The Washington times., 1929-04-11
Moments Groups Play Important
Part In Activities Of Spring Season

night
Women's groups are fig
uring extensively in the
news just now, with the
d. a. r. assembling for their
Continental Congress next
week, the League Of Ameri-
can Penwomen for their
yearly meeting tomorrow
and Saturday and the
Columbian Women Of George
Washington University put
ting on tonight the brilliant
dinner at the Chevy Chase
Club, which is always a
pleasant feature of the
spring season in Washing
ton.
Junior Group
Moreover, the National Won1-
ans Party has a new grouping
in its Young Women's Council,
which is making its social debut
tonight with a reception in
honor Of Representative Ruth
Bryan Owen. This is to be held
at the headquarters of the or
ganization in the Old Brick
Capitol, soon to be abandoned
for q new home.
Colombian Women
Two hundred and twenty-five
women associated with the George
washington University, members
of the faculty, wives of members
Of the faculty and. of the board
Of trustees, alunnae, students and
friends, will assemble this even.
Ing for the twenty.first annual
BANQUET of the Columbian Women.
at z o'clock at the Chevy Chase
Club.
with a list of distinguished
guests of honor, program OF
unusual interest and a company
present which will be the largest
that ever has assembled for a
Columbian Women banquet, the
occasion will be a memorable
one.
Madame Debuchi. wife OF the
Ambassador of Japan; Mrs. Larz
Anderson, distins uished honor
graduate of the university, ard
Mrs. Cloyd Heck Marvin, wife
OF the president of the university,
will be the guests of honor. Mrs.
Harvey w. Wiley, president OF
the Columbian Women. will pre-
side and Mrs. Joshua Evans, Jr.,
only woman member of the board
of trustees of the university, will
act as hostess.
Immediately following the In
vocation hymn Mrs. Joshua
Evans, jr., will deliver the
greeting.
Talk On Japan
The first event on the pro-
gram will be an illustrated talk
on Japan by Mrs. Gilbert Gros-
venor, wife of the head of the
National Geographic Society, who
made an extended visit TO that
country last Su4AlHSI'
Following Mrs. Grosvenors
talk Madame Rita Rozada. con.
traho. will give a program OF
Song Silhouettes. Miss JUDY :
Lyeth, of the Caroline Mckinley
School Of Dancing will present
scarf dance Burrus Williams
will accompany for Madame
Rozada and for Miss L.yeth.
The program will close Win
q one-act play. Suppressed De-
sires,' by Susan Glaspell, gwen
by the George Washington Uni
versity Drama Club, in which.
Miss Mary Crowley, G. Oscar
Berry and Miss Virginia Frye will
take part.
At the head table will be Mrs.
Harvey w. Wiley, Madame
Debuchi, Mrs. Cloyd Heck Marvin,
Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor, Mrs. Larz
Anderson. Mrs. Howard L. Hodg'
kins, Mrs. Joshua Evans, Mrs.
Daniel Chace, Mrs. William Cline
Borden, Mrs. William G.. Van
Week. Miss Ruth Bennett, Miss
Harriet Garrels, Mrs. Louis +.
Bradley, Miss Rhoda Watkins,
Mrs. Charles Collier and Mrs.
William G. Ruediger.
Traffic Rules
Red, amber and green traffic
i lights will be used tomorrow to
guide the various speakers to be
heard at the authors breakfast Of
the National League of American
Pen Women in order that there
may be no time-collisions during
the progress Of the program.
Mrs Clarence M. Busch, national
president of the Pen Women, will
announce some highly original
traffic rules for the guidance Of
the after.breakfast speakers. She
will preside at the breakfast and
will be assisted as toastmistress by
Mrs. Louis n, Geldert, past ma
\ tional president of the league, who
1 six years ago founded the annual
authors breakfast.
The breakfast is to be the open.
ing function of the two days an
nual meeting of the league. which
is to take place tomorrow and Sat
urday at the Willard Hotel. In
cooperation with the national
league, the District branch of the
organization will keep open house
both afternoons at the clubroonls
of the branch at 1903 Sixteenth
St., when visiting delegates and
local members are invited to share
the hospitality offered.
On Saturday evening at S:15
o'clock, the league will entertain
it's members, their guests and the
general public at musicale to be
given In the auditorium of the
Red Cross Building on Seven
teenth Street, when the National
String Quartet Of this city win
play the composition which re.