Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-01

4 the World Court" Members of thu
committee are MRS. Mercer Johnston
Mrs. Albert Putney, Mrs. H. Murayam'
and Capt. Julia Kilkke. Joining Will
w. G. A. and the A. A. U. w. AL
members of these organizations are in
vited to the course of lectures.
| The semi-annual meeting of thu
league was held in the board room o
the District Building Saturday evening
| November 49,. Mrs. Henry Grattar
Doyle presided. Miss Edna Johnston
! chairman Of the committee on EFF
| cheney in government" presented thu
Capper, who talked on District repre-
! Sentation.
The regular board meeting of the
I league will be held Friday afternoon a
| the Women's City Club at 1880 o'clock
American Association Of UNIVERSITY
WOmen.-Miss Evelyn Davis will speak
at the Monday tea on THE New Dance
as a Means of Physical Development
She will demonstrate her talk and will
| give a recital number. Mrs. John K
Norton will be hostess. The educational
| committee is planning a dinner Decem.
Der IL in honor of DR.. Kathryn McHale
educational secretary and acting direc-
tor Of the A. A. u. W. Dr.. McHale will
speak on National Plans of the AsSo.
| citation" A second speaker of the eve
| ming will be DR.. Mandel Sherman
director of the Washington Child Re-
search Center, who will speak on Pos
sibilitieS for Growth of the Washington
Child Research Center"
Study groups-Monday at pm. the
! advanced group of pre-school educa-
ton; leader, Nell Boyd Taylor. Tues
day, women and the law; leader, Miss
Elizabeth Harris, at the club house, 1884
I street, at pm. Wednesday at 9:45
| preadoleScence; leader, Dr. McHale
| Thursday, the beginning group of pre-
school education; leader, DR.. Cora Kay
| This group will meet at the Washington
Child Research Center as usual, at 8
o'clock. Miss CaIhart's French classes
will meet Tuesday and Friday at 2:3C
pm. Friday a table for the French
conversation group will be reserved ir
the dining room at l O'Clock. The new
study group arranged by the interna-
| tional relations group and sponsored By
| the League of Women Voters and the
Y. w. c. A. as we'll as the A. A. u. w
has postponed the first meeting to Tues
day, III o'clock, December 10, when DR.
L. K. Ragatz, assistant professor of his.
tory at George Washington University
will speak on THE Background Of the
of series which will follow those ques-
tions of paramount interest in the pub
lie mind concerning international hap
penings. It will be held in the third
floor club room of the Y. w. G. A.
Seventeenth and K streets and Is open
without fee to the general public.
Shakespeare Society Of Washington
DR.. j. T. Mariner will address TIT
iYNc EoYsoc
in Elizabethan Times" His lecture viii
be followed by dramatic recital giver
by Ada Louise Townsend in costume
Miss Townsend, an accomplished disease
is an old favorite She will presen
&c. iv, Act III and Sc. ii, Act v from
Henry v. Cornelia Hardness will sup
plement her program with Shake
Spearean songs. Miss Hardness viii
also be In costume. Mr.. James Madden
will accompany her on the violin.
Clover CIub-The fourth business
meeting was held at the home of Mrs
Warren NJ. Schoonmaker. Unusua
opinions upon art, life and education
were given by members present. TIL,
club went on record in favor of thu
Capper-zihlman bill. Mrs. Gertrude B
BiSchof was appointed representative
to meet with Mrs. Virginia White Spec
with respect to the action to be takel
on the General Federaltion's Foundation
Fund. Mrs. Bischof gave an explana
ton of the purpose Of this fund ant
what 1t would mean to each federated
| club.
Mrs. William W. Wheeler was ap
pointed to assist Mrs. w. w. Husband
in Americanization work. Mrs. Harr,
A. Patterson read a paper on why Ok
We Accept Our Opinions at Second
Hand?" The next meeting will be hello
at the home of Mrs. Joseph F. Randall
Mrs. William w. Wheeler will speak or
'The Survival Of SuperstitionS, Taboo
| and Traditions in Our Modern Institu.
tons and Customs"
/ The Business and Professional Women
Club held its regular meeting at tn,
/ American University Women's Club las
Monday evening, Miss Mary Anderson
vice president, presiding. Miss Mar,
| Stewart gave a brief resume Of tn
recent national convention at Mackina,
Island. A resolution to substitute TO
the December meeting a banquet OF
January is was passed. Miss Margare
Lambie was appointed chairman of tn
committee on arrangements. Severa
new members were admitted and guest
from out-of-town were introduced.
Lincoln Woman's Relief Corps, No. 9
entertained the comrades and thei
wives of Lincoln Post, No. 8, also TIN
department commander, Samuel G
Mawson, and his staff at dinner OF
Monday evening in @. A. r. Hall. Thu
president. Mrs. Horn, made an address
Of welcome following the opening ex
ercises conducted by the chaplain, Mrs
Marion Lewis. Mrs. Jessie Dice, Mrs
Lizzie BasSett, Mrs. Alice Mclaughlin
! Mrs. Eva Schultz, Miss Ruth Scott, Mrs
Carrie Calvin, Mrs. Catherine Scott
| Mrs. Annie Dommitt, Mrs. Ella Orr
Miss Pinnock and Mrs. Virginia Sheets
were on the dinner committee. Thu
comrades were entertained with song
| by Comdr. Grant Van Denmark of Lin.
coin Camp, Sons of Veterans, accom-
| panied on the piano by Miss Marion
Pearson. Miss Pearson also gave two
readings. Mr.. Mathews sang, accom-
panied by Miss Pearson.
Entire Nous Club, Mrs. Charles p
Keyser president, met at the home o.
Mrs. Thomas Sterling. The ASSISTING
hostess was Mrs. Edward Hayes. Thu
| speaker was Mrs. w. w. Husband WHIT
| told Of the progressive educational worl
accomplished for the foreign born who
come to America which helps them Il
adjust themselves to our mode of living
Mrs. Husband also gave the clut
members a resume Of the work which
is being accomplished at the adjust.
ment center. undertaken through thu
leadership of Rev. Moses Lowell. Mrs
Grattan Kerans, chairman of publicity
for the District of Columbia Federation
| of Women's Club, and Mrs. Charlie.
Keifner we're guests of the club Re.
| ports were given by the recording sec.
rotary, Mrs. Charles Dasher, and thu
special committee chairman, Mrs. Otii
j. Rodgers, Mrs. Mamie Chamberlir
| and Mrs. James Underwood, who tolC
| of their investigation of the boy anC
girl the club was asked to sponsor a
the boy would be provided with clothin(
| suitable for the Winter and orders fol