Evening star., 1929-12-15

Miss Alice Heaven Is chairman, and on
Wednesday evening the feature group
will hold its monthly meeting under the
Craftsmanship of Mrs. Victoria Faber
Stevenson. Nine. Garzia will conduct
her weekly French class Thursday aft
ernoon at 4:30 o'clock.
Friday evening the civics and current
events section will have an opening
meeting at which DR.. Frances Moon
Butts will present DR.. Clinton Wonder
of Stenbenville. Ohio, who will speak
on The Relation of Entertainment to
Crime" This is the second of series
of civics talks on Crime, Its Causes,
Cures and Prevention" which DR.. Butts
is sponsoring for the league.
This evening Mrs. E. Richard Gasch,
the president, will entertain at a buffet
supper at her home, 1888 r street
northwest, the chairmen and vice chair
men of the creative groups and few
other guests. Invitations have been ex-
tended to the following: Mrs. Harriet
Hawley Locher the founder of the Gre
ative group; Mrs. Dawson OlmSted, Miss
Julia Schelling, Mrs. Robert c. Sheriff.,
Miss Clara Hill, Mrs. Helen Orr Wat
son, Miss Nellie Thomas, Mrs. Victoria
| Faber Stevenson, Miss Leila Green, Or.
| ElnCra c. Folkmar, Mrs. Edith Ogden
| Heidel, Miss Ethel Cawood, Mrs. Walter
Hilton, Mrs. Florence Barnes, MISS
Alethea Anderson, Miss Alice Heaven
Mrs. T. c. HanScome, Mrs. Edward Mel
son Dingley, Mrs. Eugene Peters, S. MISS MISS
Patricia Poe Bennett and DR.. FRANCES
Moon Butts.
The Woman's Club of Chevy Chase,
Md.-Thomas w. Pyle, principal OF CIe
Bethesda Chevy Chase High Schooii::
spoke on Our Own School problems,
last Friday morning at the meeting Oh
the civics section in Chevy CnaSe, MO-
Library. Other features OF the meet
ing were reports of committee chalr :
men. Upon motion of the chairman OF
the public welfare committee, MRS.
George P. McCabe, the section voted 10
take S1OO Christmas opportunity OF
the Montgomery County Social Service
| League. Mrs. McCabe also is receiving
boys clothing and toys to be USED Dy
the league Mrs. Douglas GrleSeneI,
chairman of the committee on aPpleo
education, reported that set OF tne
Encvcionaedia Britannica has just been
nIaced in the Bethesda Chevy Cnase
High School, the gift of the CLUB: "A
set also has been placed in the CneVy
Chase Branch of the District OF Colum-
bia Public Library. Mrs. r: M. AEuSL- :
son reported for the commltCee on CtIe
American home and Mrs. EDWARD L.
Smead for the committee on legiSaS1 g;Snd
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cake and coffee were sold for the oen-
eft of the Christmas opportunity.
THE juniors were entertained last
Thursday at the home of Miss Eleanor
Coombs. The guests were Mrs. Hoover
Hanger. who has been leader for sew
eral years, but is resigning, and tne
club president, Mrs. r. Harvey oaI-
gent. The new leader is Mrs. George
| A. Finch. The juniors voted 10 Seno
a basket of groceries to needy fam
ilv at Christmas and to meet on InurS-
day at the home of Mrs. Finch.
| ON Wednesday the executive boaro
| was entertained at luncheon at the
Village Inn by Mrs. r. Harvey Sargent,
Mrs. Henry Dec. Adams and Mrs. W.
Clark Dean. After luncheon the mem
bers adjourned to the home OF MRS.
| Sargent for the regular board meeting.
the appointment of Mrs. George a
Finch as leader of the juniors. vice
Mrs. Hoover Hanger, resigned, was an
nounced, and Mrs. Frederick w.
Crocker, assistant leader, vice MRS.
Harry F.. Lowe. The board voted 10
make a contribution to the new cnapel
| to be erected at the Federal Prison Ior
| Women at Anderson, w. Va, and also
to the Chevy Chase community ChrSC-
mas tree.
Tomorrow the international relations
section will meet at 2 o'clock at Chest-
nut Farms community room, When Mr
Arthur D. Call will speak on the sub
ject, discovering Europe. Monoay
evening the social section Will give a
party at the home of Mr.: and MRS.
George F.. MikkelSon on West Lenox
Street. tuesday at 230 the French
section will meet with Mrs. Chester
Morrill, on Ingomar street, when q
Christmas program will be given. or
Thursday the juniors will meet at the
home of Mrs. Finch on West Virgllls
street, instead of with Peggy Cromwell
as previously announced.
On Wednesday morning the music
section, Mrs. E. HutSon Russell, leader
and Herndon Morsell, musical director
will meet in the auditorium OF the E
v. Brown School at 10 o'clock. This re
hearsal is to take the place Of the usua
fourth Wednesday rehearsal, whlcf
would fall on Christmas day.
The Christmas meeting of the clut
will take place on Wednesday In the as
sembly room of the Chevy Chase Pres
byterian Church. Luncheon proceeds
the program, when the guest Speake
will be Mrs. Alice Tisdale Hobart. Mrs
Hobart has lived in China for man!
years and has chosen as her subject
Fifteen Dramatic Years in China.
There will be a musical program ant
the singing of Christmas carols. Tht
days will be the meeting of the litera
ture section on Friday at 2 pm, a.
the home of Mrs. S. j. Mauchley oI
East Bradley lane.
NewcOmb Club of Bethesda had as 1t
guest-speaker Mrs. Edna Knight Gasch
president of the District of Columbi
Branch, League of American Pen Won
en-, whose subject, European Cathe
drals." illustrated with slides of unusua
interest, was accompanied by talk de
: lightfully informal and personal in tone
The program was under the auspices o
the fine arts department, the speake
being introduced by Mrs G. Leonart
Chambers. A luncheon was served, a
which Mrs. GaSch and other guest
we're entertained. HosteSSeS were Mrs
Peyton Whalen, Mrs. James Baldwin
Mrs. Luther Jackson and Miss RELY.
The president, Mrs. Whalen, occupies
the chair during the business session
,, Reports of officers and committee chair
was that of the annual social Servic
sale which had been held at the nom
of Miss RELY. This sale resulted il
quite a substantial sum, which was do
: mated intact to the Montgomery Count
League, for the relief of one of its "op
portunitieS" Mrs. CayWood, chairma
: of this work, also had charge of the sal
; of the Christmas seals, and gratifying
subscription was secured. Following
custom of years, the club arranged 70
donations to the inmates of an oil
ladies' home, the gifts to be PERSONAL
I delivered at Christmas.
' A resolution. previously tabled, wa
a measure sent the club by the depart