Evening star., 1927-03-06

Byrnes. leader. will NEE, at the
Women'< City CLUB. - jackson place,
Tuesday. at il am. Mrs. Frank How
ard will give the program.
ON Wednesday The na,uIe section
will take it's regular outing. The
members will meet at the Mount Yer
non station. Twelfth street and Penn
sylVania avenue. at $50 am, for a
! frip down the river. Mrs. Leo ID.
Miner leader, will be in charge of
the expedition.
The civic section will meet Thurs
day at noon. at the WOmens City
club. when Charles ". Eliot, who is
in charge OF the city planning or the
District will give talk on his WORK.
In the absence "f Mrs. treierlc T.
Harrington. chairman Of th2 section.
Mrs. NfH {. Barnes, vice chairman,
will preside. Luncheon VIII follow
the meeting
League of American Pen Women of
the District-SWami NoSananda VIII
he the guest this afternoon at Inc
clubhouse Tea will he served at
O'Clock. The Swami will discuss The
| Spiritual Contribution OF India. MISS
Elizabeth Melott Barnes will act as
hostess.
Mrs. Charles G. Dawes heads the list
. OF D6IrOneSSGS IOl ttlt tti u R'tll - ~ ~
given in the patio of the Carlton Hotel
tomorrow afternoon. At $50 Mrs.
Guy Ulysses Purdy. bridge expert
will give a talk on contract Bridge.
| Tea will be served and prizes distrlb-
uted at ). Miss Anita Maris Boggs Is
in charge of arrangements, Mrs. T..
Richard Gasch is chairman OF the
| ways and means committee and Mrs
Walter A. BIoedorn is chairman of the
committee on awards. reservations
MAY be made through the clubhouse
or at the Carlton before pm. Mon
day.
Alrs William Wolff Smith. president
has called an extra business meeting
for March IA for the final considera-
ton of the report of the bylaws com
mittee.
| Interest is steadily growing in the
| Isabel Anderson contest among the
members of the groups for productive
writing.
The group for the study Of feature
writing will meet at the clubhouse
Tuesday evening. Mrs. Victoria Faber
Stevenson is chairman and Mrs. Alice
| Killam, secretary.
The short story group. of which
| Mrs. William Wolff Smith is chair
man, will meet at the clubhouse to-
| morrow evening. The last chapter of
| the mystery story will be read.
| Robert Rucknan of New York City
/ is planning to give a recital for the
! members of the League sometime dur
ing March.
At the coffee house symposium last
| Friday, Charles Leuis Seya. Minister
| from Latvia, discussed 'Latvian Lit
erature" Mr. Seya was introduced
| by Mrs. Ernest Thompson Seton, ma
| tional president. The speaker for
next Friday, March IL, will be Louis
K. Anspacker, who has taken his
place among the greatest of Americas
orators. Mr.. Anspacker's subject will
be Drama as a Social Force in
Democracy" Mrs. Anspecker the
actress, Katherine Kidder, is planning
to accompany her husband --and take
| part in the program
| A musical program arranged by
Mrs. Mary SitZ was given at the
fellowship tea last Sunday afternoon.
| The program included a soprano solo
| by Miss Margaretta Campbell ac-
companied by Mrs. Connor: a piano
solo by Mss Anna King. a march by
Lieut.. Charles Benter, a group of
French songs by Miss Marie Becker,
| contralto; a group of songs by Sergt.
Charles Mcdonald baritone, accom-
panied by Mrs. Henry Hunt Mckee;
a group of piano numbers by Norman
DAILY and a group of songs by Mrs.
Ronald Comley and by Mrs. WarnNr
| Gibbs. and Mrs. Amanda Benjamin
Hall read selections of her original
poems. Mrs. Aaron Newman acted as
hostess.
The music group and the class in
parliamentary law held meetings dur
| ing the past week.
National WOman's Party. DR..
| Henry B. Hazard, chief naturalization
examiner of the Bureau of Immigra-
ton of the Department of Labor. will
| speak at a meeting of the party at
| national headquarters, II First street
| northeast, next Sunday afternoon at
pm, on citizenship Laws Affecting
| Women"
Miss Emma Void. an attorney of
| Washington, who has made a special
study of naturalization and citizenship
laws will preside and introduce DR..
! Hazard.
During the past session of Congress
| the Woman's Party sponsored a bill
drafted by Miss Void amending the
| Gable act so that American women
marrying foreigners would have equal
citizenship laws with men under like
| circumstances. The bill was not
passed, but according to Miss Void,
the work to change the naturalization
and citizenship laws will be carried on
until equality is secured.
The HOusekeepers' Alliance-Fol-
| lowing a board luncheon at noon at
the University Club, at which matters
| of general interest were discussed and
plans formulated. the March meet
| ing of the Housekeepers' Alliance
was held Tuesday at the Home Eco
nonics Building of George Washing
| ton University, DIR. Nina G. Denton
and her classes being the hostesses of
| the occasion. The afternoon was fea-
tured by a series Of 10minute talks,
| DR.. Denton, professor Of home eco.
| nomics at the University. reporting on
| The Senate Committee Hearings on
the Bread Trust; Mrs. Joseph S. Roe
speaking on Baking Powder Cases
Before the Federal Trade Commits
SION: Misses Helen Woodward and
Helen Jones on Egg White in Bak-
ing Powders and Miss Carolyn
| Blanks on Experiments in Cake
| Making" An unexpected contribu-
ton to the discussion, but one that
| was all the more appreciated, was
| by w. f.. Humphrey. member of the
| Federal Trade Commission. reSolu-
! ton was adopted not TO concur in the
decision of the local branch of the
General Federation of Women's Clubs
urging the resignation of a teacher at
Eastern High School for recent state
ments made by him and objected to
by patriotic and other organizations
In adopting the resolution the alliance
expressed confidence in the Board of
| Education. Other resolutions adopted
included one favoring the approval of
the Juvenile Court bill as drawn up
by the Welfare Code Commission and
and another recommending to the G.l-
| eral Federation of Women's Clubs
that the wood thrush. red-headed
| woodpecker or bald eagle be chosen