The Washington times., 1936-03-16
Richberg Talk
Due Tonight
At Forum
BY MARY PADGETT


ington Post; John L. Lambert,
head of the Washington Bureau
of Universal News Service. and
David L. Cohn. traveller and
author.
Mrs. Emily Newell Blair, for
mer vice chairman Of the Demo
cratic national committee. will
preside. Mrs. Charles Y. Lati-
mer. of Takoma Park, Md, presl-
dent of the Women'S Democratic
Club of Montgomery county, will
open the meeting. Mrs. Ray
mond Clapper, of Chevy Chase,
is chairman of the program
committee. The meeting will be
open to the public.
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt Will
be the guest of honor and speaker
at the annual breakfast OF the
Political Study Club, to be held
Nav %, at the Mayflower Hotel:
according to the announcement OF
Mrs. Tilman Bacon Parks, presl-
dent.
Mrs Werner j. OLeary, CORE
spending secretary. is in charge
of reservations. This is going 10
be a grand party. We will have
more about it later in this column.
Senator Tom Connolly, OF Texas
will address the clubs next meet
ing, Saturday afternoon at 8
O'Clock, in the Washington Cluo.
Mrs. Edward Campbell Shields,
chairman of program, will intro
duce the speaker.
Members and guests Of the CLUB
will be delightfully."- entertained by
Nine. j. de Sequieira Coutinho,
who will give two LiSZt compost
tions, and then sing several Por-
tuguese songs in costume. the
singer will be presented by MRS
George Oliver Gillingham, chair
man of music.
Among the guests Of honor IN
vited by the chairman OF hospital
ity, Mrs. William Francis Keohan,
are the Minister of Portgual ana
Nine. de Bianchi, Mrs. Edward r
Costigan, wife of the Senator from
Colorado: Mrs. William j. BuloW,
wife of Senator Bulow, Of South
Dakota, and Mrs. Edward W.
Meigs, president of the Woman's
National Democratic Club.
Hostesses at the tea table will be
Miss Pauletta Guffey, Mrs. Edward
Keating, Mrs. G. NJ. Eckels, Mrs.
Basil Manly and Mr.. George r.
Becker.
The following members have
been elected by the executive board
to serve on the nominating coin.
mittee tor the annual election OF
officers which will be held at the
washington Club May 16: MIS-.
Frank Morrison, chairman; Mrs.
Johan C. Kondrup, Mrs. Edward
Banks Gibson, Mrs. Joseph N.
Saunders and Mrs. w a lIace
Streater.
Jeanette Rankin, legislative sec
retary of the National Council toc
the Prevention Of War. will speak
at the luncheon sponsored by the
National Committee on Federal
Legislation for Birth Control to-
morrow at 1890 o'clock in the
Women's City Club. This meeting
is open to the public.
For benefit of their scholarship
fund, members of the Alumnae
Association of Holy Cross Acad-
envy will hold a bingo party
Thursday at the academy.
Mrs. Gerald Egan. president OF
the Alumnae Association, has ap-
pointed Mrs. Ralph Carlo chair
man of the party. She is being
assisted with arrangements by
Miss Elizabeth Leech, Mrs. Will
liam Lally, Miss Gwendolyn Dick
inson, Miss Lucy Bammett, Miss
Regina Hartnett, Miss Alice Baum,
Mrs. Francis Murray, Mrs. Viola
Conboye, Miss Melita Haardt, and
Miss Hilda Rupert.
Mrs. 0. w. McNeese will give
the third of her series of six lee.
lures on "Our Constitution and
Its History" Wednesday morning
at II o'clock in Wesley Hall. THE
Executive Department" is the
topic of this talk.