Evening star., 1935-11-03
Informal Tea to Be Given
{ At Women'S City Club
Miss Elva Mcnamara Will Act as Hostess.
Book Talk Will Be Held on
Tuesday.
Tuesday.

~ afternoon WIN MISS ElVa MI
4 a Namara as hostess.
Miss Mary-Carter Roberts Is IN
charge of the book talk Tuesday at
5 pm. and will arrange future pro-
grams to be given the first and third
Tuesday of each month at that hour.
A business meeting Of the club
will be held Wednesday at 8 pm.
with the president, Mrs. John S. Ben
nett, presiding
Mrs. Lyman B. Swormstedt will re-
view Time Out of Mind" by Rachel
Field, at meeting of the book re-
view section Thursday at 2 pm.
A luncheon meeting of the Civics
Committee will be held Friday at
1890 pm.
The Membership Committee will
meet Friday at pm.
Mrs. William J. La Varre, chair
man of the needlework guild section,
announces that the annual club con-
tributions for the work of the guild
will be on display at the tea next
Sunday when officers of the District
Branch of the Needlework Guild will
be guests of honor.
Twentieth Century Club - Hirosi
Saito, Ambassador from Japan. and
Nine. Saito will be honor guests of the
club at IL am. Thursday at the Y. w.
C. A. The Ambassador will speak on
Some Phases of Japanese American
Relations"
The international outlook section will
meet at 2:15 pm. tomorrow at the Y.
w. C. A. Mrs. George Benson, Wash
ington correspondent Of the Mime
apolis journal, will speak on This
Distracted World" Mrs. Arthur Deerin
Call will give an outline of current
foreign events.
The annual reception of the club
will be held from to 6 o'clock, No.
vember 8, at the Washington Club.
Takoma Park Women's Club-The
philanthropic department met Thurs
day at the home of Mrs. j. Maynard
Linthicum. Tea was served.
The Bid of the Hand Glass in con-
tract bridge met Friday at the home
of Mrs. Gordon S. Parker. Member
ship in this class is still open. The
Play of the Hand Glass will meet
Tuesday at $50 am. at the home of
Mrs. H. J. Halstrick, 405 Philadelphia
avenue.
A meeting of the club will be held
at the branch library Tuesday at 1890
pm. Luncheon will be served. At
lis Miss Martha Strayer of the Wash
ington Daily News will speak.
New members elected are Mrs. Wal
ter M. O'Laughlin, Mrs. E. w. Sphinx
and Mrs Lawrence Zeleny.
Petworth Woman's CIub-Mrs. Flora
E. Beales, president, will preside at
business meeting at the Petworth
School tomorrow at pm. Peoples
Counsel William A. Roberts will speak
on Pending and Needed Legislation
in the District of Columbia
Gamma Chapter, Delphian Society,
will meet in the Shoreham Hotel to-
morrow evening.
The study of THE Advent of Mod
ern Music" will be taken up under the
leadership of Mrs. Ella G. Prescott.
with the following program: Songs Of
Western Europe" Miss Mary G. VOL
ford; Southern and Eastern Euro
pean Folk Songs" Mrs. o. N. Fansler:
american Music-Folk Dances" Miss
. Ellen G. Bulger; Life and Work of
Bach" Miss Clara j. Dickerson. Miss
Lulu Adams, Miss Emma Hoffer and
Miss Irene c. Westerman.
Southeast w. c. T. U. met Tuesday
In the home Of Mrs. Leslie L. Bowers,
i348 Massachusetts, avenue southeast.
with the president presiding. Mrs.
Laura Penn conducted the devotional.
Mrs. Grace Camper was received as a
new member. Mrs. Emma Knaub and
Clara Blystone reported the National
w. c. T. U. convention.
Officers were elected as follows:
President, Mrs. William La Roche;
vice president, Mrs. Leslie Bowers;
corresponding SECRETARY, Mrs. Sara
Mcmillan; recording secretary, Clara
Blystone, and treasurer, Mrs. Emma
Knaub.
Ben w. Murch Home and School
observation-disclosures j. Nelson, prin-
cipal of the Woodrow Wilson High
School, will be the guest speaker at q
meeting in the school Tuesday eve
ming. There will also be reading
by Mrs. Graft and vocal selection by
Mr. Leaf.
Members of the Board of Education
will be among the invited guests.
A book will be awarded the room
having the highest percentage of par
ents present.
The Business Womens Council,
which usually meets on Tuesday at
pm. in the chapel of the Covenant
First Presbyterian Church, will not
meet this week.
The Mary Tea Club met at the home
OF Mrs. Eva Garner, the president,
Mrs. Ridgley, presiding.
Plans were discussed for a Christ
mas party and play, entitled Three
Little Mullen Girls" 1t being the
birthday anniversary of Mrs. Mary
Schoneberger, the club had a sur
prise for her. Each member pre-
sented her with a gift.
The West End w. C. T. u. met with
Mrs George M. Beckett, 2129 N street.
Devotionals were conducted by Mrs.
James McLain.
Miss Bessie Taylor and Rev. Alice
Allen gave reports of the national
convention. Also reports of the an
nual D. c. convention.
The Washington Ladies' Auxiliary
Of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief
Society Of Denver, Colo, will hold its
fourth annual donor luncheon next
Wednesday, 1890 pm, at the Willard
Hotel, for the benefit Of the sana-
torium at Denver. Mrs. Sidney Wise
man will open the luncheon with q
prayer. Miss Josephine Roche, Assist
ant Secretary of the Treasury. will be
the guest speaker. Mrs. Harry WI