Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-21

tute win speak on Modern Design and
It's Relation to Interior Decoration"
Miss Shannon, after extensive training
and work In America. spent last year
studying design in France, Germany
and Sweden and will tell of the studios
of great designers Of furniture and fab.
| RIGS which she visited in those coun-
tries
The Washington branch OF the Amer
lean Association of University Women
has elected officers for the coming year,
as follows: President, Mrs. Karl Fem
ming; vice president, Mrs. Paul Howe;
corresponding secretary, Miss Elizabeth
Eastment; recording secretary. Mrs.
Alan E. Gray; treasurer, Mrs. Howard
Nichols: directors elected to serve one
year, Mrs. Alvin Barber and Mrs. Cloyd
H. Marvin, and directors to serve two
years, Miss Grace Abbott and Mrs. John
Jay O'Connor.
voteless District Of Columbia League
OF Women Voters.-Mrs. Henry Grattan
| Doyle and Mrs. Harry L. Parkinson OF
| the District of Columbia League OF
Women Voters will represent the local
| league when the National Council Of
| the National League of Women Voters
meets the week of April %. The coun-
Gil, which meets on the odd numbered
| years when there is no Acknowledgement
ton of the organization, consists OF the
| national officers, directors and commit
tee chairmen, the State presidents OF
the affiliated league and a second dele
gate from each State. The meetings
are open only to council members. Of
ficers of the District league will assist
at an informal tea on the roof garden
promenade of the Washington Hotel on
April 25, following adjournment of the
afternoon session. The banquet that
evening is to be devoted to the subject
of 1.-THE Future of the Political Parties"
Mrs. Albert H. Putney is chairman OF
reservations.
The Writer'S League of Washington
will meet Friday evening at Thomson
ranged includes short stories by w. H.
Wright Miss Georgia Roadway, Mrs.
leila Newcomb and Mrs. Mooney, verse
by Miss Clara handkerchief. AT the
last meeting rules for the short story
contest were announced. The contest
will close the 7th. Maximum length OF
the story is 5000 words. Miss Evelyn
Crane reported her story. Half a Loaf"
sold to the Northwest College of Speech.
and THE Mirror of Nine. Du Barry" ap-
peared in the Household Guest. Mrs.
Greenwich Village Quill, and read her
prize story, 1.-THE Branding Iron." Con-
tributions for the District of Columbia
number of Troubadour should be sent
by May 10 and $40 prize will be given
for the most popular poem in this
edition. Mrs. Newcomb recently had
two poems in the "Bookmakers." Mrs.
Marguerite Wilcox sold Beautiful
Hands" to Prize Stories. Miss Marion
Usher has had three feature articles in
the magazine section of the Baltimore
Sun. She read humorous article.
1.-The Warfare Between Author and
and THE Fluke," by Mrs. James Wat
son, were both air stories of interest.
! Honorable mention verse, Another
Spring" by Mrs. Wilcox, and Sonnet
to an Old Love-" by Mrs. Newcomb,
were read. Salvation" a scenario by
Miss Stella Hetrich, is a promising syn
opsis with historic setting involving
slave marts and the sea.
U. S. Grant Circle, No. 1, Ladies of
the Grand Army of the Republic. met
on Tuesday evening. with its president,
Mrs. Myrtle James Ehlers, in the chair.
Other officers present were the treas
urer, Miss Emma F. Hayward, and the
secretary, Mrs. Ella Wilson Southland
Mrs. Alice M. Burke acted as senior
vice president Miss Alta A. Arbuckle as
junior vice president, Mrs. Louisa w.
James as chaplain Mrs. Clara I. Bowling
as patriotic instructor and guard and
Miss Hayward as conductor. Later Mrs. |
Irene E. Graf acted as patriotic in
structor and Miss Winifred Graf as
conductor. The flag was presented, the |
pledge to the flag" was given and |
ro1
M. Graf and her daughter, Miss Wini- |
fred. were initiated. Mrs. Graf is the |
granddaughter of Capt. Michael Egan of |
Co. B, 18th Regiment, West Virginia |
Infantry. Mrs. Bowling brought with |
her a pillow, her own handWork, which |
she presented to the circle to be dis |
posed of for its benefit. All were glad |
to see her, as he has but recently re- |
covered from grippe. Mrs. Ehlers, !
Mrs. James, Mrs. Burke. Mrs.
Rosalie Mckee Shelton, Mrs. Southland, |
Miss Ellen S. Myers and Miss Hayward
attended the first meeting of the G. A.
r. Memorial day corporation commit
tee. Letters were read from Mrs
Clements, who is in Philadelphia, and
from Mrs. Alice King Mulligan thank
ing the members for the flowers sent
to the funeral of her sister, Mrs. Belle
Brown. Arrangements are being per-
!SCIeu 1or the DlrtHQay anniversary OF
the circle, to be held in GA. r. Hall
on the evening of April %. After other
routine business the meeting closed with
the guarding of the flag" and the
singing of America"
The Woman's Club Of Chevy Chase,
Md.-A very largely attended meeting
of the club was held Wednesday in the
Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church, Mrs.
speaker was DR.. Arthur w. Hummel, di-
rector of the Chinese division of the
Library Of Congress, who gave an in
tereSting talk on Conserving the Values
of Chinese Culture" Dr. Hummel has
lived in China and made an extensive
study of the people and the customs.
The following were elected to member
ship: Mrs. James B. Bronson, Mrs. Les
lice. Frank, Mrs. Clyde E. Culp, Mrs.
Charles H. Stratton, Mrs. John D. Kill
patrick, Mrs. Starr TEuscott, Mrs. Philip
E. Gile and Mrs. Joseph B. Clark. The
chairman of the committee serving
luncheon, which preceded the meeting,
was Mrs. Roy M. Palmer. The club
voted to approve the proposed revision
of the State constitution and also to
indorse the Newton bill, an SO in
structed its delegates to the annual
meeting of the Maryland Federation of |
Women's Clubs. Mrs. Frederick w.
Croker reported that receipts from the
recent parties given by the social Sec
ton for the benefit of the Social Service
League of Montgomery County amount
ed to about $240, with a number of |
members still to report. Mrs. Lyles Of
futt, leader of the music section, stated |
that her section has been rehearsing
steadily for the Spring concert to be
given May 1 in the Wesley M. E.
Church, under the direction of Mr.. ;
Herndon Morsell. Tickets may be Sc !!
cured from any member of the section.
Mrs. Harold G. Moulton, leader of the
nature section, who conducted plant
sale for the benefit of the Montgomery