Evening star., 1929-06-09

convention of National Federation Of
| Women's Clubs. which met on the
Pacific Coast. She was present at the
convention as the guest Of the Fedora
ton of Women's Clubs of Massachu-
sets. Guests at the luncheon were
| Mrs. j. w. DOGGY. mother of Mrs.
| Helena Reed, and Mrs. lone Cove Haw-
ley, who were entertained by Mrs.
Helena Reed; Miss Margaret Menzel of
Warsaw, Poland, and Mrs. MacFarland
Hale of Toxic, Japan, guests of Miss
Ella Werner, and Mildred Duncan,
Philadelphia Soroptimist, guest Of Mrs.
Ethel X. Pollard. The executive board
meeting of the club was held at the
Office of the president, Mrs. Harriet
Hawley Locher, Thursday evening, June
g. The monthly business meeting of
the club will be held Wednesday, June
IL, at the La Fayette Hotel at l pm.
Woman's Club of Bethesda.-The
country home of Mrs. Gilbert Gros-
Venor, Wild Acres, on Grosvenor lane
will be the scene of the annual Spring
card party to be given June 18 at 2:30
pm, by the new ways and means COM
mittee, of which Mrs. James Adkins is
chairman. The committee in charge of
arrangements for the affair includes
Mrs. Robert D. Hagner Mrs. F. E. Mid
dleton, Mrs. l.. Gibbon White, Mrs
| Campbell Oliphant, Mrs. Oliver Owen
Kuhn, Mrs. j. j. Miller. Mrs. John A.
| Fleming, Mrs. Charles Moore, Mrs. L.
L. Nicholson, Mrs. J. Frederick Imirie
Mrs. E. B. Morris, Mrs. E. H. Hartnett
Mrs. N. F. Rabner and Mrs. E. P. Able
Mrs. Grosvenor, the president of the
club, has consented to open her new
home for the event. an annual affair,
IN
in the gardens of the estate of Mrs
| Charles I. Corby. Reservations may be
made through Mrs. F.. E. Middleton,
6901 Glenbrook road, Bethesda, or Mrs.
L. Gibbon White, 313 Rosemary street.
Chevy Chase, Md.
Women's City Club B. Representative
women Of Arlington and Montgomery
Counties will be the guests of the busi-
ness and professional section at q gar
den dinner Wednesday evening at $50
O'Clock. Mrs. Merritt o. Chance will
preside. An attractive program is being
arranged for the after dinner entertain
ment. Mr.. Joseph Trainor. baritone,
will sing group of songs. Mrs. j. Gar
field Riley, chairman of the house COM
mittee and its members are responsible
for the attractive appearance of the
garden where the dinner will be given.
Reservations are being made. Members
desiring to attend may obtain cards in
advance at the Office All club men,
bers are invited. Guest privileges.
More than thirty members have en-
rolled for District history section.
Other members are invited to join. An
organization dinner will be given. Miss
Julia Bannigan, chairman of the circu-
lating library, announces new books will
be purchased each month for the library
shelves and requests members to send IN
names OF books wanted. This commit
tee also requests members to save all
magazines OF not more than three
months old, for sale on the bargain
table in the grill room entrance. Pro-
ceeds of these sales go toward the pur-
chase Of new books. A member of the
committee has been appointed to call
for such magazines. Members admitted
at the last board meeting were Mrs.
Frank A. Birgfeld, Mrs. Dorothy K.
Butler, Mrs. Winifrede d. Corcoran,
Mrs. Cecilia D. Guillaume. Miss Zaidee
G. Kibler, Mrs. Bertha M. Kight, Mrs.
Minnie T. H. Mathews, Miss Emma c.
PuSchner, Miss Nina Swain Reed, Miss
Abbie M. Sisson and Miss Jennie Well
and. Miss Ethel Bagley, chairman of
the membership committee, would like
members to follow the committee sug-
geStion OF Every member get men,
year.
p. E. o. SisterhoOd, Chapter H, held
it last regular meeting for the season,
Tuesday evening, at the home of it's
president, Mrs. Carlotta Zirkle, Hotel
George Mason, Alexandria, Va. A fea-
ture of the evening was handkerchief
shower for Mrs. Jeanette Lincoln, a
charter member of Chapter H, who Is
leaving this month to make her home
in Boston. Guests included Mrs. Helen
Bentley, District organizer, and Mrs. w.
H. Cole of Chapter C.; Mrs. w. P.
Sterns, president of Chapter B; Mrs. M.
L. Corey and Miss F. L. Naylor of Chap
ter B and Mrs. William Kahlbaum of
Chapter E, Philadelphia.
Chevy Chase Branch League Of Amer
lean Pen Women will hold its next
meeting June 13 at $3.50 pm. at the
home Of the president, Mrs. Jesse w.
Nicholson, 103 Newlands street, Chevy
Chase, Md. An invitation will be ex-
tended to the new members and those
eligible for membership in the league to
attend this meeting.
The Washington Readers Club held
its last meeting Of the season June 4,
at All Souls Church, Sixteenth and
Harvard streets. Besides the usual
business, announcement OF ofhcerS was
made as follows: President, Mrs. Con-
stance M. Goodman; vice president,
Prof. Charles S. Richardson; recording
secretary, Mrs. Esther Waldron; cor
responding secretary, Miss Esther
Marshman; treasurer, Mr.. william B.
Crowell, and historian, Mrs. Emily
French Barnes. The program COM
mittee was announced as Mrs. Virginia
Bayly Blassingham, Mrs. Mary r. Ruff,
Miss Anita Shade, P. j. AltiZer. Mrs.
James F. Hartnett, Mrs. Eva Hurd
Willis and Miss Lulu G. Adams. The
press committe was designated as Miss
Robinson The membership commit
tee was given as Miss Lenora DeGrange,
Mrs. William E. Bryant and Mrs,
Wiley o. Ison. The retiring vice
president. w. Alfred Falconer, had
charge of the evenings program. Mrs.
Gladys Riley, accompanied by Miss
Tuller, gave 1.-THE Hand Organ Man."
by Dana Burnet. Mrs. G.. A. Lyon read
1.-THE Selfish Giant" by oscar Wilde.
Cyrus E. Cook, accompanied by Miss
Margaret Bowie Grant, gave the Turn
Key Song from Rob Roy" (DeKoven).
Mrs Gladys Riley presented THE
Beggar," by Dana Burnet. C. E. Cook.
accompanied by Miss Grant, sang "The
Lighthouse Bell" by Solman. The
program was closed by the historian,
Miss Ada Louise Townsend. In re-
sumo of the activities Of the club dur