Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-24

t,on MAS invited to the fact that thu
| December meeting viii be omitted thiI
! wear because Of the proximity OF Christ.
mas. The club agreed to have the presi'
dent represent them at the Social Hy'
/ riene Institute to be held at the Raleigh
| Hotel december 3 to 8, together witt
another delegate If she choose to appoint
| one. DIR. Thomas E. Green, Red Gross
| roll.call chairman, spoke most inter.
/ estincIv of the work the Red Cross &C.
compiishes during disasters, special re-
| lief. etc. and of the manner in which
the roll-calls are conducted.
Petworth Woman's Club.-The No
| toriun1 of the Petworth School on the
/ 4th of the month with the president
Mrs. L. n. Jones, presiding. Following
| the onening exercises, the correspond
| ing Secretary and the treasurer read
| their reports. Mrs. Grace Schaefer took
SUBSCRIPTIONS for 1880 for the Red Cross
It was announced that upon the invita-
| ton of Mrs. Ellis Logan, the literature
section will take charge OF the program
at the Mount Pleasant Library, January
| IL, 1880. Mrs. T. S. Ttncher, as director
| to the District Federation, gave a re-
port of the last meeting Of the fedora
| ton. Mrs. Tincher was appointed by
the president to confer with Mrs. Viz
ginia White Speel in regard to the fed
GRAFTON tax now under discussion. AS
Is the yearly custom, Christmas checks
| Of IS each were voted to various char1-
ties Of the city. The civic section, iT'
charge of the program for the evening
introduced Mr.. James Yaden, who dis
cussed the Zihlman-Capper bill now
pending In Congress.
The home section substituted an edu-
! cational trip for their monthly meeting
November Is. Sixteen section members
and Is guests went out by machine tc
the Bureau of Standards. Mr.. Martini
Of the specifications department talked
to the women on the work OF the bureau
and particularly on what the bureau is
doing to standardize the measures by
! which the housewife makes her pur-
chases. The work of each department
was explained. Following this a trip
was taken to q local -four mill. The
next meeting Of this section will be
Christmas party at the home OF the
chairman, Mrs =. p. Lecraw. on De-
cen1ber IL instead of December 10, as
stated in the year book. Mrs. David
Sheetz and Mrs. Oscar Nelson were
hostesses to the educational section on
November Is. Mrs. Tuft gave a paper
on Current Events" and Miss McDevitt
discussed Our National Forest"
d. C. voteless League Of Women vot.
ers.-The semi-annual nesting of the
league was held Wednesday night In
the board room Of the District building
Mrs. Edna L. Johnston, chairman OF
the efficiency in government committee
was In charge of the program. Mrs
Johnston calls to the attention Of men,
bers. through the bulletin, the voteless
condition of residents of the District
and urges cooperation of leagues in the
States in helping remove them from
the status Of aliens to citizens of the
United States" Members Of the league
are invited to attend the lecture given
by Miss Elizabeth Harris. professor OF
law, at the A. A. u. w. Club house
December 8, at o'clock in the evening
THE Legal Status of Women, Past
Present and Future" will be the SUBJ
ject of the talk. Mrs. r. b. Croxton
chairman of the social hygiene commit
tee, announces an institute on protec-
tive social measures will be held at the
Raleigh Hotel December 8. Miss Hen
rietta Addition to the American Social
Hygiene Association will conduct the
meetings, which will be open to the
public.
Twentieth Century CIub-The litera-
ture section OF the club will meet Mon
day, at PM, at the home Of Mrs
w. b. Bryan. Recent fiction will be
discussed. The books to be reviewed are
"Doddsworth." by Sinclair Lewis. which
will be undertaken by Mrs. C. S. Sco-
field: Ultima Thule" by Henry Han
del Richardson, reviewed by Mrs. George
r. Bowerman, and Scarlet Sister
Mary" will be reviewed by Mrs E. w
Shaw. Mrs. c. s. Watson Is chairman
Of the hospitality committee and will be
assisted by Mrs. E. c. Robinson, Mrs
Proctor Dougherty, Mrs. Truman
Cooke, Mrs. G. e. Richardson, Mrs. Alb
ner Ferguson, Mrs. L. L. Harter Mrs
H. r.. Fulton. Mrs. Jere Crane and Mrs
Albert Prentiss. Mrs. Charles Merwin
will give a paper entitled Roman Re-
mains in Britain" before the section OF
archaeology. which win meet at O'Clock
November rs In the home of Mrs. John
Lowe. Tea will be served later. Direc-
tors will not meet this week. because
Of Thanksgiving falling on that day
but will meet Tuesday following, De-
cember 8.
Alliance Francaise.--ofdcers for the
season are: President, Mrs. James
Carroll Frazer: vice presidents, Lyncn
Luquer and Mrs. Charles S. Alden:
secretary, w. G. Brantly; treasurer and
corresponding secretary, Mile. L. L.
M. Limoges. The first lecture Of the
season will be given on Monday at 4:3U
at the La Fayette Hotel by M. CASTOR
Rageot. of1cial lecturer of the alliance,
vice president de la Societe des Gems
de Lettres and president de la Critique
Litteraire. The subject of the lee
ture will be lie Theatre Francois
d'Aujourd'hui."
The Curley Club Of Washington
presented a minstrel revue at ST.
Stephens Hall November Is, the prU-
ceeds from which will go to augment
the archbishop's scholarship fund. The
cast was under direction Of Billy Kelly.
who also appeared as one of the end
men, the others being AL Stern: John
Baldwin and Edward Morris. Silvio II.
Poll impersonated Henry Wilkes. Ro-
land HylaTi was interlocutor. The pro-
gram consisted Of the following: Violin
solo, Miss Mary Cavanagh; vocal solos
by Miss Gretchen Baden, Mrs. Estelle
Hunt Dean, Miss Mary Frances Glenn
ris, AL Stern. Billy Kelly, John Baldwin
and Jack Day; Messrs. Yoeman and
Mcclure gave speciality numbers; song
and dance, by little Miss Doris Hud-
son; dance, Miss Bell Van Hoesen:
Cush; the Curley Club Girls, composed
Macdonald, Rosie Jarboe, Julia Bland
Mattera and Katherine Boesflug, song
and dance, Singing in the Rain" Ru-
dolph Moeller, assisted by an orchestra,