Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-25

land well known author. VIII De Tile
guest of honor at holiday club dinner
Thursday, at $50 pm. Miss Janet
Richards. n life member. will speak on
Celebrities ! Have Met All mem
hers Of the club are invited. but due
to the limited service space only those
making early reservations can be &C.
comnodated. Reservations are limited
to 100. Members are invited to attend
the talks II unable to attend the recep'
ton and dinner. An informal recep-
ton will be held at 6 o'clock. when
officers and members of the executive
board will assist In receiving.
The Monday Bridge Club section
will meet December %. at 1:45 PM,
instead OF Monday due to the Christ
mas celebration and holiday. Mem
bers will not be required to send sub.
stitutcs. but the score will be counted
as usual The customary splendid at
tendance was recorded last week. AT
tho ten table during the social hour
Mrs Charles G. Cable presided; Mrs.
Lawrence Becker assisted. Members
Of the club wishing to join this section
are invited to do so ut the meeting to
he held Wednesday. January 4, instead
of Monday. Miss May Eleanor Smith.
chairman. will arrange for meeting
with the sections membership com
mittce.
The Tuesday evening free and easy
auction section will have Mrs. Mab.o
Whitmarsh rs hostess on Tuesday at
80 pm, the usual hour of meeting.
Mrs l.. Becker and Mrs. &. e. Cable
will instruct beginners from until ,
O'Clock.
The drama unit will present two
| orc.act PLAYS January Is at $50 pm.
| Il adv Fingers" by Glenn Hughes.
will have Miss Nell Price. Mrs. Lyman
y, Swormstedt. Mrs. Frank Gregory
Stewart and Miss Helen Oriani in the
cast. Jones va. Jones" by Florence
Lewis Spcare. will have Miss Agnes
VIM, Miss May Belle RAYMOND Miss
Nerna Custer and Leslie Waudby TAX
ing the parts. Mrs. Charles II. Han
| ford will direct the plays. Miss Mar
tina Cook will give q group of readings.
Mrs. Patrick Gallagher Is chairman of
;his section: Mrs. T.. Il. F'ristoe. stage
manager. management committee:
Nell Price, Virginia Benjamin. May
| Eelle Raymond. Edith and Helen
nriani. Thelma Schmidt. Ferna Custer,
Mrs. Sylvia Wentworth and Mrs.
Frank Gregory Stewart, Members OF
the club and their friends are invited
to reserve this date.
Have YOU made your reservation
for the Corbin lectures? Ia the query
of Mrs. Lyman r. SWormstedt. chair
nan, and Miss May Belle Raymond. in
charge of reservations for the series
of lectures to he given by DIR. William
Lee Corbin. librarian of the smith
sonian Institution. ut the clubhouse.
under auspices OF the city Library
committee. The first lecture VIII be
given January IL, at pm.
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and instructor of the advanced classes
in Spanish and Miss Henrietta Gliding,
teacher Of the beginners class, are
busy with arrangements for an annual
dinner event for January.
Mrs Clara r. Wilson, chairman of
Americanization has an entertainment
with "A special program outlined for
the evening of January II. This Will
la known as characterization night. y
Members of the club and friends inter-
ested in giving assistance To this
| worthy project. that Of making Amer-
lean citizens OF the foreign born with
in our gates. will he given an oppor.
tunity II assist. since the proceeds of
this affair will be used by this commit
lee In this vast and commendable
work MisS Wilson meets with the
gronps Of student foreigners at the
Americanizatlon School each week,
where she guides those making ap-
plication for citizenship and gives
legal advice where needed. Members
oi the club are welcom. to visit this
school.
Miss Helen Wiihar. chairman Of the
Junior section. viii meet with It's mem.
bers Monday. pm. to outline the
sections activities for the remainder
Of the club season.
The -. II. o. sign could have been
placed In the club corridor at an early
| hour last Sunday afternoon. when the
membership committee welcomed the
new members and the music section
entertained with an interesting pro
gram of music. Christmas carols and
| songs of the season were sung under
the supervision OF Mrs. Gertrude
| Lyons. director of music: Mra. Charles
| Brooks Smith at the piano. Mrs. Nj. ..
Chance and members OF the member.
| ship committee were present to meet
| the sponsors and new members OF the
club and to assist in making introduc.
tions.
| Mrs. J. Garfield Riley, club presi
dent. will keep open house" at the
| club New Year day. Members of the
club are invited. and those desiring ia
acquaint interested friends with the
club and it's members will find this
date the opportune time. Mrs. Riley.
| president: the staff Of officers and
chairmen of committees Of the WON,
ems City Club extend Christmas greet
ings to members OF the club and Its
friends.
| The District Of Columbia Federation
0f WOmen's Clubs announces mu.
steal hour with Washington artists.
| "Wednesday. 2 pm. following its
monthly luncheon at the Hotel Roose.
| welt.
The program win be given by Anton
| Kaspar, vioiinist; his daughter, Miss
| priska Kaspar. pianist. who has re.
Gently returned from Vienna. and
Franceska kaspar Lawson. vocalist.
| who has appeared many times with
the Philadelphia Orchestra and given
a recital at tho White House.
Mrs Arthur j. seaton In in charge
Of arrangements. through the depart
ment OF music. All club women are
most cordially invited To attend.
Twentieth Century CIub.~-The ar.
chaeology section viii meet at the
residence of the chairman, Mrs. lose.
phine Lowe. 2H22 Woodley place,
| Tuesday, at ::45 pm. The subject
will be "Eariy Palestine" treated by
Miss Edith Lowe.
|
The American Association 81 Uni
versity Women is pnstponlng Its regu
lar Monday tea To "Wednesday, DE
cemter -. at 430 pm, nj which time
open ho,se will be held moi only for
the members. but particularly for col
leee girls who are In Washington for
the holidays. After the ten, DR.
trich r. Phillips. professor of Amer
lean history. at the University oi
Michigan, viii speak. Or, Phillips
has made n lifelong study of tho his
tory uf the Sotlth his birthplace. hs
hs In IL native of Georsia~~and he viii
speak on The Land af Dixie; a
Glance at Human Geography" The
hostesses ura Miss Katherine T., Len