Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-02-04
Reviews of Two Books
Will Be Given Tuesday
Woman's City Club Section to Hear Mrs. Lyman
B. Swormstedt at Hour Beginning
at 4:45 O'Clock.

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q. Svormstedt will review two Of the
Recovery" by Leonard P. Ayers, and
"Within This Present." by Margaret
Ayers Barno- at the meeting OF the
book hour section Tuesday afternoon
at 4:45 o'clock Mrs. William Lee
Corbin, chairman of the section, will
preside.
Mrs. Edgar T. Brown and Mrs
Charles H Curl, co-chairman for the
house betterment card parties which
will be held Monday and Tuesday
afternoon and evening, January 10
and 20, will meet with members OF
the committee tomorrow at 1880 am,
to plan the annual event.
DR.. George S. Duncan. professor OF
Egyptology and Assyriology. in Grad
uate School of American University,
will give an illustrated talk on line
ANTIQUITY of Egyptian Civilization on
Saturday, February 10, following the
forum luncheon at lis O'Clock, at
which Mrs. Gladys Ball MlddlemlSs,
chairman will preside.
The business meeting will be held
wednesday evening, at which time
Miss Alice M. Heaven, president, Will
preside. Officers, section and COM
mittee members will give their reports
for the month.
Miss Clara Saunders, chairman OF
the art section. has arranged an art
tour" through Freer Art Gallery and
all members of the club are invited to
meet at the gallery entrance at 2
o'clock. Miss Grace Durham, as
nf
party.
Chapter P! E. o. is arranging a
February reciprocity luncheon for all
Washington members and visiting P.
E. O.'s at the Harrington Hotel on
Wednesday, the 18th. Mrs. T. A.
Hutton, president of Chapter A, as
sisted by the members. will receive the
guests on the meZzanine floor at II
o'clock. The luncheon will be held
at 1890 in the hall room. No reser-
vations are necessary and all P. E.
O.s will be welcome.
The TakOma Park WOmen's Club
The regular meeting of the Takoma
Park Women's Club will be held at
the Branch Library Tuesday, Febru-
airy 6, at l pm. Luncheon will be
served at 1890 pm.
Miss Taisia Stadnichenko, scientist
In the United States Geological Sur
vey, will discuss The Russian Near
East, It's Economics and Political Sig
nif1cance in International Affairs"
The sextet from the music department
will sing several Russian songs.
The art department will meet at
the home of Mrs. Gilbert G. SWard.
Bill Carroll avenue, Thursday, Febru
airy 8, at l pm. The hoStesses as
sisting will be Mrs. William H. Archer,
Mrs. William Robinson. Mrs. M. G..
Phoebus. Mrs. c. Dwight Avery, Mrs.
Frank A. Richmond, Mrs. Robert H.
Lake and Mrs. F. Hawkes.. Miss En-
lily T. Willard will be the guest
speaker.
At the January meeting of the eX
ecutive board Mrs. George Hewlett
Davis was elected a member of the
club.
Twentieth Century Club.-The in
ternational outlook section will have
as its speaker tomorrow Frank H
Simonds, journalist. who will speak
on THE Present Outlook for Peace or
War in Europe" Mrs. Sidney H.
Thompson will summarize foreign af-
fairs Of the past two months. Mrs.
George F. BoWerman, chairman
Tuesday, February 6. at 9 am. the
art section will leave the Y. w. c. A.
by bus for visit to the Baltimore
Museum of Art to view "A Survey of
American Painting" and portrait of
Whistler's Mother" A talk will be
given at the museum at IL o'clock A
visit to HomeWood House at Johns
Hopkins University is being arranged.
Luncheon will be served at the Hotel
Emerson at lis pm. For reserva-
lions phone Mrs. Macomber, Cleve-
land 1897, by February 2. Guest priv
tleges for this meeting are limited to
one friend. Mrs. Arthur j. Seaton,
chairman, Thursday, February 8,
1890 pm. Luncheon at Y. w. c. A.
The civics section will hear DR.. Kee-
yer discuss the conservation of the
consumers interests DR.. Keezer. for
merly an editorial writer on the Bal
timore Sun, now is executive director
of the Consumers Advisory Board of
the N. r. A. Make luncheon reserva-
tons with Mrs. Goodwin. Potomac
1925 before Tuesday evening, Febru-
sry 6. Mrs. Edwin G. Nourse, chair
man.
Mrs. Harold A. Brooks. Mrs. Bruce
Baird, Miss Rosemary English Wright,
Mrs. Paul E. Howe, and Mrs. Frank
Barker were elected to membership
on February l.
Marietta Park WOman's Club held
its annual dance on January 81 at the
Indian Spring Golf Club house. The
club plans to hold such a dance every
year as one of its major festivities.
Mrs. Martin Beard, STAB Fifth
street, was hostess to the executive
board of the club on January 30
Plans and projects of the club were
discussed and voted upon.
The February business meeting will
be held at the home of Mrs. j. Ray
mond Miller, 428 Oglethorpe street,
on the 9Th.
Petworth Woman's Club.-Mrs. B.
J. Waldo, chairman of the educational
section, entertained the executive
board at her home on Thursday eve
ming last. She was assisted by Mrs.
E. P. Lecraw, chairman of the philan-
thropic section.
The monthly business meeting of
the club will be held Monday evening,
February 5, at the PetWorth School
Building The art section, with Mrs.
r. c. Sowerbutts, chairman, will be
in chage Of entertainment following
the meeting.
The Columbia Heights Art Club
Mrs. Elmer Frazier, assisted by Mrs.
A. T. Williams, entertained the Co
lumbia Heights Art Club at her home,
in Foxall Village. Mrs. Mary K Male,
president, called for the reports of
officers and the following responded:
Mrs. Dudley Bright, recording secre-
tary; Mrs. tombstone Campbell, cor
responding secretary, and Mrs. Charles
Hoover, treasurer.
The announcement of the death of
Mrs. Martha Lemon Schneider, the