Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-22

for the Winter wren, sparrow and early
flowers.
The meeting of the Board of Direc.
tors will be held March rs at IL am
at the Y w. G. A. The president, Mrs
william Walter Husband, will preside.
Under the auspices Of the civic Sec
ton q group has been organized with
Mrs. Frederick ". Coville acting a.
| chairman to sew for the Red Cross. AL
members Of the club are invited TO join
this group, which meets every Wednes-
day at the D. @. Chapter House, 174C
e street.
Burnside Corps, w. r. c., met at the
home of Miss Adelaide Foster, the Mira
mar, apartment 307, with the president
Mrs. Alice Meade, presiding. Relief
work was reported, and Junior Vice
| President Mrs. Caroline Burrows made
a report of work done for the sick, Mrs
Rose Pennell.
Mrs. Louise Watson, senior vice presi-
dent of the Department of the Potomac;
Mrs. Charlotte Cary, senior aide; Mrs
Wingate, Mrs. Eldridge, Miss Mabel
Hamilton, Miss Mary Kelly and Mrs
Allen were special guests.
The next meeting will be March rs,
at the home Of the treasurer, Mrs.
Della L. O'Brien, 2l47 o street.
The Excelsior Literary Club met at
the home Of Mrs. Emily Jarboe, 416
Kenyon street, March II, with the pres
ident, Mrs. Walter Asmuth, in the chair.
The program was opened with q recita-
ton by Mrs Matte Queen Ewing. MRS.
Jarboe rendered a vocal solo, accom-
panied on the piano by Mrs. Carr. There
was one visitor, Miss Helen Keeler OF
New Haven. Conn, who is spending a
few days with Mr.. and Mrs. Carr.
The next meeting will be at the home
Of Mrs. Charlotte Beaver, 4104 Harrison
street. April Z.
Kit Carson WOman's Relief Corps
met at TIC Seventh street northeast,
Miss Eta p. Moore, president, pre-
siding. The department president. Mrs.
Addie Wheeler Hickman, and staff were
in attendance and Mrs. Hickman made
an address. One member was received
by transfer, Mrs Anna J. Kirkley Of
Tampa, Fla, and a petition for mem
bership received from Mrs. May Steele
Howle.
The department card party was an
nounced to be held April at the
Soldier, Sailor and Marine Club house.
A meeting will be held April 3 at the
Soldier, Sailor and Marine Club house,
Chapter g, p. e. O.-~-Mrs. Charles
GTandfield was hostess March IL at
her apartment, in the Kenesaw It
was the annual meeting and officers
were elected as follows: Mrs. Harry
Underwood, reelected president; vice
president, Mrs. Grant Barnhart; re-
cording secretary, Mrs. G. G. Coombs;
corresponding secretary, Mrs. Bruce
Baird; treasurer, Mrs. George Middle
ton; chaplain, Mrs. Harry Hines; guard,
Mrs. Elmer: treasurer, Mrs. Ernest
Daniel. Mrs. Coombs was elected dele
gate to the biennial convention to be
held at Portland, Ore, in September
The next meeting will be at the
La Fayette Hotel, with Mrs. Mary s.
Vandegrift as hostess.
The Benjamin Franklin University
WOmen's Club met March IA at the
Arlington Hotel. Definite plans for the
April birthday party were made. 1t
was decided to invite the faculty as
guests A committee was selected for
the arrangements. A discussion as to
whether the club should be turned into
sorority took place. No definite plan
was decided.
The WOmen's Auxiliary to the Rail-
way Mail Association met at the Capital
Park Hotel March 16, the vice presi-
dent, Mrs. F. c. Gardiner, presided. A
short talk was given by Mrs. B. N.
Burleyson on her recent visit to
Florida. Plans are being made for the
social to be given in April.