Evening star., 1935-04-28
Voteless Women Hear
DC. Recreation Report
Executive Board of League Favors Perma-
nent Plan to Place Responsibility in
Hands of District Officials.

Mrs. T.. l.. DAVIS, HeldllOn OI DTdMd
to Political and Social Life; Mrs.
r. C. Roark, General Character Of
Late Stuart Drama and Tragedy;
Mrs. G. N. Walker, TYPES Of Later
Stuart Comedy: Mrs. C. D. Backus,
"Congreve"; Mrs. A. C. Harden, Love
for Love-" and Mrs. G. H. Milne, 1.-The
Country Wife"
The next meeting will be held
Wednesday at the home of Mrs.
George H. Milne, with Mrs. A. c.
Harden as leader.
Twentieth Century Club-The mar
ture section will meet at 10 ami
Wednesday at Fort Myer Station,
Rosslyn, Va.
The last monthly meeting will be
held Thursday at IL am. at the
Y. w. c. A. for election of officers.
Polls close at 11:30 am
Preparations are being made for
the final luncheon to be held at the
Willard Hotel May 16 at l o'clock.
Listed among the attractions are
political skit, phoney sketch by the
president of the club, the quintuplet
sketch from the Harrington Fran
TICS" and dances by the Donna Tag
gart Dancers.
National Capital Delphians met
Wednesday at Jelleff's, with the vice
president, Mrs. c. M. Godfrey. pre-
siding. The lesson, "A Dramatic
Romance and a Modern Epic" was
presented and discussed under the
leadership of Mrs. w. C. Welburn.
Those participating in the program
and their topics were: Browning's
THE Flight of the Duchess" Mrs.
T. F. Low; THE Gypsy's SPELL" Mrs.
T. A. Huntley; "A Modern Epic"
Mrs. E. H. Erickson; selections from
Drake written by Noyes. Mrs.
D. A. Campbell and Mrs Fred Catlett.
The next meeting will be May 8.
when the lesson subject will be Some
Narrative Poems" The leader will
be Mrs. E. H. Erickson.
Quota Club.-MiSS Rebecca Oliver
was the guest speaker at the meeting
spoke on Mountain Life in Virginia" :"
Miss Johanna Busse. president, pre-
sided.
lexington w. c. T. U. met Tuesday
at the home of Mrs. Irwin B. Linton
on Thirty-sixth street. Mrs. Irwin
H. Linton, daughter -in-law of Mrs.
Linton, assisted her. Mrs. N. M Pol
lock, president, presided. Mrs. Fred
Ehling conducted the devotional serv-
ices. Reports were made by Mrs.
Franklin Adams, Mrs. John L. Rogers,
Mrs. B. j. Wrightsman, Miss Lillian
Carr and Mrs. James Matthews. Mrs.
H. T. Morse, member of Takoma Park
Union, won the medal in the recent
matrons' contest.
The musical program included a
mother-daughter duet by Mrs. w. F..
Atkinson and Miss Ardis Atkinson;
selections by the Takoma Park Wom-
ems Club; vocal trio, Mrs. Margaret
Carothers, Mrs. Vesta Lynn and A.
Scott Pollock, and violin numbers by
Arsenic Ralon, with Mrs. Ralon as an
accompanist. The pastor of Ecking-
ton Church, Rev. Henry Wooding
and Rev. Robert C. Simmons of the
NorthminSter Church assisted.
A luncheon will be held in Ecking-
ton Presbyterian Church May l6 The
public is invited. Twenty-Five dollars
was voted to assist in the Francis Will
lard centenary educational fund. Mrs.
Edna Proctor was guest of honor and
gave readings; Mrs. Vesta Lynn sang.
Mrs. Mary Arnold, president of North
Capitol Union, was another guest of
honor. Mrs. Henry Stratton and Mrs.
Marshall joined the union.
Burnside Women's Relief Corps,
Auxiliary to the G. A. R., met at the
Mrs. B. Brown, presiding The de-
partment Junior vice president. Mrs.
Mary E. Bowen, was an honored guest.
Miss Howarth, Mrs. Grimes, Mrs.
Seibold, Mrs. Leblanc and Mrs. Strick-
land, having birthdays in April, were
given a surprise party by the presi-
dent and several members.
The department president, Miss
Mary A. Howarth, announced bingo
party for May at the Northeast
Masonic Temple at pm. for the
benent OF the department.
The department president placed
wreath yesterday on the monument of
Gen. U. S. Grant.
The department president attended
the dedication of Grand Army room
at the national headquarters of the
Daughters of Union Veterans Of the
Civil War of 1861-1865 on Monday.
A reception followed in honor of Com
mander in Chief Alfred Stacy. Grand
Army of the Republic from New York,
and Mrs. Matilda Roberts, national
president of the Daughters of Union
Veterans of the Civil War, 1861-l865.
The Curley Club will hold a dance
Wednesday at the Kennedy Warren
A floor show, under the direction of
Miss Edna Moreland, will be a feature.
The Capitol Hill History Club met at
the home of Mrs. Walter Metz, 1927
Taylor street, last Wednesday,. A
business meeting was held.
The program was as follows: wash
ington, Where the Last of the West
Was Won," Mrs. M. B. Granger:
Idaho. Among the Craters of the
Moon," Mrs j. P. Hunnecutt; "Wyo-
ming, Yellowstone National Park"
Mrs. C. E. Willard.
Guests were Mrs. Elmer M. Web
ster of Washington. D. c., and Mrs.
Gass of Haddenfield, N. j.
The Woman's Club Of Sixteenth
Street Highlands met at the home of
Mrs. Pierre Bealer, 1924 Longfellow
street. The president, Mrs. Lewis j.
Battle, presided.
A feature was paper read by Mrs.
William C. Daudt, Account Of the
Habit of Bees
Mrs. Elmon L. Burton was program
chairman and read an article on the
Review of the Weeks News"
Refreshments were served, the host
ess being assisted by the Entertain
ment Committee.
The Theta Tau Zeta Delphians met
Monday evening at the Shoreham
Hotel under the leadership of Miss
Edith B. Aldridge. Miss Mary Will
liams, president, gave a resume on
ssTapdccope opd Still life in DI,trI