The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-12-14
Y. VIC. A. UNIT
PLANS XMAS
FESTIVAL
Nv MARY PADGETT

The Y. W. g. A. enters INTO the
Christmas spirit with an interna.
tional Christmas festival and
world market, sponsored by the
Industrial Nationality Groups and
the World Fellowship Committee,
next Thursday from 4 p. m. un'
til midnight.
The festival will be held in Bar
ker Hall, which will be trans
formed for the occasion into a
market square Of an international
city with each group presenting
an exhibit typical of its country
During the festivities there will oe
programs Of folk songs and folk
dances, including Russian dances,
Scotch dancers and bag-plpeS,
Welsh singers, a mountain music
group, Negro spirituals and In
dian music. Miss Mary M. Bur
nett, director Of music at the z
w. c. A., will conduct a Christ
mas carol program in the mar
ket square" from 8 to $50 p. m
Dancing will be followed from
$50 to midnight.
Chairmen of the groups taking
part in the festival include Mrs
L. K. Cone, Armenian; Miss Laura
Jones, British; Miss Esther Swan
SON, Scandinavian; Mrs. job
Stathos, Greek; Miss Helen Riley
United States; Mrs. D. E. Yarnell,
Japanese; Mrs. w. T. Willoughby
Chinese: Mrs. Andre Hec, French;
Miss Tisio Stadnichenko, Rus
sian, and Miss Berta Muller, Ger
man.
The annual Christmas party OF
the Political Study Club is to be
held Saturday at the washington
Club.
Each member is requested to
bring a gift of either clothing OF
toys, which will be distributed
through one of the local charity
organizations. The speaker at Che
meeting will be the Rev. George
johnson, Phi. D., LID, Of the
national advisory committee or
education of Catholic University
who. will speak on 1.-THE Child
Its Relationship to the Home
Church and Government"
A music novelty surprise pro
gram will be held under the direc
ton Of Flora McGill Feefer, who
will present Mrs. Norma SimonSon
Miss lone Hoffman, Fred Dennis
ton, Dolph Anterior and Mrs. Dor
othy Raddy Emery.
Guests Of honor will include
Nine. Ricardo j. de Alfaro, Mrs
Vincent B. Burke, Mrs. Peter Drury
and Mrs. o. johnson, mother Of
the Rev. MIR. johnson.
Presiding at the tea tables will bt
the vice president, Mrs. William A
Kinnan, Mrs. Edgar Boyd Kay
Mrs. Keefer and Mrs. Peter Nc
Govern.
A play depicting the days Of Ole
England's Yuletide customs anc
traditions, Merry England" BY
Mary Crete Willis, which the au
thor dramatized from one Of hel
recent short stories, will be given
by members Of the Bethesda Won
ans Club, tomorrow afternoon al
3 O'Clock in the clubs quarters.
Mrs. Willis will direct the play
herself. Assisting are Mrs. P. w
Phillips, drama chairman for the
club, and Mrs. Bert E. Holmes
music chairman. Friends of the
members are invited to witness the
play which is predicted to be one
Of the most successful presenta
lions by any club this season.
Members of the Washington
Alumnae Chapter of Zeta Tai
Alpha, women'S national pan
hellenic fraternity, will hole
their annual Christmas party fol
the George Washington Univer
Sity Chapter and the alumnae II
Washington, Thursday night a.
the home of Miss Betsy anc
MISS MdEy LICE WdGh11ISS OVi
Cumberland Ave-, Somerset, Md
At this party each year toy
and gifts are collected for {
health center at Currin Valley
Va, which is the fraternity phil
anthropic project.
Miss Mary Blair Anderson ant
Miss Margaret Mulhausen will
assist the Misses Watkins 81
hosteSses for the party.
The recent annual election o
the General William H. Becl
Circle, Department Of the Poto
mac, Ladies Of the Grand Arm!
of the Republic, resulted in tn
following officers:
Mrs. Bess Stiles Pearce, presi
dent: Mrs. Eva States Mcbride
senior vice president; Mrs. Cath
crime F. Winkelman, junior vic
president; Miss olive Val
Wagenen, chaplain: Mrs. Waite
Hausman, patriotic instructor
Mrs. Margaret Hopkins Worrell