The Washington times., 1930-11-01
GOSSIP SOCIETY IN THE NATIONAL CAPITA

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Miss Wilson Is
To Be Honor
Guest Here
will Speak Tonight and
Monday on Experiences OF
Thirty-one Years in 7. W.
C. A. Work
The first monthly world-fel-
lowship meeting of the winter
will be held at 1890 o'clock
Monday, November 3, at the
Young Women's Christian AS
sociation. Seventeenth and K,
with Mrs. Robert Lansing,
chairman Of the hospitality
committee, presiding, and with
Miss Elizabeth Wilson, pioneer
Y. w. c. A. secretary and edi.
K tor, as the honor guest and
speaker. Miss Wilson spent
81 years in Y. W. c. A. work
in this country and in India,
later retiring from her position
to become a minister in the
Methodist Episcopal Church.
She will speak on What
Young Women in India Are
Doing Through the Y. w. c. A."
at the Monday meeting, which
is in charge Of the world-fel-
loWship committee headed by
Mrs. Fred E. Wright.
This evening at $3.50 o'clock,
Miss Wilson will be the guest
speaker at an all-association
dinner to be given by the mem
bers of the local staff Of the
Y. w. c. A. in her honor. Mrs.
William Adams Slade, herself
former general secretary In
the Washington association,
will preside at the Saturday
dinner, which Is open to ex-
secretaries, members and friends
of the Y. w. c. A. Miss Sadia
L. Hartman is chairman Of the
committee arranging for the
event, being assisted by Miss
Elsie j. Bunting, Miss Jean
Campbell, Miss Marie Corell and
Miss Edith Dawson.
Both in America and India,
Miss Wilson wrote the official
history of the national Y. w.
C. A. movement, when the
United States in 1915, and In
dia, Burma and Ceylon in
1925 celebrated the fiftieth year
Of their existence as a jubilee;
and she has just completed a
record Of the foreign work of
the American association from
1865 to 1929, under the title:
World Cooperation"
Return Here
Miss Julia Teresa Sheridan,
Mrs. Margaret Sheridan O'Con-
nell and Miss Annette Sheridan
have returned to the Capital and
have opened their home, in
Twenty-first Street, after pass
ing the last five months at their
summer place, Willow Hall,
CaZenovia, N. Y. The Misses
Sheridan and Mrs. O'Connell
have been in New York for the
past week.
Mrs. William L. Mattocks en-
tertained at luncheon yester-
day at the Mayflower in compli.
ment to Mrs. Edith Bird, of
Toledo, Ohio, national presi.
dent Of the Auxiliary Of the
United Spanish War Veterans.
The company included Mrs.
Elizabeth MacNamara of Bos,
ton, Mrs. Louisee Williams of
New York, Mrs. Minnie Lenhart
Of Philadelphia and Mrs. Olive
Ravens of Lansing, Mich, all
past national presidents; also
Mrs. Carrie Nolan, national
treasurer; Mrs. Bertha Cook, de-
partment president; and
Mrs. Katherine HUM, senior
vice department president, all
Of Washington.
Going Fishing
The former Postmaster Gen.
eral, Harry s. New, will leave
Sunday for Indianapolis, Where
he will remain until after elec.
tionS. From there he will go to
Turtle Lake for fishing and
hunting, returning to the Capi.
tai within a month.
Mrs. New will not accompany
him on the trip, but will remain
at their home in Edgemoor.
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The engagement of Miss
Nancy L. Sullivan, of Boston,
to Austin Lamont, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas w. Lamyat,
of New York, has been an.
nounced.