Evening star., 1927-04-24
NEWS OF THE CLUBS

speaker will be Mr. Stephen Kramer.
Mrs. L. Il. Stine, chairman of the
committee on forestry. announces that
the annual tree planting of her com
mittee will take place Tuesday at
pm, at Thirteenth and JEFFERSON
streets The Capitol Hill History
| Club will plant three trees in memory
of its deceased charter members. In
case of inclement weather the cere-
monies will be postponed until April
! ~ at IL am.
| Twentieth Century CIub.-~The lit
! erature section will meet tomorrow at
pm, with Mrs. William X. Maxon,
1888 Twentieth street. Assistant hos
tesses will be: Mrs. Glenn Smith, Mrs.
A. c. Muhse. Mrs. D. A. Greenlees.
Mrs. Leonard Harter. Mrs. r. w.
Shaw, Miss Annah Fletcher, and Mrs.
Charles j. Brand. The program, on
the subject. What's What in the
Literature of 1926, and Why" will
be in charge OF Mrs. .. r. Cook, who
will be assisted by Mrs. Eugene
Stevens. Mrs. Alexander Steuart, Mrs.
ID. A. Greenlees and Miss Zenaida
Merriam.
The last meeting for the season Of
the archaeological section will he held
at o622 Woodley place on April 26 at
2:45 pm. The subject is, Greek In.
fluence in its Relation to the Monu.
ments of India" Mrs. Josephine
Lowe, the chairman of the section,
will be the speaker.
The nature section, under the lead
ership of Mrs. Miner, will meet We'd
mesday at $50 am, at Mount Vernon
Station. Twelfth street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue, for trip to Wellington
and vicinity.
Dex 1vEscA2 !-:terarische Verein
met at the home of its president. Miss
Anita Schade, 1929 Rhode Island
avenue northwest, Saturday evening"
April Is. DIR. T.. H. Sehrt of the
George Washington University read
an interesting paper on Hans Sachs.
the most eminent German poet OF the
sixteenth century. who was born at
Nuremberg November 3. 1894, and died
there January 10. 1876. DR.. Sehrt
also made some explanatory remarks
preceding the performance of one of
Hans Sachs comedies, called Fast
nachtspiele,' at his time. Those TAX
ing part were Helen Prentis as die
Bauerin, Paul Gropp as der fahrend
Schueler and Charles r. Kirk as
der Bauer. The play, given in cos
tune, was well acted and much en-
joyed. The latter part of the eve
ning's entertainment was given over
to Shakespeare. April being the birth
month of the bard of Avon The vice
president. A. w. Spanhoofd, gave a
short talk on Shakespeare in Ger
many" and mentioned among many
interesting things the fact that the
plays of Shakespeare are more fire.
quently presented on the various
stages of Germany than in any other
country of the world (England and
America inCludedD. Miss Schade read
scene of act l of THE Merchant of
Venice in Schlegel's mastery trans
lation into the German. after which
the same scene was .,cted in costume,
in English, with Anita Schade as
Portia and Rosemary Arnold as Ne
rissa. Miss Amv c. Leavitt played
selections by Beethoven. Chopin.
Aus der Ohe and Chamnade. between
the numbers of this particularly varied
and entertaining program The lit
erary society will close it's successful
season on May 81. A fine musical pro-
gram is already in preparation, and
there will be number of good speak
ers to help celebrate the twenty-f1fth
anniversary of the Deutsche Lit
erarische Verein on this occasion.
The Political Study Club April meet.
ing was held April 49, at the Wash
ington Club. Mrs. Clyde B. Aitchison,
the president. introduced Dr. William
Carpenter, the speaker of the
afternoon, to a large attendance of
members. DR.. Boyd Carpenters ad-
dress on the Chinese was especially
interesting in view of the present sit
uation in China. During the after
noon A. musical program arranged by
Mrs. Fred bennett included recital
by Mrs. Dorothy Ness Tyler, Mrs.
Walter X. Wilson and Mrs. Cathryn
Hill Rawls. Mrs. Charles n Riker,
accompanied by Mrs Hornback. sang.
The nomination committee reported
that the following officers would be
placed on the election ticket for the
annual election May 81: President,
Mrs. Frank Morrison: first vice pres
ident, Mrs. Wallace Streater; second
vice president, Mrs. Sidney Taliaferro;
recording secretary, Mrs. Ernest Dan
iel; corresponding secretary. Mrs.
Robert Bruce Bare; treasurer. Mrs.
Harry l.. Underwood; auditor, Mrs. j.
Frank Wilson
The tea which followed the meeting
was held in the dining room of the
club. where floral decorations were
pink. Those assisting Mrs. Georgia
Knox Berry were Mrs Richard c.
Yates. Mrs. Carl r. Chindblom. Mrs
Edward Pou, Mrs. Harry f. Hull and
Mrs. Beale Howard.
Mrs. Aitchison announced that an
interesting program. in charge of Mrs.
Fred bennett, would be given at the
annual breakfast May %, at 2400 Six
teenth street.
The League Of American Pen Wo-
men of the District of Columbia
The monthly business meeting will
take place at the clubhouse tomorrow
at p. m. Besides several other i'm
portant matters of business. a report
of the nominating committee will be
heard. This meeting will be preceded
by an executive board meeting at
1880.
The short story group Mrs. VILLA m
Wolff Smith, chairman, will meet the
first Monday evening in Nav. Mrs.
Anne Tillery Renshaw will speak on
The Word and Its Uses"
During the past week the poetry
group and the music group have held