Evening star., 1937-11-14


were held proved all too small to
accommodate the ever-increasing audi
ences. 1t was also the desire of the
Executive Committee to enlarge their
programs to embrace music, the
drama and literature and make a
reduced schedule in minimum sub
ecriptions. They wish to stress the
point that Town Hall is not de-
signed exclusively for the so-called
mteligentsia, but seeks to bring the
finest available authorities to all who
are interested in what is happening
IN the world today" Believing that
the National Capital is the logical
place for true revival of the old
town meetings, where in the early
history of the country the citizens
foregathered to discuss local and ma
tlonal questions. the forum was in
augurated several years ago.
Mrs. Roosevelt Will Not
Be Present Tonight.
Come early to the meeting and get
q free view of the Congressional Di-
rectory and the Social Register It is
regretted that Mrs Roosevelt will be
away on a little lecture tour. of her
own and will not be able to be pres
ent. but it is hoped that the Vice Presi-
dent and Mrs. Garner will arrive in
town in time to look things over. The
hrst lady of the cabinet, Mrs. Cordell
Hull Is expected and Secretary and
Mrs. Roper. Secretary Ickes, the Attor-
ney General and Mrs. Cummings and
that charming Mrs. Wallace, wife of
the Secretary Of Agriculture, who was
the gracious hostess at the Govern
ment mum" show. and Mrs. Wood
ring. wife of the Secretary Of War.
the beauty of the cabinet. who was also
at the flower show and stood quite
nonchalantly holding one of her little
children as the flashlights laid down
. barrage.
The list of sponsors of the Town Hall
would fill blue book, a who's who and
a few pages Of Dun e. Bradstreet
How about Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Low
Bacon, Mr.. and Mrs. James w. Wads-
worth, Mrs. Anne Archbold, Mrs Will
liam Corcoran Eustis, Mrs. Eleanor
Medill Patterson, Mrs. Owen Roberts,
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss.
Then Mrs. Edith Nourse Rogers, whose
ancestors must have all gone to the
town hall up in New England in the
early days; Mrs. Louis Brandeis, wife
OF the liberal justice of the Supreme
Court, who acts as eyes and ears for
him and keeps him au courant with
every day affairs; Rev. Edmund A.
Walsh, whose favorite topic is Russia.
and Lothrop Stoddard, the author of
learned books on Far Eastern SUBJ
jects. Mrs. Dwight Davis may take
time of from her beloved venture,
gallery OF modern art and appear, and
Mary Roberts Rinehart would be well
come-just SO she does not DELAY one
OF those delightful "Tish" stories. It's
wearisome to think how many cele-
breties will be "glimpsed" by some of
the society reporters.
A Feast of Reason and
Flow of Soul.
OF course, Town Hall could not exist
without all those wonderful unselfish
Sponsors-we would like to give the
entire liSt-but the menu-the feast
OF reason and now of soul Mrs. Oula-
han and Mrs. Bohn is going to set
before the audience during the winter
Is varied and epicurean. Here are a
Few OF the courses: James G. McDon-
aid, who starts as an appetizer, was
FORMER League of Nations high COM
missioner for German refugees. is now
vice president of the National Council
for the Prevention of War. he is a
member of the editorial staff of the
New York Times Raymond Leslie
Buell., president of the Foreign Policy
Association-Mr. McDonalds old Job
and author will ask What Is Amer
1cas Responsibility in the World
Crlsis?-that's a nut to crack
Daniel A. Polling, editor of the Christian
Herald. novelist and pastor of the Ban
ust Temple, Philadelphia, a former
star athlete, laborer as lumber lack.
IN the steel mills. on the railroads and