Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-23
NEWS OFTHE CLUBS

the admission of 35 new members
who represent the following colleges
and universities: Columbia, Bryn
Mawr, Lake Erie. Mt. Holyoke, Ohio
State, Pomona, Swarthmore, Wilson,
The Western, Nebraska, Kansas,
Northwestern, Michigan. Goucher,
Wellesley. Chicago, Pittsburgh, Cali
fornia and George Washington.
The Wheel of Progress will hold its
first meeting this year in the Fairfax
room of the New Willard Hotel We'd
nesday evening at 8 o'clock.
The speaker of the evening will be
Elmer Thomas, Senator-elect from
Oklahoma. The regent, Mrs. Rose
Gouverneur Hoes; the vice regent,
Mrs. letter G. Pritchard, and the
president general, Mrs. Margaret Hop
kins Norrell, who has just returned
from a trip to Ohio, will be present
The Sunshine Circle of the Florence
Or ttentOn Home met with Mrs. John
Barber, Cathedral Mansions, January
-, the regular day, being the sec
ond Wednesday. Mrs. Weigel was
assisting hostess. After luncheon the
president, Mrs. w Howard presided,
and Mrs. H. B. Harlan led in devo-
tional. The speaker and guest of
honor, Mrs. Reba Barrett Smith, de-
scribed present conditions over wide
area from her personal observations.
indicating the needs and the good
work accomplished by the home in
this humanitarian effort. Those pres
ent were Mrs. w. w. Howard, Mrs.
Baugh, Mrs. Bradley, Mrs. Dunn, Mrs.
Fulton, Mrs. Falconer, Mrs. Hardy,
Mrs. Henry, Mrs. Harlan, Miss Hill,
Mrs. Knight, Mrs. MacMaugh, Miss
Noud, Mrs. Russell, Mrs. Scanlon,
Mrs. Tracy, Mrs. Williamson, Mrs.
Barber and Mrs. Weigel. The next
meeting will be with Mrs. Anton Heit-
mueller.
The William b. Cushing, S. U. ",
Auxiliary, No. 4.-The finance COM
mittee met Thursday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. Edith B. Bateman. Ar
engagements were made for ways and
means of replenishing the treasury
for relief work. One relief case was
reported and received immediate at
tention. The next meeting of the
finance committee will be held at the
home of Mrs. Rosalia Wilson This
committee, with few exceptions, is
composed of past national. division
and auxiliary presidents.
Mrs. Elizabeth Norris was admitted
to membership.
After the reading of the minutes
and reports accepted, the financial re-
turns for the sale of candy was re-
ceived by the treasurer.
WOman's Club of Bethesda.-Senor
Mexican Consul to the
United States, will address the club
Tuesday at pm, committee day"
In addition to the speaker on Mex
ico," Miss Margaret Comegys will
talk on Interior Decoration" and
Miss Alma Bostick of the Crichter
School of Art will arrange an exhibit
of portraits and flower paintings.
With these three contributors and the
additional material always provided
the program will be exceptional from
many viewpoints.
Prior to the meeting, which is called
for IL am. at the home of Mrs. Earl
w. Chafee, president, there will be
an executive board meeting and also
a meeting of the corporation direc-
tors at 10 am. There are important
papers to be signed by the corpora
ton directors and much business to
be transacted by the executive board,
and 1t is necessary to attend promptly.
Last Friday Mrs. Elisha Hanson,
chairman of the building committee,
had a meeting at which it was de-
cided to give a bridge party early in
February for the purpose of adding
to the building fund. Mrs. J. Fred
arick Imirie has offered the house re-
Gently purchased on Watkins avenue
'or the purpose, and the membership
s urged to support this enterprise.
It viii be more in the nature of a
family party, the membership of the
club being principally urged to at
END. However, guests are welcome.
The date will be announced later.
The Writerscraft Club met Mon
day evening in the basement of
the Mount Pleasant Library. Mr.. Nc
Laughlin read several chapters from
his novel, THE Blade of Picardy"
Mrs. Love read an original story,
THE Cog in the Wheel" which called
forth considerable discussion.
At the meeting tomorrow evening
at the library the program will in
clude numbers by Mrs. Weber and
Miss Prisk.
Any one interested in writing is
invited.
HE tdSSdE S1IuHtIIdt Vi w dSuIlS-
ton, the membership of which is $50,
has chosen as it's activity for the
year the increasing of the permanent
fund for aiding Washington girls to
attend Vassar College. The fund,
which has been functioning for 90
years since it's inception by Mrs. Da-
vid Wing of Miss Madiera's School,
has grown to be the largest fund of
the sort among women's college as
sociations in the District.
Hugh Walpole, the English novel
list, will be presented by the Vassar
alumnae here in a lecture on the
victorian and the Modern Novel,"
at Continental Memorial Hall, on the
evening of January &c.
The committee in charge of the lee
ture is made up of Miss Margaret
president of the Vassar Alum
nae of the United States until her
studies in international law at Ge-
neva required her absence from the
country; Miss Dorothy V. Johnson,
president of the local Vassar group.
and Miss Anna Southland Larner,
treasurer.
The CuItus Club met at the resi-