Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-15
NEWS OF THE CLUBS

Mrs. David Mcpherson, presided. 1t
was decided to begin the study Of
American history at the December
meeting. Mrs. Emma w. p. Slack and
Miss Irene Juno will furnish the pa
pers.
Miss Dorothy Mildred Nicholson, who
will be introduced to society on Novem-
Der % and who has Just been made
member of the National League of
American Pen Women, will also be a
speaker at this meeting. Speaking on
1.-THE Paris Exposition" to which she
represented this country as assistant
hostess.
The December meeting will be held at
the home of the president.
Columbia Floral Circle will meet to-
morrow, / pm, with Mrs. Helen Null
lenberg, 822 Longfellow street. Mrs.
Gertrude Smith is assisting hostess.
The American Association of Uni
versity Women will hold a tea tomorrow
at 4 o'clock, after which Miss Florence
K Root, president of the National As
ISOLATION Of Deans Of Women and dean
of women at Cleveland College, will
speak on What Is Adult Education
and Why Is 1t necessary" Mrs. Winnie
Barrcws, the hostess. viii be assisted by
other deans Of women ana college pro-
fessors.
A dinner-bridge for the Junior group
will be held Tuesday at pm. Reserva-
tions may be made Monday at the
dining room ONCE. Mrs Nichols and
Miss Dorothy Field will be hostesses.
A dinner under the auspices of the
Education Committee will be held We'd
nesday at pm. Miss Katharine Len
root, assistant chief of the Children's
Bureau, will speak on "A Child Welfare
Program for the District of Columbia,
at the dinner. Reservations should be
made by pm. Tuesday. Mrs. Henry
Grattan Doyle will preside.
The Junior Book Review will be
Thursday at 4:45 pm. under the d.
rection Of Muna Lee, publicity woman
of the National Woman's Party.
An informal card party will be held
Saturday at pm. Reservations may
be made through the dining room Of
flee by pm. Friday. Mrs. Lawrence
Radford will be hostess.
Miss Evelyn Davis viii lead q study
group Tuesday at 8 pm.
Miss BERTHE Backus viii conduct a
study group In character education
Thursday at pm.
The Writers Rendezvous.-Lewis Lof-
ton Moneyway of Baltimore spoke on
Short Story Writing" Tuesday; Jack
Stearns Gray. wife of George A. Gray,
famous pioneer Wright aviator, told of
the publication of her book up; Bob
bic Haag gave banjo selections; Felix
Schwartz, Emelda Desharis, e. j. Irvine,
Eldred Wilson, Jean Prichard, Charles
P. Cottingham, Ray Sackson Anna
Priestley and Mary s. Daugherty were
also on the program.
At the next meeting, December !
G. M. Roach, radio playwright and CO.
author Of What Price Racketeers?"
will speak on Radio Drama; others
on the program are Katherine Nichol-
son and Jean Prichard. All writer's and
artists are invited.
The Abracadabra Club held It's semi
monthly meeting at the Hotel Roosevelt,
hostess, Mrs Josephine Griffith. The
club has departed from It's former Gus
tom to discuss matters Of American art,
literature and history, and Is now de-
voting itself to current events. Presi-
dent Harold z. Warner read q paper on
The Measurement Of Intelligence"
Women's Bar Association Of the Dis
trict Of Columbia.-The monthly dinner
meeting will be held at the Women's
City Club. tomorrow at $50 pm. under
the Craftsmanship OF Mrs. Helena DOGGY
Reed. The guest Of honor and princi-
pal speaker will be Leo A. Rover, United
States attorney for the District of Co
lumbia, who will talk on "How to Deal
With the District Attorneys ONCE"
The Women's Bar Association Of Bal
timore, led by Miss Helen Brown, presi-
dent. viii be guests of the local associ-
alton.
District Of Columbia League Of Amer
NnRnAHA-ARPc
now editing Stardust Magazine, and
chairman Of the poetry group for the
District Of Columbia League of Amer
lean Pen Women, will conduct her
poetry evening tomorrow ct O'Clock In
the leagues club rooms, 1706 l. street
The group Is following a course of crit
ical study. The coming talk will be on
THE Music Of the Line" The chair
man will be assisted by her vice chair
man, Miss Alethea Todd Anderson.
Miss Emma Service Lester, who has
spent q number Of years In China and
written Chinese verse for which she
has won Chinese prizes, will read Let
tiers of Poets"
Nine. Felian Garzia, chairman. Les
causeries franchises, will continue IAN
atole France" Wednesday at 4:30
o'clock.
The District Society Of the Danes Of
the Loyal Legion met at the residence
Of Mrs. David j. Rumbaugh, 1870
Wyoming avenue, Mrs. e. S. Alvord
presiding.
Mrs. j. Jerome Lightfoot, who repre-
sented the DANES at the Yorktown
celebration, gave q vivid word picture
of the historic event. Miss Helen
Downing read letter from Lieut. Col
U. s. Grant, Sd, director of public
buildings and public parks. in which he
suggested that patriotic societies con-
furnishing the lower floor of the house
on Tenth street in which President
Lincoln died, the furnishing to be so
far as possible a replica of the original.
The society voted to furnish the room
where the martyred President passed
away, as its donation.
An American flag was presented to
John A. Logan, Sd, grandson Of Mrs.
John A. Logan, founder of the District
of Columbia Society of the Danes of
the Loyal Legion and its first president.
through Mrs. Mary Logan Tucker Mr..
Logan is soon to embark on scientific
expedition in Thibet, where he hopes
to carry the nag to the top of one of
the mountain peaks in Northern China,
placing the flag there in the name of
the District Society of the Danes O. the
Loyal Legion.
Mrs. Rumbaugh reported the annual
box of clothing and other gifts would
be sent to the girl students at the
Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate,
Tenn.
The society approved resolutions
passed by the National Woman's Relief
Corps of Illinois: One protesting against
the delay of carrying out the resolution
of Congress to place in Arlington
Amphitheater memorial orders IL Of
Gen. Logan, and one against the pro-
posed change of the official name OF
the War of 1851 1853 as War Between
the States" and eliminate the use OF
the term civil War"