Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-09
NEWS OF THE CLUBS

tartan CnuTcn Will meet FTlQay, ceDTus
airy IA, at IL o'clock in Pierce Hall,
Fifteenth and Harvard streets. After
the usual business meeting DR.. Chris
tine EsSenberg will speak on her school
in Damascus for Syrian girls. Lunch
con served at / O'Clock, Mrs. Rudolph
Schneider hostess.
The Rainbow Club. Golden RuIe
Council, No. 10, Daughters of America,
accompanied the president, Mrs. Mar
garet Taylor, to Cabin John, Md, last
Saturday evening. More than 40 per-
sons, including the members and their
friends, assembled in the lodge hall of
Tomilson Council. No. los, for an old
fashioned country dance.
A short musical comedy was present.
ed in the program of entertainment by
several of the club members and Miss
Nellie Teeple sang. The musical pro-
gram for the dancing was under the
direction of John D. Simpson and Ray
mond L. HeironimuS, assisted by Miss
Teeple at the piano.
A Dutch supper was served under di-
rection of Mrs. Elizabeth Shepherd and
her assistants. The club will meet
again on February 10 at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. H. C.. Hixon, 825 Florida
avenue northeast
Batter Park Garden CIub.-The
speaker at the February meeting, to be
held Friday at 1890 am. at the COM
munity house, will be B. Y. Morrison. |
horticulturist in the United States De-
partment Of Agriculture. HostesSeS at |
luncheon will be Mrs. r. Granville |
Curry, Mrs. Sherrard Colman and Mrs. |
H. Edmund Bulls. Much interest CEN
ters around the contest for a new name |
for the garden club, which was an
nounced last month and which closes |
Thursday evening, February 10. The |
changing conditions incident to the
growth of the suburban area have made /
1t seem advisable to choose a name more !
in keeping with the broadening scope |
OF the club, whose membership is no |
longer confined to Battery Park and |
Edgemoor, but includes interested per- |
sons from the whole Bethesda area.
TakOma Park Women's CIub.-The |
regular meeting of the club was held |
Tuesday at the local branch library. |
Mrs. James A. Robertson. president, pre-
sided. After the reports of the secretary |
and treasurer were heard, the reports |
of committees were given. Miss Evelyn |
Davis, teacher Of rhythmic dancing and |
instructor OF dancing at community |
centerS in Washington, spoke on THE !
New Dance as Means of Physical De- |
Velopment." Mrs. Winnie Barrows. a |
member Of the club, spoke informally on |
Being Secretary to Women's Activities |
at George Washington University"
February 10 at 10 am. the literature !
department viii meet at the local
branch library. MARY, Wife Of Lin
coin, by Kate Helm. will be reviewed
by Mrs. Frederick C. Lincoln. Mem |
bers of the club not belonging to the
department. are cordially invited to at
tend these book reviews.
The art department will meet at Ia
koma Hall for luncheon February 10.
Inc hostesses will be Mrs Warner
Eaton, Mrs. Merritt Caskey, Mrs G. G.
Sward, Mrs Henry e. Ewing and Mrs.
Lawrence v. Lampson. Mrs. Fred KEEP
nnger VIII address the department on
the work of St. Gauden.
FeDruary IA Valentine card parties
VIII be held at the homes of the fol-
lowing members: Mrs. A Wetmore. 2O4
Maple avenue; Mrs. Nellie Taylor, 100 j
Albany avenue; Mrs. Ralph Tarbett, 407 |
Carroll avenue, and Mrs. Gilbert I. |
jackson, 500 Sixth street. Members
are asked to call any one of the host |
eSSes and make reservations for them |
selves and friends. There will be a |
prize for each table, and refreshments |
will be served.
The executive board will meet for
luncheon Friday, February 81, at the |
nome OF Mrs. A. w. Miller. 68I7 Piney |
Branch road. Mrs. w. p. Hopper and |
Mrs: Doran s. Platt will assist
me music department viii meet with
nue.. The study OF musical appreciay-i
ton VIII be continued at this time.
Alliance Francaise.-M. Marcel Bou-
teron, contributor to the Revue des |
Deux Mondes and official lecturer of |
the Alliance
lore the group Of the Alliance Fran |
calse on Monday, February 10, at 4 80, |
at the La Fayette Hotel
M. Bouteron has published so many |
works on Balzac that he is often named |
the Prince Of the Balzacians.
The subject of the lecture on Monday |
VIII be "Balzac ct Napoleon"
p: z. o. Sisterhood- Chapter H.
p. z. o. Sisterhood, met In regular |
business session Tuesday evening At the |
home Of Mrs. Bertha Nelson, 2901 Con- |
necticut avenue.
The meeting was called to order by |
the president, Mrs. Carlotta Zirkle. Re- |
ports were given by the Committee |
acted.
CurIey Club executive committee met |
at the home of the chairman, Miss |
Gretchen Baden, on January 80 to dis |
cuss plans for the dance which will be |
held in the gold room of L'Aiglon, |
Eighteenth and Columbia road north |
west, February 81, from 10 to O'Clock. |
This dance will be given for the benefit |
of the scholarship fund. An elaborate |
entertainment also is being planned by |
the committee In charge. Miss Monica |
Gordon, chairman Of the entertainment |
committee, is being assisted by |
Misses Mary L. MCGEE, Gretchen Ba- |
den, Julia Bland, Dorothy McKnew, !
Mary Frances Glenn and william j. !
Boyd, Aloysius McGarvey and Albert |
Sweeney.
The minstrel revue and dance given |
in st. Stephens Auditorium, under the i
auspices of the Curley Club, on January |
IS was most successful. The following !
took prominent parts In the revue: |
Roland Hyland, interlocutor; John |
Baldwin, Billy Kelly, Edward Morris |
and Charles Plunkett were the end |
men; violin solo, Miss Ann Sweeney; |
vocal soloists. Miss Gretchen Baden,
Mrs. Estelle Hunt Dean, Silvio H. Poll, |
Jack Day and Albert Sweeney; speciality |
dances, Doris Hudson, Anna Mitchell, |
German and Libbey, Jessie and Lee |
O'Neil; Yoeman and Mcclure, speciality |
song and dance numbers; speciality song |
and dance number by the Curley Club |
Girls. This show will be repeated in |
Alexandria, Va, the latter part OF this
month; date and place will be an
nounced later.
The next regular business meeting Of |
the club will be held February IS at |
the Gordon Hotel. pm. All men, |
bers are urged to be present. Arrange |
ments are being made by the enter |
tainment committee to have party for |
the members Immediately following the |
business meeting.
Plans are being formulated for the |
banquet which will be given by the |
Curley Club in honor of Archbishop |