Evening star., 1933-04-02
NEWS OF THE CLUBS

former division d1rectreSS OF the Chill
dren of the Confederacy here; Mrs
Esther Emmart, well known and active
in Confederate work, and two children,
ment was rendered by the children
after which they were given an Easter
party, arranged by Mrs. Carlton Talley,
honorary chairman of refreshments.
Columbia Floral Circle will meet to-
morrow at o'clock at the home of Mrs.
Grace Gillcrest, 3640 New Hampshire
avenue. Mrs. Susie Van Kirk, assisting
hostess.
Gamma Chapter. De;phians, met at
the Shoreham Hotel Monday evening.
The president, Mrs Esma Maybee Lacho-
wiscz presided. The program for re-
port was under the leadership of Miss
Mary Wolford and took up THE Art of
Illumination" The following con-
tributed: Development of the Art of
Significance of Art to the Layman," !"
Mrs Evelyn Haller; Meaning of Form
in Art" Miss Emma I. Hoffer; "The
Elements of a Work of Art Compost
tion," Mrs o. N. Fansler; art and the
Spirit of Its Era" Mrs. LIE Roy Elliott.
| Mrs. Ruth H. Snodgrass of the Delta
Sigma Chapter and Mrs. Retta v. May
bee of the National Capital Chapter
were guests. Mrs. Snodgrass gave q
description of a few of the works Of
art she had seen recently in the Lon
don museums.
Ofdcers elected were Miss Lulu
Adams, president; Miss Emma 1. Ho1-
fer, vice president; Miss Evelyn Kay,
secretary; Mrs. Mary Mathiot, treas
urer; Mrs. Evelyn Bright Buckley,
chairman of the seminar board; Miss
Sophia Lunsford first assistant; Mrs.
Alice Cushman Eliot, second assistant.
The next meeting will be held April
10. at 8 o'clock at the Shoreham Hotel.
The topic will be Dramatic Art and
the Character of Greek Drama" and will
be under the direction of Mrs. Evelyn
Bright Buckley as chairman OF the
seminar board.
william E. Beck Circle, Ladies of the
G. A. R-Initiation of members will be
held April 5. Mrs. Margaret Grandle,
national president, will assist with the
services. This will be the largest class
to be initiated in any of the circles OF
the city, owing to the cooperation
which the new president, Mrs. Mckee,
is receiving from the members OF the
circle.
The Woman's Auxiliary Of the Crafts
man Club met at the Thomas Circle
Club. The meeting was presided over
by Mrs. M. Noreta Reed, president. 1t
was announced at the next meeting
there would be held spelling bee. Miss
E. May Winter, a new member, was
obligated.
The Washington League for the Hard
of Hearing has begun elimination con-
tests in lip reading to select the clubs
representative at the national lip read
ing tournament in Chicago in June. A
member of the Washington League, Miss
championship in 1881. Yesterday was
Experience night at the club.
Wcmen's City Club.-Mrs. Franklin
D. Roosevelt will be guest of honor at
a special tea, for members only, Wednes-
day afternoon.
Mrs. Kathryn OLaughlin Mccarthy,
Representative from Kansas, will be
honor guest at the tea today.
The Monday bridge section will hold
its Spring luncheon and party tomorrow
at IL o'clock.
The annual dinner of the French Sec
ton Is tomorrow at $50.
Mrs. Robert H. C. Kelton will review
albert the Good" by Hector Bolitho,
at the book hour Tuesday at 4:45.
The April business meeting of the
club, open to all members, will be held
Wednesday at 8 pm The Nominating
Committee will submit the list of candi-
dates for Office to be elected in May.
Miss Janet Richards will give talk
on High Lights on the Worlds Work
to Date" following buffet supper at
$50 Thursday
Miss Bertha F. Wolfe, instructor Of
the class in parliamentary law, an
nounces the next meeting will be held
April 10.
The Sunshine and Community So
ciety will meet at the home of Mrs.
James H. Underwood and Mrs. Miles c.
Trowbridge, IL Aspen street, Chevy
Chase, Md, April 3, at 1:30 pm. with
the following assistants: Mrs. H. E.
Huntsbury, Mrs. Ella S. knight, Mrs.
Charles P. Grandfield, Mrs. William N.
Beahm, Mrs. S. T. McDevitt, Mrs.
George I. Laizure, Mrs. w. r. Bean,
Mrs Maurice Emerson and Mrs John F.
King The speaker of the day is Miss
Mabel Boardman, and the reader, Mrs.
Charles Bair.
Mrs. w. w. Deal, 64o2 Sixteenth
street, will entertain the card group
April 81.
Alpha Zeta Chapter, Delphians, will
meet Wednesday at the Washington
will be the study of Greece and the
Hellenic people, with Mrs. Harvey Zim-
norman as leader. Mrs. R. Page Irving
as traveller, will speak of Athens and
the Isles of Greece" Mrs. A. L. Rid
dicks subject will be "The Land of the
Hellenes";; Mrs. Samuel Montgomery,
''The SpartanS"; Mrs. William Weber,
Athens Struggle for Democracy;
Mrs. Louis Puckett, "Plutarch's Char
acter Sketch of Solon";; Mrs. A. c.
Harden, THE Defeat of Persia; Mrs.
c. H Curl, "The First Historical Play"
Mrs. George N. Walker will give the
summary.
Chapter I, P. E. O., was entertained
at the home Of Mrs Gladys Smith.
After luncheon Mrs. Smith displayed
her paintings.
The chapter will hold its annual
B. I. L. night at the home of Mrs.
Mesdames Reed and Portsrield will be
guests.
The American Association of Uni
versity Women - Miss Jessie Dell,
United States Civil Service Commits
sioner, will speak on Building for
Tomorrow at the tea tomorrow at
pm. Mrs. Harris T. Baldwin will in
troduce the speaker and Mrs. Cloyd H.
Marvin will be the hostess, assisted by
members Of the South Pacific section.
The child development group will
meet Tuesday at 10 am. in the lounge,
with Mrs. Lucille F. Ezekiel as speaker
and leader.
Mrs. F. c. Wilkins will give a book
review Tuesday at pm
Testing Laboratories as a Source Of
Consumer Information" is the subject
of Miss Ruth O'Brien, chief of the Tex
tile Division, United States Bureau of
Home Economics, for the meeting of
the consumers problems study group
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