Evening star., 1928-02-26

the home OF the leader, Mrs. Josephine
Lowe. 1922 Woodley place. tomorrow at
GAS pm. The subject will be 'Ur Of
the Chaldecs," treated by Mrs. Charles
H. Merwin.
The literature section of the club
will meet tomorrow at 8 pm, with
Mrs. Alexander Steuart and Mrs, o. F.
Cook at 3o5S r street. The program
OH The Seasons Drama" will be in
charge of Mrs. Frederic E. Harrington
and Mrs. Lyman B. SwormStedt.
| The nature section will have an out
! ing Wednesday. 1t meets at the Fort
Nycr Station. Rosslyn. Va. at $50
am. for a trip through Arlington and
! vicinity.
| Der Dcutschcr Literarischcr Vercin, at
! its last meeting at the home OF the
president. Miss Anita Schade. 1929
Rhode Island avenue, enjoyed an un-
usual program. arranged and carried
out by Miss Mary Isabel Kelly.
It consisted principally of letters OF
famous Germans. some OF which were
read by Miss Kelly and others. by A..
W. Spanhoofd Miss Schade and Paul
F. Gropp They were presented IN
. three groups. the readings being con-
rected and interspersed by well chosen
remarks by Miss Kelly in beautifully
fluent German.
The first group. relating to the poet
Gc>the. included letters to him from
his mother. AS we'll as from Zelter and
Schiller. and one from Won Funk TO
Koerncr. together with two OF Goethe's
own. to his son and TO Zelter.
In the second group were presented
! letters from Richard Wagner TO his
sister. to Mathilde Wesendonk and to
Frau Willie: also letters written to the
great composer by Mathilde Wesendonk
and poems from her pen.
The third group comprised letters
from Hugo Wolf to his father. mother
and sister
/, In connection with each group ap-
propriate musical numbers we're given
by Benjamin y. Morrison, accompanied
by Miss Kelly.
With the Goethe letters the poets
"Abendlied" was heard with Schubert'S
setting. while Wagner's "Traume" was
sung in connection with Wagner
Wesendonk correspondence. and num-
Der of Hugo Wolf songs followed the
third group.
After the regular program DR. Otto
Peterson Of New York spoke i'll behalf
O. the newly organized Goethe Society
of America. He mentioned among
other things an earlier society of the
same name. founded by the famous
group of New England poets to which
belonged Emerson. Longfellow. j. r.
Lowell. Bayard Taylor ttranslator Of
"Fsust'o and others.
Announcement was made of dra-
matte evening. in preparation by the
program committee, which Will include
the Julia-Lucetta scene from Two
Gentlemen of Verona" and scene
IF
in costume. Pupils from the Western
High School under Miss Emma Won
! Seyfried. will present, in addition. a
German comedy.
The American Association Of Univer-
sity Women will have as its guests at
the Monday afternoon tea Mr.. and Mrs.
William MacCracken. Mr.. MacCrack-
| en- will speak on aviation. The MEM
bers of the hospitality committee will
be hostesses
Tomorrow evening at 7:45 the ad-
! vanced prescllool study group will meet.
The beginners preschool study group
meet Tuesday at 2;30 o'clock.
! At pm. Wednesday the regular
! Tuesday Evening Bridge Club will meet
in the clubhouse.
The fortniehtly talk. in charge Of
Miss Cora Rigby. will be given by Mr..
/ Max Jordcn. correspondent OF Berliner
I Tageblatt. His topic Is Germany OF
| Today"
/ DR.. Winifred Richmond will continue
! her course in psychology on Friday eve
ming. This will not be the usual lee
! ture Questions may be asked by those
present and DR.. Richmond will conduct
| the discussion The meeting will be
the clubhouse at 7:45.
| The association is to have luncheon
! at 1890 SATURDAY.. March 3. at which
! Mrs. z. Eybers OF Bloemfontein. South
| Africa. will be the guest of honor and
| speaker Prof. Eybers is on the fac
/ ulty OF Gray University in Bloemfonte!n
and Mrs. Eybcrs has spent eight years
| there and will speak with authority or
Africa" She is a graduate OF Barnard
| College and will be introduced by Mrs.
! Amos A. Steele, who Is also Barnard
| graduate.
The Washington Cultus Club met
! Tuesday. Mrs, Clifford K. Bergman
was the hostess and the luncheon vas
| served at the Columbia Country Club.
! There were two papers on the after
moons program. The first vas read b;
/ Mrs. Paris Brengle. whose subject wa"
The Mississippi River. Can II Be
| Tamed?" Mrs. Charles Nesbitt read a
paper on Justice and the Courts"
! Mrs. Lucy Copeland led the discus
/ sion on current topics.
! The next meeting will BE- with Mrs.
Daniel 9 Davis In Chevy Chase.
/ Distric: League Of American Pen
! Women.--Miss Grace McKinstry, por-
! trait painter and honorary member OF
the league. has returned 10 Washing
ton after successful lecture tour and
| exhibition Of her paintings. Miss Nc
| KtnBtry gave lectures throughout the
! Middle West She has received dis
! tinctivc rewards, both national and in
! ternstionai. for her work.
| New members admitted To the league
| during the month are Mrs. Mary w.
! Burton. Mrs Laura Bracket Hoppin,
! Mrs Warren H. Akers. Miss Elene de
/ Eeyn. Miss Maurine Watkins. Miss
Maufine Mckernan. DIR. Frances Moon
/ Butts, Miss Katherine Glass Green.
| Miss Ruth Weliy Mrs Mae Murry
Welch and Miss ID. Quincy Smith.
The reception In honor Of the presi-
dent. DR. Anita Maris Boggs, which
/ was 10 have been given Tuesday by
! the groups under the direction of Miss
! E.itIsDr@H h1d'H'tt fShti't@r Iiaa bttIi p'aL-
/; ponec until after the Authors Break
fast
| The business meeting viii be held al
| the clubrooms. iI0S Sixteenth street at
. pm. tomorrow. Al this session the
naming Of the nominating committee
for the biennial delegates will take place
Tuesday at j. am. the round table
VIII meet with Miss Alice Heaven. All
members are invited 10 attend.
The last Thursday night salon was
turned into q dancing salon by the
chairman Of Mems night" Mrs
! Elizabeth Burgess Hughes Cnllister
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