Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-11
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The president, Mrs, Fred Briggs
presided.
The club reported much progress
on the fund 10 he raised for Central
Union Mission. Plans were made and
a committee appointed to fill several
bags for Christmas for the Chldren's
emergency Home, in addition TO look
Ing after the little boy at the home
that the club is helping to support.
MRS, Crawford read a paper on
Parental Influence"
Following the business session Mrs.
McGovern and Mrs. Voorhees, gave a
reading and several piano selections
We're rendered by Mrs. Thelma Good
man.
To the strains Of a wedding march,
bridal party marched i'm Mrs. Gran
ford, bride; Mrs. Niseman. bride
groom: Mrs carp. flower Crib, and
escorted Mrs. McGovern to the dining
room. where a miscellaneous shower
had been provided
Mrs McGOvern is TO he married in
the near future, and will make her
home i'm the State Of New York.
About so members and friends were
present
Refreshments were served by the
hostesses.
The District Sunshine and Com
muity Society met recently. with its
president, Mrs. VIM. y. Beahm. 1904
Emerson street Mrs. George l.
: Laizure and Mrs. Harry c. Jones as
sisted
Reports of committee chairman
showed that much good work was
being done at the Gospel Mission
Old Ladies Home, in Georgetown.
and work for the mothers in the
Americanizat on school.
Approprat 'ons were made TO the
Gospel Mission. child welfare depart
ment of the Parent-Teacher Associa-
ton and the AmeriCaniZation school.
Plans for the annual card party
We're left to the WAYS and means COM
mittee. Mrs. Mary II. krause, the
Protestant worker Of the Federation
of Churches in the Juvenile Court
was the speaker. She told of her
work and gave instances where
mothers and children had been cared
for.
The January meeting viii he held
on the second Monday of the month
instead of the first.
Twentieth Century Club Notes.
The art section will meet Monday,
December l., II am. It the Ma
tional Academy of Science Building,
POI B street. DR.. Paul Brockett will
act as host and guide through the
building. At / pm. luncheon will
be served at the y w. c. A cafe
terra, goth and 3 streets.
The junior French section. the
newest and one of the most popular
of the clubs activities, under the
leadership of Mrs. Frederic Earring
ton. will meet for luncheon We'd
nesday, December H. l pm. at 1928
NJ street
The nature section will meet We'd
EeSday at 1880 am. at the drug store
at Eighteenth street and Columbia
road for trip through the Zoo.
On account of the nearness of the
holiday season, there will be no meet
ing of the section of education this
month
The benefit card party for the cru
SADIE against illiteracy, at the Willard
Hotel, was a great success. Over
four hundred were present.
The music section will give the
second program for the season Tues
day morning al II o'clock al the Wom-
ems City Club. The sub. ect, Harp
ers and Troubadours." will be given
by Katherine Riggs, harpist, with
Florence Howard. soprano.
The international outlook section
held its December meeting Tuesday
afternoon at the residence OF the
vice chairman, Mrs. Ernest r. Bick-
nell. at 1861 Crescent place. Mrs.
Edward B. Clark, chairman ef the
section. presided. The guest Of
honor. Mrs. William Hard, the wo-
man writer on politics, economics and
diplomacy, gave a talk on ireland
AS 1t Is Today" to an audience of
nearly 100 persons. During the first
hour of the meeting Mrs. Ellwood p.
Morey reported on Spain; Mrs. Merle
Thorpe. on Italy; Mrs. Ernest p.
Bicknell, on Esthonia, Latv-a, Po-
land and Lithuania; Mrs. Charles
Sumner Lobenger. on China; Mrs.
Arthur Deerin Call, on the Balkans;
Mrs. Austin Clark. on Russia. AS
sisting at the tea which followed the
the meeting were Mrs. Z. w. Wash
burn, Mrs. Grosvenor Jones. Mrs.
Gilbert H. Grosvenor, Mrs. Charles
j. Brand, Mrs. Louis Simon, Mrs. S.
G.. Cornwell. Mrs. Frederic +. Far
rngton presided at the tea table.
League of Republican Women of
tine District, Mrs Virginia White
Speel, president. will hold It's monthly
meeting tomorrow, $3.50 pm, at
headquarters, 1913 Fifteenth street.
All women are cordially invited. The
speaker will be Frank Crowther of
New York. a member of the Congress
in the siXty-sixth. siXty-seventh, sixty
eighth and siXty-ninth sessions. The
subject will be the Tariff Tire
league has a program for the Winter
that will take in all the subjects com.
ing up for discussion this year.
The District League of American
Pen Women will not hold meetings dur
ing the holiday season. This has ne
cessitated the grouping of several i'm
portant activities on one night. Sat.
urday, the 18th, the business meeting
will be held at 1880 pm, greeting of
new members at SIS pm, followed
by a motion picture talk, "a Natu.
ralist in the Rockies" Dan Nc.
Cowan handles this lecture with the
fine feeling of one who has lived close
to the furred and feathered creatures
of the universe. lie VIII tell strange
tales OF bird who carries a powder
puff. of an animal that is provided
with toothpick and an insect that
preserves the surface of his home with
varnish. The lecture will be illus
trated with motion pictures and a
selection of lantern slides of the most
famous regions of the Rockies.
The juvenile story section will meet
with Miss Ruth Forney December ~
at pm. Miss FOrney has worked
out an unusual program for her
group. Monday the writing of stories
under the heading of practical Sto
ries, Manners and Morals. and How
to DO Things" will be discussed.
Miss Irene Juno will meet with the
music group December 20 at 8 nm
The group will give the third in the
series of sunday musicals this after.
noon from 4 to s. The musicals hav,
become one of the most popular
phases of the league. Guest artist.
OF unusual merit assist league mem
bers in presenting the programs.
The special features group, Mrs