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Church Federation
Women to Hear
Mrs. Sibley.

Mrs. Harper Sibley will be the
speaker at luncheon OF the Woman's
Council of the Washington Federation
Of Churches next Friday, at 1890
pm. at the Calvary Baptist Church.
This is the one luncheon Of the
year when women from all OF the
Protestant denominations join in hear
ing an outstanding speaker. 1t is ex-
pected about 700 will attend.
Although she is a resident Of New
York State, Mrs. Sibley spent two
years in Washington. when her hus-
band was the president of the United
States Chamber of Commerce. Dur
ing the past summer she went as a
delegate from the Episcopalian Church
to both the oxford conference and to
one in Edinburgh She was also an
official delegate to the international
Chamber of Commerce meeting in
Berlin. Mrs. Sibley is a member OF
the Preaching Mission, also vice presi-
dent of the National Federation OF
Churches and member of the Ma
tional Board Of the Y. w. c. A., be-
sides taking an active part in other
similar organizations. Her subject on
Friday will be The Church Woman
Her Part in the World Today"
The committee chairman is Mrs
Wilson Compton. She will be assisted
by Mrs. George A. Ross. Mrs H. M
| Kendrick. Mrs. j. r. Hardesty, Mrs
Fannie Foster and Mrs. w. N. Streeter
The president of the council, Mrs
Frank A. Linzel, will preside.
At the head table will be DR.. Horace
E. Cromer, president Washington Fed
Grafton of Churches: DR.. w. l.. Darby
Mrs. Ralph Latshaw and Mrs. G. M
Mathes, members of the board of the
National Federation Of Churches;
Mrs. E. M. Reese. chairman of de-
nominational representatives. and the
eight vice presidents-Mrs Kendrick,
Mrs. Ross, Mrs. H. c. Briscoe, Mrs
Joy Elmer Morgan. Mrs y. O. Tufts,
Miss Barbara Wiegand. Mrs. ].
Claude KEEPER and Mrs. Foster.
Mrs. Helen Turley. soloist Of the
National Christian Church, will sing
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Confederate
DAUGHTERS Meet.

Mrs Eugenia z. Rollins entertained
the Hilary Herbert Chapter Of the
Daughters Of the Confederacy, OF
which she is president. at her home,
2l08 G street NV. She announced
an entertainment and dance to be
given by the Children of the Con-
federacy, January 90. at the Con-
federate Memorial Hall.
The guests were Mrs r. S. Pen
dexter, division president: Mrs. r. A.
Allen, past division president, and
Mrs. Albion Tuck. past division presi-
dent: Mrs. Pearce Horne, president,
Southern Relief: Mrs. Robert White
hurst. vice president.
Refreshments were served. Mrs.
Rollins was assisted by her sister,
Miss Elizabeth Zea, and her daughter,
Mrs. Linda Lockwood.
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Today, tea for new members. Mrs.
Thomas Sherman receiving. Pro-
gram. Miss Anne Cherkassky, So
prano; Miss Mary NJ Taylor, ac-
companist. Monday, bridge, 1880
pm: Mrs. William McSparren, host
es; pm, Spanish, Mrs. Ruth Mar
tinez, instructor; French table, 6
pm; Mrs. Roberta Tull, hostess:
French class, pm; Nine. F. Garzia,
instructor. Tuesday, French class,
II am, followed by luncheon; cur
rent events, pm; Walter e. Meyer
Of the American Observer, speaker;
Mrs. Agnes Newman, chairman.
Wednesday, rhythmics. II am: tacky
party, 8 pm. Thursday, French
class, s pm, Nine. F. Garzia: short
story, s pm, Mrs. Embert Le La
cheur, instructor Friday, public
speaking, 5 PM; Mrs. Sylvia zis-
kind, instructor; 1870 pm, bridge,
Mrs. G. B. Hartman, hostess. =
Century Club-Literature
section. Monday. 8 pm, Y. w. c. A.
Speakers, Miss Grace Lincoln Tenn
ple, THE Rogers Groups" by John
Rogers; Mrs. George Putnam, "Ev-
erybodys Autobiography" by Ger
trude Stein; Mrs. William A. Slade,
Biography of Madame Curie," by
Eve Curie-Joliot. Executive Board,
Thursday, II am, Y. w. c. A.
French section, Thursday. 1:15 pm:
chArades and reading Of "Commu-
nism in Oyonnax."
D. c. League Of Woman Voters-Joint
luncheon, Education and Child Wei
fare Committees, Monday. 1919
p.m., Y. w. C. A.; speaker, Lewis p.
Barrett, co-ordinator Of recreation,
"A Recreational Program for the
District" Open to league members.
Foreign Policy Committee, two meet
ings wednesday with Mrs. M. o. Lo-
REM. 1910 Porter place NV; 2:30
pm. discussion of the Conference
on the Cause and Cure Of War by
delegates. Reports on foreign news,
also at 8 pm, at the same address,
with History and Present Status Of
the Philippines" added. League and
legislative Committee of the A. A. U.
w. Joint dinner meeting at the
American Association Of University
Women's clubhouse. Speaker, E.
Barrett Prettyman, Reorganization
of the District Government" For
eirn Policy Committee Thursday, 2
pm, with Mrs. Benjamin Wallace,
3ll2 South Dakota avenue NE;
Current Developments In the 1ar
East"
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College Alumnae
Bridge and Tea.

