Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-01

Hotel last Wednesday.
A 500 contribution to the Com
munity Chest was voted by the club.
Ruby Lee Minar, guest speaker at the
installment banquet of the Detroit
SoroptimiSt Club, reported the forma-
ton of the first unit of the Worlds
Citizenship League in Detroit. This
league is the project adopted by the
American Federation of Soroptimist
Clubs at the June convention in Phila-
delphia. The league sponsors the move
ment to teach the youth of all lands
to revere the flags of all nations and
to appreciate the contributions of all
nations to civilization.
American Association of University
WOmen's CIub.-There will be tea
February 2 under the auspices of the
junior group, at which DR.. Zeuch, di-
rector of Commonwealth College, Mena,
Ark, will speak on Educational Sig
nif1cance of the Labor College" DR..
Caukin will be the hostess
Dr. Henry D. Hubbard of the Bureau
of Standards will speak Tuesday on
This Century of Science"
Chapter b, p. E. O., met Tuesday at
the home of Mrs. j. T. Hendricks, when
luncheon was served. A business meet
Jessie Citing, presided. Proposed amend
ments to the bylaws were reported by
Mrs. j. w. Thompson and will be acted
on at the next meeting. Mrs. E. G..
JeffreyS and Mrs. F.. w. Kopp made re-
ports. Mrs. G. w. Peckham announced
that the luncheon of the Cooperative
Committee will be given at 1910 F street
February 4 at 1890 o'clock. Assisting
hosteSseS were Mrs. Effie Williams, Mrs
hor ri c al Hr-
Mrs. j. H. Lightfoot, Mrs. L. H. Had
ley, Chapter ALB. Bellingham, Wash;
Mrs. F. w. Kopp. Chapter A, Mount
Pleasant, Iowa; Mrs. Adam Weir, Chap
ter Fly, DeS MoineS, Iowa; Mrs Glenn
S. Smith, Chapter C, Beach, N. OAK;
Miss Roberta Olds, Chapter N, Spear
fish, S. OAK; Mrs. Ernest Daniel, Chap
ter G; Miss Julia Mcmillan, District or
ganizer, Chapter A. Mrs. Roger M. CAL
loway, Chapter H; Mrs. C. E. Nelson,
Chapter H; Mrs. j. H Lightfoot, Chap
ter H; Mrs. G. Beethoven, Chapter F.
and Mrs. Jones, all of Washington,
D. c., made addresses.
The next meeting will be held at the
home of Mrs. Worthy P. Stems, 1888
Lamont street, at 8 o'clock February 10.
District of Columbia Federation of
WOmen's CIubS.-The January meeting
was held Monday at the Hotel Roose-
welt, the president, Mrs. Edgar B.
Merritt, presiding.
The director to the General Fedora
ton, Mrs. Virginia White Speel, report
ed the recent Midwinter board meeting
The officers met with the presidents
and directors from each State to ma
ture plans for their work.
The biennial council will be held in
Phoenix, Ariz., and the biennial con-
vention will convene at Seattle, Wash.
in 1882.
The Capper-Kelly bill for the stabili-
cation of prices to the consumer was
brought before the federation for con-
Sideration. Eugene C.. Brokmeyer and
Mrs. Harvey Wiley spoke of the bill.
Mrs. Ellis Logan, chairman Of the de-
partment of education, announced an
open meeting, sponsored by her COM
mittee, to be given at the Mount Pleas
ant Library, February IA at 2 o'clock.
The Housekeepers' Alliance will direct
the program. Mrs. William Wolfe Smith
will give a book review.
Mrs. Robert j. Bates, chairman of the
Committee ON Work with Ex-service
Men; Mrs. w. A. Winklehaus, chair
man of the American Home Committee,
and Mrs. Thora Hinshaw Seaton, chair
man of art, made reports.
Mrs. Wallace Sherwood asked the
club presidents to arrange for speakers
which her committee would provide, to
talk on Law Observance" to the men,
bers of clubs.
The federation made a donation to
the Community Chest.
Nine. Siqueira Coutinho presented a
program of piano selections. Miss
Ada Rainey spoke on American Art"
The Capitol Hill History Club met
January % in the home of Mrs. F. w.
Ranno, ia Quincy street, Chevy Chase.
Md, with Mrs. Shook associate hostess.
The luncheon and social was followed
by a business meeting. The program
consisted of a paper by Mrs. Austin,
talk by Mrs. Sowder, vocal solos, Mrs.
Livingston, and piano solos, Mr.. Shook.
Twentieth Century CIub.-The month
ly meeting will be held Thursday at the
Y. w. C. A. Sir Wilmott Lewis will
speak at II O'Clock, and the regular
business will be deferred until the last
part of the meeting.
The international outlook section will
meet Monday at 2:15 pm. at the
Y w C. A. Mrs. James K. McClintock
will report on events in Spain during
The past year. DR.. William F. Notz,
dean of the School of Foreign Service
of Georgetown University, will speak
on THE Three Most Popular Rulers
of Europe"
The parliamentary law section will
meet at IL am. Tuesday at the
Y. w. c. A.
The French section will meet at 2
pm. Wednesday at the Y. w. C. A. The
subject of the lesson will be Lunch
and Dinner in French Pension"
CurIey CIub-The last card party
and dance of the Winter season will be
given at the Continental Hotel Febru-
airy at $50 pm.
The Misses Gingress entertained
members of the club at luncheon at
their residence, BIG North Carolina
avenue southeast.
ID. C. League of American Pen
WOmen.-Mrs. Isabel Anderson will
give prizes for poetry, short story, fea-
ture article, one-act play and for art
in 1881, it was announced at business
meeting Monday night by AZalea G.
Badgley, second vice president and
chairman of creative group activities.
The contests are open to all members
of the District League who were not
awarded first prizes last year. The con-
tests will close March 81, and awards
will be made at special meeting in
May. In addition to the Isabel Ander-
son prizes, Mrs. Badgley announced
special poetry prize, to be given by
Agnes M Newman, and a prize for
heraldry, offered by DR.. Jean Stephen
son.
Attention was also called to the
prizes offered by the National League
of American Pen Women. Edna M.
Coleman is chairman of the book con-
test, which will be open until March
81, and a one-act play contest. spon-
sored by C. Antoinette Wood, will close
March /.