Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-08
NEWS OF THE CLUBS

Mrs Boyce r. Bolton, Mrs. w. Paul
Briggs, Mrs. A. v. Burdine, Mrs. Leslie
H. French Mrs. Robert II. Harmon, Mrs
Charles w. Hyde, Mrs. Daniel Bruce
Moffett, Mrs. Herbert P. Ramsey, Mrs.
j. j. Shugrue, Mrs. N. Norman Smiler,
Mrs. Winnie q. Barrows, Mrs. John PAU
Earnest, jr.; Miss Mary Lackey and
Miss Eva Baker.
st. David's Society.-The annual BAN
ouet was held on Tuesday at the Roose-
welt Hotel The program was opened by
the invocation given in Welsh by David
J. Roberts, Welsh teacher of the society.
A short address of welcome was ex-
tended by President Fred l.. Harrtes.
Sir Willmott Lewis was the guest of
honor and he gave an account of his
early life in Wales. Interspersed through
the program was music by Miss Pearl
Griffith. Harry Evans, the Misses Iris
and Delise Davies of Baltimore. BARI
tone sclo by E. @. Thomas and one by
Wilfred Smith, and anthems by the So
cietys male quartet message OF
Welsh greeting was read by Harry s.
Evans from Senator James j. Davis OF
Pennsylvania.
AIoysian Cuba meeting of the
round table discussion group was held
at the club house, Al street. March l,
at pm. Mrs. Frank OEIara is the
discussion leader. At the meeting tea |
was served by the chairman Of the
House Committee, Miss katherine T.
Doherty
Miss Alice G. Kelly is arranging for
the St. Patrick's card party, which will |
be given at the club March 16.
Mrs. James Hartnett, parliamentary
law class instructor, has arranged de- |
bate for the next meeting of the class,
in which the debaters will be Misses |
Ann. Hickey. Mary McHugh, Alice M. |
Kelly and Catherine Burns The chair
man of the debate will be Miss Margaret
Chamberlain and Mrs. Ruth Martin, |
Miss Agnes Martin and Miss Leona
Fromholzer will act as judges
The monthly meeting of the club will
be held March 10 at $50 pm.
The Rowac Club met March 4 at the
home of Mrs. j. A. Hendrix for lunch |
con, followed by q business meeting
The guest speaker was Miss Katherine
Whitley
The hostess was assisted by Mrs o.
J. Cas-, Mrs. Harold Fry. Mrs. NJ G.
Hall and Mrs. j. C. Smith The next
meeting will be April / at the home of
Mrs. Walter Davidson, 1430 Lowell
street.
The writers League of Washington
will meet at the Thomson Community
Center, Twelfth and L streets, next
Friday evening. The following pro-
gram has been arranged: Short stories
by Felix Schwarz, Paul w. Shelly and
Mrs. Helen Orr watson; articles by
Miss Evelyn Crane and Miss Clara
handkerchief, verse by Miss Priestley.
At the last meeting Mrs. E. M. C.
Rittue read an article giving the his
States Of America, which. has been
placed on file in D. A. r. Hall. Fred
Mclaughlin read poem. A story by
Miss Marie Dallas was discussed.
Soroptimist CIub.-Memories of as
sc -iation with great personalities of the
stage OF rs years ago was the subject
Of talk by Robert Downing, guest
speaker at the luncheon Wednesday at
the La Fayette Hotel. Violin solos
were given by Paul Britenburg, with
Mr.. Heitmueller as accompanist.
nellie Hysong. Ruth Kinney, Eliza
beth Dyer. Margaret Withers and
Grace Goodpasture entertained guests
at the luncheon.
The Petworth WOman's CIub.-The
literature section will meet tomorrow
at pm. at the home Of Mrs. r. E.
Holm, 4l06 Fourth street, with Mrs
Schwartz and Phelps assisting host
esses Poetry" will be presented by
Mrs. Tincher, Waite Church, and Miss
Patterson.
On wednesday at 8 pm. the hos
pitality section will meet at the home
OF the President, Mrs. L. T. Jones,
Mrs. John w. Brown being the hostess.
At the last business meeting of the
club the president appointed this sec
ton to arrange for the banquet of the
club to be given in June at the an
nual meeting.
District Of Columbia Home Eco
Monies AssociatiOn.-A dinner meeting
was held February "a at the Grace
Dodge Hotel. The meeting was spon-
sored by the clothing and textile sec
ton, of which Mrs. Hazel Thompson
Craig, teacher of clothing and costume
design at Gallaudet College, is chair
man. Miss Catherine Cowsill, presi-
dent Of the association, welcomed the
members and their guests. Mrs. Craig
presided during the rest of the eve
ming. group of songs were sung by
Miss Mary O'Donoghue, accompanied
by Evelyn Thonafdes at the piano
Miss Lillian Locke, assistant profess
Sor OF household arts at Teachers Col
lege, Columbia University, made an
address.
Quota Club.-Miss Frieda Kenyon
presided at the dinner meeting Thurs
day at the Women's University Club,
when the program and plans were dis
cussed for the convention of the Quota
Club international, Inc, to be held in
Washington June "a, rs and 26.
voteless District Of Columbia League
of Women VOters.-"Gandhi" will be
the subject OF a tea talk at the home
OF Mrs. Louis Gutenberg, 1913 Buchanan
street, Tuesday, at the meeting spon-
sored by the Committee on Interna-
tional Relations from to 6 o'clock All
league members are invited. Mrs. VIII
liam tombstone, chairman, will assist
the hostess. The study group will meet
March II. at 1880 o'clock, at 2l21 New
York avenue, when Miss Caukin Of the
A. u. w. will be the leader. Russia
will be the study subject.
Announcement of an early Spring
unwilling Of the bronze memorial tablet
to be erected by the National League of
Women Voters to honor the women who
were pioneers in the movement for
woman suffrage, National Leaders SUI
san B. Anthony, Anna Howard Shaw
and Carrie Chapman Gait The tablet
Will be hung in the national headquar-
tiers, at $40 Seventeenth street.
The Voters Service program will be
broadcast Tuesday evening at o'clock.
Representative Clyde Kelly of Pennsyl-
vania and Robert Crosser of Ohio will
discuss the subject of Commodity
Price Agreements"
Mrs. F. B. Croxton, chairman Of the
Social Hygiene Committee, reported a
luncheon at the Hamilton Hotel Mon
day. when DIR. Miriam Van Waters was
guest speaker.
Mrs. Henry Grattan DOYLE uresided