Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-21
NEWS OF THE CLUBS
CONDUCTED BY MAMIE LANCASTER.

i DIXON Line, WHICH Is COmpietes COLI
else history of that famous line The
program of the Sixteenth Heights Club
was given by Mrs. Frank Dennis and
Mrs. ]. C. Marquis. Mrs. Mills O'Keefe
read an original paper on Soil, Its
Origin" and Moses, Their Origin and
| Growth"
The guest list for the luncheon will
be DR.. Johann G. Lohmann and Frau
Lowmann. Mr.. and Mrs. James A.
Doran, Mrs. Adelaide Hubbard and the
| following out-of-town guests: Mr.. and
Mrs. Marshall Doolittle, Painsville,
Ohio; Mrs. Frank Lyon, Mrs. G. w.
Fitch and Miss Bennett from Langley,
Va, and Miss May Walters and Mrs.
A. c. Gibbs from Mclean, Va.
Twentieth Century CIub.--The meet
ing of the literature section will be post
meet with the Federation of Women's
Clubs in the Ambassador Theater April
% at 2:30 pm. DR.. Johann Lowmann,
first secretary of the German embassy
will speak on German Art" There will
be moving pictures of Germany. The
Tuesday Evening Club under the direc-
ton of Mrs. Frank Howard, will sing
songs by German composers. The men,
berS of the art section have been invited
to join with the federation at its month
ly luncheon at the Hotel Roosevelt pre-
ceding the meeting. when DR.. and Frau
Lohmann will be the guests of honor.
The nature section, with Mrs. Leo D.
Miner leading, will meet at Mount Ver-
non station, Twelfth street and
Pennsylvania avenue, at $50 We'd
nesday for a trip to The Oaks,
Va. The board of directors will
meet Thursday. April IS. at IL am.
at the Y. w. G.. A., Seventeenth and K
streets. The Spring reception will be
held Friday, April 26, from to 6 pm,
at the residence of Mrs. Richard H.
Liggett, 1920 Twenty-third street. The
members will be received by the officers:
Mrs. George F. Bowerman, president;
Mrs. Will C. Barnes, first vice president;
Mrs. w. Walter Husband, second vice
president; Mrs. Sidney H. Thompson,
recording secretary; Mrs. Elwood j.
Way, corresponding secretary; Mrs.
Glenn S. Smith, treasurer, and Miss
Jane Randolph Young, assistant treas
urer. Acting as hosteSSes will be men,
berS of the social committee, Mrs. Paul
Brockett, chairman; Mrs. Carlton Ball,
Mrs. william Charles White, Mrs. John
Paul Earnest, Mrs. Frederick c. Coville
and Mrs. Frederic B. Pyle. Members of
the board of directors will also assist as
hostesses. At the tea table will be Mrs.
Philip Sidney Smith, Mrs w. B. Bryan,
Mrs. Proctor L. Dougherty, Mrs. John
Lowe, Mrs. Frank H. Briggs, Mrs. John
c. Merriam, Mrs. George E. Trorey and
Mrs. John Van Setback, jr.
League of American Pen Women of
the District.-Open house was observed
at the league clubrooms on Friday aft
ernoon in honor of visiting Pen Women
who were in the city for the D. A. r.
Congress. Among those assisting the
president, Mrs. E. Richard Gasch, were
Mrs. Eli Helmick, Mrs. William Wolff
Smith, Mrs. Harriet Hawley Locher,
Mrs. Aaron Newman. Mrs. E. N
Dingley and Mrs. Theodore Tiller. Great
interest was shown in the lecture last
Thursday evening by Sangsong Shin
Flu Wang, young Chinese student who
Is doing special research work at the
Library of Congress. He spoke on the
Chinese language and literature and
was presented by Mrs. Turin r. Boone.
The poetry group will be entertained
Tuesday afternoon at a garden party
given by the chairman, Mrs. Florence
Barnes, in the rose garden of her home
at 1414 Montague street. On WedneS-
day evening Lewis Moneyway will give
the last of a series of lectures on
the art of short story writing, before
the short-story group, of which Mrs
Louise Proctor Is chairman. In this
lecture Mr.. Moneyway will summarize
the entire course and the meeting will
be open to all members. A reception
sponsored by the new executive board
will be held Thursday evening at the
clubrooms in honor of Mrs. Aaron
Newman, past president. and the other
retiring officers. In the receiving line
with Mrs. E. Richard Gasch, newly
elected president. will be the other
members of the board. The art group
will hold it's monthly meeting Satur-
day evening at o'clock at the club
house, with the chairman, Mrs. Charles
Leonard Chambers, presiding. The
guest speaker will be Mrs. Zoe Lee H.
Anderson of Charlotte, N. c., who is
official heraldic designer for the
D. A. r. Magazine. This will be fol-
lowed by round-table discussion and
the members of the group VIII be given
an opportunity to vote on the national
flowers. The regular meeting of the
executive board will take place Friday
evening at the clubrooms. Miss Evelyn
Weems, chairman of the group activi-
ties. wishes to remind all those VINO
are planning to submit manuscripts IN
the Isabel Anderson contest that they
must be in the hands of the respective
chairman not later than April 80: Mrs.
Florence Barnes, poetry; Miss Isabelle
F. Story, feature; Miss Myrta Etnei
Cawood. short story, and Mrs. G.
Leonard Chambers. art.
LIE CercIe des Precieuses Ridicules
met at the rooms of the League OF
American Pen Women April 3, when
the following program was given: A.
Iebel gave a reading entitled lie Com
bat dun Gladiator ct dun Tigre," by
Guirand. He also gave "Chev lie Den
tiste." by Asson. Dore Walten gave the
following violoncello selections: ca
Romance" by Mouton; (b) "Plaisan-
terie," by Magrine. Mr.. Walten was
accompanied by his sister, Miss Walten,
on the piano. Miss Folan gave two
readings-(a) "Le Gous Prefet Aux
Champs" by Alfonso Daudet. and CD
az Enseigne de Cabaret" The pro-
gram closed with another selection by
Mr.. Walten entitled "Reverie," by Ga
briel Marie. Conversation in French
was the order of the evening, followed
by refreshments served by the hostesSes,
Miss Walten and Miss Folan.
American Association Of University
tomorrow's tea Charles G.
Ross will be the guest speaker; his sub
ject being washington From the Press
Gallery" Members from the Universe
ties of Minnesota, North Dakota and
Wisconsin will be hostesses. In the
evening, at Polls Theater, will be the
benefit for the $1,o00,000 fellowship
fund, the attraction being "Coquette,"
with Helen Hayes in the leading role.
The book review section will meet on
Thursday at IL am. Mrs. P. M. An
derson is the leader and Mrs. Frank E.
Edgington will review THE Golden
Day." by Lewis Mumford. The Evening
Bridge Club, Miss Meta C. Peterson,
hostess, will meet Tuesday evening at
o'clock.
The last lecture in the course on
modern art forms will be given at
the clubhouse at pm. April 26. Miss
Elizabeth Shannon of the department
of design at the Maryland Art Insti-