The Washington Chapter Of the
Alumnae Of St. Joseph's College, EN-.
mitsburg, Md, will give its annual
bridge and tea February 10 at St
Roses School. Arrangements are
under the direction of Mrs. w. B. Ho-
gan, who will be assisted by Mrs. Vic
tor Golibart. Mrs. Dwight Bracken
Mrs. John Reilly and Miss Mary Co.
lumbus.
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Woman's Joint Committee
Works for Others
Much Done in Name of
Organization of Which
1t Is Composed.
BY RUTH MONTGOMERY,
Woman's Club Editor.

1HEN members are asked what the Womans Congress
wv sonal Committee has accomplished in the II its
existence, they nothing" Technically an
swe is correct but actually it of the most outstanding
apes OF undersaeent that imagined truth of the
Matter TINS committee clearing house legislative
matters In which the 10 member organizations interested
though nothing accomplished the committee
much accomplished in the organizations of which
1t Is composed
Soon after the granting Of suffrage while
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Businsss and Professionol Clubs.
Bank Women's Club-Tuesday, 6 pm,
Iron Gate Inn. 1884 N street NV.
Miss 8. Winifred Burwell will pre-
side; speaker, Miss Helen T. Stein
barger.
Business Women's Council-Tuesday,
6:45, chapel Of the First
Presbyterian Church: devotional
service in charge of Canon Anson
Phelps Stokes Of the Washington
Cathedral. Special feature, Chill
dren's Frolic" at 8 pm. under the
direction Of Uncle Bud" Ward.
Community Clubs.
Woman's Club of Chevy Chase
Music section. tea Monday. 2 pm,
with Mrs. Cyrus Culver. 1881 Oliver
street NV: hostess, Mrs. William s.
Graham; program, Mrs. Diller B.
Groi. Evening section, Monday, $3.50
o'clock, Colony House, 1914 Con-
necticut avenue NV; Mrs. Alfred
Savage, chairman. International
Relations, Tuesday, 1890 am,
Presbyterian Church; speaker, DR..
Max Clauss Of the University OF
Heidelberg, "The Political Situation
IN Europe In 1882; Mrs. Edgar F.
Fowler, chairman. German section,
Tuesday, pm, with Mrs. James
c. Rogers, 306 Raymond street,
Maryland; speaker, Frau Randers-
Pehrson. Music section, rehearsal,
Wednesday, 10 am, E. v. Brown
School. Art section, Thursday,
pm, Corcoran Gallery of Art and
Constitutional sesquicentennial Por-
trait EAaibit; speaker, Winant John
son. Nature section, Thursday, 2:30
pm, in Presbyterian Church. Earl
Trager will show pictures of the
national parks.
Park View Woman's Club-Literature
section, Tuesday, 8 pm, with Mrs.
Warren H. Wagner, 77os Morning.
side drive NV; Review Of the
Coronation Commentary" by Geof-
frey Dennis, by Mrs. Lawrence E.
Murray; motion pictures, Miss Helen
Lynn; Music of the Coronations, /"
Miss Dorothy r. Todd; assisting
hostesses, Mrs. c. s. Robbins, Miss
Ellen Hendrick and Mrs. B. Howe
Petworth Mothers Club, Tuesday,
8,p.m., with Mrs. r. 8. Hart, 1922
Fifth street NV. Leader, Mrs. A.
Mac Smith. "All States meeting.
Petworth Woman's Club, music Sec
ton, Wednesday, 7:45, with Mrs.
Fred Cowsill. 4l2l Ninth street NV.
Life and Works Of Victor Herbert. {"
Mrs. Walter II. Conway. leader.
Art section, lunch meeting. Thur
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Canary Club to Meet.

