Evening star., 1934-01-21
Dramatics Will Be Topic
At Pen Women's Meeting
Mrs. Leonora lie Fount Romney of @. w. U. and
DR.. De Witt c. Croissant Among
Speakers Tuesday Evening.
ness meeting preceding the entertain


ment.
Twentieth Century Club.-The liter
ature section will meet tomorrow at 8
pm. at the home Of Mrs. Samuel T.
Ansell, 1857 Biltmore street. The pro-
gram will consist of an evening of RE
views and Discussions Of Books on Cur
rent Problems" conducted by Mrs. Ben
jamin E. Smith. Members wishing to
bring guests notify Mrs j. B. Campbell,
Cleveland 1927. Mrs. John o. john
son, chairman.
The North Beach WOmen's Club met
at the home of Mrs. Rosetta B. Shaw
The Civic Committee reported the ef-
forts Of the State to eliminate the mos
quito in the vicinity of North Beach is
beginning to show progress as work has
begun on the marshes around the COM
munity.
A card party will be held at the home
Of Mrs. A. Mock, 1001 K street north
east, January % at l O'Clock. Bridge
and 500 card party at the home of Mrs.
Shaw on the evening of February 5
at $3.50. The annual dance will be held
at the Mayhower Hotel February 16.
The Cercle des Precieuses Ridicules
was received at Stoneleigh Court on
Wednesday evening by Henri Lazard
and Nine. CASTOR de Bouy The
meeting was opened by the president
William j. Wallis, and the follow
ing program was given: Piano solo,
Nine. William j. Wallis; violin solo,
Mile. Amelia Garet; piano accompani-
ment, Nine. c. Augustus Simpson; reci-
tation, Nine. CASTOR de Bouy; recita-
ton, Nine. Manuel Cambouri; piano
solos, Mile. Elizabeth Gates; reading,
Henri Lazard; vocal solos. Nine.
Franceska Kaspar Lawson.
Washington Branch of the American
Association of University W0men-The
Sunday supper at 6 pm. at the club
house is being sponsored by the Fellow
ship Committee. The guest of honor
Chairman a ns MtS Of the aS0n Fellowship
fund. DR.. Faith Baldwin will be the
speaker of the evening. Mrs. Jeanette
Kelley, director of the South Atlantic
section, will also be a guest.
Mrs. Fay M. Stockwell, field secretary
of the Association Alumnae of Vassar
College, will speak on 'Euthenics,
Vital Factor in Education Monday. at
4 o'clock. The Vassar Club is invited
as guests. Miss Helen L. hartman will
be hostess.
Monday study groups will meet as
usual. Child study group will meet at
1:30 pm. Consumer group meet in the
lounge at 7:3O pm. Conversational
Spanish at z pm. in the board room.
Beginners in Spanish will meet We'd
nesday at 7 pm. in the board room.
The Book Review section will meet
Thursday at II am. Mrs. George H.
Genzner will speak on The Novel Goes
Back to the Farm" Luncheon will be
served. Mrs. Herbert Whitney is the
leader.
Thursday at 73O pm.
The philosophy section. under the
direction of Dr. Rannie Belle Baker, will
meet Friday at II am. in the lounge.
Miss Mary Louise Chace will be the
hostess at the Friday Night Club.
The bridge luncheon, Saturday, at
lis pm will be in charge Of the
South Pacific section: California, Ne
vada, Arizona. Mrs. Knowles Ryerson
will be hostess, assisted by Mrs. o. r..
Rand, Mrs. Ralph Erskine, Mrs. w. j.
OLeary, Mrs. Edward Vial
On February 3 Mrs Greenway, Rep
resentative from Arizona, Will be guest
OF honor and speaker at a luncheon.
James Chamberlain Carter will be the
speaker at dinner February Z.
Dephian Chapters-Gamma Chapter
will meet at the Shoreham Hotel Janu-
ary % at 8:15 pm. The meeting will
be in charge of Miss Emma Hoffer,
president The literary program,
French Drama, C6rneille," will be in
charge of Mrs. Evelyn Haller. Topic
reports will be as follows: Develop
ment of Drama in France" Mrs. o. N.
Fansler; "Corneille's LIE Cid" Miss
Clara Dickerson; Acts 1 ana H." Mrs.
Evelyn Bright Buckley; Act III" Miss
bert; Act "" Miss Evelyn Kay.
Delta Sigma Chapter met at the
Shoreham Hotel, the president, Mrs.
Pinckney j. Harman, presiding.
The literary program was Shake
speare and His England" led by Mrs.
M o. Hayes. After the preliminary
survey given by the president, Mrs.
Harman, the followin gtopics were
given: "ShakeSpearean Audiences" by
Mrs. Ruth Snodgrass; English Chron-
icle Plays" by Mrs. Helen Cranston;
Light Comedies" by Mrs. George W.
Quirk; THE Last Comedies" by Mrs.
Charles Riordan Mrs. Snodgrass read
known plays of Shakespeare
A meeting will be held January 90.
The National Capital Chapter met
| Wednesday at Jelleff's Little Theatel
for the discussion of Byzantine Art
and Church Architecture" The presi-
dent, Mrs. P M. Chichester, gave a
resume of the transition period pre-
ceding the twelfth century.
Those on the program were:
Mrs. T. F. Law. THE Origin and
Character of Byzantine Art; Mrs
Floyd B. Olcott, THE Figures and
Forces Which Have Shaped Modern
Europe; Mrs. Campbell, THE Cata-
combs; How Basilican Church Sue
ceeded the Catacombs Under the Re-
ligious Toleration Granted the Chris
tians by Constantine, Mrs. T. j. Rice;
Mrs n5rcbe E. H. RdmsRssoe GTehssn 9y7sntind ype o1
Architecture" Mrs. T. A. Huntley;
Gothic Churches" Mrs. Newton Jack
son; Mrs. J. B. Hartley, Church Deco
rations"; 1.-The Rise of the Universities,
Mrs. A. M. Day.
Mrs. lone Knowlton was appointed
leader for the next lesson on the
Aspects of Medieval Social Life Wed
nesday morning. After the meeting the
| chapter plans to visit some of the
churches of the city which are out.
standing examples of the types OF
architecture being studied.
Roosevelt Chapter met Wednesday at
the Hamilton Hotel. In the absence Of
the president, Mrs. LIE Verne BealeS, tne
Seminar chairman, Mrs. T. c. Thomp'
son, presided. The subject was The
of f1o Nation
Those on the program were: Leader
Mrs. w. T. Hammers. "Delphian
Traveller" Mrs. G. B: Middlemas
Hebrew Origin" Mrs. w; e: CLARK
From Egypt to the Promised Land,
Mrs. J. D. Kiley; THE Hebrew King
DOM" Mrs. William T. Gill; Kingdom
of Israel" Mrs. j. w. Mankin; King
dom of Judah" Edwin A. Halsey
Emile and Restoration" Mrs. L. A
Meyer.
The next meeting will be held at the
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