Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-16

G00lIntTLHG. MIS-. I AZ ttui lAofst
man. reported the need OF an extern
sion OF two years for the Sheppard
Towner maternity and infancy bill
and the J,ramton bill placed prohi- |
bition agents under the civil service,
as the TWO pieces Of immediate legis-
latfon that should be of interest to /
the club.
Mrs. T. g. Dunbar chairman OF APP /
piled education, being absent at a |
county meeting. sent her report ny |
Mrs :, 3. Tuckernan. who stressed I
the interest being taken through the /
state in travelling libraries and rec /
commended that more facilities be /
given this progressive ana helptul
work.
The club. through this committee. /
had presented the r.. V. Brown School !
in the District with Champions Chill !
drens Encyclopedia. as last month 1t /
presented the Chevy Chase. Md.
School with q set of films which are /
to form the nucleus of 81 travelling
film library.
Mrs. T.. G. Bebb. chairman of the /
social service committee. reported by |
calling on Mrs. l.. II. Clapp, who read !
a letter of thanks from the board of /
the Montgomery County Hospital for |
articles sent by the club. Mrs. Clapp |
has been appointed the clubs repre- /
sentative on the hospital board.
Mrs William Il. Greeley reported |
that the recent drive for funds for /
the Social Service League had SO far |
Melted 1856 toward the $1,000 Which /
was the Chevy Chase apportionment. /
Seventy eight dollars and five cents /
of the amount turned in was the re- /
suit of the carol singing i'll Chevy |
Chase. Nd. of the young people of !
the Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church. |
Mrs. J.. r. Pennington, chairman OF I
American homes, sent word that for
the next meeting she had secured as |
a. speaker DIR. Louise Starkey of the |
Bureau of Home Economics of the !
Department of Agriculture. Mrs. ii. |
Fl. Stabler, chairman of international |
relations. announced that Mrs. ;. /
Won Ammon would review recent +
events in the Philippines, speaking !
especially on the policy of Gen. Wood /
and the very recent report of Col. |
Thompson, which was spoken of at |
some length. Mrs. o. S. Peters gave |
g. brief review OF the conditions in /
China since that country had become |
a republic. Mrs. Sargent, after thank |
ing the speakers for their painstaking /
reports, made a plea for more under |
standing and sympathetic relations |
with those foreigners among us with |
whom we are thrown in almost daily |
contact"
The meeting then adjourned for !
luncheon. There was no parliamen-
tary law class this month.
Columbia Floral Circle will meet to- !
morrow at the home of Mrs. Mary T.. !
Eppelsheimer, 1927 Hiatt place north
west. Mrs. Laura Wight assisting the /
hostess.
Beauregard Chapter. No. 1902, L.
-. c., met Wednesday evening at /
the home of its president Mrs. Clara
Baggs Grady, 1775 Massachusetts |
avenue. Prospective members were |
discussed, as we'll as a proposal for |
an increased membership. Opinions
were discussed also over features for
the meetings for the remainder of |
the Winter. 1t was proposed to give
q card party at an early date, and
was appointed to plan for
it. The matter of the criticism of |
Mrs. Millions bathing suit by mem.
bers of the national convention at
the recent meeting in Richmond, Va,
was brought up again for discussion,
and the members of the chapter |
again went on record in defense of |
Mrs. Milton and reinsurance of its
confidence and support. Mrs. Milton
Ii now past president of the chapter, !
having yielded the honored post of !
head of the chapter to Mrs. Grady to
become historian of the District Di-
vision, L. y. c.
The Washington Branch of the
American Poetry Circle will meet at
the Mayfower Hotel Tuesday evening.
Following the usual selection of origi.
nal poems submitted by individual
members, paper will be read on three
favorite Baltimore writers-.the poet,
Miss LiZette Woodwork Reese; the
poetnovelist. Miss Virginia Woodward
Cloud, and the poet journalist, Folger
McKinsey, better known perhaps as
the Bentztown Bard
The Zonta Club of Washington .
at it's Wednesday luncheon had the
unusual pleasure of having Miss
Louise Gerry of Buffalo, N Y, presi.
dent Of the National Confederation of |
Zonta Clubs, as its guest of honor |
and speaker.
things for which Zonta stands-at-
friendship. classification and
better business methods
The annual convention of the Con-
Of Zonta Clubs will be held
in this city next May. Several hun.
dred CONTAINS from all parts of the
country will attend
Four new members introduced to
the club were Miss Elizabeth Hum
mer, Mrs. Grace Jennings Landon. /
Miss Caroline Lanman and Miss Beth
Ogilvie.
The guests of the club were Miss
Mary Belle Kerr, Miss Florenz Brez,
Mrs. A. ]. Hurley, Miss Lucille
Fluckey, Mrs. %. J. Weyman, Mrs
Thomas Rinalzer Of Illinois, Miss
Louise Murphy Of Lincoln, Nebr.; Miss
Clara Siprell 81 pictorial photographer
who has exhibited In an European
capitals. and Miss Trina Khrabroff. a
writer and lecturer.
The Vassar Alumnae of Washington
will present Hugh Walpole in a lee
ture on "The Victorian and the Mod
ern Novel Contrasted' January &c at
Memorial Hall.
The local alumnae number more
than $50 women. Among them are
Maj. Julia Stimson. Mrs. Mason NJ.
Mrs. Avery Coonley, Miss
Anne Wagner of the Montessori
School and Mrs. Cazenove Lee. The
committee in charge of the Walpole
lecture is made up OF Miss Dorothy
J Johnson. president Of the local Vassar
Alumnae: Miss Margaret Lambie. Mrs.
Herbert Woolley, Miss Frances Burns
Mrs. Herbert Whittemore, Miss Mar
gerry Quigley and Miss Anna South