Evening star., 1926-04-11

WOmen's City CIub.-The tea thi
afternoon, from 4:30 until 6, Is to hav
April fool features, surprises, etc. TIL
hostess and her assistants are un
announced and unheralded. but the.
VIII be there and q good time l!
promised by Miss Sara p. Grogan
chairman hospitality committee.
AT the business meeting Wednesda.
night last the club went on recort
aS indorsing the bill abolisking capita
punishment in the District of Colum
lila. The nominating committee sub
initted the following names to b'
voted on for officers and members o
the board of directors on the frs
Wednesday in May: President, Mis-!
May I. Bigelow, Mrs. J. Garfield Riley
first vice president, Mrs. Wymor
Bradbury, Miss Marie X. Saunders
second vice president, Miss Myrtle
Bunn, DIR. Amy j. Rule; corresponding
secretary. Miss Loretta Barnes, Miss
M. Alvina Carroll; treasurer. Miss
Henrietta Gliding, Miss May Belle Ray
mond; DO; I'd of directors, Miss Heller
Brown, DIR. Edith S. Coale, Mrs. Peter
Drury, ST.; DR.. A. Frances Foye, Mrs.
II. X. Fulton. Mrs. Nadine Lane Gal
lagher, Miss Adele Heaven, Mrs. Ger
trude Lyons, Mrs. Virgil Miller, Mrs
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Miss Laura Louise Tracy.
The committee on public amend
mentS, of which Mrs. Nina, G. Van
Wrinkle is chairman, is in charge of a
dinner to be given Wednesday next
The speakers will be DIR. Rebecca
Stoneroad, director physical education
primary schools of the District OF
Columbia Miss Grace Keefe, repre-
EenJing the woman's division of the
1afi
ton; Mrs. Marie Moore Forrest. direc.
tor pageant and drama department
community center division public
schools, District of Columbia. The
meeting will be thrown open for. a
discussion pro and con. of the pro
posed Sunday blue law legislation for
the District. Mrs. KinCheloe will give
"a program of whistling and dialect
selections.
On Friday evening the drama unit
Will present for the first time 1.-THE
District Decides" an original one-act
play, the authorship of which is
anonymous. The plot is woven around
ideas of exceptional interest to women
and the action takes place during a
rational convention in which the
whip hand is held by feminine po-
litical genius. At this performance
also will be given Her Past" an
amusing sketch by Caleb w. OCon-
nor. The four clever little ludlow
sisters will entertain with attractive
songs and dances. The cast includes
Miss Elsie Schulze, Mrs. Mary B. Lin
kins, Miss Nell V. Price, Miss May
Belle Raymond, Mrs. BERTHE c. Dale,
Mrs. Gertrude Lyons, Mr.. Leslie
Waudby, Miss Alice J. Whitcomb,
Miss Thelma Schmidt, Mr.. Charles
Raymond.
The Monday bridge section will
have four more meetings this season.
The meeting in May will be preceded
by q business meeting at II noon.
Awards for the highest scores for the
month of March were presented at the
last meeting to Miss Maize Buie, Mrs.
Q. L. HOffmire and Mrs. Charles II.
Cecil. During the social hour Miss
Myrtle Bum presided at the tea table.
On April 81 David Lawrence, preSf-
dent of the Consolidated Press Associ-
alton and also president and editor of
the United States Daily, VIII be the
guest of honor and speaker at the
current events section dinner.
The National Society Danes of the
Loyal Legion will meet in Washington
April 15-lG al the Willard Hotel. A
bugle call will open the first mornings
session-Thursday, 10 o'clock-and be
ing the national president and ma
tional officers. The session will be
called to order by the president gen
eral and be succeeded by prayer by
the chaplain and a salute to the nag.
The Legion will be received by Mrs.
Coolidge at noon and by the President
at 1890. Reports of State presidents
and their officers will feature the
afternoon. An election of officers and
IaYrc- nf q
days session, will be followed by ad-
dresses, and there will be dinner at
the Willard at 7:30 pm. The speak
ers at the banquet will be Admiral
T. F. Harrington. Assistant Secretary
Hanford MacNider, Representative
Florence Prag Kahn of California, and
Maj U. S. Grant and others. Mrs.
Mallette Roach Spengler VIII sing, ac-
compan MED by Miss Isabelle Taylor.
The legion will place wreath on the
tomb of the Unknown Soldier Satur-
day morning with appropriate cere-
monies.
Twentieth Century CIub.-The art
section will meet tomorrow, 1890 pm.
at 1884 l street. Lucien Powell, dean
Of the corps Of Washington artists
will speak on Modern Art and
Greater Washington in Art" Mrs.
John b. Henderson and Mrs. William
Bailey Lamar will be guests of honor.
The music section will not meet this
week but will meet on the 9th.
The archaeological section will have
a special meeting Tuesday, 3 pm, at
Mrs. loves for a lecture by DR..
George f. Duncan, assyriologist and
egyptologist of the American Univers-
ity. His subject will be "Our Pre-
historic Ancestors 100000 to 5000
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The French section will meet on
Wednesday, $3.50 pm, at 1884 l street.
A short play will be acted by Mrs.
Carhart, Mrs. Groesbeck, Mrs. Taylor
and Mrs. Van Schaick. Mrs. Earring
ton will sing a group of French songs.
The hostesses are Miss Hendley, Mrs.
Reichelderfer and Mrs. Glenn Smith.
The nature section will meet at Du-
pont Circle "Wednesday, 10 am, for a
walk along the canal.
Mrs. w ". Husband entertained
the members of the international out
look section on Monday at her resi-
dence in Cleveland Park. The guest
of honor, Signor Leonardo Vitetti,
secretary of the Italian embassy, gave
an address on Italy's viewpoint to-
ward Europe and the rest of the
world. He explained the reason for
he birth of the Fascist movement
and Mussolini's part in present-day
Italian affairs. Preceding Signor
Vitetti's talk Mrs. George f. Bower
man reported on affairs in Mexico.
Mrs. Husband spoke on recent hap
penings in Italy and Mrs. Grosvenor
Jones, who has recorded the develop
ments of the Tacna-Arica problem
throughout the season for the section,
brought the latest issues before the
gathering. Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor
read a letter from her sister, Mrs.
David G. Fairchild, who is with her
husband in Sumatra, and Mrs. Ed
ward b Clark read a letter from Mrs.