Evening star., 1927-10-16

tions. Agriculture lost heavily. and
| there was a notable decrease in the
| number In personal or domestic serV'
| ice. Figures are not available as to
| those giving part-time service, al
|. though service of that nature is be
coming increasingly important in the
/, life of today. There has been very
| great decrease in the number OF
| women in the textile industry MISS
Anderson was followed with close
/ attention. and questions were asked
| by members Of the club.
The Capitol Hin History Club met
Wednesday at the home of Mrs.
Charles Jones. Mrs. Charles Fisher
| assisted in serving luncheon.
| Owing to illness. Mrs. u. Shook re.
signed as secretary of the ci'ib, ana
| Mrs. II. r. Patterson was elected TO
| fill The office. The officers for the com
| ing year are as follows: Mrs. William
Collins, president; Mrs. J. {. Hemp
hill vice president; Mrs. ii. r. Patter-
son. secretary; Mrs. L. NJ. Wallace.
treasurer, and Mrs. 4. r. Rorke, direc-
tor to the District Federation.
The topic for the years study,
Latin America was opened by
physical geography map talk by
"Chichen liza" by Mrs. Charles Fisher.
The next meeting will he held at the
home of Mrs. Z. K. Foltz October 26.
The social meeting of the Emma
Robertson Circle of the Florence Crit
tenton Home, which was to have been
held ut the Arlington Hotel tomorrow
at pm. will be held at the Cairo in
stead. with Mrs. j. Il. Howard acting
as hostess.
The Florence Crittenton Sunshine
Circle began it's series of Winter meet
ings at a luncheon at the home OF
Mrs. S. w. Morris, with Mrs. "A.
Roger Tracy assisting hostess.
Mrs. Stephen Lymon Tabor, general
chairman of the Crittenton bazaar,
to be held at the Mayflower Hotel
next month. was the guest of the cir
Gle and told of the plans for that
event Mrs. Frank Upman accepted
the craftsmanship of the circle bazaar
committee and it was decided that
flower table would be the special Of
fering of the circle.
Mrs. George Dunn. as special treas
urer of the associate membership
fund. reported S55 that had been paid
to the board of the Crittenton Home
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circle, Mrs. W. Fl. Howard, invited
the members to meet with her at the
November meeting.
The American Association of Uni
yersity Women will have as hostesses
at the informal tea tomorrow the
alumnae of the colleges of New
York, New Jersey and Delaware, while
at the tea tables Mrs. Thomas Sidwell,
Mrs. Otto Verhoof. Mrs. Harris Bald
| win and Mrs. Katherine Cooke Will
pour.
One of the most popular social
gatherings of the club calendar. the
bridge luncheon. is to be resumed on
Wednesday, with Mrs. Howard Nichols
and Mrs. Joseph Zirkle as the com.
mittee on arrangements.
The first lecture In the course in
psychology arranged by DR.. Winifred
Richmold of st. Elizabeth's will be
given Friday evening. DIR. Richmond
will speak on the Contribution of
Psychiatry to the Problem of Person.
ality." During the Winter this group
| will have six of the most prominent
psychologists in the country talk on
various views of the different schools
of psychology; yet throughout the
course the modern approach to the
problems of personality will be EN-.
phasized. In preparation for the first
lecture DIR. Richmond asks that the
group read DIR. Whites Introduction
to the Study of the Mind"
PhiIo.C .Classics.-The first meeting of
the Fall was held at the home of Mrs.
George l.. peckham, SIR Eighteenth
street. the afternoon of October Z,
Mrs. r. Bruce Bare presiding. Before
the business meeting memorial hour
was observed for member, Mrs. Lem.
uel Warner, whose death followed so
closely that of her life companion.
Although far beyond the age of most
clubwomen, she was regular and zeal
Gus in attendance. This period was
closed with silent prayer. The pro.
gram was opened by Mrs. Leroy G..
Palmer as leader for the play of An
tony and Cleopatra" who introduced
It with a brief synopsis, after which
Mrs. Bare gave the historical setting.
Characters We're assigned and three
scenes in act I were read. Mrs. s. N.
Forbes. the assistant hostess, and Mrs.
Peckham served light refreshments.
The Robert e. Lee Chapter, United
Daughters OF the COnfederacy, met
October at Confederate Memorial
Hail. the president, Mrs. Walter E.
Hutton, presiding. After various re-
ports We're accepted. the call" for the
general convention, which is to be
held in Charleston, s. c., the week
of November 13, was read. Those
elected to represent the chapter at
this convention were: Delegates. Mrs.
Walter E. Hutton, Mrs. George d.
Horning, Mrs. Horace Whitaker, Mrs.
Addie Barrett, Mrs. r. A. Allen, Mrs.
G. L. Chambers, Mrs. Lorenas Hewitt,
Mrs. Gabriel Edmonston, Mrs. Maud
Howell Smith, Mrs. Claude ". Ben
nett. Mrs. Oscar McWhorter. Miss e.
F. Lancaster, Miss Ora A. Smith and
Miss Laura Embrey. Alternates, Miss
Grace Maude Morgan, Miss Myrtle
Ketcham, Mrs. r. B. Whitehurst, Mrs.
Helen o. Willis, Mrs. Eleanor Collins,
Mrs. John j. Macdonald, Mrs. Ira Glib
son. Mrs. Phoebe Lillard, Mrs. Edward
Marthill. Mrs. Donald Gill, SMiss
Mary Embrey. Miss Louise Mehler.
Mrs. John g. Mccoy, and Mrs. e. H.
Lynham. Much enthusiasm was
evinced and quite number are ex-