Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-12
NEWS OF THE CLUBS

ginia Hefty and Miss Garry All were
elected to membership.
Plans for a reception in honor of tn,
president Of the university and Mrs
Cloyd Heck Marvin were discussed.
was decided to hold the reception Feb
ruary 10.
Speech Reading Club Of Washington
The principal item of interest in thu
current annals of this club is the de.
cision to change its name to the Wash.
ington League for the Hard of Hearing
which more nearly approximates the
proper title for the activities of thi,
organization.
The club is starting a post-holiday
season with a fresh burst of enthusi.
asm. A membership drive is about tc
begin and 1t is hoped that all who are
In any manner interested in the prob
lens of the hard of hearing will make
an effort to drop in and look into the
many opportunities for service.
The club rooms are open each Mon
day evening from 8 to 10 o'clock for a
practice class in lip reading. To those
who are unfamiliar with what can be
| accomplished along this line, a dem
onstration of its possibilities will be
most Illuminating.
Thursday afternoon and evening are
bers who attend these meetings spend
their time at cards, lip-reading practice
or any manner which pleases them.
Visitors are always cordially invited
Friday afternoons from to 6 O'Clock
are devoted to afternoon tea, sociability
and lip-reading practice. The presi-
dent. Miss Florence P. Spoford, is in
charge of this period and is more than
glad to welcome visitors,
Columbia Heights Art CIub-Mrs.
Augustus Knight and Mrs. Walter How
ard entertained the club Thursday,
January q
The papers we're The History of Ma
tive Government of India" by Mrs.
Edith z. Pyles, and The History of In
dian Art" by Mrs. Anton Heitmuller.
The guests were Mrs. Emma Tyler, Mrs.
Addie Curtis. Mrs. M. B. Dancarron and
Mrs. L. Sumner of ST. Louis, Mrs. M.
Millar. Mrs. De Wittle Croissant. Miss
M. Mould, Mrs. r. B. Base, Mrs. w. L..
Clarke. Mrs. j. W. Frizzell. Mrs. c. P.
Grandf1eld, Mrs. Joseph Grifiths, Mrs.
E. D. Hardy, Mrs. S. W. Morris, Miss
Cordelia H. Hill, Mrs. M. K. Male,
Mrs. @. L. Peckham, Mrs. e. G. Rus
SELL Mrs. A. R. Tracy, Mrs A. J. Seaton
Mrs. H. F. White, Mrs. M. A. Winter,
Mrs. Sarah A. Wolhaupter, Mrs. H. x.
Fulton.
Philo Classics resumed study of
Shakespeare in the Fall under the able
leadership of the president, Mrs. Leroy
Palmer. The play considered has been
Henry VIII" with Mrs. Victoria Ste
venson conducting, and the papers pre-
sented have shown much study. They
are as follows: Henry VIII and His
Times" by Mrs. Peckham; Character
ization Of Cardinal Wolsey," by Mrs.
Forbes: The Wives of Henry VIII" by
Mrs Wolhaupter; THE Progressive De-
velopments of the Time" by Miss Julia
Mcmillan, and a paper, illustrated by
pictures of THE Play as Delineated by
Artists" by Mrs. Bruce Bare.
The concluding program of the play
will be given January II, meeting
with Mrs. Augustus Knight at the Kene-
saw, at which time q speaker has been
invited to address the club.
Washington Unit, Women's Overseas
Service League.-The regular January
meeting Of the Washington Unit will be
held on Tuesday, at 8 o'clock, in the
garden house of the Dodge Hotel A
report will be given by the service chair
man on the Christmas work of the
unit. Plans will be discussed for the
Paris convention and for the meeting
Of the 3rd Corps Area, which is to be
held soon in Washington.