Evening star., 1936-11-22
Card Party to Be Held
q Bv Women's Federation
Annual Event Set for Friday OF
American Pen Women Also
Schedule Meetings.


flower Hotel at 2 pm.
Mrs. Margaret PaySon Bllsh at
pm. will present one of her original
sketches, White House Portraits"
A business meeting will be held to-
morrow at 1890 am. at the Roosevelt
Hotel the president, Mrs. Lloyd w.
Biddle, presiding. Harry Mitchell,
president of the Civil Service Commis-
sion, will speak on Civil Service" A
program for the afternoon session has
been planned 1t includes selections by
Mrs. Jones Lee Oliver of the Detroit
Symphony Orchestra, accompanied by
villa Semple. Mrs. Alfred Fleming,
chairman of education for the Mar
ietta Park Women's Club, will pre-
sent q current events talk regarding
conditions in Spain. Richard M.
Hamm of the American Automobile
Association will speak on Opposing
Proposed Motor Tax Increases" Mrs.
Arthur c. Watkins, second vice presi-
dent. will give parliamentary law
drills.
A history of the federation is being
compiled and will be ready in a
short time.
The League Of American Pen Women
announces a meeting of the Fiction
Group tomorrow at pm. under Helen
Orr Watson. Members may bring
short stories for discussion.
Gertrude lie Lacheur will be the
hostess at the Wednesday rendezvous
from 2 to pm
A board meeting will be held Fri
day at 8 pm. for members Of the
Executive Board only. Non-fiction
evening Saturday at pm. under di-
rection of Dr. Frances Moon Butts.
Mrs. Olmstead. president of the Dis
trict of Columbia branch. will open
the meeting. Dr. Charles c. Tansill,
professor of history of the Graduate
School of American University. will
speak on Trends and Opportunities
in the Non-fction Field" Music ar
ranged by Ida Hoyt Chamberlain. DR..
and Mrs. Tansill will be the honor
guests at reception following the
meeting. Guest privileges. Refresh
ments.
Results of the lyric contest held
by poetry workshop have been an
rounced. Ida Elaine Jones was award
ed the prize for the best lyric, "Ulti-
mate Search Honorable mention
was given Marion Everett Hayn for
The Stranger" Anna M. PrieStley
for Swords in the Starlight" Estelle
Moses for THE Answer" and Althea T.
Anderson for "Old Allegiance. Poems
were judged anonymously by John
Lee Higgins from 18 entries. The
next contest will be for Sapphic
Strophes. Send entries to Chairman
Evelyn Norcross Sheriff. before De-
cember 4.
The Sunshine and Community So
ciety through its Flower Guild made
its second annual visit Wednesday to
the various hospitals and homes Of
the city, carrying the chrysanthemums
which had been exhibited at the Ag-
riculture Department.
Those participating were Mrs. En-
gene Thompson, president; Mrs. ].
Edwin Reid, Mrs. Paul j. Christian.
Mrs. F. J. Mulkern, Mrs. J. Noble
Hoover, Mrs. Esther Bair, Mrs. Ivan
Riley, Mrs. Nathalie Desio, Mrs. T.
r. Powers, Mrs. H. Stuart Boyer,
Mrs. George Trevena, Mrs. Maurice
Emerson, Mrs. Wheeler and Mrs. Saw
yer.
The Junior Women's Club met Tues
day evening at the Jessup- Blair Com
munity House, Silver Spring, Md. L,
B. Nichols. administrative assistant
to ]. Edgar Hoover of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation, told of the
work of that bureau.
Mrs. John T. Lucker, jr. president,
presided over the brief business ses-
sion which followed.
Hostesses were the Misses Carrie
Trivett. Doris johnson, Jane Cooper
and Patricia Davis.
Takoma Park W0men's Club.-The
drama department will meet Wednes-
day at pm, at the home of Mrs.
L. v. Lampson, Crescent place. As
sisting hostesses will be Mrs. William
Wallace and Mrs. Roy c. Harbin. Mrs.
John Bo1evich and Mrs. Albert Spear
will review School for Wives" and
"Barber of Seville"
New members added to the club
during the past month are Mrs. E. c.
Rowley, Mrs. Stanley R. Lynn, Mrs.
H. J. MCGOWAN, Mrs Mary E. Orcutt,
Mrs. j. L. Mccartney. Mrs. William
r. MacQuaker. Mrs. Walter P. Duffy
and Mrs. Samuel Scrivener.
Business Women's Council meeting
Tuesday in the chapel of the Gov
enant-First Presbyterian Church. Mrs.
Hay, a missionary from Africa. will
conduct the devotional service at 6:45
and a musicale will be given at pm
by the Orpheus Quartet, directed by
Otto Torney Simons.
Entire Nous Club.-Plans for the
annual benefit bridge were made at
the home of Mrs. Charles P. Ferguson
Thursday afternoon. The party will
be given at the Republican Club,
Scott circle and Sixteenth street, at
2 o'clock December 8. The president,
Mrs. Charles P. Keyser. presided.
Mrs. W. D. Frey. president of the
Parent-Teacher Congress. and Mrs.
Thomas williams Smith we're new
members admitted into the club
Miss Trowbridge. formerly with the
Argonian newspaper of Portland.
Oreg., and Mrs. Lloyd Biddle, presi-
dent Of the District of Columbia Fed
Grafton Of Women's Clubs, were guests.
Argo Lodge Of B'nai Birth will
hold its annual nominations Wednes-
day at the Jewish Community Center.
The guest speaker will be Rabbi
Harry Kaplan, past president of the
Jewish Teachers Association of the
New England Liberal Schools Of the
Pittsfeld Council of Social Agencies
and of the Alumni Association Of the
Jewish Institute Of Religion.
One Of the prominent local singing