The Washington times., 1936-05-12
Women's City
Club Picks
Mrs. Wiley
BY MARY PADGETT


of women in the District of Co
lumbia for many years, is the
new president of the Women's
City Club.
Past president of the District
Federation Of Women's Clubs,
prominent in activities Of the
National Woman'S Party. and
engaged in social service and
welfare work for many years,
Mrs. Wiley is the widow of DIR.
Harvey w. Wiley, prominent
scientist and writer who will al.
ways be remembered as the
father of the pure food and
drug laws.
Mrs. Wiley is now on a cruise
to Cuba. She left washington
some time before the election to
attend the council meeting of
the General Federation Of
Women'S Clubs held in Miami,
Fla, going on the southern trip
after the convention with a
large number Of other club
Other new officers are Mrs.
Gladys B. MiddlemisS, first vice
president; Miss Florence Bell, re-
cording secretary; Mrs. John s..
Bennett, Mrs. Dorothy Butler, Mrs.
Albert Dodge, Mrs. e. Richard
Gasch, Mrs. e. c. GunnelS, Mrs.
Clifford Lewis, Miss Clara Saun-
ders, Miss Margaret Vail and Mrs.
John M. Waters, directors; Mrs. I.
B. Dodson, Mrs. Edmund Kocher-
sperger and Mrs. Gusts Perry,
delegates to the D. c. Federation
of Women's Clubs.
Old officers and directors whose
terms expire next year include
Miss Ethel Bagley. second vice
president; Miss S. Pearle Jencks.
corresponding secretary; Mrs. Gus
A. Schuldt, treasurer: Mrs. Frank
A. Birgfeld, Judge Mary O'Toole.
Mrs. Merritt o. Chance, DR.. A.
Frances Foye and Mrs. Nadine
Lane Gallagher, directors.
The Business and Professional
Women's Group Of the club will
hold dinner tomorrow night at
$50 o'clock in the clubhouse, in
honor Of Mrs. John S. Bennett, the
retired president.
Miss Marjorie Webster Is chair
man Of the group and will preside
at the dinner. Other new officers
will also be among the guests.
Miss Earline White. poStmiStreSs
Of the Senate and clubwoman Of
note, will be the guest speaker.
Members who have entered the
Club Members Poetry Contest Of
the Washington Branch, Amer
ican Association of University
Women, will be the guests Of
honor at a dinner sponsored by
the Poetry Group Of the Education
Committee tomorrow night at Z
o'clock in the clubhouse, 1884 /
st. N. w.
Mrs. Inez Sheldon Tyler, chair
man of the contest, will preside.
All poems submitted will be read
by Miss Elinor Cox Karsten. and
the audience will act as judges.
Names OF the authors will be with
held until after the winners have
been picked.
During the tabulation of the
votes, Miss Lucia Mackenzie
Hendley will present her 12-year-
old pupil, Shirley Levin, who will
present a program Of piano solos.
The president, recording Secre-
tary, and two directors (1936-
1889 will be elected next week.
Those announced as candidates
by the elections committee, Of
which Mrs. Glenn L. Swiggett is
chairman, are Mrs. Richard Hogue
and Mrs. Maris M. Proffitt, for
president; Mrs. Noble Boaz and
Miss Elice Jewell, for recording
secretary: Mrs. Edward Chaplin,
Mrs. William Lee Corbin. Mrs.
Lynn r. Edminster and Mrs. j.
Austin Stone, for directors.
"French Opera" will be the
subject under discussion tomor-
row morning at the meeting Of
the National Capital Chapter,
Delphian Society, in Jelleff'S Little
Theater.
Mrs. c. M. Godfrey will pre-.
side and Mrs. Wade Ball will be
leader. Members who will re-
port and their various subjects
will be Mrs. Retta Maybee, on
"Bizet's Carmen" Mrs. Floyd B.
Olcott, "Massenet;;" Mrs. Grant
Barnhart, paris in Essence and
Reality" Mrs. Donald Campbell,
1.-THE Works of DelibeS," and
Mrs. James B. Brooke, "Offen-
bach, the Popular" Others who
will take part in the discussions
include Mrs. Edward Stevens,
Mrs. H. A. Latane, Mrs. P. M.
Chichester, Mrs. Fred Catlett,
Mrs. Charles Arth, Mrs. Thomas
], Rice, and Mrs. A. H. Norton,