The National Capital Canary Club
will meet at Thomson School at 8
pm. Tuesday. In an an effort to
have every canary in Washington
banded for Identification numbered
bands will be distributed.
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Mrs. Brand Hostess.

Mrs. Charles ]. Brand will entertain
at luncheon tomorrow at her residence,
on Crescent place, following the morn
ing musicale at the Mayfower. Her
honor guest will be Frau Dieckhof1.
wife Of the German Ambassador.
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R eyn ol d s
T O Spe a k
VOL
Carolina Senator
To Talk on D. A. r.
PROGRAM.

- ENATOR ROBERT r. REYN-
OLDS Of North Carolina will
speak on Safeguarding Amer
~ lea" during the radio broadcast
sponsored by the Daughters of the
American Revolution over Station
VOL January 26 at 11:45 am Mrs.
Frank j. Rice, state chairman Of
radio, will also present Mrs Delos
w. Thayer. state chairman of the
Ellis Island Committee of the D. A. R.,
who will speak on the same program.
Victory Chapter will celebrate the
nineteenth anniversary of its found
ing with luncheon at the home Of
Mrs. j. Edwin Lawton and her mother,
Mrs Sarah Hubbard. tomorrow at
pm. Miss Grace Purvis, daughter
of Mrs. E. g. Purvis, historian, will
entertain with violin selections.
Eleanor Wilson Chapter will have
reception at the Thomas Circle
Club, 1928 Massachusetts, avenue
NV, January %, from $50 to II
pm. in honor of the twentieth an
niversary Of the organization.
Anniversary to Be Marked.
The thirty-fourth anniversary Of
Continental Danes Chapter will be
observed February at pm, at
the home of Mrs. Edmund K. Fox,
assisted by Miss Helen E. Stout.
Livingston Manor Chapter will hold
its 29th birthday party at the Thomas
Circle Club, February 3, from to
6pm.
A silver tea in honor Of Judge Lynn
Chapters 3Oth birthday will be held
at the home of Mrs. Enoch j. Vann,
1926 Webster street NV, February
10, from to 6 pm.
Katherine Montgomery Chapters
36th anniversary, which was held
last week at the American War Moth
er's headquarters. was in the form
Of a musicale. The artists were Mrs
Arthur Barrett, Miss Martha Shelton,
Miss Lila Lee, Mrs. j. w. Roberts
and Arthur Barrett.
For McHenry Chapter entertained
at bridge at the All States Hotel on
Wednesday evening.
Many Candidates File.
Never before have so many candi-
dates for State Offices been an
nounced by the chapters of the Dis
trict. New Endorsements this week
are: Mrs. Arthur C. Houghton. in
dorsed by Continental Danes Chapter
as candidate for State corresponding
secretary: Mrs. Charles Carroll Haig.
Endorsed by Thomas Marshall Chapter
as candidate for vice president gen.
eral, and Mrs w. E. Hartman, in
dorsed by Fort McHenry Chapter as
candidate for State chaplain. Mrs.
Elmer E. Curry. who was Endorsed by
E Pluribus Unum Chapter as a candi-
date for State vice regent, formally
withdrew her name.
DR.. Jean Stephenson. national chair
man Of Genealogical Records, and MIS-
Donald Earll were guest speakers at
the meeting Of Marcia Burns Chapter
Wednesday. The hostess. Mrs. Roscoe
Reeves, was assisted by Mrs. w. r.
Smith, Mrs. Hugh H. Allen, Miss
Esther McDevitt and Miss Irma v.
Lackey.
Mrs. William ]. La Varre. regent OF
Our Flag Chapter. announces a dona-
ton party for the benefit Of the occu-
pational therapy work being carried on
at Ellis Island by the D. A. R.. will
be held at the home of Mrs Con-
stance Goodman, 28l4 Thirty-fifth
street NV. on January 25 Miss Alice
Haslup and Mrs A. B. McManus will
assist the hostess.
Evening star., 1938-01-23

