The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-14

l Club women from every state in
 the Union gathered in Washington,
 D. C., yesterday for the annual mid . winter meeting of the board of di- ] rectors of the General Federation of Women's clubs. Mrs. John F. Sippel I presided.
 Mrs. Robert r. Gadd of Hartford. president of the Connecticut State Federation of Women's clubs, at tended.
 The unemployment problem. the White House conference on child health and protection and inter- Am erican relationships were discussed by experts. The women were receive ed by President and Mrs. Hoover There was a pilgrimage to the Uni ted States Naval academy at An- napolis and a morning spent at the penal farm at Occoquan, the first in- dustrial farm for misdemeanants. Members of congress and their wives and other members of the of- ficial and social life of the nations capital were received at a large re- ception given at the federation head quarters. one of the historically in- teresting mansions of Washington, having once been the home of Gen eral Nelson A. Miles and at different times having housed various foreign legations.
 Senor Manuel Freyer. ambassador extraordinary and minister plenipo- tentiary from Peru discussed "The Value of 8 Close Inter-American Spiritual Understanding" The am- bassador Is accounted a brilliant and able speaker and since this admin istration of the federation has stressed the study of the Americas.
 Dr. James s. Plant. director of tha EScoY Clinic, Newark, N. J., spoke on the Findings and the Significance of the White House Conference on Child Health and Protection" Dr. Plant headed one of the more important committees in this conference ana his fine handling of the many prob- lems presented, caused him to be sought out to present this vital mat ter to the board Rr. Lillian M. Gil- breath. head of the woman's division of President Hoover's emergency committee for employment, who spoke in Hartford last spring at the annual luncheon of the College club told of the remarkable response she ha3 had from club women and pres- ent further way of aiding in solving this problem.
 The business session of the board began this morning and will continue d udJ, tIlc HlOIfllIlB ana afternoon sessions being devoted to routine business and the evening sessions be- ing given over to outside speakers. These regular board sessions will be preceded and followed by smaller gatherings. including meetings of the executive committee. the board of trustees, conferences of directors, presidents and department chairmen. It is expected that there will be about 100 present. Many of the di- rectors will remain over for the an- nual conference on the Cause and Cure of Var" which immediately follows. and for whose delegates the federation will give a large recep- ton.
 Mir and Mrs James Gray of Flat bush avenue, West Hartford, cele- brated their silver wedding annivcr- sary last Saturday evening at their rome. Mir and Mrs Gray received many attractive gifts from relatives and friends. Among the gifts was a silver coffee urn presented by friends in the Burdett Auxiliary, IT. $. w. c. A. A turkey supper was served to fifty guests. Mir and Mrs Gray have four children. Miss Eileen Gray. Miss Rosalie Gray, Miss Mur- lel Gray, also James Gray, Jr, stu dent at Georgetown University.
 Mrs Gray is department president Of the U. $. w. V. Auxiliary.
 A joint meeting of the junior and senior Hadassah chapters and a linen shower was held recently at the Hebrew Institute. Miss Kussy chairman of the Federation of Hadassah of New Jersey addressed hn ,f linen was contributed. A solo was given by Mrs II. Klageman accom- panied by Miss Celia Rubinstein. Mrs Jacob Singer was chairman.