Evening star., 1937-10-17


inent German women will be guests
Of honor October % at dinner to be
given by Mrs. lawson at her home
1884 N street northwest. She is the
president of the Rheinischer Frauen-
klub of Dusseldorf, which was hostess
to representatives OF the General
Federation Of the First World Friend
ship tour in the Summer of 1882.
Several first meetings are in pros.
pect this week. Among them the
Chevy Chase Womans Club Wednes-
day at 1915 in the Chevy Chase
Presbyterian Church. The theme oil
the club for the year will be What
Are Purely Democratic Countries oi
the World Doing For Their People?'
This will be the subject of the first
address. Mrs. James LIE Cron will bt
the speaker. Mrs. James T. Mcguire
president, will preside.
The literature section meeting Fri.
day at 2 pm, also in the church
will listen to reviews of the books
which received the Pulitzer Prize
awards last Spring as we'll as re-
You" the prize winning play.
Among other first meetings is that
Of the Women's Welsh Club at the
home Of Senator and Mrs. James j
Davis, 30l2 Massachusetts, avenue
tomorrow at 8 pm. Mrs. Davis. pres
ident, will preside. There will be ar
election Of officers.
Business Women to Meet.
A first meeting will be that Of the
Business and Professional Woman's
Club Of All Souls Church October 2s
at $50 pm. at the church. DR.. Julia
M. Green will conduct the annual
candle light" service and a num-
Der of new members will be initiated
The Women's Alliance of Baltimore
will be guests as will a number OF
leaders Of the various church organi-
cations.
Madamoiselle Blanche Weber, who
will be the speaker at the A. A. U. w
Club House Wednesday at BIS, is in
charge of the Children's Literature
Service Of the Research Section of the
International Bureau of Education at
Geneva, Switzerland. She will discuss
"Children's Literature as an Influence
for Peace" Motion picture films will
be shown at the club house this week
After the Monday afternoon tea
Maurice Kicker of the Department OF
Agriculture will give an illustrated talk
on THE Motion Picture" Tuesday
evenings members and guests will see
a talking picture, Flying the Lind
bergh Trail" In November the poetry
section will begin the study of Scan
dinavian poetry. This week the section
will hear Mrs. Karl Pribram speak on
General Trends Of German Poetry
Since 1900" The Junior Group is
planning Halloween party Saturday
evening. at 9 O'Clock. All members of
the club are invited. Bridge luncheon
will be held October 80 at pm Miss
Winifred De Voc and Miss Alice Jewell
are to be the hostesses.
Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor, who recently
returned from trip to China and
Japan with her husband, DR.. Gros-
venor, of the National Geographic So
ciety, spoke on her travels at q meet
Ing OF the Women's City Club last
Wednesday evening.
Educational Program
The Women's City Club has an
nounced an educational program
which will begin tomorrow at p.m.,
when Mrs. Ruth Martinez will be In
charge of Spanish class. Northwest
Passage" will be reviewed by Mrs. Ed
ward B. Clark at the o'clock book
hour Thursday. Mrs. Embert LIE
Lacheur will conduct class in short
story writing beginning Thursday at
pm. Public speaking and personality
development will be the subjects of a
course OF study for members opening
Friday at pm. Mrs Sylvia Ziskind
will be the instructor.
Miss Mary Ellen DaShiel, president
OF the Story League, will give a recital
under the auspices of the league Tues
day at $50 pm. at the Washington
Hotel, telling stories of Washington
and vicinity. She will be assisted BY
Max Kobre, violinist, with Miss Cecily
Brown at the piano. The Misses Will
lamy and Ruth King will dance the
mlnuet, accompanied by Miss Mere
dith Haywood. Miss Margaret SIM
monds. vice president. will preside.
Ihe art section of the Twentieth
Century Club will hold a special meet
ing tomorrow at $3.50 PM, at the
United States National Museum, to
which members may bring guests.
William Marks Simpson, head of the
Fnenart School of Sculpture, Mary
land Institute, Baltimore, will give
an illustrated talk on Making Medals
and Coins"
To See Flower Display.
Garden and flower seeds will he
exchanged by members of the garden
department Of the Takoma Woman's
Club tomorrow at IL am, at the
home OF Mrs. j. N. Quinn, 3O7 Elm
avenue. After lunch they will all go
to the home Of Mrs. C. Reed, 1O9
Chestnut avenue, to view a flower
display. A meeting of the club was
held October 5. Other department
meetings scheduled this week are
the home-makerS, with Mrs. Henry
3. Rawdon in Bethesda, Thursday
at the Takoma Park Elementary
School, Friday at PM, sponsored
by the Ways and Means Committee.
Mrs. LIE Verne Beales, former presi-
dent Of the Petworth Woman's Club,
will give q digest of the laws for the
District OF Columbia, passed at the
last session of Congress, at the meet
Ing Of the civic section Thursday at
8 PM, at the home OF Mrs. j. d.
Nevius, 300 Taylor street northwest.
The education section of the club
will meet tomorrow evening with Mrs.
r. E. Adams, $3.50 Runnymede place
northwest. Tuesday afternoon the
philanthropic section will spend the
afternoon sewing for the needy of
the community at the home of Mrs.
H. r. Norton 1928 New Hampshire
avenue northwest.
The United States Daughters of 1912