Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-21

be truly representative of your
activities.
Women's City Club-Defegates to the
Continental Congress will find open
house" observed fer them at tea time"
at the Women's City Club, % Jackson
place, from 4:30 to o'clock this after
noon, Members of the society who are
also members of the club will be pres
ent to accord a welcome, with Mrs.
Frank Golden. Miss Ethel Bagley and
Miss Loretta Barnes presiding at the
tea tables All members of the club are
invited Members desiring to introduce
resident friends can secure guest CARDS
at the desk.
The Monday auction and contract
bridge section will meet at Las pm.
tomorrow Awards were presented for
the highest scores for the month Of
March to Mrs George Chase, first; Mrs.
Phillip M Matz, second; Mrs. T. H.
Dawson, third. Mrs. Charles E. Sener
presided at the tea table during the
social hour. This section has just
emerged from giving a benefit card
party for the house betterment fund.
wakefield" the birthplace of George
Washington, is to be restored by popular
subscriptions. The club, wishing to have
a share in the preservation OF this MS
toric site, has formed a Wakefield
Chapter. with Mrs. Frederic II. Whip
pier as chairman and Mrs. William
Lee Corbin, vice chairman. The mem
bership is 81 and it is hoped that every
club member will join. Miss V. S. Benja-
min. % Jackson place, is secretary
treasurer, and is in charge OF the men,
bership roster. Funds raised will be pre-
sented to the national chairman, Mrs.
Harry L. Rust, at a reception to be
given in the clubhouse, the evening OF
May 9.
Mrs. Grace Ross Chamberlin, chair
man of the current events section, an
nounces the annual dinner will be given
Wednesday evening at $50. The chair
man will preside. Miss Janet Richards
will be the honor guest and speaker. All
members of the club are invited Win
guest privileges.
The work of the thimble section,
under the direction Of Mrs. John Allen
Munson, goes on, with much accom-
plished each week, when this group OF
club members meets Wednesdays at IL
am. to sew fog charity's sake. Many
little garments have been SNAPPED ana
delivered at various chlldrenS cnar-
liable homes. Children's outgroWn gar
ments have been solicited, remodeleo
ana delivered W llecuy oAIo' AAAS
a standing invitation Tor members W
Join in this work.
Members of the bridge forum, sec.
ton formed for the study of advanced
bridge. have luncheon in the ChlneSe
room and play cards each Friday after
noon. Officers of the section are Mrs.
J. K, Freiot, chairman; Mrs. Laura A.
Bradley, vice chairman; Mrs. M. Il.
Cole, secretary-treasurer; Mrs. Hamilton
Dimick. scorekeeper: Mrs. Gladys B.
Middlemiss, rules referee.
Election of officers will be held May l.,
when three officers, second vice presi-
dent, corresponding secretary ana
treasurer, for a term of two years Will
be filled. Six directors, three delegates
and three alternateS to the District OF
Columbia Federation of WomenS Clubs
will also be elected.
Candidates for these offices are: MIS-
Patrick Gallagher and Mrs. Anna H. b.
kinney. second vice presidents Mrs
Goodwin Price Graham, Mrs. c. O.
Schudt, corresponding secretary; Mrs
M. H. Laws, Mrs Lawton Miller, treas
urer; Mrs. Bruce Baird, Miss Susan
Baker, Miss Florence M. Bell, Mrs
Louis Cramton, Miss c. Virginia Deidel,
Miss Elaine Eppley, Mrs. Richard S.
Jones. Miss Elva Mcnamara. Mrs. Vir-
gil C. Miller. Judge Mary O'Toole, Mrs
Ralph A. Shepard and Mrs. William
Payton Wright for members OF the
board; Miss Virginia Benjamin, Mrs. l.
B. Dodson, Mrs. Gertrude Lyons, Mrs.
Frank Repetti, Mrs. Elma Saul, MRS.
Corbin Thompson, for delegates ana
alternateS to the federation.
Miss Hazel Swift is hostess at the Tues
day evening free and easy auction sec
ton for the month of April. Guests at the
meeting Tuesday were Mrs. Williams,
Miss Marion Williams and Miss Eleanor
Brawley and Miss Lena Whitmarsh OF
Boston.
The District of Columbia Federation
of Women's Clubs will meet at the
Roosevelt Hotel tomorrow.
The president, Mrs. Edgar B. Merritt,
will open the meeting at II am. The
program is lengthy one and impor-
tant business will be transacted.
The speaker of the morning will be
James A. Doran, prohibition commits
sioner, who will have as his subject
Law Enforcement" Mrs. Francis A.
st. Clair, chairman of the committee
on temperance, will present the speaker.
The chairman of drama, Mrs. Edith
Sears, will present Adelaide Hibbard,
character actress from the National
Theater Players, who will give word
of greeting to the federation before the
adjournment for luncheon.
After the luncheon hour, the CLUB
women and guests will be taken to the
Ambassador Theater, where Mrs. Otto
L. Veerhoff and her committee Will
have the program in charge.
DR.. Johann G. Lowmann. secretary OF
tn, German embassy, will talk on
German Art" Moving pictures of
Berlin, Potsdam, Dresden and other
German cities, with two reels OF the
Bavarian highlands, will be shown and
the Tuesday Evening Music Club Will
give songs by German composers.
Photographs and prints of the out
standing German artists will be on ex-
iinttion. The courtesy of the theater
Is extended to the federation through
hgra. Harriet Hawley Locher.
4 committee formed of the sub
chairmen of the fine arts department,
With Mrs Oliver Gillingham as chair
man, will act as ushers for the occa-
sion. Members who drive cars are
asked to cooperate with the chairman
tor thu transportation from the Roose-
Velt TO the theater.
Mrs. 4, B. Slime, chairman of for
eStry, who has completed arrangements
Cor the tree to be planted in honor OF
Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, has received
personal letter from Mrs. Coolidge
voicing her appreciation of the thoughts
of her. She said II can think of no
more beautiful way of being remem-
bered by the women of Washington
than through living tree planted in
my liame."
the tree will be planted in Lafayette
Park April IS at pm. Mrs. Enos
Ray, from Chillum Heights, Md, will
represent the general federation in the