Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-06

:. Women's City CIub.-Members will
sgather this afternoon at the clubhouse,
az Jackson place, from 4:30 to o'clock,
~when the first club tea of the Fall sea-
sson will be in the nature of house
) warming" Tea will be served in the
! new dining room, where added moor
Sjspace. a new entrance, new equipment
! and furnishings have added an attrac.
tive feature to the club. Members OF
.. 1.-The executive board, the hospitality and
.hpuSe committees will be present 10
/, -Sgreet members. Members are requested
to present their membership cards and
ARRANGE for their guests at the desk.
. Among the committee members who
will serve as hostesses are Mrs. William
RLA Corbin, Mrs. j. Garfield Riley. Miss
Olive Beatty Miss Virginia BENJAMIN.
Mss MISS - William e. ch Gs H Mrs
George Eckels, Mrs. Edith Gilmore, Mrs.
Edward Fristoe, Mrs. William Geary,
Mrs. G. P. Graham, Mrs. Cary Grayson,
Miss Sara Grogan, Mrs. Acheson Has
san, Miss Adela Heaven, Mrs. Edward
~chant. Mrs. V. Miller, Miss Ruby
asNevins, Miss Grace Osgood, Mrs. Ada c.
IN. Payne. Mrs. Henry T. Rainey, Mrs.
William r. Rhoades. Mrs. E. r. Saul,
gMrs. Anna B. Stewart, Mrs. Lyman b.
SSwormStedt, Miss Gertrude Temple,
MRS. Harry Wardman, Mrs. Mabel
<sWhitmarsh, Mrs. William P. Wright.
: . Mr.. William Knowles Cooper will be
~guest-speaker at meeting of the cur
rent events section. Tuesday at 1850
o'clock. to which all members OF the
club are invited. Present membership
cards. Guest privileges. Mrs. William
e. Chamberlin is chairman.
:. Mrs. Merritt o. Chance has called
meeting Of the board of directors for
EPTNtocdov of Miss Jessie Dell.
chairman of the business and profess
-eional section. invites all club members
TO attend the dinner Wednesday at $50
> O'Clock at the clubhouse, when Mrs.
sIulah T. Andrews will be the guest
Speaker. Miss Julia D. Conner Will pre-
, side. Reservations are now being maze.
Members of the thimble section nave
. "completed plans for a card party to be
> @held afternoon and evening, october IT.
Observations are being made. Pro-
,ceeds of the party will be used in the
J purchase of working materials for this
section. which meets every WEDNESDAY
: Eat IL o'clock to sew for charity MRS.
~chorus, will meet with this group OF
club members tomorrow evening at 8
J O'Clock.
. The Prince Georges County Fedora
aion of Women's Clubs The executive
z BOARD meeting, September 25, was wen
: ATTENDED. At the opening salute to
!. the nag was given by Mrs. w. E.
ssThorne, chairman of the American citl-
> szenship department The Maryland
: pledge song was sung by all, with Mrs
: 81. Enos Ray at the piano. Mrs. Nina
= sPiozet, accompanied at the piano by
Mrs. r. Irving Bowie. gave two solos.
, Roll call of officers, department chalr-
: men and representatives of the 20 CLUBS
= 40 II,f the rorrnSnnn6inQ SpCre-
. .tary. Mrs. Wilfrid Preston.
: The minutes of the July board
: meeting were read by the secretary
: Mrs. T. A. H. Miller, and approved. The
: treasurer, Mrs. c. A. Castle, read her
I report. showing the federation to be in
: good financial standing.
: = Mrs. r. S. Allen. the president; gave
report of State meetings in Baltimore,
/. visiting clubs in different parts of the
County and various other official duties.
/. = Mrs. Ray, chairman of extension COM
smittee, read a letter from the State
; chairman of extension and stressed the
: words, LAS we serve, so do we receive,
She suggested that each club have some
: definite plan for increasing its member
ship. saying that I'VE surely Stagnate
/: by not bringing fresh idea and abilities
, TO our groups" Mrs. w. E. Thorne.
American citizenship chairman, talked
: of the importance of the four divisions
of. her department.: Americanization,
) citizenship training, civil service re-
= form, Indian welfare, and law obServ-
: .arce. She requested that the women
: make the work strong in their home
: Communities.
: Mrs N. 0. Brigham, chairman of the
: American home department, announced
: That Miss Regain would give Christmas
: suggestions at her office in Hyattsville
!. The second Friday OF october at 10 am,
1@atx, tn
covered dish for lunch. Miss Regain
) plans later to have series of lessons on
, interior decorating and refinishing of
furniture for the benefit of the fedora
ton group. At the end of this series
tour" will be made to the homes OF the
women, who have carried out the ideas
and plans suggested in the course.
Mrs. w. E. Synagogue, chairman OF edu-
cation. talked on the important divisions
. of work under her department, and said
not enough chairmen had been found
10 carry on the work. Mrs H. G. House,
chairman of fine arts, spoke OF the diff
? ferent series of lessons under the four
divisions of her department. which
; would be started soon in cooperation
with the fine arts unit of each club.
. Mrs. Irving Bowie, chairman of the
: music division, urged the women to
. have a music unit in each club She
. said, "Take time to sing for it is divine"
. Mrs. Nina Piozet, chairman of the
, Eirama division, outlined a course OF
! study in modern drama. A course of
: study under the literature division of
: art has been planned by the chairman.
) Mrs. Frank Scriviner. In the division
. Of architecture studies were mentioned
!. by Mrs House.
> = The international relations chairman,
= Mrs. o. N. Eaton, outlined program
> Of study for the clubs on the Latin
= American nations. Mrs. j. H. Hopkins,
!. chairman of legislation is planning to
: put on essay contests for the grade
:. school children, covering important
= legislative subjects. She would welcome
/. suggestions of suitable subjects.
. = Mrs. B. F. Wade spoke on public well
= fare and Of the wide scope of her work.