Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-23
NEWS OF THE CLUBS
CONDUCTED BY MAMIE LANCASTER.

American Pen Women began it's work ir
earnest recently with a meeting OF tbs
chairlnen of general committees, fol-
lowed by meeting of the chairmen OF
| the creative groups the following
Wednesday. A program of work and
| play was planned which promises q
profitable year.
After October IS the president, Mrs
Aaron D. Newman, will be at home al
| the clubroom from 4:30 to pm. each
| Tuesday except the last Tuesday of tbs
month, when the fellowship teas, sc
| popular in past years, will be resumed
Miss katherine Fl. Wootten, chairman
and hostess. The tentative program
of the ways and means committee, OF
which Mrs Charles A. HaWley is chair
man, includes many novel and interest
| ing functions. The monthly business
meetings will be resumed September "a
when the amended bylaws prepared by
Dr. EInora c. Folkmar and Miss Jean
| Stephenson will be presented for action
The executive officers, chairmen OF
| standing and general committees. chair
men Of the creative groups, SO far as at
present appointed, consist of the fol-
| lowing:
| Executive officers District branch
President, Mrs. Aaron D. Newman; first
| vice president, Mrs. E. Richard Gasch
| second vice president, Miss Evelyn E. S
| Weems: recording secretary, Mrs. w. w
Badgley; corresponding secretary, Anne
| o. Manchester; treasurer. Mrs. Ernest
R Grant; auditor. Mrs. Amos A. Fries
| librarian, Miss Iva Eta Sullivan; his
torian, Miss Agnes S. VIM registrar
Mrs. Ella Oldham Howard; parliament
| tartan T1T Ttn0T9 q FOIkN1ar
| Standing committee chairmen-Mem-
bership, Miss Jean Stephenson; pub
licity, Mrs. c. w Allen; clubroom
Mrs. Ernest Virgins: ways and means
Mrs. Charles A. Hawley.
| General committee chairmen-Com-
mittee on committees, Mrs. Eli A. Hell
mick; book reviews. Miss Agnes VIM
, coffee house, Mrs. William Wolfe Smith
courtesy, Mrs. Richard Yates; social
Mrs. William Atherton Du Puy; civic
Mrs. Bertha Taylor Voorhorst; hospi-
| tally, Mrs. Angela McHugh Barr; Wis
| iting, Mrs. Turin B. Boone; extension
Mrs. Walter A. Bloedorn; fellowship
teas, Miss Katherine H. Wootten.
| Creative group chairmen - Short
story, Miss Louisa Proctor; music. Mrs
Walter E. Hilton; features, Miss lisa
belle F. Story; juvenile story, Miss
| Myrta Ethel CaWood: art, Mrs. c. Leon
ard Chambers; poetry, Mrs. Florence
| Barnes; exhibits and contests, Mrs
turin B. Boone; parliamentary law
DR. Elnora c. Folkmar.
The Junior League of American
Pen Women met September 16 at tn;
clubhouse, 1903 Sixteenth street. A
| talk was given by Mrs. Newman, presi.
dent Nf tho T1ictrinf oh NF he
| Women. She outlined a tentative pro.
gram suggested by Miss Elizabeth M
| Barnes, national organizer.
The plan was that for each meeting
| the life and works of a we'll known
woman writer be chosen as the sub.
ject. Mrs, Browning and George Elio
were taken as examples. The idea wa
for one girl to come as Mrs. Browning
in the costume Of the time, a group
of girls give some scene from Mrs
BroWning's life, and some one will write
an article about her and her works
In speaking of George Eliot it was sug.
| gested that girl come in costume a!
the writer and group of girls give {
scene from the Mill on the Floss.
Through this program dramatics as wei
as literature can be studied and en-,
joyed
After the business meeting severa
poems which had been written by the
members were read and praised by Mrs
Newman.
American Gold Star Mothers.-Tht
United States Marines went over the
top again Tuesday night at the frs
Fall meeting of the Mothers, at the
Hamilton Hotel. OF six mothers ad.
mitted to membership four we're moth.
ers Of Marines. The new members are
Mrs. Pearl d. Berger. Mrs Ben H
Fuller, Mrs. William Lewis Meeks. Mrs
Anna Clark de Arkland, Mrs. II. E
Burgess and Mrs. Anna Moore. The
mothers were deeply touched by the
unsolicited offer of high-ranking off.
| Ger of one of the branches of the
service IN Washington rendering lega
aid and offering to personally assume
all costs connected with the incorpora-
ton of the order The gentleman.
name cannot. of course, be mentioned
without his permission, but ii is safe tc
say that no document will be more
highly treasured than the gracious let
ter bearing this message of esteem anc
good will
Under the direction of Mrs. Barracks
arrangements have been completed fol-
entertaining the boys at st. Elibabeth's
this afternoon at o'clock. There will
be good program and plenty of ice
cream and homemade cake.
After an active business session the
mothers were entertained by Miss Hoch