Evening star., 1929-12-08


Fifty members attended the regular
meeting held last Monday at the Ma
sonic Hall. Mrs. George G. Shinn,
president, presided. On account of the
inclement weather, Prof Charles S.
Richardson, head of the department of
speaking at the University of Mary
land was unable to address the club.
Miss Annie Wilson, former director of
art in the public schools of the District,
gave an interesting talk on art. Mrs.
David Grossnickle, soprano, sang a solo
and was accompanied by Mrs. Roberts
G. Cogswell
The WOman's Club of Kensington.-
Mrs. John T. Williams was hostess for
the regular meeting of the club. Mrs.
Harry H. Semmes read her we'll pre-
pared paper on Walter Damrosch The
next meeting will be held at the home
OF Mrs. I. H. Linton.
PctwOrth WOman'S CIub.-The litera
ture section of the Petworth Woman's
Club met November IL with Mrs. James
Chalmers, and Is members attended.
Mrs. Frederick Weihe gave a splendidly
rendered dramatic reading from The
Last Duchess" Plans were discussed
for the book review to be given at the
Mount Pleasant Library in January.
Mrs. L. H. Dewey, Mrs. j. w. Nee and
MRS. j. K. Utley were hosteSSes to the
pnllanthroplc section on November l9
Luncheon was served at Mrs. Deweys
nome, after which meeting was held
at Mrs. Mee's, where sewing machines
and materials were waiting. Blouses,
dresses and Christmas stockings for
Gospel Mission are in various stages of
completion
District of Columbia laws governing
the dover and inheritance rights of
women was the main topic of the civic
section meeting in November. Mrs. L.
o: Cooke gave many interesting events
OF current interest. Mrs. j. K. Utley
told OF her visit to a cotton mill in the
South and some of the conditions
affecting the health of the mill workers.
Mrs. G. w. StoSe and Miss Esther Nc
Dewitt were hoSteSSeS to the section at
CnlS meeting. One new member was
added to this section and IL were
present.
Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, the
monthly luncheon of the art section
was held on the third instead of the
fourth Thursday of November. Fifty
four members and four guests were
present. Mr.. Keigorian of the rug de-
partment of Dulin e. Martins gave a
very interesting talk on Oriental rugs
and told how the locality from which a
rug comes can be told by it's pattern,
and how to tell the quality of an ORR
entail rug. The section regretfully ac-
cepted the resignation of the chairman
Mrs. Frederick Bourbon, due to her
moving from the city. Mrs. L. T. Jones,
the club president announced the ap-
pointment of Mrs. E. H. Jarvis as the
new section chairman. The December
meeting of this section will be moved
forward to the 10Th of the month due
to the holiday season.
Mrs. Lolita Smith and Mrs. E. C.
Magdeburger were Joint hostesses to the
music section on November 26 at the
home of Mrs. Smith. Mrs. Eder Reed
gave a paper on Bach and his compo-
SitionS. Part of the evening was spent
in practicing chorus work. Mrs Walter
Conway, section chairman, wishes all
members to note that the December
meeting will be at the home of Mrs.
Paul Woekel, 1923 Georgia avenue,
which is change from the year book.
Mrs. Conway also asks that every Sec
ton member will be present at this
meeting as there is special work to be
done.
Council Of Jewish WOmen.-The
monthly board meeting of the Council
of Jewish Women took place on Tues
day, December 3. The vice president,
Mrs. Bernton, presided. Corre-
Spondence and the treasurer'S report
were read. Plans for cooperation in
the Community Chest drive were dis
cussed. Instructions regarding revi-
siOns to the constitution and bylaws
of our national organization were
given to local delegates to the triennial
convention, to be held in January in
California. The program for the next
meeting, to be held on Tuesday, was
announced. Mr.. Oscar Leonard and
Representative Sirovich of New York
will be the speakers. A symposium by
our social service workers will be
given.
Syracuse University Alumnae of
Washington will hold their December
meeting at the club house of the Amer
ican Association of University Women
on Monday evening, December 9. Din
ner at 6 o'clock will be followed by a
social hour.
Capitol Hill History Club held it's BIZ
monthly meeting Wednesday, November
81, at the home of Mrs. E. M. Wallace,
Mrs. j. C. Hemphill assisting hostess.
Mrs. H. F. Patterson, the president, oc-
cupied the chair. During the business
session Mrs. T., F. Rorke gave report
of the federation meeting. The For
nation of Three Kingdoms, Norway.
Denmark and Sweden" was the subject
of paper by Mrs E. K. Foltz. A pa
per on Education" was given by Mrs.
E. E. Stearns. The club will meet De-
cember IL with Mrs. Patterson.
District of Columbia Home Economies
Association. food and nutrition section.
will meet on December II in the Red
Cross Auditorium at 8 pm. DR.. Paul
Howe will speak on Institutional Diets. -"
This is joint meeting of the Dietetics
Association and the nutrition section.
On Tuesday the homemakers' section
will meet at the Bureau of Home Eco
nomics at 2:45 pm. The members will
be conducted through the bureau and
shown the equipment used and expert
ments now in progress. All interested
are cordially invited.
Washington CuItus Club met with
Mrs. j. Ramsay hewitt on Tuesday.
After the usual preliminarieS-lunc
social hour and business session-Mrs.
William S. Corby read a paper on Eng
land of Today" giving briefly a num-
Der of news items, following the return
OF Premier Macdonald from the
United States.
Mrs. George w. Harris gave a resume
OF historic phases of Ancient London"
which she has recently visited, and
Mrs. Paris Brengle recounted her ad-
ventures flying from London to Paris.
Twenty-one members and one guest
Mrs. Frederick A. Fenning-Were pres
ent. The next meeting will be with
Mrs. Ralph P. Barnard, l443 Euclid
street, December 10.
Loyalty Lodge, No. 4. Order of Shep-
herds of Bethlehem, was called to or
der at the last meeting by Comdr.
Growl. During the evening two tur-
keys were voiced off, the winners being
Mrs. Jessie Dement, and Mrs. Effie
Moore
The following visitors addressed the