Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-31

evening of April 10. Reservations m
now being made.
Mrs. A. 3. Allen Is hostess for The
Tuesday evening free and easy auction
section. Miss Hazel Swift. chairman,
ID giving D short talk each Tuesday
evening on contract bridge. All meme
bers Of the club interested In the
these meetings, held each week
| throughout the year. Instruction Il
! given from 3 to pm. In the game.
Miss Gladys Gordon Is In charge OF the
guest register, Members naye guest
privileges. Guests at the meeting
Tuesday were Miss Anna Libby. Mrs
Martha Bennett. Miss Ellen Ftillam,
Mrs. William NJ. Tufts OF WATERFOWL,
". Y; Mrs. Elizabeth MacNamara Of
Thousand Islands, Mrs. Name Earl,
Miss Helen Fassett, Mrs. Thomas r.
Hayden, Miss Wimsatt, Miss Downes,
Miss Wright and Miss Letta B. Fisher.
The members business meeting viii
be held Wednesday ct pm. All men,
hers are invited. Reports from chair
men Of the various committees win be
presented.
Mrs. John Allen Munson, chairman
Of the thimble section. reports the work
OF this group Is progressing under an
enthusiastic membership. Sewing for
Charity" Is the inspiration. Eleven
members were present ct the meeting
Wednesday Of II am. and IL little
dresses were completed, others cut out
for sewing next week. Donations Of
many garments have beeen made to the
section and these will 60 to Gospel
Mission for distribution, after recondi-
ticning.
Mrs. Charles Alger, chairman Of the
law and legislation committee, and
nounces luncheon will be given by this
group Saturday PM, at the club
house. This committee has been max
ing study Of legislation affecting the
District and short talks and discussion
Of important issues viii be . feature
Of the luncheon. All members of the
club are invited. Guest privileges.
Mrs. Edith Ogden Heidel, chairman
OF the drama unit, announces two one
act plays will be presented Thursday
evening. "LoneSome-Like," by Harold
Br1ghouse, will be directed and acted by
Mrs. Edith Sears, well known In oil
drama groups in Washington. Others
In the cast are Miss Una O'Connor,
Robert Miller and John Long. Mrs.
Ida Garrett Mattingly, one OF the
unit players, has been chosen by the
National Players for part and Mrs.
Sears Is taking her place in the cast.
Wrong Numbers" win be given by the
Park View Dramatic Club, which was
one Of the clever acts in the Com
munity Center tournament; written by
Essex Dane and under the direction Of
Yevonne Levy. with Francis Murphy,
Johanna Schmutzer and Essie Laclo-
witz In the cast. Between the plays
there will be group Of interpretive
songs by Rawley G. Donohue.
Miss Jessie Dell presided at the
dinner given by the life members of
the club Wednesday. Among the after
dinner speakers taken from the group
were Mrs. j. j. Stephens, the first life
member of the club; Miss Elaine Eppley.
Mrs. J. Garfield Riley, Mrs. Truman
Able, Miss Lucille Wilkinson, DR.. A.
Frances Foye. Miss Katharine Pike.
Mrs. George Kicker, DR.. O. Josephine
Baird, Mrs. j. Edwin Reid, Miss Ethel
Bagley, Miss Myrtle Bum, Mrs. Laura
A. Bradley, Miss Margaret Bailey, Mrs.
Grattan Kerans, Mrs. Appleton Clark.
IT.: Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey, one of
the founders Of the club. was paid high
tribute In talks by Judge Mary O'Toole,
Or. Foye. Mrs. J. Garfield Riley and
others. Mrs. Howard L. Hodgkins spoke
Of Wakefield, Miss Wilkinson spoke of
the national wild flower contest and
urged members to give some thought to
the subject: Miss Bailey spoke Of some
school needs, Mrs. Gertrude Lyons sang,
as did Edna Sheehy and Mrs. Ruth
Snodgrass, Miss Amy Clement Leavitt
was accompanist. Judge Mary O'Toole,
originator Of the club, was the recipient
OF bouquet OF roses sent by an absent
member. Regrets were read by the
Judge from Miss Helen Nicolay, Miss
Carol Moves, Miss Elizabeth j. Ray
mond, Mrs. Ellis Meredith, Miss Flora
j. Hendley, Miss Lucy Powell, Miss
Katherine Wilson, Mrs. Harvey w.
Wiley and DR.. Martha C.. Burnett. Re-
grets were expressed by those present
when 1t was announced the absence
Of Mrs. Merritt o. Chance, president,
was due to the serious illness Of her
small grandson.
Mrs. Gertrude Lyons. chairman Of
the club chorus. announces the pre-
senting of this group in q program Mon
day, April 8, at $50 pm. Miss Janet
Koon, whistler, will be on the program
with Josef Kasper IN violin ensemble,
In addition to members Of the chorus
In solos and chorus. The sum derived
from the concert Is to be applied to
house betterment, and members are
invited to come and bring their friends.
Mrs. Grace Ross Chamberlin, chair
man of the current events section. an
nounces the guest speaker at the meet
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