Evening star., 1928-03-11

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District League Of American Pen
Women.--The following members have
been named to serve on the national
committee on convention arrangements:
DR.. Anita Maris Boggs. chairman; Miss
Patricia Poe Bennett, Mrs. Ernest r.
Grant. Mrs. Jessie Casanova. Miss Ruth
Forney, DR.. Moon Butts, Mrs. G. W.
Allen, Mrs. Angela Barr. Miss Susie
White MCGOWAN. Mrs. r. w. Holt,
Mrs. Maud Morgan. Miss Katherine
Jacobs. Miss Lillian Martin. Mrs. Nancy
North, Miss Irene Pistorio. Miss Grace
OSgood. Mrs. Mable Costigan. Mrs.
Hugh Davis. Miss Rebecca Dial. Mrs.
Lillian Harp. Miss Alice Heaven. Mrs.
Laura Hoppin. Miss Irene Juno; MRS.
Wooten, Miss A. Quincy Smith. Mrs.
Margaret James. Miss Viola offutt.
Miss Susan Baker, Mrs. Lewar, Miss
Laura Thornborough, Mrs. Clara I.
Boone. Mrs. Edward C.. Stone. Mrs.
Dorothy P. Howerth. and Miss Myrta
Cawood
The poetry group will have an un-
usually fine program tomorrow night
at the clubroomS. 1l08 Sixteenth street.
when it will hear DR.. p. J. Lennox.
professor of English and dean OF the
/
Lennox will speak on THE Poetry OF
Sir Walter Scott" The entire men,
bership is invited by Mrs. Nellie Fealy.
chairman for the evening.
Tuesday the round table. under the
direction of Miss Alice Heaven. will
meet at IL am At pm. Mrs. Vic
toria Faber Stevenson will conduct the
| special features section. Mrs. Steven
son has done outstanding work this
season with this group.
The Thursday night salon. Miss Pa
tricia Poe Bennett. chairman will have
! as guest Col. c. E. Kilbourn, who will
speak on Some Queer Experiences
Which Led Me to Attempt Authorship"
Col. kilbourn is the author of several
books and a delightful speaker. The
| juvenile literature section will act as
special hostesses.
The fellowship night and reception to
new members will be given Saturday
under direction of the special features
section, Mrs, Stevenson, chairman. and
| the juvenile literature section, Miss
Ruth Forney, chairman. Original work
will be presented by the groups.
| This afternoon at 4:30 o'clock Miss
Irene Juno will present her Sunday
musical Guest artists will be Roland
| Conlley. baritone: Miss Carolina Bend
| or. pianist: Miss Helen Bent, violiniSt;
Miss Janet Sheppard, lyric soprano:
Dr.. Carson Grailey. Karl Holer and the
Fritz Maile String Quartet.
| Books were reviewed at the Saturday
| hight book review. Miss Agnes Winn.
chairman. by Mrs. Ernest Thompson
Frances Wolfe and Mrs. Olivia More
land Lloyd. Hostesses for the evening
were Miss katherine Jacobs. Mrs. Mary
! Burton. Mrs. Laura Hoppin and Miss
Susie White MCGOWAN.
Lieut.. Col. H. Edmund Bulls in his
talk on The Romance os the Calen-
| dar." dealing with the proposed l3-
month calendar. before the Thursday
| salon. said. in part: 1t Is admitted
that change to new calendar would
| result in confusion and difficulty for
the first two years. Every great chang:
is always confronted with apathy and
inertia, but the advantages realized by
such change would outweigh any dis
advantages" The world moves inevita
BILE toward the practical. he contends,
and the calendar change Is practical.
The Ideals OF the Drama" was dis
| cussed by DR.. Bernard Facteau OF the
University of Paris, before the drama
group. Mrs Estelle Moses. chairman.
DR.. Facteau gave practical hints TO the
professional and amateur writers of the
group on the writing OF plays The
| next meeting will be held at the club
rooms on Monday. April 2.
Political Study Club.-Mrs. Nor
rison. president, presided at the cx-
ecutive meeting held at noon March
7 at the City Club. An article on
| law enforcement was prepared and
| read by Mrs. J. Jerome Lightfoot and
approved by the executive committee.
1t viii be presented at an early regular
| meeting of the club lii response to a
request from the Federation OF Womens
| Clubs that all womens clubs have a
| short talk on law enforcement
The annual breakfast was discussed
| and Mrs. Lightfoot, chairman Of that
committee. reported Monday, May %.
| was the date determined upon. The
! place viii be announced later.
Mrs. Morrison requested that all pro-
| posed amendments to the constitution
, be sert to Mrs. Edgar Merritt, chairman
| OF revision, In time 10 be presented in
April
The following list of new members was
| favorably acted upon: Miss Florence
| M. Jayne. Mrs. Lewis Radcliffe. Mrs.
Frederick w. Magardy. Mrs. Harry B.
Peter John McGovern
Mrs. Rose Yates Forester announced
that at the meeting TO be held on
March II at the Washington Club Will
| liam B. Wilson. former Secretary Of
| Labor. will speak on The Coal Situa-
ton"
The Business and Professional Wom-
ems Club OF the ID. e. had as guest of
honor Tuesday evening. March 6. Emily
r. kneubuhl. secretary of the National
Business and Professional Women's
Club, Inc. OF New York City. A din
ner was given at the University Club
for Women. 1884 ! street, and an In
formal reception held aftcrward In one
of the parlors.
Plans were discussed for the enter
tainment of delegates 10 the national
convention as they pass through Wash
ington on their way TO New Orleans.
The local club members. with Miss Essie
M. Ross as chairman Of the committee,
are arranging 10 make the stopover In
the National Capital one OF the most
delightful OF the trip en- route.
The next meeting OF the club Will be
an informal party at the home Of Mrs.
Shepherd Knapp Haines. Rivcrdale. Md,
on the evening OF March 20. Former
members OF clubs elsewhere, as well as
the local membership. arc invited 10
enjoy Mrs. Halnes' hospitality on this
occasion.
The Wheel Of Progress.-~On Tuesday
evening the wheel entertained members
and guests with musical under the
direction OF Mrs Mary 6itz Parker
Miss Beatrice Deeds sang THE False
Prophet" by Scott, and Sweet Mother
Mine" by Mrs. Ralph Lozier wife Of
Representative Lozier ot Missouri. Little
Miss Martha Ann Benter. the 8-year old
daughter Of Lieut.. Benter. leader OF the
Navy Band, played the "Minuct," by