Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-05
NEWS OF THE CLUBS
CONDUCTED BY MAMIE LANCASTER.


at the clubhouse, % Jackson place
this afternoon, when members of The
hospitality committee will be present
to greet those attending. All mem
bers of the club are invited. Guests
are privileged who are friends OF
members.
Club members who remain at home
during the Summer and who enjoy
bridge win find fellow members
gathered each Tuesday. 7:30 pm. al
the free and easy auction section.
The business and professional sec
ton. with Miss Pearl Mccall. chair
lnan. will sponsor dinner Wednes
day at $50 pm. Reservations can
be made at the desk or by register
ing on the dinner list at the club
Miss Mccall will preside, with Mrs
Martha Gold as guest of honor and
speaker. How a Bill Becomes a
Law" will be her subject.
The National Flower Guild will
have as representatives from the club
Miss Mary Coad Craig, as chairman,
with Mrs Grace Ross Chamberlin
and Mrs. Carl Smith assisting. Mem
bers of the club with gardens have
been asked to leave flowers at the
Seventeenth street entrance to the
Y w. c. A. for distribution to shut
ms in hospitals. and elsewhere.
u 4 flood relief benefit entertainment
Ssponsored by the club. will be given
Dearly in June. The committee on ar
srangements are: Mrs. Robert Imbrle.
gchairman: Mrs. Virgil c. Miller. vice
Schairman: Mrs. Horace X. Fulton
Streasurer; Mrs. Grace r. Chamberlin.
spublicity and printing; Judge Mary
tO'Toole and Mrs. Charles B. Hanford.
Mrs. Edith Sears, Mrs. Patrick Cal
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egram.
) The sports section has included in
the sections membership those inter.
sested in riding, hiking. swimming,
golf and tennis Miss Helen y. John.
son is chairman.
! Mrs, ]. Garfield Riley. club presi-
tdent, will observe the club lat home"
srlay on Thursday from IL am. to 5
Sin the afternoon. Tea is to be served
land club members, with friends, are
ihvited
5 Recent additions of clubs exchang-
Ing courtesies are: The Wyoming Val
lev Club of Wilkes-Barre, Pa; the
.Women's City Club of Phoenix. Ariz.;
the Women's City Club of Oakland.
Ial.; the Business and Professional
Ilub of New Haven, Conn.,; the
M-omen's City Club of Louisville, Ky,
and the Women's City Club of Akron,
Ohio.
!ThrouSh the kindness of the Be
Aasco management, Mr.. Shubert OF
New York and L. Stoddard Taylor.
the local manager. the Women's City
Club has secured the Belasco Theater
for a dramatic benefit performance
Tor the Mississippi flood fund on the
right of June II. The committee IN
charge are: Mrs. Robert Whitney I'M
vice chairman; Mrs. Horace h. Ful-
tan. treasurer: Mrs. William E. Cham
berlin, publicity and printing; Mrs.
charles B. Hanford, Mrs. Marie Moore
Forrest and Judge O'Toole. Program
cemmittee: Mrs. Edith sears. MISS
F,stelle Allen and Mrs. Patrick Gal
laxher. Mrs. Coolidge heads the hsI
Of patronesses.
/ League OF American Pen Women OF
2he District of COlumbia.-At the an
nual meeting Monday night the fohoW-
Ing officers were elected for the ensuing
vear: Miss Anita M. Boggs, president;
Miss Alice Hutchins Drake. flrst wee
president: Miss Elizabeth NJ. Barnes,
second vice president; Mrs. Edna
Knight Gasch, recording secretary
Miss Willard Howe, corresponding
treasurer: Miss Alice NJ. Heaven, his
torian; Miss Helen A. Colhoun. libra
ran: Mrs. Lillian Cole Bethel, par
Humanitarian; Miss John Frances
Steele, auditor, and Mrs. G. w. Allen,
registrar. The annual reports of all
officers and chairmen Of standing COM
nlittees We're given.
: The retiring president, Mrs. William
Wolff Smith, in her report paid tribute
to every officer and committee chair
man. Mrs Smith was presented with
an alligator travelling bag. an alligator
handbag and leather writing case in
appreciation of her work. Mrs. New
man, first vice president, was given
b volume of testimonials and 800
certified United States bond from the
membership in appreciation of her &C.
tivities for the league during the past
nine years.
! Last Wednesday the members of
the District executive board and the
national executive board were enter
tanned at luncheon at the home of
Mrs. Jesse Nicholson in Chevy Chase,
1n honor of Mrs. Grace Thompson
seton and Mrs. William Atherton
DbPuy, who will leave in October for
4 voyage around the world on the
Floating University.
The Shakespeare Society president
and Mrs. Wilcox are at home today
from 3 to at 33 West Irving street,
Chevy Chase, Md. to members of the
society and prospective members.
On June 10, DR.. and Mrs. Wilcox
VII leave for a trip around the world.
1t the opening of the societys season
Mrs. Fulton Lewis, vice president.
VIII preside. and William E. Bryant
will be in charge Of the dramatic work.
The new program will be ready to
print before the departing of the presi-
dent, and will be issued to members
BY the secretary, Miss Helen McCarty.
others wishing programs in order to
4ttend and join the society, apply to
u1e secretary. 344 CD building, Gov
ernment Hotels. Season opens Octo.
Der 3.
! The Susan B. Anthony Foundation
held a garden fete on the lawn of
Or. George w. Wright, Forest Glen.
Nd, Tuesday last.
feature of the entertainment was
an excellent and picturesque drama.
tization of Longfellow's Song of
Hiawatha presented by the pupils of
Opens Fields School under the di-
reetion of Wallace w. Wright and
MISS wright. The play received no
other direction than that of sugges-
tton. Many of the costumes. includ-
ing the bridal shawl, blankets, and
leather suit worn by Michael March.
We're genuine Indian garments and
loaned for the occasion by DIR. Walter
Fewkes, National Museum, Mr.. and
Mrs. Thompson, Miss Slower Ma
ttona1 Park Seminary, and Mrs
Frances Adams. BY no means the
least interesting of the costumes were
those made by the children them
selves.
A 6 o'clock dinner was followed by
S. minute talks: Mrs. Anna +. Hend
Icy made plea to the women to
work for the enfranchisement Of the
citizens of the District of Columbia.
MRS. Hester VI. Poole dwelt upon
the subject of development.