Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-01
NEWS OF THE CLUBS

AEbS SIuD FiayerS. 1nree ART eXnlDlC
are to, be shown at the club house
Social evenings are scheduled for sew
eral of the regular Tuesday and Thurs
day club dinners. Other programs in
clude muSicaleS and lectures on various
topics. There will be tea this after
noon to open an exhibition by Charlie:
r. Dunn and Clara r. Saunders Of thu
Arts Club. Miss Saunders pictures arr
water colors, while Mr.. Dunn's are
caricatureS in oil, many of them por-
traits of his fellow members. Thi'
Tuesday Miss Janet Richards will speak
on Current Topics" and Mrs. Morris
D. Wickersham will act as hostess. Or
Thursday, December S, Morris Lessen
ring of the club will give an illustrated
talk on Architectural Features of the
Restoration of Arlington Mansion"
Next Sunday evening there will be Q
chafng dish supper in the form of q
studio party in the QUARTER Latin
Felian GarZia, prominent pianist, and
Mrs. Garzia will be the hosts. Senator
Bronson Cutting of New Mexico will be
the guest of honor on Tuesday, Deem
Der 10, and will talk informally on
art, Literature and the Tariff" Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Edward Russell will
act as hosts. The following Thursday
Miss Maud Sewell, authority on musical
subjects, will lecture on What Some OF
the ModerniStS Say About Themselves. ~
The hostess will be Mrs. Ralph P. Bar
nard. Saturday evening, December IA
there will be meeting of the work
shop, for the reading and discussion OF
one-act plays by club members.
An industrial arts exhibition will be
shown at the house December is to 28,
with a tea on Sunday afternoon, De-
cemher is, in honor of the artists. Mr.
and Mrs. Robert LeFevre will act as
hosts. Tuesday of that week the club
will have a cabaret supper and dance.
The new Arts Club Theater will be
op~ned Thursday evening, December 10,
with a presentation of "a Scrap of
Paper by the Arts Club Players. The
play will be repeated the following eve
ming.
Business and Professional WOmen's
Club of the District Of Columbia met
for the first time at the American
Women's University Club Monday eve
ming, with Miss Mary Anderson, director
Of the Women'S Bureau of the Labor
Department, vice president of the or
ganization. presiding in the absence Of
the president, Mrs. Shepherd Haynes.
Miss Jessie Dell, member of the Civil
Service Commission. and Miss Margaret
Lambie, member of the joint congress
sional commission of the National Coun-
Gil, were welcomed as new members.
Several out-of-town members of bust
ness and professional women'S clubs
were guests, including DR.. Margaret B.
Clark Of Long Beach, Calf; Miss Susan
Hurlburt, past president of the club
In Sedalia, Mo. and Mrs. E. A. Spiva
Of Lakeland, Fla, all of whom made
short addresses, bringing news from
their individual clubs. Miss Dell gave
a short talk pertaining to the differ
entlation between men and women on
the registers of the civil service. Com
missioner Dell introduced a resolution
to provide an equality between men and
women in every position, the choice to
be made on the basis of the highest
rating, regardless of sex. 1t was passed
unanimously.
Miss Ellin H. EdStrom, chairman of
membership, introduced the speaker of
the evening, Miss Mary Stewart, who
gave a short resume Of the recent
Mackinac Island convention, as COM
pared to previous conventions. Miss
Stewart, who is director Of education
OF the Indian Bureau, was one Of the
founders Of the National Business and
Professional Women and in the 10
years since its organization has held
every Office but one, served on every
committee and attended 8 out OF 10
annual conventions.
On account of the next meeting fall
ing two days before Christmas, the De-
cenber meeting viii be postponed and
replaced bysya large banquet January
! 5 in honor of the 80 delegates who will
attend the Cause and Cure for War
Conference which meets in Washington
at that time. Miss Margaret Lanbie
was appointed chairman of arrange
mentS for the banquet, and the Bush
ness and Professional Women'S Clubs
Of Clarendon, and Alexandria, Va, will
be asked to participate.
Other committees we're appointed, the
chairmen of which include: Member
ship, Miss Ellin H. Edstrom: health.
Miss j. B. Bowman, superintendent OF
the Navy Nurse Corps; resolution, Miss
Ehnor Gregg; house committee, Miss
Eta D. Oakley; personnel research and
education, Maj. Julia StiInson Of the
Army Nurse Corps; legislative, Miss
Mary G. Simpson: program. chairman
pro tenn, Miss Penelope Cobb, who is
also treasurer Of the organization, and
publicity, Miss TousSaint Dubois.
Twentieth Century CIub.-At the De-
cember meeting William John Cooper,
recently appointed commissioner Of edu-
cation, will speak on Education for a
New America The meeting will take
place on Thursday, December 5, and
will be presided over by Mrs. George F.
Bowerman. president.
The international outlook section,
Mrs. W. w. Husband, chairman, viii
meet tomorrow at 2 pm. at the
Y. W. G. A. DR.. E. A. Goldenweiser,
director division of research and sta
tistics, Federal Reserve Board, viii speak
on "Earmarked Gold" Mrs. George F.
Bowerman will discuss the naval pact
and Mrs. L. H. Reichelderfer will talk
on Motoring Through Spain"
Tomorrow morning at 10 O'Clock the
beginners French class will be held at
the home Of Mrs. Charles ]. Brand
1861 Crescent place. 1t viii meet under
the direction of Mrs. Francis L. Halves
On Tuesday of this week Mrs. 3. c.
Thomas and Mrs. L. A. Simon viii be
joint hosteSSeS to the board Of directors
at IL am. at the home of Mrs. E. c.
Thomas, Kirkside, Silver Spring, Md
Luncheon will be served at l o'clock, to
be followed later by bridge. On Wednes-
day Mrs. Thomas will be hostess to the
hospitality committee at luncheon and
bridge.
On Wednesday the nature section
will have an outing, starting at $50 in
the morning for a trip to The Oaks
Va. The section members will meet at
the Mount Vernon station, Twelfth
street and Pennsylvania avenue. Mrs
Leo D. Miner is the leader Of the Sec
ton.
The League of American Pen Women
Of the District of Columbia held musi-
cal tea last Sunday at the studio in
Stoneleigh Court, when Miss Julia
Schelling presented Miksa Merson,
Hungarian pianist, and Mr.. H. Smidt-
Gregor, pianist-composer, in program
of compositions for two pianos. This
evening the president, Mrs. E. Richard
Gasch, is entertaining at buffet sup
per at her home, 1888 r street, the
chairmen of special committees. The
guest list will include Mrs. Eli A. Hell
mick, Mrs. William Wolff Smith, Miss
Katharine Wootten, Mrs. Lily r. Hunt
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