Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-10
NEWS OF THE CLUBS
CONDUCTED BY MAMIE LANCASTER.

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have been especially invited from tn
various sections. All club member
are invited to attend the teas ant
bring an interested friend, since CUES
privileges are extended Tor TN
Miss Clara w. McQuown will b,
guest and will speak at the meeting o
the current events section Tuesda!
afternoon at 1850 pm. on Dictatorship
In Europe" All club members are In
vited and with guest privileges. Mrs
Grace Ross Chanberlin is chairman.
The meeting of the Monday bridge
section will be at AS pm. tomorrow
Officers will meet at /. The section il
planning card party to be giver
February Is at 2 pm. in the clubrooms
All members are invited to make reSer'
vations Awards for the highest scores
for January were presented Mrs. A. B
Hayes. first; Mrs. George Chase, second
and Mrs M. NJ Dolmage, third. During
the social hour Mrs. E. w. Van Metre
presided at the tea table, with Mrs. r
.. Cheney assisting.
The business and professional section
has arranged Federation dinner" foI
February 10 at $50 pm. when Mrs
John F. Sipple, president of the General
Federation of Women's Clubs, will be
the ranking guest. Miss Julia K
Jaffray. chairman division of correction
will speak on the proposed chapel for
che Federal Industrial Institution fol-
Women at Anderson, W. Va, and will be
supplemented with short talks by Miss
Julia Phillips and Miss Junkin of the
federation headquarters staff, Miss Vella
Winner, editor, General Federation
News. as well as DR.. Hastings H. Hart
Af 40 y,F,
Judge Mary O'Toole. Dr. A. Frances
Toye will preside Delegates and al
ternates and members of the club who
are active in the work of thu District
OF Columbia Federation are especially
invited to make reservations. All club
members are invited.
Tuesday evening Mrs. Merritt O.
Chance viii meet with the board of tli-
rectors Members of the club interested
IN bridge are invited to attend the meet
ings of the Tuesday evening free and
easy auction section. Instructions are
given from s to 9 o'clock to beginners,
with advice where requested. Mrs.
Lawrence Becker is instructor. Miss
Media Ann Martin has charge of the
guest registers book and members are
permitted guests in compliance with the
house rules. Miss Alva McNan1ara and
Mrs. George Ayers are members Of the
sections committee on arrangements.
Miss Hazel Swift is chairman of the
section.
Mrs William Lee Corbin, chairman of
the forum luncheonS committee, an
nounces luncheon will be given Febru-
airy is. pm. at the clubhouse, when
Miss Sydney Thompson. whose program
before the community institute in De-
eember was well received, viii talk in
formally on her experiences in giving
recitals In foreign lands, notably Japan,
China and India. All members of the
club are invited to make reservations
Miss Alice M. Heaven, chairman of
the book review hour, held during the
1enten season of last year, viii again
arrange book review hours, the first of
the series to be held at the club Febru-
airy Is, 4:45 to 6 pm.
Lady Nancy Aston, member of the
House of Commons of the British Par
lament, has been made an honorary
member of the club. A letter from her
was read to members attending the
business meeting Wednesday evening.
Miss Susan Baker chairman of the
French section, announces postpone
inent to March IL OF the French plays
which were to have been given Febru-
airy Is
Mrs. Gertrude Lyons announces plans
are being made to give the annual con-
cert of the music section in April
Miss Helen G. O'Neill invites club
members to Join the sports activities
and at this time enter for golf, tennis,
bowling. riding or the hiking groups
The club has Endorsed the Cralnton bill
and the bill for sanitarium for tu-
bercular children. 4r
The third annual dinner of the Span
ish section win be given Thursday, Feb
ruary %. Guests of honor and speak
erE viii be DR.. Orestes Ferrara, AM
bassador of Cuba, who will deliver his
talk in English. His subject will be,
THE Origin of the Monroe Doctrine in
Relation to Latin America" and Miss
Heloise Brainerd, chief of the division
81 education of the Pan-American Union,
recently returned from an extensive tour
through the Spanish American Repub-
lies, who will talk on Women and
Education in Latin America" Mrs.
Jennie o. Berliner Is chairman of the
section. The committee on arrange
ments is made UP of Mrs. William N.
Roach, jr., Miss Mary Benton Wright,
Miss Bertha Holmes, Miss Frances
Dawson and Miss v. S. Benjamin The
dinner is open to club members, who
are allowed the privilege of guest.
The Community Chest committee,
headed by Mrs. Edgar T. Brown, who
has conducted II such drives as cap
tain, worked with the following club
members in very successful cam
paign: Mrs. Frederic r. Whippler, Mrs.
M. H. Laws, Miss v. S. Benjamin, Mrs.
G. o. Schudt, Mrs. George H. Rutley,
Mrs. Frances Williams. Miss Adela
Heaven. Mrs. Harvey w. Wiley, Mrs.
A. G. L. Toombs. Mrs Fred Repetti,
Mrs. Frank Golden and Miss Regina
Drown. Miss Marie Gilman, Mrs
George Campbell. Mrs. William Peyton
Wright, Mrs. William Lee Corbin, Miss
Kathleen White, Miss Ella Sullivan
Mrs. John Harwood, Mrs Basil Manly
and Mrs. Merritt o. Chance, president
of the club.
The nominating committee elected at
the meeting Wednesday evening follows
Mrs. Edgar T. Brown, Mrs. A. G. Dodge
Miss Media Ann Martin, Mrs Wymond
Bradbury. Mrs. A. B. Allen, Miss Helen
O'Neill, Miss Margaret Vail, Miss Lo-
fetta Barnes and Miss Grace Osgood.
The second tree to be placed in a
city playground by a Presidents wife
under the auspices of the club as a
token to the children of Washington
will be planted by Mrs. Coolidge Feb
ruary %, on the Chevy Chase play
ground, Forty-first and Livingston
streets. Miss Lou Ballenger is chair
man of the committee on ceremonies
All members of the club are invited
The first of the trees was planted by
Mrs. William Howard Taft May /, 1928
Mrs. John Allen Munson reports SIS
garments completed and delivered te
various charitable institutions during
the year of work Just completed by the
thimble section of the club. Member.
are invited to become active or con.
tributing members of this section.
Twentieth Century CIub.-The bust
ness section will meet tomorrow at
O'Clock at the Y. w. c. A. Vice Gov
Edmund Platt Of the Federal Reserv