Evening star., 1937-02-21

subject OF discussion. MrS. FRANK
Edgington will review "An Economic
Interpretation of the Constitution of
the United States" by Charles Beard.
Miss Mary Carter Roberts, book ed
itor of The Evening Star, will review
THE Hundred Years." by Phillip
Guedella, at the book review meeting
Tuesday at 7:30 O'Clock.
Mrs. George Ackerman will talk on
Photography at the applied art
group meeting Wednesday night. Her
talk will be illustrated with slides.
Enjoyment Of Alaska" by Max
Eastman, will be reviewed by Mrs.
Helen r. Steinbarger of the Public
Library Thursday at IL o'clock. She
will also comment upon other books
on Alaska.
Miss Helen Cutler will give an illus
trated talk on her visit to Tahiti at
the French luncheon Thursday at l
o'clock.
The rise of "Impressionism" in
French painting will be traced at the
art appreciation meeting Thursday at
7:45 pm. Special study will be given
to Courbet, Daumier, Manet and
Monet.
A square dance will be held in the
lounge Saturday at 8 pm.
The duplicate contract bridge group
will meet Friday at 7:30 o'clock.
The international relations study
group will meet March / at 7:30 pm.
Mrs. G. M. Mathes, Mrs. George
Hymen and Mrs. T. c. Thee will pre-
sent studies on the problems of United
States neutrality.
The Committee on the Legal and
Economic Status of Women will spon-
sor dinner March 3. at which Miss
Dorothy Kenyon of New York will be
honor guest and one Of the main
speakers.
Deutscher Lterarischer Verein-
Members and guests met Tuesday
night at the home of the founder
president, Miss Anita Schade, 1929
Rhode Island avenue.
Rev. George Timpe gave a lecture
on German-American poetry. Eliza
beth Cotes, pianist, played compost
tions by Wagner. Liszt and Strauss
and Minnie Volkmann, soprano. sang
"Lieder," by Schubert. Wolf and
Brahms, and as an encore a poem by
Konrad Mes, set to music by Anita
Schade.
The March meeting will be dedi-
Gated to Goethes Faust"
The Housekeepers' Alliance met
Tuesday at the home of Mrs. Harvey
w. Wiley. 2345 Ashmead place Mrs
Henry Fenno Sawtelle presided. The
guest speaker, DR.. Ella Oppenheimer,
dwelt on the work being done by the
Maternal and Child Welfare Bureau
in its prenatal care of women.
The Writer'S League elected the
following officers: Mrs. L. w. Tilton,
president; Mrs. D. W. Thayer, vice
president; Miss Gladys Garraway
Smith, secretary and publicity. A prize
for diligence in sending out manu-
scripts was awarded to Miss Ivy
Lindsey.
A humorous article on life in a san.
itorium was presented by Mrs. Eliza
beth Aldrich, and an account of Eng
lish costumes cleaned in that country
by Miss Margaret Jean Bailey.
Two contests are announced: A
short-short story with $500 words
maximum, due Apri' g. Poetry, with
80 lines maximum, due May l3. Mem
bers may submit one entry to each
contest
The league will meet at Thomson
School next Thursday with program
by Miss Anna Priestly. Mrs. Tilton.
Mrs. Thayer, Mrs. Marshall and Mr.
Simond.
Twentieth Century Club-The pro-
gram for the literature section, ar
ranged by Mrs. Edward G. Montgom-
cry. will be presented at a meeting
at the Y. w. C. A. Tuesday evening.
1t includes recent developments in
science, under the caption. Science
Marches On" by Mrs. Lawrence Mar
tin; Lunch at Ye Cowbelle," story
reviewed by Mrs. Samuel Herrick;
Poems" by Mrs. Arthur Seaton: an
article by Miss Anne Lamborn on
THE Octagon House." and q book
review of best sellers by H. T. A.
Lemon. Mrs. Harold G. Moulton will
preside.
A joint meeting of the garden and
| nature sections, under the chairman
ship Of Mrs. D. A. Greenlees and Mrs.
Lawrence Martin, will be held at 8
O'Clock Wednesday at the Y. w. c. A,
Mrs. Theodore Knappen, president of
the District of Columbia Chapter of
Preservation Of Wild Flowers Society,
will speak on wild Flowers"
The French section will have q
luncheon meeting at l o'clock Thurs
day at 1884 street. Miss Helen Cut
Ter will give an illustrated talk on
her visit to Tahiti in the Pacific. Miss
Elizabeth Merle Carhart Is chairman
Luncheon reservation should be made
by the day previous at the A. A. U. w
The Board Of Directors will meet
Wednesday at II o'clock at the
Y. w. c. A.
| The drama department of the Ia
koma Park Women's Club will meet
Wednesday, 8 pm, at the home oi
Mrs. Hugh M. Smythe, Grant ave-
nue.. Assisting hostesses will be Mrs
Joseph c. Bruce and Mrs. M. T
Himmelwright. Mrs. q. F. Wisner
assisted by Mrs. l.. v. Lampson anc
Mrs. Francis Munger, will have charge
of the program, which will be con.
tinuation Of the French drama. They
will review three plays, "Cyrano ds
Bergerac," "L'Aiglon" and Chant.
cleer," by Rostand.
Mrs. Frederick Pratt has arranged q
program for the music department al
the home of Mrs. George Francis Will
liams, 1885 Madison street, Thursday
February IS, 10 am. Mrs. Virginia
Powell Harris will speak on Factors
Influencing Our American Music.
The musical program will be under
the direction Of Mime. Marie Won Un-
i - xl,1 Va. a. i