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preside. Inc social SCudleS group Will
dramatiZe one Of their meetings and
several Of the committees will give
pictorial reports. Officers to be in
Quoted are Mrs. Robert Olesen, vice
president; Miss Amy Louise Veerhof1,
corresponding secretary; Mrs. Albert
L. Barrows and Mrs. Frank E. Edging-
ton. directors.
Mrs. A. Remington Kellogg will be
hostess at tea tomorrow afternoon.
Following 1t will be a discussion of
current events by some weu-known
speaker. There will be no tea May 80.
The Government and business study
group will meet Tuesday at $50 pm.
to discuss problems concerning the
conservation of national resources.
Mrs. Horace Torbert, leader of the
drama section. will review "8 20 AM" "
collection of poems by Ruth Evelyn
Henderson, at the Tuesday evening
book review meeting.
The social studies group will meet in
the lounge Wednesday at IL am.
Mrs. Wood Grey will review ]. B.
Priestley's Midnight on the Desert"
Thursday, at IL am.
A study will be made of post i'm
pressionlsm in France and the works
OF Cezanne, Daumier and Renoir will
be discussed at the art appreciation
group Thursday night.
Next Sunday the walkers will ioin
with the National Park Service for a
nature treasure hunt in Rock Creek
Park.
Mrs Marshall Harris, with Mrs. F.
F.. Hill assisting will be in charge of
the Summer teas, beginning with June
and continuing through September.
Shakespeare Society.-Plans for the
coming year were discussed at meet
ing last Sunday, when the members
were entertained by DR.. and Mrs. E. "
Wilcox, 33 West Irving street, Chevy
Chase, Md.
Among the officers elected were:
President, DR.. E. V. Wilcox: vice pres
ident, Leander Mccormick -Goodhart
of the British Embassy; corresponds
ing secretary, Mrs. Rowe; treasurer
Alexander Ueland: casting director
Jesse E. Veitch. Executive Board. Dell
Floyd, Miss NJ Lenore Flint. Mrs, w. E
Bryant, Miss Clara Manderscheid, Miss
Esther Marshman and Mrs. Jesse E.
Veitch. Miss Anna Norris will serve as
chairman of the Reception Committee
A reception was held and refreshments
were served.
Knights Of st. John. District Ladies
Auxiliary, No. Limitation of candi-
dates from all auXiliaries will take place
tomorrow night at st. Peters audi
torium. Second and c streets south
east, at 8 pm, with District Presi-
dent Mrs. Wilfred P. Ross presiding
Miss katherine Shea of Auxiliary No
so will conduct the initiation cere-
mony. All members are invited.
Hotel GreeterS of America, Women's
Auxiliary, Charter 81. - The See
America First" Committee conducted
members on a tour of historic homes
and gardens in Alexandria, Va, Satur-
day afternoon. They met on the south
steps of the Treasury Building and
were conveyed in autos to the George
Mason Hotel After the tour they
went to the Anchorage, where tea was
served.
In order to complete the required
See America First" program before
the annual convention, it was decided
to conduct the Alexandria tour at this
time and to forego the tour of Will
liamsburg, which was discussed at the
last regular meeting, until later date.
The monthly meeting will be held
June % at the Continental Hotel for
election of officers. A report will also
be given by Mrs. Alma Williamson,
speaking delegate on the national
convention in Omaha.
Ellen Spencer Hussey Tent, No. 1,
Daughters of Union Veterans of the
Civil War, met at headquarters. with
the president, Sylvia D. Mclaughlin,
presiding
Memorial services were conducted
for the late Gen. John L. Clem, John
w. Blaisdell and Fred w. Mixer, men,
bers of Kit Carson Post, No. 2, G. A. R.
Members participated in the annual
exercises for President Abra-
ham Lincoln and Gen. U. S. Grant in
the rotunda Of the Capitol May 16.
They will take part In the service on
the steamer Rucker today, followed by
services at the Water Gate, under the
direction of the Department of the Po-
tomac, Woman's Relief Corps.
Joint memorial services under the
direction of the Department of the Po-
tomac, G. A. R., will be held at 1922
New Hampshire avenue June 10, 8
pm, instead of June 3. The next
meeting is May %.
Southern Cross Chapter, U. d. c.,
met May IL at the Willard Hotel.
The president, Mrs. P. T. Carter, pre-
sided and presented the chapter with
a check from a former member, Miss
Nora Bailey, who donates each year
toward the flowers for the Confederate
memorial exercises, which will be
held at Arlington Cemetery June 6.
A bingo party and bazaar was held
at the Confederate Memorial Hall
May Is.
The next meeting will be held at
the home of Mrs. Joseph Saunders,
1918 Porter street, June l at o'clock.
This Is an annual celebration for her
mother, Mrs. Alice Ferguson, who is
honorary president and the oldest
member Of the chapter.
The Curley Club will hold a picnic
today at Sugar Loaf Mountain. Men,
bers will meet at the Continental Ho-
tel at 2 pm.
The Study Group will meet at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs Roland H. Hy-
land, 2422 North Capitol street. to-
morrow at $50 pm.
A testimonial dinner in honor Of
the chaplain. Rev. Francis J. Kelly
of st. Patricks Church, will be held
in the Continental Hotel Tuesday at
7:30 o'clock. This dinner will con-
clllde the clubs fifteenth anniversa ~