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Agnes Brown as chairman. Miss
Elizabeth v. Franzoni will replace
Miss Margaret Farley as vice chair
man and Miss Helen v. Dolan will be
Secretary-treaSurer.
To fill vacancies made by the ex-
piration Of the terms of Miss Kathryn
Gwinn, Miss Janet G. Rutter and Miss
Mary v. Marragga, the following were
elected for two years: Miss Mary
Agnes Brown, Miss Zelda Dove and
Miss E. Louise Chandler. They will
serve with Mrs. Verna Parsons Young
and Miss Helen Prentiss, whose terms
expire January, 1888. Miss Rice and
Miss Janet G. Rutter will represent
the Junior Bar Section at the Ameri-
can Bar Association convention at
Kansas City.
Women's City Club will hear Miss
Amy Louise Veerhof1 in a program Of
selections from Katherine Mansfield's
short stories at the book hour, Tues
day, at 5.
Bridge sections will meet: Monday,
1:3O, contract bridge; Tuesday, l.,
bridge, Mrs. Edmund S. Kochersperger
will give lessons; Friday, 1880, bridge
section.
The Board Of the Woman's Clinic
reelected the president, Mrs. Frank
A. Birgfeld. Other officers elected were
Mrs. John H. Harwood, first vice
president; Mrs. Corbin Thompson,
second vice president; Mrs. Edgar T.
Brown, treasurer; Mrs. Ruth H. Snod-
grass, recording secretary: Mrs. Fred
P. Trott, corresponding secretary;
Miss Laura Berrien, attorney. DR..
Lauretta E. Kress was reelected su-
perintendent, and DR.. M. Isabel Reith
was elected assistant clinician. Mrs.
Harwood was appointed director to the
District of Columbia Federation Of
Womens Clubs, with Mrs. SnodgraSs
as alternate.
Marietta Park Women's Club will
meet at the home of Mrs. Stanley
D. Reed, 420 Oglethorpe street, Tues
day. The Art Section will present q
paper on Pictures in the Home" by
Mrs. Miller Mrs. Carl c. Harrington
will read. Mrs. Conrad A. Nix of the
Music Group will sing. Mrs. Carl C.
Harrington entertained January IA at
a tea at her home. 42l Peabody street.
Mrs. John D. Kiley, director of the
Junior Groups, announces plans for a
playlet. The Art Section met with
Mrs. I. L. Stormont, 5000 Fifth street.
The Ladies Auxiliary, Hebrew
Home for the Aged, will meet at the
home, 1925 Spring road, tomorrow,
at 8 pm. Mrs. Joseph Kronman,
president, presiding.
The Woman's Welsh Club will meet
pm tomorrow at the home of Sena-
tor and Mrs. James J. Davis. Mrs.
Davis presiding The club will dis
cuss activities for the coming year.
Society of Free Lance Writers held
its regular meeting at the Shoreham
Hotel, January I, to hear Mr.. Henry
Hummer, who gave a moving picture
lecture on Alaska" Announcement
was made of the sale of novelette,
by Mrs. Rita r. Zarin. Stories for
the short-story contest were turned
in, the winners to be announced by
the Judge at the next meeting jan
uary 81.
The CercIe des Precieuses Ridicules
met Saturday at the Grafton Hotel,
received by NJ. and Nine. Jean Hast
ings. President NJ. William j. Wallis
presided. and the program included
Nine Manuel Cambouri, anecdotes.
and Prof. Samson, talk on New Or
leans and the influence of French
civilization in Louisiana.
The American Association Of Uni
versity Women will hold memorial
services to honor Mrs. Otto L. Veer-
hoff, president 1930-1s32, in the club
lounge this afternoon, at 4 o'clock.
Mrs. Harvey Wiley is in charge.
Tomorrow will be fellowship day at
the club. Mrs. David L. Wing, head
mistress of the Madeira School and
chairman of the Fellowship Endow-
ment Committee, will receive with
Mrs. Hogue at the tea. and afterward
will speak on the fellowship. The Ma
tional Committee meets in Washing
ton, January % and %, to award IL
fellowships.
Columbia Chapter Of the Delphian
Society will meet Thursday, 10, at
Pierce Hall. The topic for discussion
is Modern French Opera" Mrs. M.
K. Campbell is the leader. Other
topics are: "Bizet's Carmen" Mrs. ].
H. Dellinger; "Massenet," Mrs. w. w.
Spaid; Paris in Essence and Reality"
Mrs. Knute Bjorka; "The Works Of
Delibes," Mrs. Holland Huntington,
and "Offenbach, the Popular" Mrs.
A. M. Finnegan. Mrs. George M. Nor
ris, president, will give the summary.
The Washington Round Table will
meet at the Cosmos Club Friday at
1890. George Benson, news writer,
will address the club on "The World
Crisis"
The Education Section Of the Pet
worth Woman's Club will be enter
tanned Monday at 8, by Mrs. George
Hudson, assisted by Miss Esther Nc
Dewitt, Mrs. A. N. Jones and Mrs. F..
M. Stuart. Mrs. M. Franklin Lipp-
hard will be hostess to the philan-
thropic section Tuesday at 1890.
Mrs. Frank H. Schwartz will be in
charge of the program at the civic
section Thursday evening at the home
of Mrs. Natalie Fernald.
The Business Women's Council,
in the chapel of the Covenant-First
Presbyterian Church. Tuesday will
hear Rev. Harold Voelkel from Korea
conduct the devotional service at 6:45
pm. Mrs. ]. Newton Baker, chairman
Of the Music Committee, is sponsoring
a musicale at 8. The artists will be
Maud Preece, contralto, with Wini-
fred Lakeman as accompanist, and