Evening star., 1926-05-16
NEWS OF THE CLUBS
Conducted by Mamie Lancaster.

WOmen's City Cluh.-The new mem
bcrs will be the guests of honor at the
tea to be given ri the clubhouse thi:
afternoon from 1870 to o'clock. Th'
sponsors of these new members are
10 he numbered among the guests
The hcstesses will be Or. A. France:
A. Foye. chairman of hospitality. ant
Mrs. Virgil, G. Miller chairman o.
membership committees with mem
herS of these committees assisting
The new members are Miss Marie A
Fisher Miss Winifred l.. Henninger
Mrs. George W. Muller. Miss Dorothy
r. Fletcher. Miss Margaret Robertson
Mrs. Leonard +. Schloss, Miss Doro
thy NJ. Stone. Miss Claudia b. Strib
ling Mrs. Corbn Thompson, Miss
Alice :. Trefts. Mrs. James a. Wat
son. Mrs. John r. Zeltner and Mrs
julius W Freeman.
The new president of the club. Mrs
J Garfield Riley. announces the fol
lowing members of committees fol
he coming year: Standing committees
Finance Judge Mary OToole;
house, Miss Marie Saunders: member
ship. Mrs Virgil Miller; publicity.
Mrs Grattan kearns.
Special club committees--iiospit
fly. DR. A. Frances Foye; life mem
hnrSnip, Judge O"Toole: business and
professional. DIR. Helen NJ. Strong;
reciprocal relations. Miss Alice NJ.
Heaven. Junior section, Mrs. Patrick
Gallagher: District of Columbia Fed
Grafton, Mrs. Charles IL. Cecil.
civic committees-Lib Mrs.
LYMAN B. Swormstedt; laws and
legislation, Miss Olive Beatty: parks
and Fairgrounds. Mrs. Nina Van
Wrinkle: public health. Mrs. Wymond
Bradbury: public relief. Miss Adela
Heaven.
Educational r0mmittees-Frenc
Mrs Anna H. L. Kinney: Spanish.
Mrs. Jennie Berlner.
Entertainments cOnmittees-Dra
Mrs p. Gallagher: music. Mrs. Cert
rude Lyons: Monday afternoon bridge,
Mrs Charles Cecil Tuesday evening
cards, Miss Victoria Benson.
The French section closed the sea
son of study on May /. Glasses will
form again in the Fall.
The Spanish section has postponed
the "get-together dinner" until May
20. The regular class meeting will be
held May Is at $50 pm.
The Junior section will have a
bridge, mah-jongg and 500 party the
evening of May 10. Miss Margaret
Norton is in charge of the reserva
tions. Refreshments will be served
in the garden.
The Drama Unit will present its
last entertai inment of the season. We'd
nesdaN, May 26. at Slo pm. An
orchestra, humorous readings. a Span
ish dance and song, together with the
one-act comedy, place Aux Danes"
feature the program.
The dinner given by the business
and professional section was oVerSub-
Scrihed. 1t was a brilliant affair. Mrs.
William NJ. Jardine was the guest Of
honor. Miss Bertha Henderson spoke
on My Experiences in the Division Of
Land Economics. United States De
partment of Agriculture. Miss
Florence Il. Ward presided.
The bridge section held its final
meeting of the season May 3. The
meeting was we'll attended as was also
the luncheon and business meeting
which preceded it. Officers elected for
this section for the coming year were:
Mrs. Charles H. Cecil, president Mrs.
George Eastment. first vice president;
Mrs. George NJ. Talbot, second vice
president: Mrs. Wymond Bradbury.
secretary: Mrs. O. l.. Hoffmire, treas
urer: Mrs. Virgil Miller, Mrs. George
King. ir, and Mrs. A. s. Maddox, dl-
reCtorS. The annual prize for the
highest score of the season was
awarded Mrs O. L. Hoffmire, who in
turn presented the club with Works
rules for playing. The highest scores
for the month of April were made by
Mrs. Q. L. Hoffmire, Mrs. l.. Becker
and Miss Maize Buie.
Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey. founder
of the Women's City Club. honorary
dean of the Washington College OF
Law and member of many women s
patriotic, civic and educational organ
izations, was feted at a dinner given
IN her honor at the clubhouse on
Thursday evening.
The Monday bridge section gave
luncheon Monday in honor of Mrs.
Charles II. Cecil, president of TINS
section Those present were: Mrs.
J. Garfield Riley. Mrs. Virgil c. Mil
Ter. Mrs George King. jr,: Mrs. Elma
Saul Mrs James Irwin. Mrs. NJ. r.
NanMetre, Mrs. George NJ. Talbot,
Mrs. Z. F Hayward. Mrs. J. B.
Eckhart, Mrs. G. J. Morris. Mrs. O..
l.. Hoffmire, Mrs. Arthur Hayes. Mrs.
G. c. Gable. Mrs. ]. N. Porter, Mrs.
r. G. LeFrey. Mrs. c. II. Wilcox.
Arnold, Mrs. Frederick Yates. Mrs.
II. NJ. Packard, Mrs. w. 3. Sears,
Mrs Z. A. Gillin. Mrs. G. A. Martin,
Mrs Laura Wight Mrs. G. L. Hall,
Mrs. g. A. Chace, Mrs. II. NJ. Phil
lips. Mrs. S. G. Gwynne. Mrs. w. 3.
Hester. Miss Florence Packer. Mrs.
Hiram Smell, Mrs. NJ. l.. Whitmarsh.
Miss Mary Mason. Mrs. May Osborne
and Mrs. Grattan Kearns. Mrs. 0.
L. Hoffmire presided and presented
basket of roses to Mrs. Cecil from
those present. Short afterluncheon
speeches were made by Mrs. Charles
Cecil, Mrs. J. Garfield Riley, Mrs.
Virgil c. Miller and Mrs. Grattan
Kearns Mrs. c. j. Morris enter
tanned with songs. playing her ac-
Compartment. Bridge was played the
remainder of the afternoon and
awards for the highest scores were
presented Mrs. George NJ. Talbot and
Mrs. n. NJ. Packard.
The Columbian Women of George
Washington University has closed
their club year, the annual meeting
of the organization having been held
Tuesday afternoon in the trustees
room in CorCoran Hall. COngratula-
tions to the newly elected officers,
votes of thanks and appreciation to
those who had carried the burdens
of the closing year and Il review of
the work accomplished marked this
meeting.
Voting having been conducted by
mail. it simply remained for the
chairman of the nominating commit
tee, Mrs. ID. X Shute. to announce
the election of the following popular
and uncontested candidates: Presi-
dent, Mrs Henry Grattan Doyle: first
vice president. Mrs. ID. G.. CroiSSant:
second vice president, Mrs. Richard
w. Hynson: recording secretary, Mrs.