Evening star., 1934-11-25
Mrs. Marie P. Stafford
Will Review Own Book
Daughter of Rear Admiral Peary to Speak
Before the D. C.. Federation of Women's
Clubs December Z.

Neil.
The next meeting will be at the
home of Mrs. Pickel, 922 Fifth street
northeast. Lunch at II o'clock. After
the meeting cards and hearts will be
played.
The Business and Professional
Women's Club will hear a program at
its dinner meeting at the Hotel
Lafayette tomorrow on HEALTH The
speakers will be Leopold " Freudberg,
local attorney, and Miss Gertrude H.
Bowling, executive director, Instruc-
tive Visiting Nurse Society. Miss
Ruth Kobbe, contralto, will sing.
The Program Committee for the
month is composed of Miss Lucetta
Stockbridge and Miss Minerva A.
Bailey. Miss Rae r. Murray, presi-
dent, will preside.
The DR.. Kate Waller Barrett Circle
Of the Florence Crittenton Home met
at the home of Mrs Fred L. Arends.
44l8 Thirteenth place northeast. Mrs.
Edward Seybold, Mrs. Arends' sister
of Ann Arbor, Mich, was the guest
of honor.
Mrs. Edward Fisher reported new
member. Mrs. ArendS was appointed
as a member Of the Membership Com
mittee by the president, Mrs. Fred
erick G. Umhau. Mrs. Oscar B. Vogel
announced card party will be given
in January. the date to be announced
at the December meeting. Mrs
Nicholas Miles is in charge of the
sunshine box, in which gifts for the
sunshine envelopes will be collected
at each meeting.
The date of the meetings was
changed from the third Friday to
the fourth Thursday of each month.
The January meeting will be held
at the home of the secretary, Mrs
Walter Holtgreve, 5401 Carolina place
and will be attended by the extension
secretary, Mrs. Charles Foster.
The circle will meet with Mrs. Ed
ward Fisher December II.
Delta Sigma Chapter. Delphians
met Monday at the Shoreham Hotel
the president, Mrs. Frank Braden
presiding.
The literary program was THE Fig
ures and Forces Which Have Shaped
Modern Europe" led by Mrs. John P
Evans. The following topics were
given: Medieval France" Mrs. Pinck-
ney Harman: The Holy Roman EN-.
pire," Mrs. David Bethune; England
in the Middle Ages" Mrs. Guy Ma
son: Teachers and Preachers" Mrs
Margaret Fuller; Statesmen anc
scholars" Mrs. Ruth Snodgrass.
The next meeting will be held De.
cember 3, at 10 am, at the Shoreham
the subject being Byzantine Art ane
Church Architecture
The Washington Readers Club viii
give a public recital November 27 a.
o'clock at All States Hotel, 5l4 Nine.
teenth street. Mrs. Eva Hurd Willis
president, has selected Mrs. Gertrude
Mustain chairman of the program.
Mrs. Mustain and her committe,
have arranged three one-act plays: "A
Dream of Fair Women" the player.
Charlotte Stedman, Emma War,
Anderson, Esther Waldron, Alice Rob.
inson, Alice Griffith, Dorothy Law
renee; Two Naughty Old Ladies,
played by Harriet Bryant, May Jane
son Bryant. Katherine L. Hartnett
Ada Louise Townsend. and Mr.. H
Stanley Protheroe; I'm the Shadows,
played by Cyrus E. Cook, Lorrain,
Hansen, Leslie D. Waudby.
Readings will be given by Elizabeth
L. Bugbee, Katherine L. Sherwood
Constance M. Goodman, William E
Bryant and Dorine Calcote.
The Washington CuItus Club me
Tuesday at the home of Mrs. William
| Sholes with the president, Mrs. S.
Lewis, in the chair.
Mrs. William Corby and Mrs Ram
! say hewitt gave book reviews. Th'
next meeting will be with Mrs. william
Myers December f.
Petworth Woman's Club.-The edu.
cational section met Monday evening
at the home Of Mrs. George E. Hud
son, with Mrs. r. E. Holm and Mrs
R. E. Adams as assistant hostesses
Mrs. A. c Norcross was in charge
of a program on "Old Times in Pet
worth" Mrs. H. c. Sigourney reac
paper prepared by her mother
who had lived on the original Pet
worth farm, and Miss Minnie Gar.
land told of historical events in Pet.
worth.
Mrs. Mildred S. Kimball enter
tained the philanthropic section
Tuesday afternoon. Plans were COM
pleted for Thanksgiving basket tc
be filled and delivered to a needy
family.
A meeting of the art section was
held Thursday afternoon at the Pet
worth Methodist Church. Mrs. George
F. Zook, wife Of the chairman o1
the American Council of Education
told of her extended sojourn ir
Europe while her husband was Amer.
ican representative at the Interna.
tional Conference on Education, ano
in connection with her talk there was
display Of articles collected in the
different countries.
Mrs. r. E. Holm and Mrs. Frank
Minich we're hostesses to the Execu-
tive Board on Thursday evening al
the home Of Mrs. Holm.
The music section will be enter.
tanned Wednesday evening by Mrs
w. H. Conway at her home. 412(
Eighth street.
Girls Friendly Society.-The branch
of the Church of the Epiphany will
hold its annual admission service to.
morrow evening. The following viii
become seniors: Ruth Barnes, RUBY
Mechlin and Mildred Olds. Mrs
Grace Berry, president, will present
Miss Katharine Whitcomb, Miss Jear
Campbell, Mrs. Emma o. M. Smith
and Miss Jean Osborne for admis.
sion. Next Sunday morning at
o'clock the Epiphany Branch mem.
bers and associates will attend service
as they do on the first Sunday o,
each month.
The Glee Club of the Epiphany
Branch, assisted by the choir, las
Wednesday evening gave "An Evenin,
Of Gay Ninety Ballads"
Nativity Branch elected the fol.
lowing officers: Chairman, Maudt
Hulick: vice chairman, Louise vii.
liams; secretary. Martha Dean: treas.
urer, Virginia Saunders. At Thanks.
giving the branch will I'LL a basket
and hold a party.