Evening star., 1934-12-30
work of the Clothes Con-
servation Committee Of the
District of Columbia Fedora

"NhE WOTk OF IN6 ClOlIleS SOIl-
servation Committee of the
District of Columbia Fedora
L ton of Women's Clubs will be
described by Mrs. Lloyd w.
Biddle, first vice president, next Fri
day over Station WRC at lis pm.
The work Of this committee is con-
Quoted at 1923 U street.
Mrs. Ellis Logan, chairman OF the
department of fine arts of the fed
Grafton, will conduct tour through
the Corcoran Art Gallery January
S at 2 pm. for comparative study
Of American art. Similar tours will
be conducted the first Saturday of
February and of March. These tours
are open to the public.
The Marietta Park Women's Club
will hold a business meeting Thursday
at pm. at the home of Mrs Alfred
Fleming, 80 Madison street. The
president, Mrs. Conrad Nix, will pre-
side. Assisting Mrs. Fleming will be
Mrs. William F. Shea, Mrs. Fred C.
Burgan, Mrs. William Wilson and
Mrs. J. Raymond Miller. Members
have the privilege of inviting friends
to this meeting as it has been desig-
mated as guest night" Invitations
have been extended to the presidents
of neighboring clubs.
The leader will be Mrs. H. E.
Jaegar. Book review by Miss Ellen
Buckmaster, and guest speaker, The
Bible as Literature" DR.. Charles
Brockway Hale, University Of Mary
land.
The Faculty Women's Club of the
American University will give an in
formal party in honor of the men of
the faculty next Saturday evening
in the women's residence hall of the
American University Mrs. H. c.
Oberholser is chairman Of the Host
ess, and Miss Cornelia Cotton is
chairman Of the Entertainment Com
1nittee.
The Columbia Heights Art Club
held Christmas party at the home OF
Mrs. De Witt Croissant, TIT @ street
with Mrs. w. Hayes Yeager as assist
ant hostess. Music was conducted by
Mrs. Robert McFall. The singing OF
carols by club members was supple
mented by several vocal selections by
Mrs. McFall and her daughters, the
Misses Peggy and Alice McFall, accom-
panied by Mrs. McFall at the piano
and Mrs. Robert Hibben on the violin
A paper was given by Mrs. R. Bruce
Hare on Fruits and Flowers of the
Bible Land" Mrs. Anton Heitmuller
vas chairman. Mrs. L. Stafford, Mrs
Otto Veerhofi, Mrs George A. Cook
and Mrs. Harvey Wiley were special
guests.
Northeast Suburban w. c. T. U. met
at the home of Mrs. Alice Gaver. 3411
Twenty-fourth street northeast, the
assistant hostesses being Mrs. j. K.
Lawson and Mrs. w. H Brent. Mrs.
Charles Williams presided.
The devotions were led by Mrs. A.
M. Charters and reports were given
by Mrs. L. H. Nix and Mrs. R. L.
Schefler. Mrs. Hanlon is new men,
ber. Mrs. BERTHE Farmer, guest, told
of the work of the White Ribbon Re-
cruits. Mrs. Scheffler reported 10
Christmas bags filled for the Central
Union Mission.
The next meeting will be January
% at the home of Mrs A. L. Foster
1929 Quincy street northeast.
Philo- Classics Club met at the
home Of Mrs. H. E. zimmerman, 3l6
Garfield avenue. Riverdale, Md After
luncheon. the business meeting was
opened by the president. Mrs. NJ H
Fohrnan. Papers we're read by Mrs
G. S. Barnhart on The Katherines
of Shakespeare" and Mrs. G. L
Peckham on Henry V as Warrior .
The club continued the reading OF
Henry v under the leadership of Mrs
7. A. Hutton.
The Executive Committee of the
W. c. T. U. made final plans for the
quarterly convention at the Eastern
Presbyterian Church January IA
opening at 1:30 pm.
Reports were given by Mrs. Ida w
Ramsey, first vice resident; Mrs. Giles
Scott Rafter director for temperance
education; Mrs. A. B. McManus, ma
tional director of the department for
soldiers, sailors and Marines, and
Mrs. Gertrude Hoage, treasurer.
The Light of the World" a pag-
cant presented by the Young Peoples
Society, was given Christmas day al
the Washington Sanitarium. The
leading characters were Miss Ada Nc
Elmurry. Kent Moore. Dale Hamilton
Miss Mary Colin, pianist, and Miss
Florence, who played the marimba.
The Cercle des Precieuses Ridicules
was received Wednesday evening by
Nine. Theodore Cogswell at her home
in the Broadmoor. The meeting was
opened by the president, M. William
j. Wallis. The following program
was given: Readings. Il Hirondelle,'
poem by Michelet, and "Histoire
Amusante," Nine. Manuel Cambouri;
piano solos, lie Soir,' by Schumann
and Chant d'Amour," by List. Nine
Marie Howe Spur; reading, Henri
Bergson," M. Henri Lazard; piano
solos. Lullaby" by Carrie Jacobs
Bonds, and Mon Couer s'Ouvre ia
Voix," from the opera Samson et
Della" by Saint-Saens, Nine. Rose
Arnold: reading. La Petite Nouille,
by Bernard Gervaise, Nine. Marguer-
!te de Porry.
Iota Phi Delta Chapter, Delphians
met at the Shoreham Hotel, the presi-
dent, Mrs. Carl H. Smith, presiding
The literary program, The Hebrews
and Their Neighbors," was led by Mrs
Ernest E. Ingle, who gave prelim-
inary survey. The following topics
were given: The Hebrews Neigh
bors," by Mrs John A. McAneny and
Mrs. Harold F. Machlan; The Land
OF Palestine" by Mrs. Elmer L. PEI
fer and Mrs. Earl M. Spencer; THE
Formation of the Hebrew Nation" by
Mrs. Carl H. Smith and Mrs. Earl G
Taylor; From Desert to Promised
Land" by Mrs. Franklin L. Adams
Mrs. James L. Bates and Mrs. Herbert
B. Brooks; The Unstable Kingdom, u
by Mrs. H. H. Hulbirt and Mrs. Reg
inald w. Geare; Judah and Judaism, -
by Mrs. Walter M. Bane, Mrs E. Ray
mond Horton and Mrs. Alexander
Wylie.
The next meeting will be January 8,
at 1890 a m, at the Shoreham Hotel