Evening star., 1926-05-24
D. c. CLUBWOMEN
co TO CONVENTION
Large Delegation, Headed by
Mrs. John D. Sherman, Is
in Atlantic City.
Staff Correspondent of The Star.

Stdn correspondent Ol luc CtdE
ATLANTIC CITY. May PA large
delegation of Washington women
prominent in club work are expected
to arrive here today to attend the
eighteenth biennial convention of the
General Federation of Women'S Clubs,
which opens this evening. The group
will be headed by Mrs. Virginia White
Speel. president of the District fedora
tion. and will include Mrs. Glen
Levinswigeett. legislative representa-
tive of the National Council of
Women, who will come from New
York. where she went last week to
attend preliminary board meetings;
Miss Anita Phipps. director of
womens relations of the War De
partment, who holds the distinction
of being the only woman on the gen
eral staff; Miss Grace Abbott, chief
of the Children's Bureau. who will
speak before the convention; Mrs.
Redwood Nandergrift. chairman of
the library committee in the fedora
ton; Mrs. Gertrude Bishoff, Mrs.
Ida Hafford. Mrs. Isabelle Bacon,
Mrs. ]. c. Gawler, Mrs. Henry Oster-
man and Miss Mary G. White.
Yesterday members of the Wash.
incton delegation served as hostesses
TO various State groups who are pass
ing through the Capital en- route to
the convention. Sightseeing tours and
visits to the national federation head
quarters, at 1884 y street, were in
order throughout the morning and
continued until this afternoon, when
the last of the delegates left for the
convention.
Capital Office Important.
Mrs. John D. Sherman, president of
the General Federation of Women s
Clubs, who Is the first head of the
organization to make her residence in
Washington, arrived in Atlantic City
Saturday to attend advance confer
ences and board meetings, the most
important of which is the closed ses-
sion of the policy committee, which
met yesterday morning in the board
room at the Haddon Hall, convention
headquarters.
Mrs. Sherman's removal of her
place of residence from her home in
Estes Park. Colo, to the national
headquarters was made necessary by
the rapid growth of the organization
business during the past two years.
and is an indication not only of the
growing responsibility to be shouldered
by the executive officers. which re.
quires their undivided attention, but
is also an indication Of the increasing
importance of the headquarters office.
One of the aims of the organization is
to develop the Washington office as
a true national center for clubwomen
throughout the country, and ways and
means Of increasing it's usefulness as
he rx-tl1 hn 1f T.
lens discussed at the convention.
Miss Williams Present.
Three prominent Washington dele
gates arrived Saturday to attend pre-
liminary meetings of the convention
Miss Charl Williams, secretary of the
National Education Association, will
speak informally on problems .edu-
cation this afternoon at tea to be
given in honor Of Mrs. Sherman by
Mrs. +. +. Bagley Of Boston. vice
chairman of the national committee
for the department of education and
adviser on education for the fedora
ton.
Miss Marion Parkhurst secretary OF
the national committee for the depart
ment of education and of the joint
congressional committee, and Mrs.
Kate Trenholm Abrams, vice chair
man of the federation committee on
legislation, both of Washington, will
be among the guests at the tea.