Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-24
NEWS OF THE CLUBS
CONDUCTED BY MAMIE LANCASTER.

It's people ana It's governments.
The exhibit of dolls in the native
dress, the pictures and embroideries
were a beautiful collection, representing
the art of the country.
The illustrated lecture on "Rayon"
sponsored by Mrs. Ruth Snodgrass,
president of the HousekeeperS' Alliance,
WIS instructive and timely topic for
the present.
Twentieth Century Club.-The liter
ature section will meet tomorrow. 8 pm,
at the residence of Mrs. Gilbert Gros-
venor, 1928 Eighteenth street. AG5i-
tional hostesses will be Miss Myra
Hendley Mrs. George F. Bowerman,
Mrs. Harrison Stidham, Mrs. D. ker-
foot Shute. Mrs. John Paul Earnest,
Miss Grace Willis, Mrs. Charles H.
Squire, Mrs. H. w. Seymour and Mrs,
Ray P Teele. The program will con-
sist of reviews of Gertrude Bells Let
tiers" by Miss Clara w. Herbert; the
best detective story of the year, by Mrs.
Benjamin Smith, and several recent
garden books, by Mrs. John o. johnson.
On Wednesday Mrs. Leo D. Miner will
conduct the nature section on trip TO
Arcturus. They will meet at the Mount
Vernon station at $50 AIN.
1Ilt dIILldcOlOSy OCCblOIi NlLl uiCCo cN
the residence of the leader, Mrs. jose
phine Lowe, 1922 Woodley place: Tues
day at 2:45 pm. Miss Martha Hooper
will give paper on THE Roman War
in Scotland
The French section was entertained
Wednesday at dejeuner by Mrs. Frank
Rutter, chairman of the section, and
Mrs. George F. Bowerman, president of
the club, at 1882 Ontario road. Arec-
dotes and dialogues were presented by
members of the section.
The board of directors will meet
Thursday at II am. at the Y. w. G. A,
Seventeenth and K streets.
The American Association of Uni
versity Women.-The guest of honor
and speaker at the tea to be given by
the association tomorrow afternoon will
be Charles G.. Ross, who will speak on
Washington From the Press Gallery"
Members of the publicity committee will
be hostesses.
An interesting affair on Tuesday
March Is, at pm, VIII be an inter-
dinner in the arbitration
series, at which M. Pierre de Lanux is
to be the guest of honor and speaker
M. de LanuX will discuss Modern Man
ners in Foreign Policy" In addition to
being a lecturer and journalist, M. de
Lanux is director of the Paris informa-
ton Office of the League of Nations.
Among his published volumes is Life
of Henry W." "Jugoslavia" and Young
France and New America" Mrs. Ray
mond B. Morgan will preside at the
dinner
Also on Tuesday DR.. Meek's and
Miss Sunmy'S groups will meet at 2
and 7:45 PM, respectively, while at
8 o'clock there will be a meeting of the
Evening Bridge Club, with Mrs. Thomas
group meeting will be that of Miss Tay-
lor on Wednesday at o'clock.
Thursday, Mrs. Ernest F. Burchard
will review Thackeray's Vanity Fair"
at meeting of the book review section
at IL am.
The Housekeepers' Alliance. The
meeting was held in the fourth
floor assembly room Of the new Y. w.
c. A. Building, at pm, Friday. Miss
Dorothy Gavan of the Rayon Institute
was the guest speaker of the afternoon.
She not only delivered an instructive
talk on the development of this partic-
ular industry, but illustrated her sub
iect by motion picture views and ex-
hibited samples of the product as we'll.
The club gave her rising vote of
thanks. A member of the Arlington
Chamber of Commerce gave a talk on
the contemplated plans Of the N. Auth
Provision Co. for the erection of an
abattoir in Arlington County and urged
the club women of both Virginia and
the District of Columbia to try to pre-
thic fn1@ ~ -;
mental to the health and appearance of
the vicinity. The views of the House.
keepers Alliance were expressed in a
resolution, which was unanimously
adopted, which opposed the plan.
Political Study Club.-Mrs. Frank
Morrison, presided at the meeting March
16 at the Washington Club. Senator
Duncan U. Fletcher of Florida spoke
on 1.-THE Merchant Marine" outlining
its importance in times of peace and
war. He stressed that without sufficient
ready merchant ships 1t was impossible
to compete with foreign commerce.
hence this country would lose large
source Of revenue. American merchant
ships, Government owned, for American
trade should be maintained, he declared.
Miss Esther Melick, soprano, sang, ac-
companied by Mrs. Madaline Kilerlane.
The date of the annual May breakfast
was announched changed by the chair
man. Mrs. j. Jerome Lightfoot to Sat-
urday, May 25, and is to be held at the
Mayflower Hotel. Mrs. Lionel Smith
Gordon, daughter of Senator Fletcher,
was the guest Of honor. Mrs. Virgil
Miller. chairman of hospitality, had
assisting her at the tea table and in
the dining room Mrs. Cordell Hull, Mrs.
Jefferson Myers, Mrs. Huston Thomp-
son, Mrs. Mcpherson Crichton and Mrs.
]. L. Baity. The following new men,
bers were welcomed to the club: Mrs.
Henry Albers, Mrs. Gusts r. Perry,
Mrs. Henry Gordon Clay. Mrs. G. E.
Chappelear, Mrs. Gertrude Bischoff
Mrs. William Waverly Taylor and Mrs.
Swain Reed.
The League Of Republican Women
held its monthly meeting, postponed
from March 4, on March IS, at the
Washington Club, the president, Mrs.
Hartman in the chair. After the
secretary and treasurer's reports, the
chairman OF the entertainment COM
mittee, Mrs. Marion Butler, announced
that luncheon would be held April
10, at the club, subscriptions to be adj
IA CcoN0 W iACA az GHUO ~ obICCU. llC
chairman of the revision committee re-
ported that the proposed new bylaws
would be printed and distributed to
members with the call for the annual
meeting on April /. The subject for
the forum was THE Government of the
District of Columbia Mrs. Charles
Alger presided and introduced the
speakers: Mrs. Harry Daugherty, on
The Washington Airport; Mrs. Howard
Leroy, on Fiscal Relations; Mrs w.
w. Wirgman, on 1.-THE Anti-Diploma
Bill"; Mrs. Burinta Shelton Matthews,
on The Law Governing Condemna-
ton Proceedings" and Miss Katherine
Pike, on 1.-THE Market Site" At the tea
following, Mrs. Wilbur H. Turner acted
as hostess, assisted at the tea table by
Mrs. Warren Irving Glover, wife of the
Assistant Postmaster General. and Miss
Martha Mcclure, Republican national
committeeman from Iowa.
The next meeting will be the annual
meeting on April l. at 3.31 % M at the