Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-05
NEWS OF THE CLUBS

Time Will be observed. Members of tn
hospitality committee will be hostesses
The law and legislation COMMITTEES
sponsoring the International Relations
dinner to be held Wednesday evening
at $50 O'Clock will have as CUES
speakers Mr.. James Brown Scott o
the Carnegie Endowment for Interna
tional Peace, and Miss Josephine
Schain of New York. secretary of tn.
Fifth Conference on the Cause anc
Cure of war, to be held in Washington
this month. Miss Dorothy Deter, ex.
ecutive secretary for the Women's In
ternational League for Peace anc
who leaves Thursday to attend the
Naval Congress in London, will speak
informally. Mrs. j. Garfield Riley will
preside. Mrs. Clara Wright Smith is
chairman. All members are invited
Guest privileges.
Mrs. Gladys Ball Middlemiss, chair
man of the drama unit. announces
Miss Amy Clement Leavitt will take
the lead in the cast of Miss Skimp
Sits Still" play by Miss Alice Haven,
to be given under the auspices of the
drama section. Friday evening, January
II. at S:15 o'clock Another one-act
play, The Veil Lifts" by Essex Dane,
will also be presented, on this date.
A New Year party, preceded by a
luncheon in the grill at / pm, will form
the afternoon program for the Monday
auction and contract bridge section to-
morrow. Mrs. j. Edwin Reid will be
hostess.
Mrs. Laura A. Bradley, chairman of
the forum luncheon committee, will
present Miss Margaret Baxter as honor
guest and speaker at the forum
luncheon Saturday at l pm. in the
ball room Of the club house. Miss Bax-
ter. who is an internationally known
lecturer. will speak on Women in Pub
lie Life" All club members are invited
to come in for the after-luncheon talk
If reservations are not available, which,
due to lack of space, are limited to 100.
Mrs. John Allen Munson, chairman
of the thimble section, reports the de-
livery of clothing to the Gospel Mission.
Small children's garments are completed
at each meeting of the unit and are
sent forth to various charitable homes
for children in the District. This sec
ton. which meets every Wednesday at
II am, seeks outgrown apparel for
children for reconditioning and distri-
button. More active members are So
licited and those who cannot give up
their time are invited to join this group
as contributing members.
William Rufus Scott will be honor
guest and speaker at the meeting of the
current events section Tuesday after
noon, January IA, at 4:50 o'clock Mrs.
Grace Ross Chamberlin is chairman.
Mrs. Bruce Baird presided at the first
OF the District history dinners, when
Eugene r. WoodSon gave an inter-
esting talk on "Civic Value Of a Knowl-
edge Of the History of the District of
Columbia" Mrs. Dorothy Sinnott was
enthusiastically received in the rendition
OF group Of songs, with Mrs. Arthur
D. Seaton at the piano Among the
guests were noted Mr. and Mrs. William
Lee Corbin, Mr.. Bruce Baird, Mrs. Eu-
gene r. WoodSon, Mr.. and Mrs. j. Gar
field Riley, Mr.. and Mrs. Lawton Miller,
Mr.. and Mrs. Virgil G. Miller, Mr.. and
Mrs. Bulloch. Members are forming
the habit of inviting the men-folks to
dinners at the club house.
d. c. Federation Of Women's Clubs
Mrs. Ellis Logan, chairman Ct the de-
partment of education, announces a
special program will be given by the
Petworth Woman's Club at the Mount
Pleasant Library, Sixteenth and Lamont
streets, Saturday afternoon, January IL,
at 2 o'clock. The interested public is
invited.
VOteIess d. C. League of Women
Voters.-Mrs. H. F. Cameron, chairman
Of the committee on international CO.
operation to prevent war, reminds
members OF the league of the lee
ture to be given Tuesday morning at
the Y. w. C. A. Building, Seventeenth
and K streets, by Miss Josephine
Schain of New York on THE World
Court" All members of the league.
Y. w. c. A. and A. A. U. w. will be well
come.
Mrs. Ellwood Street will assume the
duties OF Mrs. Harwood Reid in the
league during the absence of Mrs. Reid
Tor month in Newport, r. 1.
Mrs. Clara Wright Smith, editor of
tne year book, announces the issuance
OF this work within few days.
The Conference on the Cause and
Cure OF War to be held January IA to II
In the Washington Hotel will have as
representatives from the league Mrs. AL
bert H. Putney and Mrs. A. j. Nickel
way. Alternates will be Mrs. Clara
Wright Smith, Mrs Louis Gutenberg
and Mrs. Charles McNary.
Twentieth Century CIub.-The study
class OF the French section will meet to-
morrow, January 6, at 10 O'Clock, at the
residence OF Mrs. Charles j. Brand, 1861
Crescent place.
The international outlook section will
meet tomorrow at 2 pm. at the Y. VIC
a. The speaker, Mr. Liefer Magnusson
director OF the international labor office
VIII talk on THE Friendly Parallel in
International Relations" Mrs. Ernest p,
Blcknell will give her personal expert
ences and impressions of her sojourn in
China.
The civic section will meet at las
Thursday, January 8, at st. Elizabeth's
Hospital. DR.. William Allanson White,
mead OF the hospital, will address the
members. After DR.. Whites talk those
VINO wish to 60 over the buildings and
grounds OF the hospital will be given the
opportunity to do so.
Inc nature section joined with the
Audubon Society and went for a walk
on New Year day They met at the
mount vernon Station and went for an
outing into Virginia.
American Association Of University
WOmen.-An interesting program has
oeen arranged for tomorrow afternoon
az the club house, 1884 street, at 4:3O
Miss Evelyn Davis of the Davis School
OF the Dance will discuss THE New
Dance as a Means of Physical Develop
ment. Miss Davis will give demonstra-
tlons and also dance number. Miss
Maxine Girts will be the hostess.
on wednesday at ! pm. there will
be bridge luncheon at the club house
with Mrs. Lynn r. Edminster and Mrs
j. Austin Stone as hostesseS. Reserva-
tons should be made by noon tomor-
row. Players are asked to bring cards
II possible. Single reservation, 81; ia
bic, 81.
The book review section will meet or
Thursday at IL am, with Mrs. Marie
M. Profltt as leader. Mrs. M S. An
derson will review They STOPPED tc
Folly" by Ellen Glasgow. Mrs. A. E
Brown will review "All Quiet on the
Western Front" by Erich Maria Re-
marque. A table for luncheon will be
reserved. Mrs. Frederic w. Croker is
the hostess