Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-10
NEWS OF THE CLUBS

The Syracuse University Alumnae and
Alumni Associations Of washington will
hold joint meeting Monday evening,
November IL, at the Women's City Club
Coffee Shop % Jackson place. Dinner
at $50 pm. will be followed by most
interesting moving pictures Of Syracuse
University campus activities.
The CurIey Club of washington will
present q minstrel revue and dance
November Is. at st. Stephens Hall,
Twenty-fourth and K streets northwest,
at pm, the proceeds of which win go
to augment the archbishop's scholarship
fund, to which the -Curley Club has
contributed more than 81 900 in the last
two years. Mr.. Billy Kelly, who is
well known throughout the city by his
many appearances in various minstrel
revues and other shows with the st.
Peters Players, st. Patrick's Players and
Holy Comforter Players, and many
others is directing the cast Of so voices,
both ladies and gentlemen. Mr.. Kelly
also viii take q prominent part In this
revue. The end men will be John Bald
win, Billy Kelly, Edward Morris and AL
Stern. Mr.. Roland Hyland will be in
terlocutor. There will be a dancing
chorus composed OF 10 young ladies,
members of the Curley Club. Among
others who will have prominent parts
are Gretchen Baden, Estelle Dean, Mary
Frances Glenn, soprano soloists: Mary
Cavanagh. violin soioists, and Doris Hud-
son, speciality. Mr.. Albert Sweeney, who
has charge of the dramatic committee
OF the Curley Club, will also appear as
soloist. Immediately following the show
an orchestra viii furnish music for
dancing.
A large attendance was present at
the FIRST meeting of the Literary Section
OF the Park View WOman's Club, which
was held at the home of Mrs. Maurice
Smith the evening of October 90. Mrs.
Smith was assisted in entertaining BY
Mrs. Wilson and Mrs Hahn Owing to
the success of the program of study
followed during the past year, it has
oeen decided to proceed along the same
general lines throughout the coming
season and also to repeat the happy
innovation OF last year in devoting one
evening to a musical program. The
opening meeting was picked for this
occasion and Mrs. Smith, as hostess and
committee chairman. introduced Miss
Helen Lyon and Mrs. Dorothy Russell
Todd, the guest artists of the evening.
Miss Lyon opened the program with a
talk on the development of the dance
Tracing back to the remote ages of
antiquity. she described the evolution
OF the dance from the esthetic Greek
period down to the present day Folk
dances of medieval times and the later
court dances Of the seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries were described, and
book depicting the dances of all ages
was exhibited. Selections describing
the stately polonaise and the more fan
tastic nnazurka were read from the
Life of Chopin" by Franz List.
In illustration of the musical accom-
paniment to these dances, Miss LYON
played various selections on the violin
assisted by Mrs. Todd at the piano.
Among these was q Morris dance, a
sarabande, and the t'Minuet in G." by
Beethoven: also two Hungarian folk
dances which were never previously
played before q washington audi
ence. Mrs. Todd also gave sew
eral selections on the piano, inciud-
ing two folk dances, Chopin mazurka
and The Blue Danube" by Strauss. At
the close Of the musical program, Miss
Augusta Machen gave a reading Of
The Marshes of Glynn" by Sidney
Laneir. Refreshments were served
amid q decorative touch Of Halloween
and each guest was presented with a
small book containing excerpts from the
sermons by Phillips Brooks. A, social
~@SeA NNOoC0 tAAS CFSIlAlls.
Mrs S. w. Morris of Woodley road
was hostess to the District Sunshine
and Community Society November 5.
Assisting Mrs. Morris were Mrs. Charles
P. Granfield, Mrs. Ella S. Knight, Mrs.
L. II. Meyers and Mrs. Louise .Harland.
Mrs. j. H. Underwood, president of the
society. presided. After the business,
Mrs. H. M. Hunter, chairman Of enter
tainment, introduced Rev. George
Farnhanr, pastor of Cleveland Park
Congregational Church, who gave a
group Of readings. Mrs. Pinkley Of
Tucson, AriZ., who Is visiting her
cousins, Judge and Mrs. Witten, was a
guest and told of interesting work
among the Indians in Arizona and Of
the Casa Grande ruins, all prehistoric,
The Argyle Study Club viii meet at
the home of Mrs. Stewart Carpenter,
1906 Fulton street, at O'Clock, Tuesday,
November IL. Mrs Paul Scharf viii
read paper on Progress In Housing"
The monthly board meeting of the
Council Of Jewish Women took place
November in the vestry rooms OF the
Eighth Street Temple. Mr.. Schioss,
the president, was In the chair. After
discussing business, the chairman of
the program committee announced
that at the next meeting of the or
ganization to be held November IL, at
temple, DR.. Edward Israel of Baltimore
will be the speaker of the day and
the entire program will be devoted to
the subject OF Peace"
District Of Columbia Chapter, Daugh-
tiers of Founders and Patriots Of Amer
lea, held its November meeting with
Miss Lillian and Miss Ida Norton, 1910
Biltmore street, with Mrs. Grace r.
Meeks as assisting hostess. The presi-
dent, Mrs. George M. Grimes, presided
and after the usual opening exercises
heard reports of officers and committee
chairmen. Mrs. Sears, chairman Of
the program committee, stated there
are IS members who register descent
from Massachusetts, Founders and re-
quested that as many as possible be
present at the December meeting pre-
pared to tell something of the earliest
history of Massachusetts,; TO be fol-
lowed in succeeding months by the
various other States represented in
the chapter. The president requested
that one meeting be given over to a
national defense program. There was
a good attendance, with two new mem
bers, Mrs. Harper and Mrs. Bell, and
two guests, Miss Arnold and Mrs. Charl-
VII, PACoShI. AAC piCoLuCAtS NIL
Grimes, is receiving congratulations on
the arrival in New York recently Of a
grandson, George Lauderdale Plant, jr.
The election of officers was the i'm
portant event of the meeting of the
Southern Cross Chapter No. 8O4, U. ID. c.,
which was held at the Mayfiower Hotel
on Friday evening, November /, at 8
o'clock.
The following officers were elected for
the ensuing year: President Mrs. Al
bert Ferguson; first vice president, Mrs.
Oliver P. Newman second vice presi-
dent Mrs Mary Saunders. recording