Evening star., 1935-10-06
Federation Club Heads
To Meet Mrs. R. c.. Lawson
Mrs. Jenckes, Indiana Representative to Be
Guest at Luncheon. More Chairmen
Named for Card Party.


luncheon to be given for Mrs
Roberta Campbell Lawson, arrange
ments for which were made by Mrs.
Lloyd w. Biddle. president Of the Dis
trict of Columbia Federation Of Wom-
ems Clubs, and the executive council.
Only the presidents of the clubs afflli-
ated with the federation have been in
vited, as the sole purpose of the affair
is to give the presidents an opportun-
3ty to meet Mrs Lawson.
Additional chairmen have been ap-
pointed for the annual card party, to
be held November 8. at the Mayflower
Hotel They are: Mrs. Cabot Stevens
and Mrs. John w. Bennett, chairman
and vice chairman of patronesses;
Mrs. Phyllis Wilson Huff. modelling for
style show; Mrs. Harvey w. Wiley,
table prizes; Mrs. A. B. McManus.
cakes, and Mrs. Henry Fenno Sawtelle,
sandy. Tickets may be obtained from
Mrs. Ernest H. Daniel.
The Marietta Park Women's Club
held its first meeting Tuesday evening
at the home of Mrs. F. A. Courteney,
with Mrs. Conrad A Nix, the presi-
dent, presiding. Mrs. Nix presented a
plan for the various sections to
use in their years work. The plan
was adopted by unanimous vote.
Following the business portion of the
meeting, program was presented
under the direction of Mrs. Thomas C.
Atkeson, which included a book re-
view on Lavender and Old Linen"
given by Mrs. Stanley D. Reed, and a
brief synopsis of the situation exist
ing between Italy and Ethiopia, by
Mrs. William F. Shea. The guest
speaker was Mrs. William S. Aber-
nethy, who talked on the work that
may be done by women. The COM
bined section meeting will be held on
Thursday evening, October 10.
The District of Columbia League
Of American Pen Women held its
first meeting of the year at the league
studio, Burlington Hotel, Monday
evening, with the president, Bess
Heath Olmstead, presiding.
The following chairmen were in
troduced: Art, Grace Rebecca Sahm;
drama Rose Robson Cohen; fiction.
Nellie Walker Irish; journalism, Lily
r. Hunt; motion pictures, Laura
Thornborough; music, Theodore Cum
ningham; non-fction, Bertha Shanks
CLANCY; poetry, Irene Shirley Moran;
radio, Alice HutchinS Drake.
Fine arts review, Harriet Hawkins
Chambers; Les Causeries Franchises,
Maria Claeys Garzia; marionettes,
Elise Thomson Clark; reception,
Katharine Jacobs; sales, Myrta Ethel
Cawood; speakers bureau, Marie Mar
garet Ready.
Tomorrow at pm. the non-fiction
group, with the chairman, Bertha
Shanks CLANCY. in charge. will meet
at the studio. Work for the year will
be outlined.
The poetry group will meet Friday
at O'Clock, in charge of Inez Shell
don Tyler. A poetry clinic will be
held.
Other pen women activities for
October will be a meeting of the
Speakers Bureau October IA, DR..
Marie M. Ready, chairman. On Octo-
ber 18, Rose Robson Cohen, chairman,
will conduct meeting of the Drama
Group.
The District Of Columbia League Of
Women Voters will start the years
work with an open meeting of the
Executive Board at luncheon Octo-
Der 18. Those in attendance will be
officers and committee chairmen of
the league, members of committees
and present and prospective members
OF study groups.
Each committee chairman will ex-
plain the program of work for the
committee in the national league and
outline the program her own group
will undertake
The following committee chairmen
will outline the years work: Mrs
Hedley v. Cooke, government and its
operation; Mrs. Edward Chaplin, gov
eminent and education; Mrs. A. ].
Altmeyer, government and child well
fare; Mrs. John Allen Morgan, gov
eminent and economic welfare; Mrs.
Louis Gutenberg, government and legal
status of women, and Mrs Henry
Chalmers, government and interna-
tional cooperation.
Burnside Woman's Relief Corps, No.
4, auxiliary to the Grand Army of the
Republic, met September % at the
Thomas Circle Club with the presi-
dent, Mrs. B. B. Brown, presiding.
Mrs. Della L. O'Brien, treasurer, was
elected senior vice president of the
National Woman's Relief Corps at the
recent national convention in Grand
Rapids. Mich. Mrs. O'Brien reported
the decision of the Grand Army of
the Republic to hold the national en-
campment in Washington next year.
Miss Mary A. Howarth, department
president, reported on the national
convention.
Delphian Society-The Theta Tau
zeta held its semi-monthly meeting
September 80 at the Shoreham Hotel.
Miss Williams was the leader. Miss
Upton gave preliminary survey Of
the Greek drama, "Oedipus the King"
Topic were given by the following:
Miss Anthony, Miss Doherty, Miss
Williams, Mrs. Johnson, Miss LIE Raw.
Miss Menafee and Miss Omohundro,
A general discussion of the play COM
pleted the study.
The District Of Columbia Section of
the Woman's Auxiliary to the Ameri-
can Institute of Mining and Metal
lurgy will meet at the Highlands
Tuesday. The business meeting will
open at 1880 am. and will be fol-
lowed by luncheon at 1890 The
principal speaker, Mrs. Oliver Bowles,
will give Extracts from the Log
Book of My Trip Abroad" Mrs. c. E.
Julian. chairman of the auxiliary, will
preside at the business meeting.
The Ladies' Auxiliary o. the Lamb
skin Club will hold meeting Thurs
day at pm. in Northeast Masonic
Temple.