Evening star., 1934-03-04

ley will tell of Later Russian Art
The study of pictures will be pre-
sented by Mrs. Chester Swope, who
will give showing of THE Novgorod
School,; Mrs. Harry Smith, His
toric Paintings; Mrs. Clarence West
Religious and Sermon Pictures"
Mrs Clyde Defender will speak on
The Painting of the End of the
Century"
Announcement Of the closing Of the
camera contest has been made, the
exhibit to follow the meeting of April
ID; Mrs. A. B. Manly, chairman. Fol-
lowing the meeting Wednesday, chap
ter members and invited guests will
hold a luncheon in honor of Mrs.
Eugene c. Brown, president. Mrs.
Eleanor Wilson, field secretary, will
represent the National Delphian So
ciety. Mrs. Linton will be guest
speaker. Recent guests at the meeting
included Mrs. Snee of Wilkes-Ba
Pa; Mrs. Eleanor Wilson, Mrs. Gladys
B. Middlemiss and Mrs. Powell Brad
field. The study of English Painting
was completed at the meeting Febru-
ary 21 Mrs. William L. Evans pre-
sided, with Mrs. Harry Smith as leader.
Women's City Club.-Mrs. Merritt
o. Chance and Dean Grace Hays Riley
will be hostesses at the tea at the club
house today at 4:30 o'clock.
Mrs. William A. Slade, wife of the
librarian of the Folger Library, and
past president of the Y. w. c. A., will
be the speaker before the book hour
group Tuesday at 4:45 o'clock. "Parson
Woodford's Diary: A Picture Of Rural
England in the Eighteenth Century"
will be the subject of the talk
Mrs. Emily Newell Blair, lecturer
and writer, will be the guest speaker
at the forum luncheon Saturday at
lis o'clock.
Miss Alice NJ Heaven, president,
will preside at business meeting
Wednesday evening. A social, with re-
freshments, will follow.
Mrs. Charles H. Curl reports new
members joining the group receiving
instruction in Culbertsons contract
bridge, meeting each Tuesday at
1890 o'clock The Tuesday Morning
Contract Club meets at 10 o'clock for
instruction, with supervised playing
following. Mrs. Curl also meets with
the Tuesday evening section at 7
o'clock for blackboard lesson In con-
tract bridge, supervised playing fol-
lowing.
Mrs. j. Edwin Reid, chairman Of
the Monday Bridge section, calls at
tention to the club meeting on Mon
days in the ball room. The business
meeting is called for rs o'clock, with
playing at 1:30 o'clock.
Miss Jessie G. Lane, chairman of
the Newcomers Committee, with Mrs.
Raymond Keller, Mrs. A. B. Allen, Miss
S. Pearle Jencks, Miss Loretta v.
Barnes and Miss May Belle Raymond,
assist at all social affairs at the club.
Miss Elva Mcnamara, chairman of
the Tuesday evening section, an
nounces plans have been completed for
card party the afternoon and eve
ming of March Is at the club house.
The P. E. o. Of the District will
meet with the members from the
States for luncheon March z at the
Harrington Hotel. Chapter B, Mrs.
Maude Lomas, president, has charge
OF the arrangements. For the pro-
gram, Chapter B will present Helen
Turley, contralto, in group of songs.
Mrs. Maude Lomas, assisted by Mrs
May Gibbons, chairman of the Court
esy Committee; Mrs. Bertha Rogers,
chairman of the Entertainment Com
mittee, and Mrs. Nellie Jones, secre-
tary, will receive the members on the
mezzanine floor.
Roosevelt Chapter, Delphian So
ciety met February % at the Hamilton
Hotel, the president, Mrs. LeVerne
Beales. presiding.
The Rise of Greece" was the sub
ject of the days program. The fol-
lowing members took part and pre-
sented THE Delphian Traveller" by
Mrs. William Hammers: 1.-THE Land
of the Hellenes," by Mrs. Lawrence
Meyer; 1.-The Spartans," by Mrs. John
D. Kiley; Athens Struggle for De-
mocracy," by Mrs. Edwin H. Halsey;
"Plutarch's Character Sketch by
Solon," by Mrs. William Earl Clark;
THE Defeat of Persia" by Mrs. Will
liam T. Gill, jr., and 1.-THE First His
torical Play" by Mrs. l. L. Stormont.
The program was followed by round
table discussion and the summary by
the president.
Mrs. Eleanor R. Wilson, resident sec
retary of the national society, ad-
dressed the chapter, and Mrs. H. I.
Shott brought greetings from the
DelphianS of Bluefield, w. Va.
The next meeting will be held
March at the Hamilton Hotel.
Alpha Zeta Delphian Chapter met
at the Arlington Hotel February % with
the president, Mrs. Harry Zimmer-
man, presiding, and Mrs. c. D. Bockus
reader for the morning. Twentieth
Century Painters of Flanders and Hol-
land" were discussed, followed by q
study of paintings by Rubens, Van
Dyck and Halls.
Topics presented by the members
were: "Rubens' Life" Mrs. T. H. Curl;
'Rubens' Painting" Mrs L. A. Puck
EFT; His Qualities as Shown in His
Masterpieces" Mrs. G. M. Walker;
"Rubens' Pubils," Mrs. R. c. Roark;
Dutch Painting of the Sixteenth
Century" Mrs. E. L. Davis.
The next meeting will be held at