Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-05-13
A WARDS were made in the an
" nual contests of the District
. of Columbia Federation Of

fTlQay.
First prize in the poetry contest
was awarded to Mrs. Catherine Cate
Coblentz; second prize was also
awarded to Mrs. CoblentZ, but she
passed it on to the contestant win
ming first honorable mention, Miss
Marguerite Wilcox; third prize was
awarded to Miss Mary Strong. This
contest was held under the auspices
of the Committee on Poetry. Donors
of the prizes were Mrs Harvey w.
Wiley, president, and DR.. Emily F..
Maddox. First prize was SIS, second,
$40, and third, Washington Sonnets.
In the Penny Art Fund contest,
the prize was presented to the Ia
koma Park Women'S Club for out
standing work along art lines in
carrying out the six points outlined
by the General Federation. The work
of this club has been with the occu-
pational therapy department of
Walter Reed Hospital, the Harriet
Tubman Home for colored blind, and
the Children's Hospital. Materials
have been furnished for weaving.
jewelry work, pottery making, rug
making, baSketry, ETC., and Sugges-
tons given the workers for making
artistic designs. The prize was an Oil
painting, Autumn on Long Island"
painted by Norma Bose, a member of
the faculty at Roosevelt High School.
Mrs. Samuel A. SWiggett, chairman
of the division of art, presented the
prize. The painting will be loaned to
the Public Library in Takoma Park.
This is a contest which is carried on
BY the General Federation in each
of the 48 States and the District of
Columbia, and is now in its third
year.
The prize to the club purchasing
the most subscriptions to The Club
woman, official magazine OF the
General Federation, was presented to
the Sunshine and Community Society.
Mrs. Edgar B. Merritt, General Fed
Grafton director, made the presenta-
ton.
Miss Katherine Lenroot, assistant
chief of the Children'S Bureau. Will
be presented during the weekly
broadcast of the federation next Fri
day at 1870 am, from station WRC.
The Junior Movement in Wash
tngton was organized last Thursday
at a meeting in the Takoma Park
Public Library. Mrs. Byron M.
Coon has been the official organizer,
under the guidance of Mrs. Lloyd w.
Biddle, first vice president of the
local federation. At the meeting last
week Mrs Josephine Doggett, chair
man of research for the General Fed
Grafton, was the speaker.
Officers were elected as follows:
President, Mrs. P. o. HUFF; vice
president, Mrs. Frank S. Caskey;
treasurer, Miss Marian White; sec
retarv, Miss Mildred Archer. Mrs.
Huff appointed the following on the
Program Committee: Miss Katherine
Dennis. Miss Marian White, Miss
Margaret Mayo and Miss Doris john
son. Miss Betty Coon is Publicity
chairman. Plans are now being
made for an event of some nature TO
be held early in June.
Political Study Club.-The Execu-
tive Board met at the Mayf1ower Hotel.
with Mrs. Frank Shortall presiding.
Plans for the annual breakfast May 25
at the Mayf1ower Hotel were discussed.
Mrs. Flora McGll Keefer, chairman
of Music, will present the National
Choral Ensemble in "Floradora Sextet"
in costumes; also excerpts from the
"Show Boat" Those taking part in
the ensemble will be Norma Sunori-
son, Thelma La Dow, lone Hoffman,
Martha Ward, Eleanor Yoeman, Betty
Roberts, James De Valse, Mann,
Harry Schonrank, Frederick Den
NIo11n q
Weiss and Sanford Donaldson. Mrs.
Dorothy Radde Emery will be the &C
companist.
New members admitted were Miss
Ruth Bottomly, Mrs. A. M. McLachlen,
Mrs. Appleton F. Clark, Mrs. Charles
E. Elliott, Mrs. M. E. NARROW, Mrs.
William Thompson Clark, Miss Luella
F. Chase, Mrs. r. Winston Holt. Mrs.
S. Bingham Martin, Mrs. Ralph P.
Bernard, Miss Louise c. Worden, Mrs.
A. S. Goss, Miss Edith De Cell, Mrs.
Mary H. Lee and Mrs. Vina Opdycke.
The next meeting will be at Wash
ington Club May 10, when the polls
for election of officers will be open
from / to 3 pm.
Reservations for the breakfast are
ham, 1474 Columbia road.
The Excelsior Literary Club met at
the home of the president, Mrs. Harry
Newman, 1904 Twenty-seventh street,
and elected officers, as follows: Presi-
cent, Mrs. Henry Sawtelle; first vice
president, Mrs. Clarence Langley; sec
ond vice president, Mrs. Viola Deaton;
recording secretary, Mrs. James Whit
man; corresponding secretary, Mrs. S.
L. Dorsey; treasurer. Mrs. Julia w.
Webb; press correspondent, Mrs. E. ".
Carr; member of Club House Com
mittee, District of Columbia Fedora
ton Of Woman's Clubs, Mrs. Alice
Creque; director of District of Column
bia Federation of Woman's Clubs, Mrs
Harry Newman.
The last meeting of the season will
be May Is, o'clock, with Mrs. Saw
telle, $500 Connecticut avenue, Chevy
Chase, Md. After the business the
club will adjourn on the lawn, where
picnic will be held.
Business Women's Council meeting
May Is at pm. in the chapel of the
Covenant-First Presbyterian Church.
4LCLc WILL Uc IHuSlCdl6 III Charge OF
Mrs. j. N. Baker. Rev. C. r. Fergu-
son will give the address at the devo-
tional period at Gas. Supper, to
els.
Twentieth Century Club.-The ma
ture section will join with the garden
section in a picnic Tuesday at the
home of Mrs. H. E. Burton in the
Naval Observatory grounds at l pm
The members of these sections are
requested to bring box luncheons
Coffee will be served. Members who
will attend notify Mrs. Mauchly, Wis
consin 3573-J.
The nature section will have a trip
along the Canal May 16 from Syca-
more Island to Cabin John. Take car
marked Cabin John" at Dupont Cir
Gle at $40 am. and meet at Syca-
more Island Station at Gas am.
The Reba Barrett Circle Of Flor
ence Crittenton Mission will meet
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