Evening star., 1934-04-01
Program of Own Music
Will Be Presented by
Mrs. Bellnan Tomorrow

n n RS. HELEN M. BEILMAN,
NH assistant to the director Of
VV music Of the public schools
1 4 of the District Of Columbia,
will give a program Of her
own compositions at q tea of the
Warrington branch of the American
Association Of University Women to-
morrow at 1 pm. at the club house.
1884 I street. One Of the numbers will
be a suite in seven parts, an inter-
pretation Of Edgar Allen Poe's "Masque
Of the Red Death" Mrs. r. c. Wiley
will sing two Of Mrs. Bellman's COM
positions. Dean Marie Mount will in
troduce the musicians.
Miss Louise l.. Newell will be the
hostess, assisted by Miss Frances
Chickering and Miss Ellen Vinton. At
the tea table will be Mrs. Mitchell
Carroll, Mrs. Elizabeth Crosby. Mrs.
Louis Mcmahon and Mrs. George
Bullock-Will
The art and travel group will meet
Tuesday at 7:45 pm. in the lounge,
with Miss Louise Newell as leader.
The drama group will meet We'd
nesday at II am. with Mrs. Horace
Torbert. On Wednesday at 8 pm. the
art of the dance group will meet with
Miss Evelyn Davis.
The poetry group meets Thursday
at IL am, with Mrs. Richard Hogue
as leader. DR.. Lewis Chase will talk
on American Poetry In the Nine
teenth Century" This meeting will
serve as a review Of the years study
in this field. Members of the group
will lunch together with DR.. and Mrs
Chase after tho meeting.
The duplicate contract group will
meet Thursday at 7:45 pm, with
Mrs. Warner j. OLeary in the lounge.
Members may bring guests.
Sir Willmott Lewis, Washington cor
respondent of the London Times, will
be the guest speaker at luncheon April
Z at lis pm.
Chevy Chase Branch, National
League Of American Pen Women
Miss Louise Worden will entertain the
members April 7, at 1:30 pm, at
luncheon at the Brook Farm Tea
House.
Following the luncheon there will
be a short business meeting presided
over by the president, Mrs. Emma w.
P. Slack, after which there will be q
book review by Miss Dorothy Mich
olson. Delegates and alternates to
the national convention, April 81 to
26, will be chosen.
The National SentineIs will hold a
convention April Is at the Methodist
Building, starting with a breakfast at
IL am, followed by a business session
and election Of officers.
Among the speakers will be Mrs.
Henry w. Peabody Of Massachusetts,
and Florida. Mrs. F. I. johnson Of
New York and Florida, Mrs. Clement
Shaver of West Virginia, Mrs. Edward
Harvey w. Wiley.
The convention is open to the pub
lie and will be presided over by the
president, Mrs. Jesse w. Nicholson.
The Excelsior Literary Club met at
the home Of the president, Mrs.
Harry Newman, 1904 Twenty-seventh
street. A program was given on
Spring" Mrs. M. M. O'Keefe gave
poems. Mrs. Emily Jarboe, Mrs.
Henry Sawtelle and Mrs. Julia Webb
gave readings and talks.
The annual banquet Of the D. C.
Federation of Women's Clubs will be
held May IL at the Mayflower Hotel.
Members OF the Excelsior Literary
Club will be present. The next meet
ing will be held at the home OF
Mrs. r. J. Bates, 1926 Sixteenth
street. April 3. at 2 pm.
d. C. Federation of Women's Clubs
At the March meeting last Monday
in Barker Hall Mrs. Lloyd w. Biddle,
first vice president, in charge Of the
Clothes Conservation Committee,
asked for additional contributions of
shoes and clothing to enable the COM
mittee to supply all the demands
made upon it. She reported the
junior clubwoman's group in Takoma
Park was in the process Of formation.
Mrs. Samuel A. Sviggett. chairman
Of the division Of art, announced the
poetry contest ends April Is. For
further details, Mrs. Willard E. Buell.
should be consulted. Adams 3023-W.
1t was voted to contribute $25 to
the National Symphony Orchestra.
The North Beach Women's Club
was admitted to membership
1t was announced the annual meet
Ing will be held May 10 and II at
the Roosevelt Hotel.
The annual banquet will be held
at the Mayhower Hotel May IL at
pm. Mrs. Johan c. Kondrup is in
charge Of arrangements and reserva-
tions. Mrs. Grace Morrison Poole,
president Of the General Federation
OF Women's Clubs. will be the prin-
cipal speaker and Mrs. Eugene B.
Lawson, first vice president, will sing.
Mrs. Helen Morrison Hunter, chair
man Of radio programs, will present
Mrs. Edgar B. Merritt, general fed
GRAFTON director, next Friday at IL
am. from Station WRC. Mrs. Mer-
lit will speak on "Women's Clubs" {"
The department Of fine arts, Mrs.
Ellis Logan, chairman, presented as
the program for the day the Easter
pageant. The Questioner," by Lyman
Byard, under the direction of the
chairman of drama, Mrs. Esther M.
Bair. Members of the cast included
Mrs. Bair. Mrs. Oscar Nelson. Mrs,
E. w. Stitt, Mrs. Albert Parham, Mrs.
F. G. Brinley. Mrs. Pierce Ashburn,
Mrs. w. o. Hancock, Mrs. Ernest
Daniel, Mrs. Edwin Cats, Mrs. Ruth
H, Snodgrass, Mrs. Wallace N. Street.
er. Mrs. Thomas Faris, Mrs. Warren
Wagner. Mrs. Frederic Newburgh.
Mrs. Henry F. Sawtelle, Miss Eliza
beth Sawtelle. Mrs. Herbert Powell,
Mrs. Frederick L. Pratt, Mrs. r. E.
Holm, Donald Streeter, Ruth -Maye
Snodgrass and Eleanor H. Snodgrass.
Music for the pageant was pre-
sented by Mrs. Snodsrass, soprano;
Mrs. Charles j. Sterner. soprano, and
Mrs. Zelda Miller Haun, pianist.
Takoma Park Branch, American
Red Cross-The Executive Board will
meet at the Branch Library April s..
at $3.50 am. The surgical dressing
and sewing units will meet at the
Presbyterian Church at 1890 am. the
same day. Mrs. Frank Moorman's
circle Of the Ladies' Aid will serve q
luncheon.