. Coonan. DR.. Nell Bertram,
Miss Katherine r. Wilson and Mrs
G. Hoffman; the club Mrs. Sumner
Q. Perkins and Miss Russell
Miss Grace McVey, chairman Of the
junior section, sponsored an outing
for % children from the Central Union
Mission on Saturday afternoon Mem
bers of this section assisting were
Hiss Julia Bannigan. Miss Virginia
Benson, Miss Maybelle Raymond,
Miss Ethel Dodd, Miss Jeanette
Reidy and Miss Helen Montague. The
picnic was held in Montrose Park,
and through the courtesy of the Ro-
tary Club the participants were trans
ported to and from the park in their
blS. Material assistance was given
hy Mrs. Wymond Bradbury, Miss
Myrtle Bum. Mrs. f. j. Brennan and
Miss Adela Heaven
American Association of University
WOmen.-The program committee has
discontinued programs at the Monday
afternoon teas during the Summer
months. The hospitality committee
will be in charge during the Summer,
and tea will be served informally each
Monday afternoon.
The District of Columbia CHAPTER,
American War Mothers held it's
business meeting June II at the Lee
House. Mrs. Aleine Anthony was
elected tnlfd vice president. Mrs.
George Gordon Seibold is chairman of
the committee to draw up resolutions
to be presented at the national board
meeting in ThermopoliS, Wyo., July
IA. Mrs. Eleanor c. Wagner, presi-
dent, and Mrs. Martha O'Neill, treas
urer, will represent this chapter. Mrs.
Eugenia Godfrey is chairman of the
committee on bylaws. The chapter
was glad to welcome Mrs. Inez r.
Smith, Mrs. A. K. Anderson, Mrs.
Mary c. Gibbs and Mrs. Laura A.