Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-16
NEWS OF THE CLUBS

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Stoneleigh Court March rs at / pm
Woman members Of Congress and SEN
ator Capper are to be invited. Report
will be made by Mrs. Lyman B. SWORN
stedt, chairman of the memorial fund,
| on the progress of the Ellen Spencer
Mussey memorial. Election of of1cers
will take place in May. The nominat-
| ing committee includes Mrs. Mercer q.
| Johnston, Miss Elizabeth Hayden, MISS
Ellen NJ. Rugg, Mrs. Juliette G. Robert
son and Mrs Basil M. Manly. Delegates
| and alternates to the biennial conven-
ton to be h.ld in Louisville, KY, April
! % to May 8. will be elected. Miss Fay
! Bentley, a member of the board, mas
been appointed to the White House con-
| ference on child health and protection:
Mrs. George Kicker. past president OF
the league. is expected in Washington
April Z for brief visit.
Federation Of WOmen'S CIubS.--MrS
Ellis Logan, chairman, department OF
education, announces a meeting to be
held at the National Museum March
% at O'Clock to study the collections
of objects of religious ceremonial as
sembled by the late Assistant Curator,
Division of Old World Archaeology, I'm
manuel Moses Cssanowicz
Mrs. Edith Sears, chairman Of the
drama section, and Mrs. william La
Varre, finance chairman. are co-operat-
ing in the planning for the presentation
OF three oYle-act plays, March 20, In st.
Paul's Hail. 1921 v street, at Sis pm
The Valient," by the Takoma Park
Players; Kitty Give" by Kate Tomlin-
son, John J. Hinton and Martin
Scranage, and the The Masks" will
danced by members of the Children
of the American Revolution In costume,
will be directed by Mrs. H Sawtelle.
Mrs. w. A. Windlehaus, chairman of
the American home division, announces
Mrs. John d. Sherman, past president
OF the general federation, will be guest
of honor and speaker March "a at the
Roosevelt. Music will be by Mrs. Harlan
Randall, soloist, and Miss Rosemary
Finckel, pianist.
Twentieth Century Club.-"New Light
on Alaska" will be the subject of an
illustrated lecture by DR.. AleS Hrdlicka
before the art section at the National
Museum tomorrow at o'clock. Daniel
Sutherland, United States delegate
from Alaska, and Mrs. Sutherland also
will be the guests of honor, and Mr..
Sutherland will introduce the speaker.
After the lecture there will be an OPP
portunity to examine the cases of
Alaskan antiquities which the Smith
sonian research party under Or.
Hrdlicka has recently contributed. The
chairman is Mrs. o. l.. Veerhoff.
"Delphiniums and Columbines," by
Mrs. T. H. Macdonald, and Japanese
Gardens" by Mrs. Frederick v. Coville.
will be given to the members Of the
garden section. Mrs. Benjamin e.
Smith, chairman, Tuesday at 2 pm.
.eT itar.tura IN the AEakino,' IL the
subject on which Mrs. Fay Cooper Cole
will speak before the civic section
Thursday at 1880 o'clock at the Y. w.
CA. Mrs. Francis M. Goodwin should
receive the notification from those
coming for luncheon by Tuesday.
Voting and Elections" will be the
subject of the parliamentary law Sec
ton which Miss Emma T. Strider,
leader, will conduct Friday at IL o'clock
at the Y. w. c. A.
The study. class of the French Sec
ton will meet tomorrow at 10 o'clock
at the residence of Mrs. Edgar B. CAL
vert, Florence Court. Mrs. Francis L.
Halves will conduct the lesson. There
viii be no meeting OF the French sec
ton, Mrs. Frederic L. harrington, lead
er, on Wednesday.
Those admitted to membership in the
club at the last meeting were Mrs. Ed
ward d. VoSbury. Mrs. William Knowles
Cooper Mrs. Earle H. Clapp Mrs. j.
Patton.
Women's City Club.-New members
will be among the guests of honor at
the tea today from 4:30 to o'clock.
A select program of music win be given
at 5 O'Clock. THE Hills OF Donegal
will be the topic of q talk by Miss -Wini-
fred Young of London, England, and
Donegal, Ireland, at the annual St.
Patricks day dinner tomorrow evening
at $50 o'clock in the club house.
Prof. william Lee Corbin will speak on
the Irish dramatistS. Mrs. Luther z.
Gregory will give group of songs; also
Joseph H. Trainor and Thomas Can't
well, accompanied by Martin Dowd, will
sing.
Miss Ethel Bagley will preside at the
District history dinner Friday at $3.50
o'clock. MRS. Albert N. Baggs, regent
of the L'Enfant Chapter. D. A. R., will
tell Of plans for memorial to L'Enfant,
and William Partridge, consulting ar
chitect of the National Capital Park
and Planning Commission, will give. a
new Interpretation of the L'Enfant plan
in after-dinner talks. Mrs. Baggs, Mr..
and Mrs. Partridge will be honor guests.
Miss Mary e. Lazenby, chairman, has
made all arrangements for the evening.
Mrs Lyle Burns Steever, aeronautical
director of the aviation section, at the
business meeting presented resolutions
which were passed, approving the es-
tablishment of permanent airport for
the National Capital on the Gravelly
Point site and the immediate provision
Of a temporary airport for the District
of Columbia as close as possible to the
business section Of the city until the
Gravelly Point can be made ready. The
club has launched campaign in CO.
operation with the National Exchange
Club and the Chamber of Commerce to
have Washington selected as the start
ing point of the national women'S air
derby, to be held next Summer in con-
nection with the national air races at
Chicago, and feels that 1T is imperative
that there be an official District air.
port with first-class facilities from
which the woman pilots can make a
start. A meeting of the aviation sec
ton will be held Friday at 5 o'clock to
discuss the economic issues involved In
the acquisition Of an airport according
to the recommendations made by the
Joint commission on airportS for the
District. Lieut.. Walter Hinton, at q
meeting Friday afternoon, told Of the
opportunities for women in aviation.
DR.. Ada Wahlen will be hostess at a
club dance Friday at 8 o'clock.
Mrs. Edith Sears, chairman and in
structor in the class in pantomime an
nounces meetings will be held every
Thursday at 4:30 o'clock and. Friday
at IL am.
Mrs. j. Edwin Reid was hostess at
the st. Patrick's luncheon bridge party,
when progressive bridge was played,
with awards being presented to Mrs.
Susan G. Gwynne, Mrs. EStelle Camp
bell, Mrs. H. j. McKenney, Mrs. Lewis
Flemer, Mrs. Steward and Mrs. L. H.
Mattingly. This section meets tomor-
row at 1880 o'clock.
, Miss Elva Mcnamara will be hostess
at the Tuesday evening free and easy