Mrs. Frank Linsel Wilson Compton discuss plans
for the dyear luncheon meeting OF the Womans OF
TIE Washington Eedeation OF Church to be held Friday the
and it expected that about 700 UiH attend Mrs. Linze
president OF the organization Is seated Mrs. Compton
man OF the committee in charge OF the euent.
Il -EDn pboto
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Many Candidates File.

DR.. Jean Stephenson. national chair
man Of Genealogical Records, and MIS-.
Donald Earll were guest speakers at
the meeting Of Marcia Burns Chapter
Wednesday. The hostess, Mrs. Roscoe
Reeves, was assisted by Mrs. w. r.
Smith, Mrs. Hugh H. Allen, Miss
Esther McDevitt and Miss 1rma v.
Lackey.
Evening star., 1938-01-23

A dinner meeting of considerable
interest to club wome1. will be held
next Thursday at the American Asso-
ciation of University Women's Club
house. sponsored by the Voteless Dis
trict Of Columbia League Of Women
Voters and the A. A. q. W.
The subject to be discussed \ the
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the exchange right now. Some Of
the men workers have had to refuse
outside jobs because their feet were
more out OF their shoes than In
them. No matter how ancient the
shoes contributed, the veteran shoe.
maker will put them into working
order again If he just gets q chance
to work on them.
Although the exchange does not
try to be an employment agency, calls
frequently come in for . worker.
This year $50 workers have found
permanent or part-time jobs through
the exchange. and an equal number
on their own hook have gone out and
located jobs for themselves. They
find its not as hard to do when they
have 4 new suit or one that looks %
good as new, when they have q fresh
haircut. and when they have the
confidence born Of months Of earning
at the exchange.
Serving rs bridge between unem-
ploymert and employment, . supple
ment. not q substitute, for relief or
below standard earnings. the gamble
Of year ago Is now q hourishing
community. Its success can be ex-
planned in . single sentence. They
wanted work and they got It,"
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saving of II miles between st. Mich
aek and Cambridge alone.
IT HAS always been q problem for
= small boat owners-the smaller the
boat, the bigger the problem-who
attend the large regatta at st. Mikes,
as this town is affectionately called by
watermen, just concluded today, to
manage the events Of the week end
at oxford. A long and often danger
Gus sail around or portage across the
neck are the only means today. When
the canal Is done, yachtmen Of the
two regions will be drawn closer to-
gether, giving assurance of larger
affairs on both Miels and Tired Avon
Rivers.
Baltimoreans cruising southwark to
the Choptank or freighters bound for
the former port will realize . saving
Of four miles. Double that distance
will be saved in coming down from
the upper bay, including the Chesa-
peake and Delaware Canal. Choptank
River mouth holds the reputation Is
the most difncult area above Cove
Point to navigate, when strong winds
from the southwest and northwest
kick up the steep and irregular seas
familiar to all travellers Of the Chesa-
peake. Yachts in the region will have
only to turn back, sail up the Tired
Avon and thence through the canal.
The town Of Oxford Is described as
sleepy. Sleepy because its one-time
raison d'etre. the seafood industry,
has steadily declined. Once-bus-
Ting oyster and crab packing houses
along the waterfront lie empty with
deserted box cars, grim senttnels,
standing by. Today shipbuilding keeps
Oxford moving. Three fully equipped
yards are located at q near he town.
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trade they can take with them back
to private industry.
Soon after the exchange started last
year Z man still bearing the ruddy
coloring Of country life came to the
exchange for work. He became the
storekeeper and was - happy ct 1t
Is 4 man could be who hated the city
and yearned to get back to the land.
Once he'd had acres Of rolling fields
and 4 little house where his child
and his dog romped happily. far from
the swift, dangerous traf1ic Of city
streets. But he lost his rolling fields
In the depression years and like the
other farmers migrated to the city.
IN THE spring Of this year the ex-
= change decided it needed . farm.
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SELF>HELP CREATES NEW WORLD
Opportunities Provided Little City for Both Men and Women
While Family Hopes Restored With Scrip Useful Medium
of Exchange Outside Jobs Awaiting Some.

