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clubhouse Mrs. Arthur w. Palmer will
act as hostess. Mrs. Samuel Herrick
and her committee are very active ar
ranging benefit performance, the first
appearance of Helen Hayes in Co
ouette," at Polls Theater on Monday
night, April %, the proceeds of which
will go to the fellowship fund. Group
meetings will be held at the usual time
and place The ballot box for the an
nual election of officers of the Washing
ton branch viii be open on Monday from
$3.50 to 7:30 pm.
Twentieth Century Club.--The nature
section Of the club will meet at Dupont
Circle at 10 o'clock for trip along the
canal. Mrs. Leo D. Miner will be the
leader. The section of education will
meet Thursday, 1890 pm, at the Y. W.
G. A. for forum luncheon. Henry
Grattan Doyle, dean of George WASH
ington University will speak. His SUBJ
ject will be Our MisrepreSented College
Student" In the absence of Mrs
Thomas Sidwell, Mrs. Philip Sydney
Smith will preside. Mrs. A. N. Prem
tice reported that the committee in
charge of the cleanup campaign, con-
sisting of Mrs. Truman Able, Mrs. F.
W. Ballou, Mrs. j. B. Campbell, Mrs.
Whitman Cross, Mrs. Godfrey Creyke,
Mrs. Richard Jackson, Mrs. Charles
Watson and Mrs. Ctto Veerhoff, had
visited both the trash and garbage dis
posal works and found them in high
ly efficient condition. New members
elected at the last monthly meeting
were Mrs. John Dynes, Mrs. Robbie M
Evans, Mrs. C.. G. Marbury and Mrs
A. M. Holcombe. The club voted to
indorse Mrs. Lyman B. Swormstedt for
the position of public utilities commits
sioner and a committee was appointed
with Mrs. Philip Sidney Smith as chair
man, to take the Endorsement to the
President of the United States.
The French section will meet April
II at pm, at the home of Mrs. Luther
A. Swartzell, Alt Thirty-sixth street
Mrs. Glenn S. Smith, treasurer of the
club, will entertain the finance commit
tee at luncheon April II at her apart
ment at Wardman Park Hotel. The
committee is composed of Mrs. James
K. McClintock, chairman; Mrs. Stephen
r. Capps, Mrs. Ernest r. McComas
Mrs. Glenn S. Smith, Miss Jane Ran
dolph Young and Mrs. George F. Bow
erman, president of the club, ex off1cio
The last club tea of the season will be
given at the residence of Mrs. r. H
Liggett on April 26.
Society of Mayfower Descendants
The regular meeting of the society OF
the District, which will be held Tues
day at pm. at the Washington Club
at Seventeenth and K streets, promises
to be particularly interesting, as a re-
ception will be held during the meeting
for visiting Mayfiower members who
are in Washington attending the d
A. r. Congress. The speaker for the
evening will be j. Reuben Clark, Un-
dersecretary of State, who will address
the meeting with Mexico" for his
subject. There will also be a musical
program consisting of vocal selections
by Miss Elizabeth Stewart, soprano
and Miss Josephine Stewart, contralto
assisted at the piano by Miss Catherin
Benson, and by Howard T. Cole, flute.
There will be refreshments and social
hour.
The League Of Republican Women
held its monthly luncheon Wednesday
at the Washington Club. The guests
were received by Mrs. E. A. Hartman,
president; Mrs. Charles Francis Adams,
Mrs. W.. r. Castle and Mrs. Larz An
derson. Maj. H. C. Davidson, COM
mandant of Boiling Field air force,
spoke Of the need of adequate airports
for Washington. w. R. Castle, Assist
ant Secretary of State, gave an account
of his travels in Europe last Summer
Among those present were Mrs. Will
liam Howard Taft, Mrs. Wesley Jones
and Miss Grace Burton.
District Of Columbia Chapter, Daugh-
tiers of Founders and Patriots of
America, held its April meeting at the
home of Mrs. John K. Freiot. 81 OBJ
servatory Circle. The president, Miss
Lillian A. Norton, presided. Reports of
officers and committees were given.
Mrs. Freiot gave talk on William
Goffe, her ancestor, and showed her
guests an old print illustrating one of
the dramatic incidents of his life.
After adjournment of the business
meeting a social hour with refresh
ments was enjoyed.
VoteIess District of Columbia League
of Women VOters.--Mrs Henry Grattan
Doyle, president, presided at luncheon
of the board of directors, held
in the Chinese room of the City Club
Friday, with the following members
Mrs. Henry L. Parkinson, Mrs.
Charles McNary, Mrs. Lyman B. Sworm-
stedt, Mrs. George Kicker, Mrs. Har-
wood Read, Mrs. Ben McKelway, Mrs.
Grace Ross Chamberlin, Mrs. Edna
Johnston, Mrs. Edith B. Cameron and
Mrs. Grattan Kerans. Mrs. Helen B.
Cotton, Columbia 1856, is chairman Of
for luncheon to be given
by the committee on "the legal status Of
of which Mrs. Frank Hiram
Smell is chairman. The luncheon will
be held at 1890 pm. at the Y. w. G. A.,
Seventeenth and K streets, Wednesday,
An attractive program has been ar
Mrs. Smell will preside. On
the program will be Mrs. Rose Yates
Forester, Mrs. Jennie o. Berliner, Mrs.
Lester Pollock, Nine. Alexander I. Kry-
nitski and Miss Edna Sheehy. All men,
oers of the league and their friends are
invited.
Miss Florence Fraser Stiles is chair
man of the committee on revision of
The constitution, assisted by Mrs. George
Eastment and Mrs. william o. Harlee.
Miss Selma Borchardt, chairman of the
nominating committee, will report at
The meeting in May, when the annual
election of officers will be held. Mem
1erS Of the committee are Miss Bonnie
|uSUGIlDOTQSI, MIS-. AllCc 1SOSCIo I1dBcI,
Mrs. Louis Gutenberg and Mrs. George
A. Kicker. Mrs. Edith Cameron, chair
nan of the committee on international
cooperation to prevent war, is planning
Tor round table discussion early in
May by the study groups, with Nicara-
qua as the subject.
The International Association of Art
md Letters held its annual election of
officers Saturday afternoon, following
,he monthly tea, at the Portland Hotel.
The present officers were reelected for
,he ensuing year. They are: President,
Maj. Samuel Burleigh Milton; vice pres
dents, Victor Russell, Mrs. Henry F.
Dimock, Mrs. Mary Meek Atkeson Moore
and Miss Laura Thornburgh; treasurer,
Charles w. Warden; recording secre-
tary, Mrs. Hugh Irish: corresponding
secretary, Mrs. Jane Manderscheid; as
sistant corresponding secretary, Mrs. M.
v. Smith; historian, Charles Cotting-
ham, and council, Mrs. j. D. Sullivan,
Mrs. A. D. Widdemer. Miss Ellen w