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meeting scheduled for next Tuesday
in the chapel of Covenant-FirSt Pres
byterian Church has been cancelled.
The Argyle Study Club will meet at
the home of Mrs. E. e. Norwood next
Tuesday at l o'clock for luncheon. A
paper will be read by Mrs. Nellie
Douglass on Industries, Commerce
and Labor in Japan and China"
The District of Columbia Home
Economics Association will hold din
ner meeting Wednesday at the Asso-
citation of American University Wom-
ems club house to discuss the I'M
portance of home economics in the
new educational program. Miss Ber-
tie Backus, assistant superintendent
in charge of character education In
the District schools, will speak on
the place home economies has In
character education.
Other speakers will be DR.. Thomas
w. Gosling, director of the Junior Red
Cross; L. H. Dennis, executive secre-
tary of the Vocational Education As
sociation; Mrs Mildred Weigley Wood.
State supervisor of home economics
for Arizona, and DR.. Mitchell Dreese
of the Psychology Department,
George Washington University.
Washington Colony, National So
ciety of New England Women, at a
meeting at the home of Mrs. E. L.
Whitney, 3411 Oakwood terrace, elect
ed the following delegates and alter
mates to the twenty-second annual
congress of the national society, in
Philadelphia, May 20, 81, % and 23:
Delegates-Mrs. Casanova, Mrs. Fer
nald, Miss Patterson, Mrs. Urner. Miss
Berry, Mrs Blake. Mrs. Webster and
Miss Peterson. Alternates-Mrs. Pat
terson. Mrs. Upton, Mrs. Whitney,
Miss Whitney. Mrs. Leech, Mrs. Brum-
baugh, Mrs. Hopper and Mrs. Capo.
Petw0rth Woman'S Club-The edu-
cational section met Monday evening,
when Miss Jeannette Speiden, coun-
selor, Eliot Junior High School, spoke
on the character education program
being worked out in the District public
schools. Mrs. o. H. Nelson presented
current events. Mrs. B. j. Waldo and
Mrs. Harry Van Geuder were host
esses, with the meeting at the home of
Mrs. Waldo. This section sponsored q
tea and musical program Wednesday
at the E street branch of the Y. w.
c. A. for the group of workers on
clothes conservation, under the lead
ership of Mrs. Helen Morrison Hunter
of the District of Columbia Federation
of Women's Clubs. In charge of the
tea were Mrs. B. ]. Waldo, Mrs. r. K
Bailey, Mrs. o. H. Nelson. Mrs. Otto
Hammerlund, and Mrs. A. N. Jones,
who also presented a group of her
music pupils.
The Philanthropic Section met
Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. Martha
Wiltberger. Mrs. Anna Garner was
assistant hostess.
Mrs. r. E. Holm and Mrs. H. J.
Phelps were hosteSses to the Civic
Section Thursday evening at the home
of Mrs. Holm. The program was on
Corrective Institutions in the Dis
trict Of Columbia"
The Music Section will meet next
Wednesday evening at the home of
Mrs. Arthur Dunn, 1910 Eighth street.
instead Of with Mrs. c. E Reed, as
listed in the year book.
Mrs. T. S. Tincher is In charge OF
the committee serving luncheon for
the art section Thursday at 1890 pm.
at the Petworth Methodist Episcopal
Church, and following which Mrs. r
q. SoWerbutts, chairman of the section,
has arranged a trip to the explorers
hall OF the National Geographic Ad-
ministration Building to view the
exhibition of the work of Alexandra
Iacovleff, artist member of the trans
As1atic expedition of 1882.
The meeting of the executive board
will be held Thursday evening at the
home of Mrs. E. B. johnson, who will
be assisted in entertaining by Mrs. C.
M. Ballard.
A card party, under the auspices of
the educational section, will be held
April at the home of Mrs. H. C.
Sigourney, 811 Taylor street. Mrs,
Slgourney, Mrs. A. MacSmith and Mrs.
5. @. White are the committee In
charge OF arrangements and reserya-
tions may be made through them.
National Society New England
Women, Phyllis Lyman Colony.-Mrs.
Frederick Billiard and Mrs. Alice Ben
nett were hostesses at a luncheon at
Mrs pi11o rI'C
chester
At the regular monthly meeting
delegates and alternates to the ma
tional congress were elected.
Nine. Cantacuzene-G Grant, Mrs.
Earl Hendricks and Mrs. Roy Bowker
were guests. A talk on patriotism
and the Coalition" was given by Nine.
Cantacuzene- Grant.
The Women's Auxiliary to the Rail-
way Mail Association and the associa-
ton held a dinner at the Capitol
Park Hotel last Monday, followed by
a business meeting. Mrs. P. A. Taylor
told of plans for a past presidents
night for the May meeting. Mrs. B.
N. Burleyson, president, presided. Mrs.
H. G. Hughes announced a card party
April "a. Mrs. r. D. Apple announced
a quilt and old curiosity shop exhibi-
tion tea for April at the home of
Mrs. A. F. Lingle, 19 Grant avenue.
Takoma Park, Md. Greetings were
read from Mrs. r. c. Gardiner,
Smithsburg, Md, and Mrs. w. M. Col
Ins told of her recent trip South and
extended greetings from Mrs. w. S.
Buxton. Clermont, Fla.
Mrs. F. E. Good, Ill Summers drive,
Alexandria, Va, is the hostess for a
social April 20. The program ION to
the San Antonio National Convention,
June, 1900" was read by Mrs. p. A.
Taylor and illustrated by Mrs. w. M.
Collins by use of the slide machine.
Theta Tau Zeta Delphian Chapter
met at the Shoreham Hotel last Mon
day evening for the study of Flemish
Painters" under the leadership of
Miss Lucy Omohundro. The presi-
dent, Miss Mary Williams, presided
The following reports were given:
Influence in the Development OF
Painting North of the Alps" Miss Iva
Menefee; "The Van Eycks," Miss