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

dence of Mrs. Herman w. Smith
| Tuesday, and was called to order by
the vice president, Mrs. William
| Sholes. Two papers were read-the
| first, on Delft: Its China and Glass
ware" by Mrs. William K. Cooper;
and the second. Contemporary Eng
| lish Writers of Our Youth" by Mrs.
Samuel Lewis The usual discussion
| followed the reading of the papers.
The Mount Holyoke Alumnae Asso-
citation will meet Saturday, January
20. at 2:30 pm, with Mrs. Laura r.
Parker, 3406 Garfield street. Prof. w.
L. Corbin will speak on THE Modern
! Drama
The Abracadabra Club held it's an
nual dinner Wednesday at the Grace
| Dodge Hotel DR.. Charles G.. Abbott
was POSTMASTER and the invocation
was made by Rev. DR.. William A.
! Haggerty Mrs. Della II. Perham re-
cited a poem and the program was
continued by Miss Mary NJ. Thomp-
son. soprano; George Dixon Thompson,
pianist; humorous sketches by Judge
| J. w. Thompson, Mrs. Blanche II. Kay
and DIR. Paul P. White, with commu-
nifty singing led by Harold E. Warner.
Rev. DR.. Frederick Brown Harris
made an address and Miss Lois Stuntz
! and Mrs. Lena S. Sylvester assisted
| at the piano.
The Zonta Club for business and
| professional women met at the Ia
| leigh Hotel Wednesday for the weekly
luncheon, the president, Miss Jane
| Bartlett, in the chair.
After the social hour and singing
Of songs the president introduced the
| guest of honor and speaker for the
| day. Mrs Lyman Swormstedt, mem
Der of the board of the Twentieth Cen
| tury Club. who spoke to the members
on the subject of Thrift" AS mem
! Der and representative of the commit
tee on public libraries of the Woman's
| City Club, Mrs. SWormStedt also pre-
sented to the members of Zonta the
extension program of that committee.
Miss Jessie LaSalle had as her guest
| Miss LaVerne Crabtree, secretary
| treasurer of the International Kinder
garten Union and editor of the maya
| zine Childhood.
Miss Isabel Bacon introduced as
her guest Nine. Adrienne Boucher,
| and Mrs. Nan Street presented Miss
Blanche Bowen.
| The luncheon next week will be a
closed meeting.
Phil Sheridan WOman's Relief
| Corps, No. 6, was called to order by
the president, Addie Hickman. The
| absent officers chairs were filled by
Harriet D. Hill and Elizabeth Shaw.
The reading of the reports gave evil
| dence that the new year Will be a very
| active one. Several applications for
membership were read. National Or
ders, No. 4, were read by the secre-
| tary, Marion B. Parker. Committees
appointed for the year were read.
L. nYfpndpH nv the de-
partment president, w. r. c., Mrs.
| Caroline NJ. Curry, to attend social
| that the department gave at Mount
Alto January 20 was accepted.
A loving tribute, expressed by Mrs.
| o. H. Oldroyd, was given in memory
of the mother of Mrs. Jennie Wheeler,
who has recently answered the call,
Thy will be done"
Comdr. S. Mawson, Comdr. M. M.
Bobb. Col. o. H. Oldroyd and Comdr
Convis Parker were among the Wis
itors.
Newcomb Club.-In accordance with
the plans of the National Federation
of Women's Clubs, the Newcomb CluD
of Bethesda set aside January Is Tor
its afternoon of music by Edward
Mcdowell.
The meeting was held at the home
of Mrs. Ford E. Young, Alta Vista,
Md; Mrs. Klaas, who arranged the
program, read a short biography or
Mcdowell, and introduced the club
musicians Mrs. Wilmot sang The
Swan Bent Low to the Lily and
"Beautys Eyes" and Mrs. Meneree
gave IAN Old Love Story" the Con
certo in D Minor" and "B'rer Rab-
Bit; then Mrs. Klaas presented Mrs.
Thrush, who directs the choir OF the
Douglas Memorial Church of Wash
ington. Mrs. Thrush gave an oxpla-
nation of MacDowell's Woodland
Sketches" from data compiled by
Hazel Consello. These notes were ar
ranged by Mrs. Consello during her
course of study with Mrs. MacDowell
at the Peterboro Colony in New Hamp-
shire.
The next meeting will be held at
the home of Mrs. Lewis B. Pusey,
Bethesda, Md. on February at 2 pm.
The Women's Guild of the Chevy
Chase Presbyterian Church had a
luncheon last Thursday. The tables
were placed in the form of an H in
honor of Mrs. ]. Hillman HOLSTER.
The members were entertained at the
luncheon by an Italian musician. A
play was presented by a cast of four
women: Mrs. Albert Prentiss, Mrs.
Jones, Mrs. Smoke and Mrs. Campbell
Waters. The play was one by Gerald
Dunn, called "A Dear Little Wife,
and showed a little Japanese girl who
was married to an old man and who
longed for the love of youth. About
200 women enjoyed this sketch of
Japanese life. This was the first
luncheon of the new year which was
for all the guild members. Sections Of
the guild have luncheons at the
homes Of the members every month.
The Argyle Study will meet tomor-
row with Mrs. Frank Burger, 1919
Delafield place. Luncheon will be
served at 1870 pm. and the paper of
the afternoon, on the subject of John
Burroughs and Luther Burbank" will
be read by Mrs. S. S. Carpenter.
PetwOrth Woman's Club.-The liter
airy section met at the home Of Mrs.
r. C. Smith January 10. Mrs. Harri-
son r. Fits, chairman, presided.
The life of David Belasco was read
by Mrs. Bourbon and the Return of
Peter Grimm" by David Belasco, was
read by Mrs. Norcross, Mrs. Pattie
and Miss Wier. Mrs. Chalmers had
charge of current events. Refresh.