Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-02
NEWS OF THE CLUBS

Causerie Francois as usual Thursday
afternoon at 4:30 o'clock.
Next Sunday the monthly artists tea
will be held from to pm. Miss
Clara Hill, chairman, announces that
the guest speaker, Mr.. L. M. Leisenring,
will talk on the restoration of Lees
mansion at Arlington.
d. C. Federation of WOmen's Clubs
Mrs. Edgar B. Merritt presided at the
meeting held Monday at the Roose-
welt Hotel
At the morning session Mrs. William
La Varre, chairman of finance, said
three one-act plays-"The Valient, +"
which will be directed by DR.. E. Clyde
Shade; kitty Olive" the lead being
taken by Kate Tomlinson and Children
of the American Revolution, under the
direction of Mrs. Sawtelle, will dance
the minuet; the Masks, the alumni as
ISOLATION of Central High School, will
present Followers a one-act comedy.
TIE plays will be given in st. Paurs
Eall, 1921 V street, at 8 pm. Mrs.
Edith Sears, chairman of drama, Is
making all arrangements.
Mrs. William La Varre, Miss Mate
Lewis, Mrs. Charles Langley and Mrs.
j. Harry Cunningham were elected del
egates to the biennial convention of the
General Federation, to be held this
/
Grattan Kerens, Mrs. John Boyle, jr
and Mrs. Clyde B. Aitcheson Mrs
Edgar B. Merritt and Mrs. v. w. Speel
viii go as delegates also by virtue of
their Office.
Book reviews will be given Saturday
March 8, at the Mount Pleasant Lii
brary at pm. The District of Co.
Iumola Woman's Christian Temperance
Union will present the program
Lenten program for Saturday after
noon, March %, at 2 o'clock has been
arranged to be held at the National
Museum
A card party will be held Tuesday
afternoon at o'clock at the Washing
ton Club for the benefit of the Ameri-
can citizenship work
Among those entertaining guests at
luncheon were Mrs. Edgar B. Merritt and
Mrs. Otto H. Veerhoff, who had with
her Mrs George Bowerman and mem
bers OF the Twentieth Century Club arts
section. Mr.. Will Hutchins was also
guest and was speaker at the after
noon session, his subject being THE
Significance of Italian Art" Mrs. Ar
thur J. Seaton, chairman of music. pre-
sented Nine. Louise Continho, concert
pianist All members are invited to
hear DR.. Alys Hrdlicka in an Illustrated
lecture, New Lights on Alaska" Nom
day, March II, at 2 pm. in the audi
forum OF the National Museum. After
the lecture the audience is invited 10
view the antiquities and curios which
DR.. Hrdlicka's party has recently put
on exhibition.
Miss Majorie Lambie was Endorsed as
the candidate of the D. C. Federation
for the United States Plenipotentiary
to the World Conference on Nationality
at The Hague in March.
Twentieth Century Club.-"The Sum-
mer Institute of Euthenics at Vassar"
will be the subject of Miss Harriet
sawyer, executive and educational Sec
retary OF the associate alumnae of Vas
sar College, before the club at its
March meeting Thursday morning at ii
| o'clock at Barker Hall, Y. w. C. A.
Following her lecture, Miss M. Pearl
| Mccall, sister of the United States at
torney for the District of Columbia, will
speak
The international outlook section, Mrs.
! w. w. Husband, chairman, will have
for the speaker at the meeting tomor-
row at pm. at Y. w. G. A. Mr.. L. A.
II. Peters, attache of the Netherlands
legation. His subject will be Some
Aspects of Netherland- American Rela-
tons. Mrs. Harry F. Hull, wife of the
commissioner general of immigration,
will tell of her teaching experiences in
! Korea, and Mrs. George F. Bowerman
will continue her resume of the Naval
Conference
Tomorrow at 10 o'clock at Florence
Court the study class will meet with
| Miss Mary r LambertSon. Mrs. Fran
els L. Halves, teacher.
| Privileged Motions" will be the sub
! 1ect OF the parliamentary law section,
| Miss Emma T. Strider, chairman, which
will meet on Friday, March 7, at IL am
Zonta CIub-As it was the monthly
business meeting Of the club, no guests
were present Wednesday. Reports were
read by committee chairman. The
| Spring conference of regions A, B and
| c, District No. l, is to be held in Al
bany, N. Y, April and 6, it was an
nounced. DR.. Ida B. Earhart is re-
| gional chairman. Miss Elizabeth M.
Haney and Mrs Edith c. Salisbury were
! elected delegate and alternate, reSpec-
| lively.
The president, Miss Esther c. M
GUIDE, announced that the Spring din
ner and vaudeville show will be held at
the Dodge Hotel Saturday, March %.
The speaker at the meeting Wednesday,
March S, will be Chris l.. Christensen,
executive secretary, Federal Farm Board.
| SOroptimists had as their guest
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Hotel Mrs. Isabel harrington, president
of the Chevy Chase School for Girls
Mrs. harrington for many years has
| bee.l actively interested in improving
| the modern drama and developing COM
munity talent, She spoke on modern
drama and Senorita Aurelia Colonia
sang several selections in her native
tongue, accompanied at the piano by
Miss Eleanor Colborn.
Mrs. Harriet Hawley Locher had as
guests her mother, Mrs. Hawley, and
| Mrs. Margaret Atwater Bronson. Miss
| Elizabeth Hart and Mrs. Thayer were
| guests of Mrs. Bessie Fisher and Mrs.
Helena Reed entertained Miss Minette
Leedes. Miss Ida Butler was the guest
of Miss Isabel Baker and Mrs Mary M.
Chmejlko the guest Of Miss Ella Werner.
Miss Mary Bickford and Miss Ester
Susan were guests Of Miss Celete
Hodges and Mrs. Charles Morganston
/ and Mrs. G. A. Parker accompanied
/ Mrs. Eva Turner. Miss Mary Judge and
Miss Grace Turner were guests of Miss
Gene c. Bearmore and Mrs. Ethel
Knight Pollard. Mrs. Richardson, man.
ager Of the All-States Hotel, was enter
tanned by the president, Mary Catherine
Lewis, who presided.
Columbian WOmen.-Mrs. Daniel C..
Chace, chairman of the program COM
AHAttec, Aldo dLl dLSSu IlOSC interesting
program for the March meeting, which
will take place in Corcoran Hall on
| Tuesday.
Mrs. Nina Swain Reed of the League
of American Pen Women will speak
upon the subject. THE Ships and Shoes
and Sealing Wax Aspect of This Topsy
! Turvy World
Continuing the series of vocational
talks being given under the auspices of
| the vocational guidance committee Miss
Virginia Diedel, a graduate of the
George Washington University Law
School and practicing attorney, will
! tell of opnortunities for women in law