Evening star., 1931-11-29

will be the hostess.
Coffee will be served in the lounge
from Z to pm, Friday and Saturday,
Mrs F. L. HaweS and Mrs. j. F.
Statham will be hostesses.
Miss Carharts French class will meet
at 2:30 pm. Monday and Thursday.
On Thursday morning at IL O'Clock,
Modern Contemporary Poetry will be
the subject for discussion under the
leadership Of Mrs. Richard Hogue.
THE Art of the Dance" under the
leadership of Miss Evelyn Davis, will
be discussed at the club house Tuesday
at pm.
Members of the club are invited to
attend the informal Thursday night
conference at the Phillips Memorial .
Gallery, 1900 TWenty-FirSt street. at D
pm. christian Art Before the 14th
Century" will be the subject for discus
sion this week Those wishing TO al
tend notify Miss Bier.
Voteless District of Columbia League
of Women VOters.-Gov. Clifford Pm
chot will be the speaker at a dinner to-
morrow evening at the Raleigh Hotel.
Mrs. McKelway will preside. Mrs, MAX
Stern is chairman of arrangements.
Federal Aid for Unemployment Relief
will be the subject of the talk. Mrs,
Gardner Jackson is chairman Of reser-
vations, phone Wisconsin 1881.
Mrs. Mercer Johnston, chairman OF
Living Costs, announces tea Decem-
ber 10, at $3.50 o'clock under the aus
pices of the committee at the home CT
Mrs. Basil M Manly. Mrs. Harris
Baldwin will speak on Muscle Shoals,
from the Leagues Point OF view.
Members of the league are invited.
Mrs. Louis Gutenberg, Mrs Hedley
serving
as co-chairmen in the disposal OF SO
boxes for the lecture recital Of Par
sifal" the evening of December Z. at
Constitution Hall by Walter Damrosch,
under the auspices of the Community
Institute.
FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUBS
Mrs. Edgar B. Merritt, presided at the
meeting Monday in the Roosevelt Hotel.
Mrs. Harvey w Wiley, reported the
order of administering the distribution
Of fooGstuffs would be as unootruslve
as possible by the committee in charge
of the supply for emergency relief of
the unemployed. The food which has
been gathered and fruits canned by
volunteer workers is stored in the old
Harvey Restaurant Building. Contri-
buttons are now being made through
the Pantry Parties conducted each
month By various organizations. the
Women's City Club, taking the in
itiative in this project.
Through the Department of the
American Home, Mrs. w. A. Winkle-
haus. chairman, an appeal was made for
support of the students relief fund, OF
the DeniSon School. DR.. Laura S.
Brennon. offered and was accepted as
a committee of one to attend to this
need each month for the federation.
HandiWork Of the girls attending this
school was extolled by Mrs. j. j. Light
foot.
Mrs. Ellis Logan, chairman Of the
Department of Education, announced
meetings to be held at the Mount Pleas
ant Branch Library tomorrow at 2
o'clock.
Miss Lena Hitchcock was the speaker
for the Red Cross Roll Call. Miss Sibyl
Baker, supervisor OF Fairgrounds OF
the District of Columbia, spoke on
playground Work" Mrs. Helena Tar
ley sang, with Hazel Adair as accom-
panist Mrs. Elizabeth Peoples, director
OF Community Centers, announced a
growing interest in community centers.
Mrs Harvey w. Wiley, presented the
following recommendation from the
HousekeeperS' Alliance, which was
adopted: 1.-The Housekeepers' Alliance
recommends to the District Federation
of Women'S Clubs that they recommend
to the General Federation of Women S
Clubs the study of the proposed equal
rights amendment to the United States
Constitution reading: That men and
women shall have equal rights Though
out the United States and in every place
subject to its jurisdiction, and that dur
ing the period of this study they desiSt
from opposition"
Mrs. Thors Hinshaw Seaton an
nounced the plan under way for estab-
fishing study groups in history and art.
Mrs. L. B. Stine, chairman of the
division of conservation Of natural re-
sources, announced tree planting pro-
gram will be carried out, with the plant
ing of a group Of trees in CCurtland
place in the near future.
Helen Donofrio sang, with Elizabeth
Gardner Coombs as accompanist. Mrs.
Edgar B. Merritt president. reported the
Come and See" trip made to the Con-
yalescent Home for Children, and the
Foundlings' Home in connection with
the Community Chest work. Mrs. F. M.
Shortall directed the tour.
Mrs. II. M. Hunter. director of the
radio program, announces a return to
the former time of 1920 o'clock on
Station WJSV tomorrow morning, when
LII. LOulot u Ikle
u. S. Bureau Of Home Economics, will
speak on What There Is In the Presi-
dents Housing Conference of Interest
to Women" Constance Russell will give
a group Of piano solos
A musical program will be given over
Station WMAL Tuesday at IL 80 o'clock
with Mary Apple, contralto soloist, giv-
ing a group of songs on the Among
Women" program, sponsored by the fed
Grafton. Mrs. H. M. Hunter will an
nounce both programs.
The Clover Club met at the home OF
Mrs. w. w Wheeler, 4457 @ street
Foxhall Village, November 49, Mrs G
o. Gillingham gave book review and
Mrs. w. NJ Schoonmaker read a paper
The next meeting will be at the home
of Mrs. G. o. Gillingham, 1474 Colum-
bia road, December g. Mrs. Mary
Burnside will be the speaker and her
subject will be Panama" the clubs
entire program being study of the
states that go to make up the Pan
American Union.
SOrOptimists had homecoming
party at the La Fayette Hotel Wednes-
DAY evening, with Grace Goodpasture,
president, as mistress Of ceremonies
when eX-Soroptimists, fathers, brothers
husbands and sWeetheartS were guests
A group of students from the Mar
jorie Webster School entertained with
songs and dances. Francis Banks and
Elizabeth Holt gave readings.
Grace Goodpasture welcomed the
guests and told Of the outstanding ac-
complishments of the club in the past
two years. Harriet Locher responded
for the guests and called on ex-Sorop-
timists, who were Ethel Warde, Katie
Dunn, Ada Klein-Peter, Agnes Wynne
Helen Woods, Georgia Miller, Agnes
Rice, DR.. Julia Green and Margaret
Sitgreaves Bouilly.
Membership drive prizes were won by
Marjorie Webster, Jane RYAN, DR.. Lula
Waters and Edna Gasch.
Music was furnished by the Sorop-
timiSt Glee Club under the direction