Evening star., 1928-01-08
Women's City Club.-rhe Chinese


jackson place. this afternoon from
4:se until O'Clock Mrs, !. Garfield
Riley and DR.. A. Frances Foye viii
I've hostesses. Members of the club are
frrited to meet the distinguished
guests. Guest privileges.
Miss Helen Wilbar. chairman of the
Junior section, will meet with mem
hers of that group tomorrow evening
o'clock. Plans for future activities ri
this membership will he formulated
An of the younger women of the club
are invited to attend,
The board of directors will meet
Tuesday, pm. in the board room.
The business and professional sec
tion, Of which Miss Pearl Mccall 1,
chairman. will give dRhner Wedncs
day, 6 pm. David Allen Robertson
assistant director OF the American
Council on Education, and Or. Joseph
Stiles Wall physician and teacher ot
medicine, will be honor guests and
speakers. Mrs. Robertson and Mrs,
Wall will he special guests, Mrs. Har
vey w. Wiley will preside. Members
Of the club are invited whether a mem
Der of the section or not. Guest priv
ileges can he arranged. Reservations
are limited To 100.
The first in the series of lectures on
the Drama by Or. William Lee Corbin,
librarian Of the Smithsonian lnstitu.
fiou will he given ut the clubhouse.
Thursday. s pm. Henry Arthur Jones
and Sir Arthur Wing Pinero will he
the dramatists selected for this talk.
Cards for the course Of lectures or
single cards can be had at the business
Office OF the club. or May Relic Ray
nnond. in charge. will supply tho de
mand. Members and friends Of the
club are invited Mrs. Lyman r,
Swormstedt is chairman of the com
rittee who arranged this series of
lectures.
Mrs John Allen Munson. chairman
of the housewives section, invites
housewives and others who have lei
sure in the daytime ~ meet with this
section Friday. at IL am. for organ.
ization purposes.
The current events section chair
man, Mrs. William F.. Chamherlin. will
present SIS speaker on Friday. az 4 80
pm. at the club. George r. Authier.
Washington correspondent of the Min
neapclis Tribune and former president
CT the National Press Club. who will
talk on Agriculture and the Next
President" All club members are in
SNed and A guest can he arranged for
at the desk. Miss Julia Coonan is sec
retary of this section and Miss Media
Ann Martin and Miss Nell Cavanaugh
look after the ways and means"
The women's City Club Chorus will
celebrate a second birthday anniver-
sary with a dinner which will be given
Friday, $50 pm. Mrs. Gertrude
Lyons chairman and director. will
preside. Miss Marjorie Lowe of the
vocal department of Gunston Hall will
lecture on Appreciation of the Or
chestra-" She will play by way of
illustration the themes of compositions
she describes. Miss Anne w. Harvey
of the Holton Arms School also will
he a guest. This is the first banquet
tn he given by this section. and since
reservations are limited to. 100.
promptness only will insure place at
the tables. Members unable to secure
reservations are invited to attend for
The talk.
Miss Adela Heaven. chairman of
public relief. reports the sending OF
SO each to the Florence Crittenton
Home, Salvation Army. ''Opportuni'
ties" Associated Charities and the
Washington tornado fund tRed Cross.
Mrs. Laura A. Bradley of the commit.
tee dressed IS dolls. which have been
distributed 10 various institutions in
which the committee is interested.
The dolls were the contribution of the
Palais Royal and Kann stores.
Twenty-Five little hearts were made
glad By the generous contribution of
material and labor. Mrs. Frances VIII
liams dresses dolls for the Social Sery-
ice House.
The work of the committee Ia sup.
ported by volunteer contributions and
By the sale of hand-tinted post cards
of show places in Washington and a
splendid picture of the clubhouse,
which has historic interest since II
was used az temporary White House
by President Theodore Roosevelt when
repairs were made on the White House
during iais administration.
The AmericaniZation committee. OF
which Miss Clare Trick Willison is
chairman, has plans completed for an
entertainment 10, he known az "Ameri
canization evening" al the club Sat
urday evening. January y. Students
OF the Americanizafion School will
play an important part In the eve
nsng's program. Our Gifts" IL the
name adopted for the novel entertain
raent. Cards are available at the club
house and from the committee mem
bers--Miss Aaude r.. Alton. Miss Mary
Jeannette I,oeffci and Miss Ada r
Eoleau Members of the club are in
yited 10 bring their friends. The pro
caedg Of the evening viii provide work
ing funds for this committee. Miss
wiiifson is adviser in legal affairs and
assists the students of the school In
making out their applications for citi
zenship papers. Club members are
invited 10 visit the school and scauaiDi
themselves with the work being done.
Mrs. 81. o. Chance. chairman. and
members Of the membership commit.
tee have compiled an attractive circu'
lar enumerating the activities of the
club members and the facilities Of the
clubhouse This WIFI answer the query
why should ! become a member Of
tie Women's City Club
The drama unit will Ire heard from
on January ~ at s:20 pm. when two
one art piars viii he given. Lady
Fingers" by Glenn Hughes. and
Jones ~. Jones" by Florence Lewis
Fpeaye, viii he presented by members
~ this group. who have pleased their
audiences greatly in the past and
promise 10 suTp5ss previous Efforts al
iais time. Miss Martha Cook viii give
readings. The Unit has been invited
10 participate in the one-act drama
tournament ~ the Community Center
department, which IL under Miss fybii
Bakers direction. M:s. Marie Moore
Forrest, life member 1l the club, has
charge 81 this particular activity.
slaicll Will take place in February.
The Monday bridge section will re.
sumo iss meetings tomorrow after
noon at s:4s O'Clock, Awards for the
highest scores for the month of DE.
setufseF were ssfeSsufeA az the meet ing
last Wednesday. Mrs. l.. Sioc0yieb.
fsss; Mrs. A. r. Wilson, second. snd
Miss Mary Mason. third During the
social hour Mrs. A. ~. Hayes presided
81 the tea table with Mrs. GeftriiGs
JBoliiser assisting. Mrs. Frederick
Yates, first vice ehaitman, presided al
the meeting.
Mss. J. Garfield Riley viii observe
epresiAHnits aa W II tie club Tlurs