Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-20
NEWS OF THE CLUBS

he Informally observed. This affords
members an opportunity to bring
friends whom they wish to present
to the club. Mrs. Matte Fulcher VIII
preside at the tea table, with Miss
Lucy Hart assisting.
The library lectures committee and
drama. unit will present DR.. William
Lee Corbin librarian of the Smith
sonian Institution, tomorrow ut
nm, when Maeterlinck's The In.
trucer." "Pelleas and Melisande,
"Monna Wanna" and The Blue BIRD
will be the subjects of the lecture.
Mrs. Lyman b. Swormstedt is chair
man Of the lecture course.
Mrs. Guy l.. Purdy, lecturer on the
art of playing bridge, will be the guest
of the Monday bridge section tomof-
row afternoon. when she Will give a
talk on the subject. Mrs. James Ford
of Detroit has affiliated with the club
and will be among the players at the
meetings of this section. Mrs. Ford
presided at the tea table last week.
with Miss Mary Mason assisting.
Reservations for the card party to
he given under the auspices or the
section Wednesday afternoon and eve
ming can be made a. the desk, or with
Mrs. C.. c.. Cable, chairman or tickets.
The reciprocal relations committee
Miss Alice NJ. Heaven, chairman. an
nounceS reciprocal relations nave peen
established between the Town Clup or
Buffalo and the Troy Club of Troy,
n. Y.
The charter members committee.
Miss Miriam Birdseye, chairman, VIII
give a tea Friday afternoon at IN
the tearoom of the clubhouse. Char
ter members of the club are specially
invited to attend whether members
at this time or not. Members or the
committee will receive.
Miss Adela Heaven, chairman OF
the public relief committee, reported
various sums given in recent cam
paigns for funds to the Instructive
Visiting Nurses. Juvenile Protective
Association, Casualty Hospital and
Columbia Hospital.
The Tuesday evening free and easy
auction bridge section continues to
grow. Several guests were present at
the meeting of last week. The section
has given a large package OF cards TO
Mrs. Grattan Kerans, who, In turn
will take them to the Walter Reed
Hospital for distribution. Members of
the club having packs of cards they
are no longer using can dispose OF
them in this beneficial fashion.
Judge Mary O'Toole, chairman of
life membership, submits the follow
ing: Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey and
Mrs. Archibald Hopkins will be the
guests of honor at the buffet luncheon
for life members to be given Saturday
when the motif will be a nice, in
formal, relaxing time. with soft music
to aid conversation and get ac-
Quainted." The reservations are nee
essarily limited since the membership
is more than 100. The list Is open to
another 100 members, and it is hoped
a number Of names will be presented
at the luncheon.
The Diplomatic" hour on Thursday
will be observed at 4:30 pm, when
Capt. Gordon Gordon-Smith will be the
speaker on 1.-THE Balkan Problems, Past
and Present" Mrs. Robert Imbrie will
be hostess Of the day, and will be as
sisted by members Of the committee
who are sponsoring these popular
hours.
Mrs J. Garfield Riley, president of
the club, will be at the clubhouse to
meet members and their friends.
The Spanish dinner which will be
given at the club on March 80 will
have many interesting features. Mrs.
Jennie o. Berliner is chairman Of this
section.
Of WOmen's Clubs announces that the
guest speakers at its meeting to be
held at Hotel Roosevelt March % will
be Representative Scott Leavitt, chair
man of the House committee on In
dian affairs, who will give a talk at
the morning session on Indian well
fare. At the afternoon session Ed
ward A. Hartman will address the
club on the Constitution of the United
States.
Twentieth Century Club.-The sec
tion of archaeology will meet Tuesday
at PAS pm at the residence of the
Mrs. John Lowe, 1922
Woodley place. Mrs. Charles MerWin
will address the members on Gave
Temples of India"
The nature section will go. on We'd
nesday at 10 am, for an outing along
the canal in search Of early flowers.
The members will meet at Dupont
Circle at the new place of transfer ana
will take a car for Georgetown under
the leadership of Mrs. Leo ID. Miner,
chairman. On the trip along the river
last Wednesday 40 different species OF
birds were identified and Spring
flowers were discovered. AS the Spring
migration of birds began sone time
ago, ii is expected the number Of birds
TO be found en- route will be great"
increased this week.
The date of the meeting of the sec.
ton of literature has been changed
this month from the last Monday TO
the last Saturday. Mrs. Philip Sidney
Smith, president of the club, vii! be
hostess to the members this week,
Saturday at s pm, at herr residence,
3249 Newark street, Cleveland Park.
The hostesses assisting Mrs. Smith
will be Mrs Harrison Stidham, Miss
Grace Willis, Mrs. Francis Walker,
Mrs. Mansfield Clark, Miss Clara Her
bert and Mrs. Arthur Spencer. The
program will be on THE History OF
Literature" and will be given by Mrs.
George F. Bowerman, Miss Martha
Hooper and Mrs. William Maxon.
A school of politics will be conduct
ed March 1926 under auspices Of the
League of Republican Women Of the
District of Columbia. There will be
round-table discussions lead by eX-
perts, with afternoon lectures from :
to 4:30 and at night from to 10
o'clock. Subjects covered will give
the origin, principles and development
OF Republican party history; patriot
ism, unfolding the Constitution.
women's work in politics; aim, or mi
zation and development. National
policies-Immigratio farm relief,
tariff, national defense, Army, Navy,
aviation and reserves. Closing SUBJ
Jects will cover foreign relations:
United States diplomatic service and
what it stands for; European, pan
American and Asiatic. Some of the
lecturers will be: Curtis ID. Wilbur,
Secretary of the Navy: Assistant Sec
rotary of Agriculture X. w. Dunlap;
A uciG fo MT Commerce
liam p. McCracken: Assistant Secre-
tary of Labor w. w. Hubbard, As
sistant Secretary of War f. Trubee
Dawson, Judge Theodore G. Risley,
Gen. c. p Summerall. DIR. Leo Rowe,
Senator Lenroot, Mrs. Anna TIL
linghast of Boston, commissioner of
immigration; Miss Mary Stewart of