Evening star., 1937-01-17

lumbia, Will be the guest Oh
- honor and speaker at the reg
ular monthly meeting of the Demo-
cratic WomenS National Council TO-
morrow at the Washington Hotel. Ihe
program will be in charge of the chair
man of the Legislative Committee,
Mrs. Clara Wright Smith. Mrs. Arthur
d. Condor, president, will preside.
The Council will have ready in time
Tor Inauguration guests the new club
house at 1925 New Hampshire avenue.
The rooms are being furnished under
the direction of Mrs. Lacey zapf,
chairman of the House Committee.
The League of American Pen Women
will hold an art tea at the studio in
the Hotel Grafton, from to 6 today,
featuring the work Of Eugene Miller,
who will be assisted by Hazel Cam
eron- -Menk, art chairman; Dorothy
Gatchell and members of the eXecu-
tive board Mary Parsons Gates,
mezzo-soprano, will sing.
At the Wednesday rendezvous, from
. to pm, Victoria Faber Stevenson
will be hostess.
Friday at pm, board meeting for
members Of the executive board only.
In the poetry contest which has
1ust closed Bess Heath Olmstead won
first prize for her poem. THE Launch
Ing" and first, second and third men,
ton went to Ida Elaine James for
"Untouched," Loves Victory" and
"Take Heart" Inez Barclay Kirby
won fourth honorable mention for her
poem, 1881"
The Philanthropic Department Of
the Takoma Park W0men's Club will
meet Tuesday at 1870 pm. with Mrs.
Frederick A. johnson, 232 Maple
avenue.
Thursday at pm the Homemakers
Department will meet with Mrs. F. A.
Shumaker, 112 Philadelphia. Mrs.
Walter P. Harman will discuss Stand
ards for House Building and Re-
modelling" The duplicate contract
class will meet with Mrs. Irwin L.
Clark 502 Mississippi avenue, Fri
day at 100.
The Excelsior Literary Club will
hear Mrs. Frank E. Crane on His
toric Homes and Gardens" and Mrs
Henry F. Sawtelle on Growth of
Nation" at the next meeting, with
Mrs. Frank E. Crane, 1888 Macomb
street, January 10.
Brentwood Review, No. IL, of the
NJ lot olo
President, Mrs Annie Leathers; vice
president, Mrs. Lillian Green; past
president, Mrs Eliza beth Hastings;
financial secretary, Mrs. Emma Earn
est: treasurer, Mrs. Bell Kinner; re-
cording secretary, Miss Elizabeth
Earnest; chaplain, Mrs. Irene Bryan;
sergeant, Mrs. Ruth Gibbs; lady of
ceremonies, Mrs. Marie Gorsuch;
musician, Mrs. Mabel Read; officer
of the day, Mrs. Elizabeth Federline;
inner hostess, Mrs. Blanch Crown;
outer hostess, Mrs. Josephine Moser-
vile; color bearer No. /, Miss Bette
Dean; color bearer No. 2, Miss Helen
Earnest.
Park View Woman's Club.-Bridge
section will meet January l9 with
Mrs. r. S. Drissel, 1912 Fifth street.
Mrs. c. B. Scott will assist. Thurs
day, January 21 the club will sponsor
a luncheon and bridge party at the
Potomac Electric Power Co.
Gamma Chapter of the Delphian
Society will meet tomorrow evening
IN Pierce Hall under leadership of
Miss Mary G. Wolford The story of
The Sad Vizier" will be discussed by
the following members: Mrs. LIE Roy
Elliott, Miss Irene C. Westerman, Miss
Emma Hoffer, Mrs. o. N Fansler and
Mrs. Mary G. Mathiot.
The Roosevelt Delphian Chapter
will meet Tuesday, 1920 am, at the
Parrott Tea Room, under the leader
ship of Mrs. ]. w. Cole, who will give
the Preliminary Discussion"
The topics for discussion are the
four famous books-"The Golden Leg
end" by Mrs. Gladys B. Middlemiss;
THE Romance of the Rose" by Mrs
Finis J. Garrett; "Aucassin and Nico-
lette," by Mrs. lie Verne Beales, and
"Travels of Marco Polo" by Mrs. Will
liam T. Hammer. The president, Mrs.
William E. Clark, will give the sum-
mary.
The Washington Chapter Of the
Esperanto Association of North Amer
lea elected three of its new officers
for 1887 from ranks of Federal work.
ers: Ernest G. Dodge of the Civil
Service Commission, president; Miss
Kathleen PrutZ of the Veterans Ad-
ministration. vice president, and Miss
Mabel Hamilton of the United States
Tariff Commission, treasurer. Gerald
F. Small of the United States Marine
Corps has been appointed instructor
in the Esperanto School for Secreta-
ries to Senators and Representatives,
to be held every Friday evening in the
pages school room Of the Capitol.
Miss Kathleen Prutz, vice president of
the Washington Esperanto Society,
Miss Kathleen Prutz will be assistant
instructor.
The VoteIess District Of Columbia
League of Women Voters-Robert
Ellsworth Of the Farm Credit Admin
istration will speak before Mrs. j. G.
McCaSkill's subcommittee on living
costs on the subject, Consumers and
Producers Co-operatives in the Middle
West" at the Smorgasbord, 1882 K
street, tomorrow at 1890.
The Foreign Policy Department OF
the league, of which Mrs. Henry
Chalmers is chairman, will meet with
Mrs. Max o. Lorenz, 3510 Porter
street, Tuesday, 2:30. Mrs Chalmers
will report on Italy; Mrs. E. Faesch,
on Germany: Mrs. G. M. Mathes, on
England; Mrs. w. A. Slade, on Spain;
Mrs. r. L. Easterling, on Russia, and
Mrs. c. S. Duncan, on the Far East.
The Washington Alliance Of Delta
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