Evening star., 1928-10-28
NEWS OF THE CLUBS
CONDUCTED BY MAMIE LANCASTER.

Italy, its people and the leadership Of
Mussolini we're all described in Miss
Hume's talk. Others at the speakers
table were Mrs. Taylor and Mrs. Dennis,
H. E. Howe. c. c. Concannon, Mr.. and
Mrs. T. w. Delahanty and Mr.. and Mrs.
WiSeman.
Twentieth Century Club nOtes.-Wil-
liam P. MacCracken, jr., Assistant Sec
retary of Commerce for Aeronautics,
will speak at the monthly meeting OF
the club November l. IL am, at the
Press Club Auditorium, on the subject
Commercial Aviation" Mr. and Mrs.
MacCracken will be the guests of honor
of the club at luncheon following the
meeting.
The first of the semi-annual teas Of
the club will be held November 16, at
the home Of Mrs. W. B. Bryan, 1880
Eighteenth street.
The nature section will meet at the
Mount Vernon Station, Twelfth and
Pennsylvania avenue, Wednesday, at
$50 am, for trip to New Alexandria.
The League of Republican Women
met in the home of Mrs. Sidney Cloman,
1900 Kalorama road October %, at 4
pm. The guests of honor were Mrs.
Edward E. Gam. sister of Senator Cur
tbs; Mrs. Prickett of Philadelphia and
Miss Pearl Chase of Santa Barbara,
Calf.
Mrs. E. A. Hartman, president of the
league, presided and reported on her re-
cent political trip through Virginia. She
also spoke of the organization of fly
ing squadron" under auspices OF the
Republican State committee, in Coop
Grafton with the league, and asked for
volunteers to serve during the remainder
of the campaign.
Mrs. Hartman issued invitations to
a Republican meeting to be held in
Wardman Park Theater and also to a
Hoover and Curtis Republican rally
which was held in the Washington Au-
ditorium on october "a, when the speak
ers were to be John Grier Hibben, pres
ident of Princeton University. and Harry
A. Garfield, president of Williams
College.
Mrs. Prickett, house guest of Mrs.
Cloman, spoke on practical ways of get
ting out the vote Mrs. Gam made an
address on the issues of the day, dwell
ing especially on the subjects of tariff
and farm relief
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also on the issues involved in the CAM
paign, and laid particular stress on the
connection between these issues and the
Constitution of the United States.
Miss Pearl Chase, chairman of the
Santa Barbara city and county commit
tee, whose campaign has won the first
prize for the past four years in the
Better Homes in America movement of
which Herbert Hoover is the national
chairman, spoke on what Mr.. Hoover
has accomplished along this line for the
whole country and particularly for the
women in better living conditions.
Mrs. Virginia White Speel, national
committeewoman for the District of Co.
lumbia, also spoke.
The next meeting Of the league will
be held in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Edward F. Colladay. This meeting will
not only be in the nature of house
warming" in the newly completed resi-
dence of the hosts, but will celebrate the
sixteenth birthday anniversary of the
league.
Each member is invited to contribute
a penny for each year of her life to the
general fund of the organization as a
birthday gift. Dollars are not barred y
Mrs Hartman says.
On Monday, November 5, Mrs. Harri-
man will entertain the members of tile
organization and their friends at tea in
the Washington Club.
The International Association of Art
and Letters met at the Portland Hotel
wednesday to arrange for the seasons
program. The first vice president, Mr..
Victor Russell, presided. Committees
appointed were; Ways and means:
Howard Greene, Mrs. Ellen S. Wallis,
Mrs. A. D. Widdemer, Bernard Foley,
Charles Cottingham. Membership:
Victor Russell, Miss Isabel Furbarlk,
Miss Corrinne Hay, Mrs. Jane Mander-
schied, Mrs. M. Hugh Irish. Program
and social: Mrs. Eva Whitford Lovette,
Mrs. Samuel Burleigh Milton, DR.. Alex
ander Henneman, Mrs. j. K. Fenton, DR..
Mary Meek AtkeSon. Entertaining: Mrs.
Clara McCrone, Mrs. j. D. Sullivan,
Mrs William Mortimer Crocker, Mrs.
Henry Albers, Miss Caroline Cries.
Press: Miss Laura Thornburgh, Mrs. H.
r. Rohrbeck, Miss Nancy North. Print
ing: Mrs. M. v. Smith, Miss Mabel
Goodhue. Miss Elfrida Sanders. The
foreign relations committee remains as
1t was, new members from the dipJo-
matte corps being elected as the stats
Of embassies and legations change.
1t was voted that four salons would
be held during the season, the first
week preceding Thanksgiving the exact
date to be announced. This will be de-
voted to American Indian literature and
music A tea will be given the first
Saturday of each month at the Port
land. That for November will be in
honor of Mrs. Victor Russell, who came
to Washington in June upon her mar
riage to the first vice president of the
association.
VOteIess d. C. League OF Women Vot-
ers.-The tea given by membership COM
nnittee Tuesday afternoon at the Uni
versity Women's Club was one of the
outstanding events in the leagues social
season. Frederic william Vile was the
guest-Speaker for the afternoon, his SUBJ
ject, THE Presidential Situation Up to
Date" was listened to by more than a
hundred. Among those in the receiving
line were Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle,
Mrs. Norman F. Titus, Mrs. William
Harllee, Mrs. Harry Z. Parkinson, Mrs.
Harwood Read, Mrs. A. j. Makelway,
Mrs. George Kicker, Mrs. Lyman B.
Swormstedt and Mrs. Edward Heating.
Mrs. Louis Ottenburg presented the
guests. In the dining room, at the tea
tables were, Mrs. Sidney H. Taliaferro,
Mrs Proctor H. Dougherty, Mrs. Cloyd
II. Marvin, Mrs. John Allen Dougherty,
Mrs. Carl SEEMING and Miss Joan Cole
Assisting were Mrs George Eastment,
Mrs. Clara Smith and Mrs c. T. Morss.
Many rev names were added to the
membership roster.
Columbian WOmen.-Dr. Charles Ed
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College and professor of political SCI
ence in the George Washington Uni
verSity, will be the speaker at the
Columbia Women's meeting Tuesday
afternoon, November 6. Dr. Hills sub
1ect will be "The Presidency" timely
topic on election day.
Dean Hill Is graduate of the Uni
versity of Michigan and holds the de-
gree of doctor of philosophy from Har-
ward. He has been on the faculty of
the university since 1916 An authority