Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-16

THE SUNDAY
year were: Chairman. Mrs. Stanley
G. Sears; vice chairman, Mrs. Freder-
ick G.. Cottrell; recording secretary.
Mrs. William VI. Corse; corresponding
| secretary. Mrs. J. Nelson Nevius;
treasurer, Mrs. c. Terry du Rel; as
sistant treasurer. Mrs Howard /.
Smith; parliamentarian, Mrs. David
! White.
The Writer'S League of Washington
will meet Friday at s o'clock in the
| Thomson School The program in
cludes original stories by Miss Emelda
Deshaies, Mrs. Margaret Wilcox, Miss
Katherine Hopson and Mrs. Murphy:
verse by Mrs. Larkin and Miss Mary
Turner
The annual election was held at the
last meeting, all the incumbent Off
GERS being reelected. They are; Pres
ident, NJ. Hugh Irish; vice president,
Miss Marie Dallas: secretary-treasu-
rer, Mrs. d. w. Thayer: assistant sec
rotary, Miss Katherine Hopson.
Mrs Larkin reported one of her
poems included in a book of verse
called Best One Hundred Poems, "
published by the oracle. She has
article2 and poems the past year and
has sold two during the last month.
NJ Hugh Irish reported the sale of
a mystery story to Weird Tales. Mrs.
Jane Love read a human interest
story, Nellie McCune, which brought
forth much discussion.
Lines to a Kumquat' was a bit of
humorous verse by Mrs. Wilcox.
A fantastic and interesting story,
"Chaparral Treasure" was read by
Paul F. Mackie.
Other stories were one by Mr.. Hern-
don, written for the Army and Navy
contest, in which both he and Miss
Dallas received honorable mention,
and dramatic story written by Mrs
Murphy for contest given by Photo
play Magazine, entitled THE Rushing
River"
Home Economics Association.--The
textile and clothing section will meet
at the Bureau of Home Economics at
pm. tomorrow. Miss Reed of the
educational department of Woodward
& Lothrop will discuss the meeting
ground of school and commercial
training in textiles.
The child study section has post
poned its meeting from tomorrow to
Monday. January "a. The foods and
nutrition section will meet at the
American Red Cross Building Tues
day at pm.
PhilO-C lassacs.-It was in a spirit
of revelry and happy anticipation
that the members of the club gather
ed at the home of it's president, Mrs.
r. Bruce Bare, for a l o'clock lunch
con January 7. The occasion was the
annual celebration of twelfth night
frolic." A forerunner of the luncheon
was made in the presentation of
roasted boars head with all the
needful accessories. A two-course
luncheon followed, after which the
players entered in the order of ap-
pearance on the stage-Herald, Mas
ter John Harris; king, Mrs. Faber
Stevenson; queen, Mrs. G. F. Brink
ley; page, Mrs. L. M. Newburn;
William Shakespeare, Mrs. c. d.
Glass; jester, Mrs. A. H. Williams.
mummers, Mrs. Bare and Mr.. l.. II.
Bentley.
The kings address of welcome was
of cordial hospitality and closed with
"let joy be unrefined"
An owed" to Shakespeare was
sung after which the mummers as
sumed charge Of the entertainment. In
unique guessing performance, the
prize was won by Mrs. Glass. At
this time the wassail bowl was
borne in and placed before the throne
and the king extended an invitation
to all to drink to the health of the
king, queen and BILLY" Mrs. J. W.
Frizzell was the successful one in a
second contest. The audience was
asked to join the jewellers in sing
ing 1.-The parting song" The success
of this enjoyable undertaking was
largely due to the untiring efforts
of Mrs. Bare.
VoteIess District of Columbia League
of Woman V0ters.-The January din
ner of the league will be held at the
Woman's City Club tomorrow at n.
pm. The speaker will be Harry e.
Hull, commissioner general of i'm
migration, who will discuss "Immigra-
ton and Its Effect on Citizenship"
Mr.. Hull represented the second dis
trict of Iowa in the House of Repre-
sentatives for ten years and served
as member of the committee on
military affairs.
The Writerscraft Club met in the
Mount Pleasant Library Monday eve
ming. Miss Storey reported the sale
of three articles. The program con-
sisted of an essay by Miss Fishel and
stories by Miss Graves and Miss
Greene, which were followed by an
interesting discussion.
The program for the next meeting,
which will be held tomorrow, includes
brief suggestions of a helpful nature
resulting from the actual experience
of the club members and a story by
Mr.. Mclaughlin. Visitors are cor
daily invited.
The National Memorial Foundation
held it's annual meeting in the par
lors of the Brighton Hotel January
II, before a large and representative
gathering interested in soldier relief
The national president, Mrs. James
Brattle Burbank, presided. After a
short talk on the value of the memo
rial and the Importance of carrying