Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-18

Mrs. Louis Cramton has been appointed
chairman of the congressional COOK
book committee. Announcement was
made of plans for card party TO be
given in June.
District Of Columbia League OF Amer
lean Pen Women.-T1he last meeting OF
the playwriters' group with Mrs. Edlth
ogden Heidle was held May Is. Ihe
feature of the evening was the reading
of the one-act prize play by the author,
Mrs Minnie Frost RandS. Mrs. Morgan
K. Armstrong presented Spanish play,
which she read, assisted by Mrs. Hilton.
Mrs. Rands' play won $50 in the con-
test for plays. Miss Noailles OF New
port made an address.
Nine. Garzia conducted the final
meeting of Les CauSeries Franchises
Thursday. Miss Katharine Morrison
gave piano numbers and Senorlta
Colomo sang.
The feature group will meet with Mrs.
Victoria Faber Stevenson May 81 at 8
pm. and May % at pm. The Isabel
Anderson prizes for creative work will
be awarded May % at 8 pm. The off,
cial board will meet May IS at pm.
The monthly business meeting will be
held.
Washington Cultus Club-Mrs. Apple
ton p. Clark entertained the club at
the annual meeting May Is. Mrs.
Samuel E. Lewis read paper on
Recent Archaeological Discoveries"
and Mrs. Clifford K. Bergman. Nina
lures"
Oficers elected are: President, Mrs.
Daniel G. Davis; vice president, Mrs.
Charles Demonet: recording secretary.
Mrs. oscar Wilkinson; corresponding
secretary, Mrs. Herman w. Smith, and
treasurer, Mrs. Paris Brengle. The next
William S. Corby, 1Shptning, Chevy
Chase, Md.
District Of Columbia Federation Of
Women's Clubs-The annual meeting
was held May 8 and at the Roosevelt
Hotel. Mrs. Edgar B. Merritt, president,
presiding. Those reporting were: Mrs.
H. F. Patterson, Capitol Hill History
Club; Mrs. j. Blaine Gwin, Rowac Club:
Mrs. Sydney r. Jacobs, Aid Association
for the Blind of the District of Column
bia; Mrs. James Robertson, Takoma
Park Women's Club; Mrs. Gertrude
Bischoff, Clover Club; Mrs. N. M.
Pollock, w. c. T. u; Mrs. r. Bruce
Bare, Philo-ClassicS; Mrs. L. T. Jones,
Petworth Women'S Club; Mrs. Thomas
E. Robertson, Florence Crittenton Home
Board; Mrs. Emily Jarboe, Excelsior
Literary Club; Mrs. Lewis FELTON,. Park
View Woman's Club; Mrs. v. L. Brown,
Womens Auxiliary to the Railway Mail
Association; Mrs. Harvey w. Wiley.
Housekeepers' Alliance; Mrs. j. F.
Underwood, Sunshine and Community
Society," and Mrs. Bruce Baird, Political
Study Club.
A letter from Mrs. Helen Taft was
read, in which she expressed apprecia-
ton for sympathy extended at the time
Of the death of her husband, Chief Jus
tice Taft. Mrs. Edith Sears was desig-
munity Drama Guild.
Oficers elected were Mrs. Edgar B.
Merritt, president; Mrs. William La Varre.
first vice president; Mrs. Harvey w.
Wiley, second vice president; Mrs.
Ernest Daniel, recording secretary; Mrs.
E. c. Criswell, corresponding secretary;
Mrs. F. G. Brinley, treasurer; Mrs.
lamar S. Rorke, auditor, and Mrs. Vir-
ginia White Speel, general federation
director. Election to be held Friday
afternoon. Mrs. Charles Kayser, chair
man of tellers..
Miss Irna Briggs sang and Matthew
w. Sterling, chief OF the Bureau Of
American Tthnology Of the Smithsonian
Institution, spoke on 1.-THE Position Of
Primitive Women in Society,"" Mrs.
Ruby Smith Stahl sang, with Mrs. Ar
thur Seaton as accompanist.
Reports were made by Mrs. Marie
Heath, Single Tax Club; Mrs. Hattie
Roach, Legion of Loyal Women; Mrs.
ans National Sabbath Alliance; Mrs. w.
A. Winklehaus, Department of Amer
lean Homes; Mrs. Frank w. Garden, IL
brary extension committee; Mrs. Marie
O'Keefe, committee on birds and fiow-
ers; Mrs. w. w. Husband, American
citizenship: Mrs. Ellis Logan, depart
ment Of education.
Mrs. Sam Rask, president Of the
Minnesota Federation Of Women's
Clubs. was a guest. Mrs. Ellen Shreve
and Mrs. Marshall Guthrie sang, with
Mrs. James Shera Montgomery as ac-
companist Announcement was made
Of arrangements for the delegates to
the general federation meeting in Den
yer in June. Mrs. Virginia White Speel
Mrs. William LaVarre and Mrs. Charles
A. Langley expect to attend.
Voteless District Of Columbia League
Of Women Voters.-MrS. Henry Grattan
DOYLE presided at the annual meeting
Monday evening, following a dinner at
Stoneleigh Court. Miss Maude Alton,
principal of the AUGMENTATION School,
was guest speaker. Reports of the con-
vention were made by Mrs. Frank
Hiram Smell and Mrs. Edna Johnston.
Officers elected were Mrs. Henry Graf
tan Doyle, president: Mrs. Edna l..
Johnston, vice president; Mrs. Grattan
Kerans, recording secretary; Mrs.
Laura Porter. corresponding secretary;
Mrs. H. L. Parkinson and Mrs. Helena
D. Reed, directors.
The Argyle Club VIII meet ct the
home Of Mrs. James Douglass, 10 Has
keith street, Chevy Chase, Tuesday.
Luncheon Will be served at o'clock,
after which Mrs. Hillman win read q
paper on History of Agriculture"
Arts Club.-A tea opening the Sum
mer exhibition Of the members work.
with Mrs. MacD. Sleeth and Miss Clara
Hill as hostesses, will be held this
afternoon. Mrs. Frances Noyes Hart,
author OF the detective story, The
Bellamy Case" will discuss in an In
formal way murder trial In real
life next Tuesday evening. Dr.. De
Croissant will be the host. WedneS-
day evening the men of the club will
have a dinner at $50 o'clock, with
Will C. Barnes, former president, in
charge. Thursday evening Mrs. Fulton
Lewis will read a paper and DR.. and
Mrs. Frederick v. Coville will be the
hosts.
Albert Ford Henderson, dramatic and
music critic, will speak at the club on
"A New Dimension in Creative Art
Broadcasting" the evening of May 20.
when Felix Mahony, James True and
Herbert Morgan will be the hosts.
U. S. Grant Circle, Ladies Of the
Grand Army of the Republic. met Tues
day evening, with its president, Miss
Marguerite C. Moore in the chair. The
circle will take part in the massing of
the colors service at Mount St. Alban