Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-06
NEWS OF THE CLUBS
CONDUCTED BY MAMIE LANCASTER

ssNe Toronto. Twentieth and p streets.
ksaFe hoStesses will be Mrs. &.
~ Lobinaier Mrs, Ray Palmer
.rseels. Mrs. q. 5. Seotield, Mrs.
s-slwood Norey. Airs. a, w. Span
ss.eofd, Mrs. Merle Thorpe and
sakas. George r. Bowerman, The
Tbeaker, Edgar burlington. viii speak
wa recent developments in Turkey:
sshe follawin3 reports by members Oh
the section wi1 be- given China, Mrs,
sAsAw-ernsan; Nicaragua, Mrs. GrosVe'
s--ar Jones; Russia, Mrs VII {.
ssaeTnes: the Philippines. Mrs Caleb
-wnlleY: Fe3Nf0nt. MIS-, Glenn Smith:
s@anan, Miss Grace Willis.
&FssThe Music section, Mrs. Eugene
szSsrneg. 4ea6er. VIII meet Tuesday at
81 ASA, IN the music room az the
xgosaen' 5 CITY club. Mrs FLORENCE
saEowari @il glNe an illustrated talk
Ssn gAe vofce as an instrument. This
- the fourth In the series Of talks on
syae sissSelopgaent Of the various mu-
11cal Instruments, the harp. violin.
s,slano ana voice,
= The nature section will meet at
Ssfouni Vernon Electric Station,
sswelf,h and Pennsylvania avenue. at
ss.s0 am. Wednesday,, for a trip 10
ssNelhnston. ,under the leadership Of
ssfrS. Lowe.
The civic section will meet Thurs
day at noon at the Women's City
L2ub. DR. Hall of the National Re
search Council. will speak on A
~sphase of the Farm Problem.
4sgThe chairman of the ticket COM
%3littee. Mrs, Ray Palmer Teele, re-
ssorts that more than so tables aud
ssany individual tickets have been
~sald for the Valentine card party, TO
.sse given by the art section at the
Kew Willard on February IA. Favors
SSH be given for each table and candy
~Rfll be sold. The chairman of the
candy committee is Mrs. Mansfield
sslark. She will be assisted by Mrs.
-. T. Bowerman, Mrs. Rutland Beard,
airs. William r. Chapline, Mrs. Austin
sslark, Mrs Richard Fay Jackson,
-tIrs. r. S. Mcbride. Mrs. F. b. Pyle,
,drs. E. ". Washburn and Mrs.
aaeorge b. Taylor.
The purpose of the affair is to Sc
cure loan collection of medici prints
Tor the Public Library, and the COM
anittees in charge are headed by Mrs.
Ray Palmer Teele and Mrs. Godfrey
tsreyke, Chairmen.
League of American Pen Women of
district of COlumbia-The speakers at
she coffee house symposium Friday
were Mrs. Robert Barrett Browning
and Miss Rose A. Palmer, dramatist.
Mho gave an Interpretation of THE
1Sing and the Book" Mrs. Browning
S. the daughter-in-law of the famous
sEnglish poets and is making her home
81 Washington. Acting as patron
AsseS for the occasion were Mrs.
charles G. Dawes, Mrs, Alfred Penn
broke Thorn, Mrs. Gary T. Grayson.
Mrs. Roland Kidder Smith and Mrs
<Anson Phelps Stokes. The following
served as hostesses: Mrs. George G..
White, Mrs. Richard Gasch, Mrs.
Theodore Tiller, Mrs. Redwood Van
ttergrift, Miss Anita Miris BoggS, Mrs.
pallet Wilson and Miss Flora Wilson.
- At the conclusion of the regular
sorogram on January %, De Wolf
Hopper, who was playing here in
1.-THE Student Prince" at the Poll
sTheater, dropped in for a cup of
coffee and an informal chat. Mr.
Ats of humor. The speaker next
sEeek will be Rev. Father Edmund A.
sNalsh, who will talk on Russian and
international Relations"
= A large number attended the fellow
ship tea on January %, at which the
new members were guests of honor
Mrs Mary SitZ Parker furnished n
@ausical program, and chapters from
he mystery story, which is being
HWAAAIC4l by Tic SUI WOIS
lrad.
E The monthly business meeting was
s1eld at the clubhouse Monday eve
siing. The chief item of business was
.he discussion of the charter and the
Aeyision of the bylaws as presented
10y Mrs. Elise Mulliken, past president
of the league. The report showed
hat much time and effort had been
ssiyen to this work by Mrs. MuIliken
sieXt business meeting bring in a still
surther revision containing the sug-
ssested changes.
Great interest is being shown by
he various study groups in the Isabel
anderson contest for productive writ
ing. The contest will close in April
sand awards will be made at the reg
*alar meeting in May.
- Last Tuesday night the music study
group, Mrs. SADIE Catherine Coles
chairman, met for study at the club
s3ouse.
- Tomorrow night the short study
@rpup, under the direction of Mrs. VIII
liam Wolff Smith, will hold its reg
zIlar monthly meeting to continue
sG0rk on the mystery story. Claude F.
Watts, magazine writer, will talk on
manuscripts and markets for short
stories.
q 4 HG group 1OE the Oh IEGANEG
3Hrit.ng win meet Tuesday evening
<phe assignment is feature stories on
George Washington. Mrs. Victoria
&Faber Stevenson is chairman of this
group and Mrs. Alice KiIlam is sec
Ssetary.
II Members of the fine arts group and
ssthers interested are asked to meet at
sfae Phillips Memorial Gallery Sas
1rday afternoon at 2 O'Clock, when
4flrs. Ellis Logan, chairman, will con-
skuct a tour through the gallery.
THE parliamentary law class, which
rs being conducted by Miss Bertha
FRANCES Wolf, will meet Thursday
Evening.
! Mrs. r. L. Allen, pen woman from
fWaynesville, n. c., has recently been
n guest in Washington.
Y The Guadalupe Club descendants
pr officers of the Mexican War; gave
sFts annual dinner Wednesday eve
ring at the Arlington Hotel. Forty
4sight members and guests were pres
s5nt. The acting president of the club,
Mrs. Noble Newport Potts. in the
srbsence Of the president, Mrs. Guy
.Purrage, wife of Vice Admiral Guy
sBurrage, commanding naval forces
IN European waters, presided as
saoastmistress and introduced the
.speakers, who We're Admiral Benson,
sAho spoke on the Navy; Gen. Rug
ISLES, on the Army and Maj. Keough
In current events. Rev. DIR. Dudley
pronounced the invocation, while K.
=. LOCKER brought the greetings of
the Aztec Club.
i The table was decorated with the
Mexican colors and the crossed flags
Sc the two republics made bright
ssplashes of color. The centerpiece
was a large silver vase presented to
Hiss Sophie Casey's grandfather, Gen.
Cyrus Casey, by the State of Rhode