Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-30
NEWS OF THE CLUBS
CONDUCTED BY MAMIE LANCASTER.

ership of DIR. Winifred Richmond. psy
J chologist at st. Elizabeth's Hospital
will hold it's regular bi-weekly meet
ing in the lounge.
The Bridge Club win also meet Wed
: nesday evening at o'clock. Mrs. Al
ton r. Hodgktns acting as hostess.
On Friday at 4:30 pm. business
meeting and tea will be held. At thi'
meeting the nominating COMMITTEES
will be appointed. Members of tn,
board are to be hostesses at the tes
which is TO follow the business meet
ing.
Federation de rAIIiance Francaise.--
NJ. Maurice Pillet. official lecturer Of
the Alliance Franchise, will speak be
fore the group of Washington at the
| Cosmos Club tomorrow at 43e pm
His subject will be Cling Ans de Ira
| vauX ct de Discoveries dams les
Ruines de karnak." Al. Pillet Travelled
through Morocco, Egypt, Syria and
Persia. In this last country he recon
stituted the palace of Darius |. He
was then named director of the works
of antiquities at karnak, in Egypt
works that were begun by the savants
that Napoleon l sent there over a cen
fury ago.
LIE Cercle Francois de Washington
les Precieuses Ridicules was received
wednesday by Mr.. and Mrs. Conway
Kitchen at the clubrooms of the
League of American Pen Women
After the reading of the minutes of
| the previous meeting by Mile. Marie
Leontine Becker, the following liter
airy and musical program was
| rendered:
Reading by Arthur Lebel, Joan.
I Saf L. TT
| Recitation by Dr. A. de Rivas,
'Juvance." of Jose Maria de Heredia.
Songs by Mile. Carmen Vincent.
| "Berceuse. de Jocelyn; 'Pensee
| d'Automne, de Massenet
Reading by Nine Camille Hind
marsh, "Une Lecon de Phonetics."
| REGULATIONS by A. B. de Saint
| Maurice. lie Rabelle." Charles Bode-
laire; "Poeme," de Sully Prud 'homme.
Mrs. Bertram Groesbeck. Mile. Rosa
| Folau and Leon E. Dostert We're
elected to membership.
Deutscher Literarischer yerein-
This literary society will celebrate its
| twenty-f1fth anniversary on Saturday,
May s21. On Saturday. February 10,
Chas. Schwegler will lecture OF. Pes
talozzi, the great Swiss educator. and
| Wilhelm Hanff (he German Walter
Scott, whose death occurred in 1927,
will be remembered with readings
from his historical novel, "Lichten-
stein" On March 10 the society will
, celebrate the memory of Beethoven.
when DIR. Alex. Hennemann will be
the principal speaker, and the April
meeting has for it's subject the
famous Hans Sachs. shoemaker and
poet in the days of the "Meistersinger
Of Nuremberg. One of Sachs COM
edies will be presented under the di-
rection of Prof. p. Groph of the
George Washington University.
The Writers League of Washing
ton Will meet Friday evening" at S
o'clock, at the Thomson School. The
program includes stories by Miss
Katherine Hopson, Mrs. J. K. Arnold.
Miss Emelda Deshaies, Mrs. ID. w.
Thayer and verse by Mrs. Larkin,
Charles Cottingham and Miss Graves.
AT the last meeting Mrs Margue-
rite Wilcox was congratulated on win.
ming second place in the "own your
home" essay contest, for which prize
she received $50 cash. Her essay was
read to the league by the president.
Mrs. Wilcox also read a story to the
league, entitled THE Astral Lover, .
which elected much comment.
Mrs. Murphy read a story, entitled
Fatherhood," which held the inter.
est OF her hearers closely to the end.
Woman's Club of Bethesda. DIR.
Don Antonio Castro-Leai counselor of
the Mexican embassy, was the prin-
cipal speaker at the COMMITTEE day',
meeting of the club, Tuesday, at the
home of Mrs. Earl W. Chafee. In
reviewing the history of Mexico from
the time of the conquest, he pointed
out that the particular problems con-
fronting Mexico today have always
been there and are not difficulties
that have just arisen through changes
in administration or laws.
Preceding the address, an executive
board meeting was held, followed by
a parliamentary drill. These drills,
| conducted by Mrs. Henry c. Karr, are
regular features of the Committee
day program. Following the drill,
luncheon was served and the mem
bers given an opportunity to view an
exhibit of flower and portrait paint
| ings, in both oil and water eolor, exc
cuted by Miss Alma Bostick of the
Critcher School of Art
Mrs. j. Frederick Imirie, chairman
Of the American home, provided an
interesting speaker in Miss Margaret
Comegys. who spoke on interior deco.
ration.
Housekeepers' AIliance.-out of re.
| spect for the death of DIR. w. f..
| Chamberlin, the husband of Mrs.
William e. Chamberlin, president of
the Housekeepers' Alliance, the regu.
lar meeting of the alliance scheduled
for Tuesday will be postponed until
| later.
st. Patrick's Alumnae Association
met Monday, and, in accordance with
the new bylaws adopted at a previous
meeting, the following officers were
elected for "A term of two years
! President, Beatrice e. Deeds: first
vice president, Cathleen Gaffney: sec.
ond vice president, Catherine Hannah
recording secretary, Mary Mccarthy
corresponding secretary, Ann O'Leary
treasurer, Ann Finnin; trustees, Mary
| O'Brien and Mary Arendes
| A social gathering in honor of the
sisters of st. Patrick's will be hello
February at pm. in Carroll Hal
and all members are invited
Plans are being made for asseries
of bridge parties, the second of which
| will be held at the home of Mrs
Elizabeth Mcdonald, 727 Rittenhoust
street.
The Clover Club met Thursday eve
ming at the home of Mrs Mathew
O'Brien, 1924 Ingomar street
The club this season has as tn,
basis for its program "A Tour AROUND
the World" and every meeting il
devoted to a different country. Mrs
Godfrey l.. Munter, speaker Of In,
evening, presented a talk on 'Ital,
and Switzerland"
The parliamentarian, Mrs. Georg,
Gillingham, held short parliamen
tary drill, as is customary at meet
ings of the club. Strict obsarvanc,
of parliamentary procedure and drill.
enable members to secure a thorough
knowledge of the proper conduct O.