Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-08


today to her home, in Chicago.
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Burke of Plain
field, N. j., are in Washington en- route
by motor to the South and are at the
Dodge Hotel. They are accompanied
by Mr.. and Mrs. H. w. Yeomans Of
Hartford, Conn.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. p. Gamble of
Guelph, Ontario, are at the Willard
over the week end
Mrs. P de M. Barley of Brookline,
Mass. has arrived at the Carlton where
she will remain for several weeks.
Festivities for Meeting
of Women's Overseas League.
The Sd Corps Area of the Women's
Overseas League is holding series OF
meetings in Washington this week end
Delegates have come from Pittsburgh,
Philadelphia. Baltimore and Richmond,
and the meeting was called by Miss
Stuart Blanton, Sd Corps Area vice pres
ident, of Richmond. Features of the
District meeting are a luncheon in the
Dodge Hotel at IL o'clock today, fol-
lowed by a business meeting at 1870.
At tbs o'clock this evening banquet
will be given at 2400 Sixteenth street.
Tomorrow morning another business
session will be held in the Garden
sightseeing tours for the visitors in the
early afternoon. Tomorrow at O'Clock
tea will be served to the delegates at
the Service Club at Fort Myer, of which
Miss Charlotte Naylor, who is member
of the Overseas League, is hostess. The
chairman in charge of local arrange
ments is Miss Lena Hitchcock, and Miss
Faustine Dennis presides as president Of
the local chapter.
Miss Helen Colhoun, dramatic reader,
will give recital in the John Dickson
Home Monday evening. Miss Colhoun
will be assisted by the Newell Quartet,
directed by Miss Ivalee Newell.
Mrs. Ernest Thompson Seton, writer
explorer and former resident of
washington, will return here next week
to be the house guest of Mrs. Edward
Hood Watson and to attend the din
ner at the Arts Club Tuesday evening,
when the Ambassador of Turkey. Ahmed
Mouhtar Bey, and the Minister of
Persia, Davoud Khan Meftah, are to be
the honor guests. Following the din
ner the Minister of Persia will give a
talk, his subject being the Life and
Art of Persia" Mrs. Elvina Neale Rowe
will sing group of Oriental love lyrics,
accompanied by Mr.. Felian Garzia at
the piano. and Mrs. Seton will read a
poem which she has dedicated to the
Minister of Persia.
Mrs. Seton will remain in Washing
ton several days as the guest Of Mrs.
Watson.
The tenth annual banquet of the
Ia n1i rpil9 11a hall I'D
evening in the Florentine room of the
Wardman Park Hotel. There will be
80 for the banquet and additional
guests have been invited for the dane
ing which will follow. Miss Frances
Mayberg will sing number Of selec-
tons and Mrs. Penny Carlisle is In
charge of the arrangements.
DR.. j. A. c. Chandler. president of
William and Mary College, will be the
guest of honor at the dinner to be given
by the William and Mary Alumni Club
Monday, March II, in the University
Club. Onicers of the local alumni club
are Maj. Francis Scott Key-Smith,
president; Rear Admiral Cary +. Gray
son, DR.. Edison L. Whitney and Mr..
Charles p Pollard, vice presidents; Mr..
A. Paul Hines, secretary, and Mr.. G.
Dudley Shreve, treasurer.
The executive board of the Missouri
Society has set March % as the date
Of the annual buffet supper dance of
the society, to be held in the Washing
ton Hotel. Boxes have already been re-
served by Representative w. L. Nelson.
Mrs Bessie Parker Brueggeman and
Mr.. Willard N. Holmes The committee
OF arrangements is headed by Mrs.
Charles p. KeySer. Information regard
ing the dance and guest cards may be
obtained from the secretary, Mrs. Otis
j. Rogers at Florence Court.
The University Club will entertain
members and guests at a st. Patrick
dinner dance Tuesday, March Is, and
an Easter dinner dance will be given
Tuesday, April %.
West Virginians enjoyed another So
ctal evening at the meeting of their
State society In the Washington Club
Wednesday.
Ex-Gov. z. r. Morgan, president of
the society. presided and during a brief
business session announced the recent
death Of Representative James A.
Hughes of West Virginia. He referred
to him as among the prominent resi-
dents OF the State who had long been
IN public service, and appointed a COM
mittee to express the sympathy of the
society to Mrs. Hughes and her family.
DR.. H. L. Knight of the Bureau of
Chemistry and Soils. Department of
Agriculture, was introduced and gave
an entertaining and instructive talk on
chemistry.
Another interesting and always popu-
lar speaker was former Representative
Stuart F. Reed. During his talk he also
referred to the death of Representative
Hughes and expressed personal regret
for the loss of a lifetime friend.
After brief remarks by DR.. ]. B.
Payne, formerly of Clarksburg. w. Va,
several vocal solos we're given by Mr.. F.
K Sanderson, tenor, with Mrs. San
derson at the piano.
Dancing and cards concluded the eve
ning's entertainment.
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