Evening star., 1934-10-28

nomic Welfare. Mrs. H. L. Parkinson,
Mrs. Elwood Street. Mrs. Pilkington
and Miss Edith lockwood have taken
for discussion, under the general
heading of the emergency housing
program for the District of Columbia,
the special topics of "Refinancing
Houses" ALLEY Clearance" Low
Cost Housing" and Housing the Un-
employed" The meeting will be held
November 2. at pm, at 1245
Twentyninth street.
Mrs B. R. Wood will give demon
stration of the study group method of
teaching parent education before the
Committee on Government and Child
Welfare at a luncheon at noon tomor-
row at the Women's City Club.
Capital City Club met at the home
of Mrs. Alta Madden, with Mrs. Betty
Gray assisting. A straw ride was CIV
en- October 10, followed by a moon
light picnic in the vicinity of Marshall
Hall, Md.
A Halloween party will be given on
October 81 at the home of Mrs. Alta
Madden, 2815 Bunker Hill Road
northeast.
The next meeting will be held at
the home Of Mrs. Viola Williams.
lexington w. c. T. U. met at the
home of Mrs. Franklin Adams in
services were given by Mrs. Fred
Ehling. Reports of officers were given.
New members added were Mrs
Arsenic Ralon and Mrs. Robert S.
Barnes.
Mrs. Helen Day Kluck of Los An
geleS. Calf, was a visitor. Mrs. John
L. Rogers and Mrs. Martha Jones
were the assistant hostesSes. Refresh
mentS were served.
The Washington Branch of the
American Association of University
Women will have tea tomorrow from
4 to 445 pm. Edythe Marmion
Brosius. harpist. will give a program
of music. The hostess will be Miss
Irene M Pistorio. The assistant
hostesseS will be Miss Elizabeth Peet,
Miss Mary Agnes Brown, Mrs. j. r.
Sickler Mrs. Henry Grafton Doyle,
1
K. Shute and Mrs. w. c. Mendenhall
will preside at the tea tables.
The poetry group will meet at II
o'clock in the lounge, November l.
The subject for the year will be
Nineteenth Century English Poets"
| On November 2 at 7:30 will be club
night with duplicate and rubber
bridge in the lounge and college
rooms
A buffet supper will be held Sunday
at pm. DR.. Berta Asch will talk
Informally on Travel Potpourri." The
hostesses will be Mrs. Lanier Gray
and Miss Edna Mitchell. Reserva-
| tions close November at pm.
! Mrs. George B. Woods will be host
ess for guests of the club house during
| November.
Mrs Frank Wilkes Pyle will be
leader of the walking group, November
A. The section will meet at Foxall
Station, Cabin John car line, at 3
o'clock, bringing a picnic lunch. They
will inspect the chrySanthemumS and
walk along Reservoir road.
Twentieth Century Club.-The ma
ture section will meet Wednesday at
Fort Myer Station, RoSslyn, Va, at
10 am. for a trip to Oakwood, Va.
A meeting of the club will be held
| Thursday at II am. at the Y. w. c. A.
DR.. Meta Glass, president of Sweet
Briar College, will be the speaker.
| The French section will meet Fri
day at 1890 am. in the Y. w. c. A.
Mrs. John Van Schaick jr, will re-
view lie Occur da Ia Refine Hortense,"
| by Henry Bordeaud; Mrs. Haven Met
! calf will have as her topic, "Des
Poetes Canadiens." All members and
guests interested in French are in
vited.
Soroptimist Club.-Miss Janet Rich
ards. lecturer and honorary member
of the club, was the honor guest
speaker at the luncheon at the Willard
Gasch, president, presided. Miss
Richards took for her subject THE
! International Viewpoint" DR.. Louise
I. Ball, president of the New York
branch of the club; Mrs. Amelia John
son, president of the National Sorop-
timist Club; Mrs. Reeve Lewis and
Mrs. Harry Mohun also spoke.
The National Board of the Society
of Daughters of Founders and Pa
triOts of America met Monday at
national headquarters. 1928 1 street
with the national president, Mrs. /
| ThaddeuS M. Jones, in the chair.
| TWenty-one were elected to member
ship. Mrs. Harriet Vaughn Rigdon,
treasurer; Mrs. Edward P. Walsh,
, chairman Of Restoration and Pres
ervation of Records Committee; Miss
Margaret Fraser, Property chairman,
and Mrs. w. M. Hanny gave reports.
Mrs. Julia Grant-Cantacuzene was
elected national councillor, and the
| following were elected members of
the Executive Committee: Mrs. L. NJ
| Edwards, chairman: Mrs. j. K Friot,
Mrs. H. M. Robert, jr; Mrs c. M.
Grimes and Mrs. M. H. Myers. Mrs.
Jones announced the Women's Patroit
Conference on National Defense, of
which she is one of the vice presidents,
ruary /.
Gamma Chapter, DeIphians, will
|
20 at 8:15 pm. The literary program.
Aspects of Medieval Social Life" will
be led by Miss Emma Hoffer. Topic
assignments are as follows: Medieval
Guilds" Mrs. Pearl Friede; Book
, making in the Middle Ages" Miss
Mary G. Wolford; ''Troubadours, Mrs
Leroy Elliott; How People Lived, the
Nobility Mrs. o. N. FanSler; 1.-THE
Peasants" Miss Sophia Lunceford;
THE Student and the Monks" Mrs
Ella G. Prescott; ''Innkeepers and
Travellers Miss Lulu Adams; The
Love of HeloiSe," Mrs. Evelyn Bright
Buckley.
The Capitol Hill History Club met
Wednesday with Mrs. ]. B. Reed, 3100
| Forty-fifth street. Mrs E. H. Elliot
was the assisting hostess. Following
! luncheon the meeting was called to
| order by the president, Mrs. H. N.
Link. Papers presented were: "Ohio,
| the Gateway State" Mrs Martin.