Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-20

The Columbia Heights Art Club me-
40 the home of Mrs. G. L. Peckham
sly Eighteenth street, with Mrs
Eaoer Stevenson assisting hoteSS. OF
flcers were elected as follows: President
Mrs. Robert B. Bare; vice president
Mrs. Josephine Griffiths; recording
secretary, Miss Coradelia Hill; CORE
spending secretary. Mrs. Mary K
Male; treasurer, Mrs. Edith z. Pyles
delegate to District Federation oil
Women's Clubs Mrs. G. L. Peckham.
The National Woman's Democratic
Law Enforcement League will hold then
annual executive meeting at the May
flower Hotel, April &c, at 10 am, with
a business session, following which q
luncheon will be served at 1890 pm.
when Senator Robert L. Owen and
Daniel c. Roper will be the guest
speakers.
Those members who will take part in
the program will be: Mrs. Clarence M
Busch, Mrs. Clement L. Shaver, Mrs
Jennifer Broaddus, Mrs Edward Thur
man Smith, Mrs. j. o. Ross of Texas
Mrs. Bernie Babcock, and Mrs. Charles
A. Hawley. National President Mrs
Jesse w. Nicholson will preside.
The United Democratic Law Enforce
ment Clubs of Maryland will hold an
nual convention in Baltimore, Md.
10 am. The State and national pres
ident Mrs. Jesse W. Nicholson. will
preside.
Chevy Chase Branch of l.. A. p. w
Mrs. Emma w P. Slack recently enter
tanned the branch at her apartment.
The president, Mrs. Jesse w. Nicholson,
presided. The following delegates and
alternates were elected to represent the
branch at the national biennial conven-
ton, April 21-25: Delegates-Mrs. Jesse
w Nicholson, Mrs. Emma w. P. Slack,
Miss Viola Offutt, Mrs A. Pearl Nc
Pherson. Miss Louise Worden, Mrs.
Evelyn S. Hawley, Mrs. Daisy B. CAL
hOun, Miss Irene Juno Nine. Louise
Bruni and Mrs. Marie Graves Bonham:
alternates are-Mrs Richard Yates,
Miss Cynthia Cleveland. Mrs. Nina
Nash Cron, Mrs Lucia r. Maxwell, Mrs.
Mary S Parker, Miss Mary Bird ClayeS,
Mrs. Katherine j. Fenton, Mrs. Blake
Van Leer, Mrs. Jessie Weber Kilt and
Miss Victoria Coping.
The next monthly meeting will be
May at $3.50 pm, at the Chevy Chase
Club, when the annual election of ON
GERS will be held.
The Quota Club met at the Women'S
University Club and was addressed by
Mrs. Sallie v. H. Pickett on expert
ences of the press in connection with
social life at the White House during
the past IS years.
The club has welcomed six new mem
bers in the past few weeks. as follows:
Mrs. Anna M Baylis, house director Of
Mount Vernon Seminary; Miss Bernice
Chambers, textile expert; Miss Gwen
doline Goodwin, talking pictures: Mrs.
Richard r. johnson. Ruffcote Kennels:
Miss Helen Newcomer, executive secre-
tary JOS I. Weller, and Miss Betty
Shorey, principal OF the Cathedral
kindergarten. Miss Eleanor Eckhardt,
the president presided at the meeting.
The CuItus Club met at the home
of Mrs. Henry A. Polkinhorn April Is.
Glimpses of the personal appearance,
character and talents of Queen Marie
of Rumania were shown in a paper
written by Mrs Lucy Copeland, and
an address on Albania. Its Progress
and Hopes" was given by the hostess.
The next meeting will be with Mrs.
Augustus C. Taylor April 20, at Tilden
Gardens.
The Argyle Study Club will meet with
Mrs. Frederick Hillman at her home in
Tilden Gardens at ! o'clock, April u.
q paper.
The Abracadabra Club met April at
the home of Judge and Mrs. j. w.
Thompson, with President John M. Syl-
veSter in the chair. Election Of officers was
held as follows: President, Harold E.
Warner: first vice president. Mrs. S. D.
Shankland; second vice president, DR..
Wesley A. Parish; OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,
Frank J. Metcalf; corresponding secre-
tary. Melville D. Lindsay, and Lloyd H.
Sutton, chairman of the executive COM
r1ittee. The responses to roll call for
the evening were concerning the Life
and Times of Philander G. Knox" DR..
Wesley A. Parish read paper, "All in
a Lifetime The next meeting will be
with Mrs. Barber in Chevy Chase.
The Writers Rendezvous will have
Edgar Allen Poe night at the winston
Hotel May 3 at pm. There will be
talks, readings and Rotations by AL
berta Nichols, Edward James Irvine,
Jay Shields and others.
Council of Jewish Women. - The
monthly meeting was held April ID.
Isadore Hershfeld gave a talk on I'm
migration of Today" Officers NOM
mated are: Mrs. Benton for president,
Mesdames Schloss. Lansburgh and Solo
mon for vice presidents Mesdames
Finkelhor, Haas, Herr and Pollock for
secretaries. The election of 10 direc-
tors as well as officers will be held at
the annual meeting, May 5.
Womens Guild of American Uni
yersity.-Mrs. George B. Woods an
nounces that plans are progressing for
the Spring luncheon, April 25, at l
pm, at the clubhouse, 1884 I street.
Mrs. John Allan Dougherty, formerly
director of China child welfare, will
be the principal speaker. Miss Mary
Apple will sing and Miss James Shera
Montgomery will accompany her. The
following members of the guild are as
sisting Mrs. Woods: Mrs. Frank Ballou
Mrs. H. N. Kitzmiller, Mrs. Wesley
Gewehr. Mrs. Frederick Brown Harris
and Mrs. Homer Dawson.
The Arts Club has arranged a special
program for Tuesday, when number
of visiting authors and music COM
posers will present poetry, prose and
song
Among the guests of honor and con-
tributors to the program is Mrs. Grace
Thompson Seton, explorer, writer ano
DESIGNER, former national president OF
the eague of American Pen Women
WIZ will speak on her experiences ir
the Algerian Desert. Others on the list
arc Mrs. Harriet Doan Prentiss, Phil
adelphia author; two composers. Miss
Pearl Adams and Miss Marianne Genet
Miss Audrey Wordcman. reading; Mis-
Phyllis Fergus, recitation, and Charles
Wharton Stork of Philadelphia, former
president of the Poetry Society o!
America, reading.
The hosts of the evening will b.
Mrs. William H. Moses and Ben dc
Nier Miller.
The Woman's Alliance of All Souls
T.1itarian Church will meet Friday
morning at IL o'clock III Pierce Han
Fifteenth and Harvard streets. Mrs