The Washington times., 1935-05-30
WOMEN s CLUBS
ATTRACT 300
TOLUNCHEON
BY MARY PADGETT

Eight hundred women crowded
the ballroom of the Mayflower
Hotel yesterday afternoon at the
annual luncheon of the District
Of Columbia Federation Of
Women's Clubs, the final social
event of the three-year admins
tration of Mrs. Harvey w. Wiley,
the retiring president.
In her opening address, Mrs.
Wiley declared:
1--WE are passing a milestone
today, the fOrty-first in our his
tory. Our 30 clubs and nearly
5000 members are small as COM
pared with the magnificent fed
eratiOns Of the 48 sovereign
States, but since to whom much
has been given, much is also re-
quired, so we, the residents Of
the Capital City, must needs set
q high standard of performance
in all we do.
"Our mother, the General
Federation, with headquarters
in our midst which we are priv.
legged to enjoy, is the incentive
for all our efforts. Founded As
years ago, the General Fedora
ton of Women's Clubs is the
largest organized group Of Chris
tan women in the world today.
"The d. C. Federation has
been q micrOcOSm of this great
world of women. We have pro-
NOTED American citizenship in
the work for new citizens in the
Americanization School, and for
our ex-Service men at Walter
Reed. We have battled for the
new food bill, believing that
honesty Of advertising is Of para
mount importance to the home;
we have promoted the work Of
special schools for the under
privileged, for the crippled, for
the tuberculosis and for the
atypical classes"
Mrs. Wiley also called atten-
ton that the federation. through
its department of fine arts has
promoted much toward the ap-
probation of art; that under
the public welfare department,
it has sought to secure equality
Of opportunity for men and
women by indorsing the pro-
posed equal rights amendment,
and by their work through the
clothes conservation committee,
the federation has helped needy
families.
Mrs. Wiley next introduced
the guests of honor, among
whom were Mrs. Harold Ickes,
Mrs. Cordell Hull, Sir Willmott
Lewis, Mrs. Grace Morrison
Poole, Mrs. Rudolph S. Allen,
Bishop James E. Freeman. Mrs.
Dawson OlmStead, Mrs. William
Fitch Kelley, Miss Laura Ber-
rian, Mrs. James Shera Mont
gomery, Judge Mary O'Toole,
Mrs. Sallie v. H. Pickett, Mrs.
Eugene Meyer and Miss Martha
Strayer.
Mrs. Poole, president of the
General Federation of Women's
Clubs, who completes a three
year term at the triennial con-
vention in Detroit, June 4-12,
took this opportunity to make
her last official visit to the Dis
trict Federation. She said:
when I leave Washington l
shall take with me the happieSt
possible memories of cOOpera-
,tiOn and loyalty that you have
given to the General Fedora
ton and I ask one thing-that
you give to my successor the
same loyalty and cooperation
that / have received during my
administration"
, Other speakers included Sir
Willmott Lewis, Washington
correspondent to the London
Times, who spoke on "Our Pres
ent Discontents," urging the
clubwomen to devote themselves
to the cause and principle of So
cial justice and morality, and
Bishop Freeman, who implored
the women of the federation to
stabilize and strengthen the
nation by making the homes of
America the savior of America
in the day of Americas need"
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To Sponsor Party
The Board Of Directors of the
Woman's Clinic will sponsor a
card party next Wednesday at
2 p. m. and 8 p. M, at Wesley
Hall, 1903 K st. N. W., for the
benefit of repairs on the clinic.
= Mrs. Frank A. BirgfeId, presi.
dent, and Mrs. Ida H. Mattingly,
chairman of the ways and
means committee, are in charge.