Evening star., 1930-06-01

This will be the last regular program
for the season. The next regular meet
ing will be held october 6.
Baby Lovers Circle, No. 1, Of the
Florence CrittentOn Home.-Mrs. John
with picnic luncheon at Millers Cabin
at Rock Greek Park. Automobiles car
Fied the members from Mrs. McAneny' s
home to the picnic place, where several
of them built fires and cooked. After
lunch short business meeting was held,
at which Mrs. Craig reported that the
card party held at her home was great
success. Mrs. G. Fred Coles, Mrs. Hugh
Dryden and Miss Beatrice Coles were
guests. Mrs. Coles was president of a
circle in Baltimore previous to moving
to Washington, and expressed her in
| terest in the work and of the fine home
in Washington. Mrs. McManus, presi-
dent of this circle, reported the activi-
ties of the home board and gave talk
on medical and dental care given the
girls at the home through the co-opera-
ton of the best physicians and dentists
of Washington. At the close of the busi-
ness meeting the members engaged in
games.
Plans are being made for another
such meeting, to be held in July, at
which the members will ask their hus-
bands to come to supper.
The next meeting will be at the home
of Mrs. w. c. Wyatt, 5716 Sixteenth
street, June 26.
DeutScher LiterarisCher Verein.-The
last meeting of the season was held
May "a at the home of the president
A program was given, as follows: "Epi-
logue Written on the Death of Schiller, -
by Goethe, Miss Emma M. Won Seyfried;
piano solo. Alice B. Harvey; lecture on
"Cosima Wagner" Anita Schade; solos,
Minnie Volkmann, accompanied by F.
Bernheimer; recitation, A. Schade, with
Mrs. Crete Won Bayer at the piano, and
songs by W. Mueller and Minnie Volk-
mann, accompanied by F. Bernheimer
District of Columbia Branch. League
of American Pen WOmen.-The Mrs
Larz Anderson prizes for creative work
we're awarded by the branch May %
at the club studio, Stoneleigh Court
Miss Myrta Ethel Cawood retiring sec
ond vice president, in charge of the cre-
ative groups, presided. She was assisted
| by little Miss Frances Rands, dressed
like a good fairy, who presented a cor
sage to the following chairmen: Miss
Florence Barnes, poetry; Mrs. Victoria
Faber Stevenson, special feature arti-
cles; Mrs. Dawson Olmstead, music;
| NuIS. I1eltIl OII WdISOIl, CIllluTSI ILL.,
erature; Miss Clara Hill, fine arts; Mrs
! Anne Akers, art exhibits; Miss Alice
Heaven, round table; Mrs. Winifred
| Cullum, short story; Mrs. Edith Ogden
| Heidel. drama
Prize awards were as follows:
Poetry-First prize, Gertrude E
Thomas; second prize, Edna j. Roberts;
honorable mention, Florence Marshall
Short story-First prize, Ida Donaly
Peters; second prize, Winifred Cullum
third prize. Willard Howe.
Special feature articles-First prize
Ruth Forney; second prize. Nellie Rogan
Thomas; honorable mention, Clara
Manderschied.
Children's literature - First prize
Myrta Ethel CaWood; second prize
Helen Orr Watson: honorable mention
Edith Mason Armstrong.
Fine arts-Portraiture: First prize
Emma Norris Martin; honorable men,
ton. Elise Clark.
Clark; honorable mention, Grace C.
Ruckman.
Heraldic design-First prize, Dorothy
g. Gatchell; honorable mention, Evelyn
E. S. Weems.
Landscape paintings - First prize
Harriet H Chambers; honorable men
tion. Dorothy G.. Gatchell.
Etchings - First prize, Minnie L.
/ Briggs; honorable mention, Azalea
Badgley.
Special one-act play contest-First
prize. Minnie Frost Rands
League song contest-First prize, AL
pharetta Smith; honorable mention,
Blanche Kennon Parker.
A song by Isabel Likens Gates was
sung by Emma Norris Martin. The
songs by Miss Alpharetta Smith. Miss
Blanche Parker and Mrs. Edith Mason
Armstrong. which were entered in the
league song contest in memory OF the
late Elpora Cuddeback Folkmar, were
read by Edna Ellis Hilton and then
sung by Isabel Garvin Shelly, with Miss
Grace Beelman at the piano Miss FL
nora Colburn rendered piano selections.
Mrs. Helen Orr Watson presented a
gold bracelet to the retiring second vice
president, Miss Myrta Ethel Cawood in
behalf of the chairmen Of the creative
groups which were in charge of Miss
CaWood the past year. Mrs. Victoria
Faber Stevenson read Q poem written
by Alpharetta Smith.
Mrs. Anderson. who Is the founder OF
| the annual contests for creative work
| in the District Pen Women, was unable
to be present. but she wrote that her
play THE Little Mermaid" was being
produced in Boston on that date and
necessitated her presence there at that
time.
The Washington Cultus Club-Mrs.
William S. Corby was hostess, to the
club last Monday After the luncheon
served in the gardens the business ses-
sion and the program of the afternoon
were conducted in the music room.
Mrs. Herman w. Smith reviewed the
! Nobel prize novel, Magic Mountain, y
written by Thomas Mann.
| All the members of the club con-
! tributed to a worldwide survey OF
| the many important events of the past
year. The club Endorsed letter
| sponsored by Mrs. Charles Demonet,
| favoring the passage of the "compensa-
! tions bill" benefiting Red Cross nurses.
Mrs. Corby's mother, Mrs. Clark, and
her daughters, the Misses Corby, were
| present.
The first meeting Of the Fall will be
October 7, with Mrs. William Knowles
Cooper, 1907 Highland avenue.
Kit Carson Woman's Relief Corps
met at Grand Army Hall, with the
president. Mrs. Margaret v. Marsh,
presiding.
National general orders Nos. 9 and
10 were read, also Kit Carson Post
notes, circular letter No. /, depart
ment press correspondent, and several
letters of appreciation from guests who