The Washington times., 1935-11-23
WOMEN
WILL HEAR
SPEAKERS
By MARY PADGETT

the District of Columbia Fedora.
ton of Women's Clubs will con.
duct the groups meeting Monday
morning at II o'clock in the
Raleigh Hotel, with DR.. Frank w.
Ballou, superintendent of public
schools; Mrs. Henry Grattan
Doyle, president of the Board Of
Education; DR.. George C. Ruh.
land, District health officer, and
DR.. Thomas G. BENEFIT, of the Uni
versity of Maryland, as guest
speakers.
Mrs. Lloyd w. Biddle, president
Of the club, will preside over tho
meeting. Mrs. r. J. McFall, chair.
man of the education department,
and Mrs. Maurice 1. Smith, vice
chairman, will present the guests.
Will Present SoIoist
The musical entertainment dur
ing the meeting is under the direc-
ton of Mrs. Fred L. Knoblock,
music chairman, who will present
as soloist for the occasion, Thelma
Donaldson, Of the Rubinstein
Club.
Reports on the annual card
party and the year book will be
made by Mrs. E. H. Daniel, first
vice president, and Mrs. A. C. Wat
kins, second vice president. Lunch.
con, under the Craftsmanship Of
Mrs. L. A. Morrison, will be held
following the morning session and
the meeting will reconVene at 2
o'clock for one hour.
Much credit is due Mrs. Biddle
and Mrs. Otto Hammerlund,
chairman Of the department OF
public welfare, for their work IN
behalf of the clothes conservation
committee, which employs a num-
Der of women on the relief rolls.
It was largely through their et.
forts that the Commissioners ap-
propriated the necessary funds to
reopen the sewing rooms under
the new PWA projects.
Federation Started 1t
This work was started originally
by the federation, and was later
taken over by the District. Hun
dreds of needy families have been
supplied with clothes from this
source.
Mrs. w. w. Husband, chairman
of the Department of Americana
zation, will tell the club of the
departments annual bazaar for
the Americanization School, which
will be held on December 2 and 8,
at the school, Tenth and H SITS.
N. w. Mrs. w. w. Husband will
be glad to accept gifts of sa!able
articles.
A. A. u. w. Plans Tea
Walter E. Myer, director of the
Civil Education Service and editor
of the American Observer, will
give the first of a series of talks
on current economic and political
events, tomorrow at 4 p. M,
at a tea of the Washington
branch, American Association Of
University Women, in their I
Street clubhouse.
Mrs. Lynn r. Edminster will be
hostess for the afternoon. Those
who will preside at the tea tables
are Mrs. Leo H. Paulger, Mrs.
Henry DeForest Ralph, Mrs. B. B.
Wallace, Mrs. Goodwin Graham,
Miss Marie Mount and Miss Stella
Clemence. Others assisting are
Mrs. Charles Eckles, Miss Harlean
James, Mrs. Louis A. MacMahon,
Miss Julia c. Talifferro, Mrs. Will
bur Yearsley and Mrs. Mark
Smith.
Secretary of Commerce Daniel
C. Roper will be guest of honor
at a dinner of the association,
Wednesday at p. M, at the club
house. After the dinner he will
speak on Economic and Social
Problems of Our Nation and the
World Today"
Mrs. Howard G. Nichols, presi-
dent of the Washington branch,
will preside.
Nurses to Entertain
Beta Chapter, Phi Delta
Gamma, graduate women's frater-
nifty of George Washington Uni
versity, will entertain a group Of
graduate women tonight at the
home of Miss Mae Leesnitzer.
Miss Dorothy Corson is in
charge of arrangements. The
floor show is being produced by
Miss Alice A. Jewell, with choruses
by Miss Mary Pearce and Miss
Leesnitzer. Others taking part in
the entertainment are Miss Fran
ces Harlan, Miss Mildred Green,
Miss Dorothy Graf, Miss Virginia
Kinnard, Miss Phoebe Knappen,
Miss Ellen Anderson, Mrs. Thomas
Kissling and Miss Florence Fritz.