Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13
CLUBWOMEN OF THE NATION
National Drama and Better Speech Weeks Be Observed b,
General observation-disclosures Party and League of Woman
Voters Entertain-Mrs Seton Honored

| improve American speech 10y speaking
pleasantly and sine erelN l. That !
VIII Try to make my country Ea'
! &tiaee beautiful for the many boys ana
! ,ilS Of foreign NATIONS who e"lu'
! lere to live
| Mrs. Katherine knowles Robbins Of
! 5527 luSleside avenue. Chicago, III
| has been appointed chairman az Ia"
| Better American Speech committee.
and has prepared programs and ether
| materials of value for the observance
| nf the week. which will he sent To any
! one interested who might apply /" her.
The common language heard upon
| the street "a even In the homes where
there are Young people. is fearful anu
wonderful thing" said Mrs. Robbins IN
discussing the need for a hetter-speeCh
campaiSn Although our language
probably never will he brought back
| to the fine dignity OF the King James
Bible or the works of Shakespeare. We
may come back. al least. 10 Il respect,
ful handling of our mother tongue,
We have silent reading in school
today and silent drama out of school.
In the eVer-present and absorbing
movies. There should he something
10 counteract the undermining infiu'
enCe of the bad and often vulgar Eng
lish of the newspaper 'funnies and the
popular songs with which our homes
are flooded.
"Vocabular study, one of the latest
and most fascinating developments IN
language work. has been found to as
sist materially in eradicating the use
OF slang one learns to feel pride
In the number of words in good stand
ing that are at his command. for lan-
guage and diCtion can be as great ans
asset as fine clothes or automobiles,
x Y
MRS. MABEL WALKER WILLIE.
AVA BRANDT. the only woman as
sistant to the United States Attorney
General. will bring greetings on behalf
of the leading woman lawyers OF the
United States. TO Mime. Suzanne Grin
| berg. al dinner to be given in honor
of the woman lawyer from Paris IN
the Women's City Club on Thursday
night. February "a.
The dinner honoring Nine. Grin
berg. who arrived in New York Friday,
is being arranged by the National
and District League of Woman Voters.
1t is one of several gatherings which
Nine. Grinberg will address for the
National League during her six-week
stay III this country.
Nine. Grinberg is one of Frances
foremost women. She is a lawyer IN
the Paris Court OF Appeals. the only
woman member of the French Bar AS
| ISOLATION. vice president of the French
Union for Woman Suffrage and Equal
Citizenship. of which organization the
National League of Woman Voters is
the American auxiliary.
Nine. Grinberg is a distinguished
writer. She has written several books,
her most recent publication carrying
the title. History of the Suffrage
Movement in France Since 184S."
Mime. Grinberg is the wife of a we'll
known Paris physician and she has
one child. a son. Ia years old.
Reservations for the luncheon NAV
be made with Mrs. Charles l.. McNary
at the Mayfiower Hotel.
Miss Ruth Morgan of New York
City. third vice president Of the Ma
tional League. is expected in Wash
ington for the dinner. Miss Morgan
is giving a luncheon tomorrow in New
York i'm honor of Mime. Grinberg.
Members of the league the country