Evening star., 1927-12-04
NEWS OF THE CLUBS
CONDUCTED BY MAMIE LANCASTER

mas carols by members Of the clut
chorus has been under way for some
time. the regular practice hour being
: o'clock, with voice instruction by
!; the director, Mrs. Gertrude Lyons, al
, 7:30.
Thursday afternoon at 8 O'Clock
|, Mrs. j. Garfield Riley will observe
Presidents day" at the club. Mrs
Laura A. Bradley, chairman Of the
! committee in charge of the exhibit
and sales at the Near East Relief
shop. 1884 Connecticut avenue, Satur
day, December 10, will be assisted by
Mrs. w r. Bradbury. Mrs. Edgar
Brown, Miss Myrtle Bum, Mrs. Alex
ander Case, Mrs. James Cumming
Mrs. ]. w. Dodson, Mrs. John Nun
son, Mrs. A. 3. Owake and Mrs. L. NJ
Swarmstedt.
Twentieth Century Club.-The inter
national outlook section Will meet
Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the
residence of Mrs. Ernest p. Bicknell
1861 Crescent place. Mrs. William
Hard will be the guest of honor and
will address the members on the sub
iect of Ireland as It Is Today" Mrs.
Hard, magazine writer and special cor
respondent of the New York Herald
Tribune, has just returned from an ex'
/ tended tour of Europe, where she stud
led political and economic conditions
in various countries.
! Members of the section who will re-
port during the first hour Of the meet
| ing are Mrs. Ernest +. Bicknell, who
will tell of her experiences in Latv1a
and Esthonia; Mrs. Arthur Deerin Call,
who will give recent events in the
Balkans; Mrs. Charles Sumner Lobin-
gier, who will speak on Chinese affairs;
Mrs. Ellwood Z. Morey, who will re-
port on matters in Spain; Mrs. Merle
! Thorpe, who will relate certain per.
sonal experiences gained during n re-
cent trip through Italy.
| Assisting Mrs. +. w. Washburn,
hospitality chairman, will be Mrs.
Louis Simon, Mrs. S. G. Cornwell, Mrs.
| F.. +. Burchard, Mrs. Will C. Barnes,
| Mrs. Foster Hewett, Mrs. Thomas w.
| Sidwell, Mrs. Grosvenor Jones and
| Mrs. Charles J. Brand.
| The regular date for the interna-
tional outlook meeting for December
has been changed from the first Mon
| day in the month to the first Tuesday,
owing to the fact that the card party
to be given by the section Of education
| for the benefit of the national illiteracy
to take place tomorrow afternoon.
Hostesses are requested to bring cards.
The proceeds are to be given for work
in the District.
The parliamentary law section. will
meet December 6 at the Women's City
| Club, at IL am. The subject for dis
cussion will be amendments.
The nature section will meet at
Rosslyn, Va. F'ort Myer electric sta
tion). at 1920 am. Wednesday, for a
trip to Arlington and the experimental
| farm.
William Walter Husband, Second
| Assistant Secretary of Labor, will ad.
dress the civic section on Wednesday,
December z, at the forum luncheon
at noon at the Womens City Club
Mr.. Husband has made a study of i'm.
| migration and will speak on certain
| introduce Miss Alton, the head Of the
| Americanization School of the District,
who will speak upon her work.
The book table at the Florence Crit.
tenton bazaar. which the civic section
| sponsored, under the chairmanship of
its leader, Mrs. Robert c. Howard, is
reported as very successful, due large
| ~ to the contributions and patronage
of the club.
The American Association Of Uni.
verslty Women will hold its monthly
branch business meeting after the tea
tomorrow. The hostesses for the tea
represent the University of Minnesota
and the University of Wisconsin, with
Mrs. Basil M. Manly, former presi.
dent of the College Club, and Mrs.
Lawrence Radford and Mrs. L, w.
Austin from Wisconsin and Miss
Olive N.gHallock. Mrs. Frank O'Hara
and Mrs. Merle Thorpe, from Mime.
sofa.
The speakers at the business meet
ing following will be Miss Esther
Caukin, national secretary of interna-
tional relations; Mrs. Raymond Nor
gan, directing the study course In
arbltration, and Mrs. Norman Titus,
chairman Of the international round
table.
At 7:45 pm. tomorrow the advanced
pre-school study group will meet, and
on Tuesday, at 2:30 pm, the pre-
school study group will hold its
meeting.
Wednesday, at / pm, will be one
Of the series of bridge luncheons with
Mrs. Paul p. Blackburn as hostess,
who asks that reservations be made
by Tuesday.
Friday, at 7:45 pm, DR.. Richmond
will continue her course in psychology
by speaking on the subject Behavior
ISM" This course contributes to the
proposed lectures on psychology. in
which DR.. Alfred Adler of Vienna
and DR.. Joseph Jastrow of the Uni.
versity of Wisconsin are shortly to be
speakers.
Saturday, December 10, at 1890
pm, there is to be luncheon for
Edna Vincent Millay, writer of the
libretto of THE Kings Henchman."
Mrs. Casanova Lee of Vassar will pre-
| side as hostess for Vassar, of which
Edna Vincent Millay is a graduate.
Mrs. Howard Nichols Is to be the
hostess for the dance which will be
held Saturday evening.
The District League OF American
Pen Women will give the second Sat
| urday book review evening December
| 10 at the clubrooms, 1108 Sixteenth
| street. The review will be given at
pm, followed by a discussion and
| coffee. Mrs. Edna M. Colman, past
| president of the National League.
will review her own book, Seventy.
| five Years Of White House Gossip"
| This is the second volume. Giants
| in the Earth" by o. e. Rolwaag, will
be given by Miss Ruth Peterson, and
| Miss Edna Roberts will review her
| book, Historic Trees of Washing
| ton" Miss Agnes Winn has accepted
| the Craftsmanship of the book re-
| views and is developing a most inter-
esting series for the Winter.
Miss Irene Juno and the music
group will give the third Sunday
musical next Sunday. These are
proving very popular. Artists who
will appear are Jessie Heitmuller,
| pianist; Fritz Maile, violinist; L. E.
| Manoly, cello; Francis p. Heartsill,
| bass; Fannie Shreve Heartsll, So
| prano; Mary Helen Howe, soloist; Mrs.
| Irene Cheney, pianist, and Eveline
| Monico Papas, concert pianist.
Members of the league are privileged