selves up at the end Of the day, .
tailor shop, an electrical department.
. cleaning and pressing room, and .
broom making shop.
That broom making department has
history. All the participants needed
brooms. Keeping their homes clean
was part Of the regeneration, and the
exchange idea Is to answer as many
needs as possible for the workers. But
where to get the equipment. New
machinery was out Of the question.
Then, one day, they heard broom
factory was going out Of business. The
manufacturer was willing to sell his
equipment for very little and throw
in materials to last two months. A
retired broommaker, q Spanish Amer
lean War veteran, volunteered to teach
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feet deep and 100 feet wide to be
dredged in as straight line as pos
sible from q 10-foot depth in Chester
River to the same depth In Eastern
Bay waters. Here IS In the other
projects distance savings-an impor-
tAnt factor on the water Is on land
will be worth while. Seven and = half
miles will be the saving between Balti-
more and st. Miehaels. From the
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal to
all points south on the Shore, 81
miles can be discarded by navigators.
Figures indicate that pleasure craft
alone will realize . saving of nearly
$4,000 year with completion Of the
channel.
The Little Choptank area IS poten-
TALLY rich. Back from its irregular
shores lies heavily wooded land con-
tanning marketable timber. Its white
oak serves as keels and ribs for many
q stout ship, As well As props to sup
port mining tunnels deep in the earth.
Its yellow pine Is hauled to mills and
sawed into cordwood. The many trib-
utaries abound with crabs and rich
oyster beds.
The ever-present demand for expe-
dent yet cheap delivery will be
afforded these commercial interests
when the two Choptanks are joined Is
one. Local authorities claim that
annual savings in transportation costs
would be $500 on 10000 bushels Of
oysters and $500 on $4,000 barrels
of crabs. With distance reduction
between points on the Little Chop
tank and Cambridge estimated Is high
Is IS miles, the canal will eliminate
delays in delivery of perishable car
goes Of sea food.
For the sports fishermen and cruis-
ing skipper new fields will be opened,
Carey, Lees, Fishing. Hudson and
Broad Greeks and Madison Bay among
the more important tributaries.
Again . land cut Of less than . mile,
actually $500 feet, Is necessary. A
channel six feet deep will have its
beginning in Lecomptes Greek and
continue to the headwaters Of Carey
Greek,
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The participants have a good midday
meal at their work. they have bread
to take home with them, but they
can't afford to buy fresh vegetables
outside.
Then the search began for q farm
The exchange couldn't afford to buy
or even rent one. All they could offer
was labor For weeks the search con-
tinued till one day they got four Of
fers. Landlords welcomed the oppor-
tunity to have their land put in shape
after years Of lying fallow.
Accompanied by an expert from the
Farm Credit Administration, officials
Of the exchange visited the four farms
and finally decided on one just north
Of Kensington, Md. The land had not
been under cultivation for q decade,
but 1t was good land for truck farming
The farmer-storekeeper and his fam
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usefulness after its passed through
the exchange.
FREQUENTLY things are made to
order for the workers. For in
stance, an expectant mother will ask
for a layette. or q housewife will order
new chair for the living room.
Everything Is made to At some need
Of the worker. OF course, sometimes
. contributor sends in something that
may not have an immediate use.
The other day the exchange truck
brought in q twin baby carriage.
Painted and refurbished, 1t will re-
main in the storeroom till q mother
with twin infants comes along.
Mems shoes are the crying need Of
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away. several departments would close
up. In private homes old clothes that
hang forgotten in closets, shoes whose
usefulness has long since passed, fur
niture that gathers dust in the attic,
are part of the lifeblood Of the ex-
change.
Clothes are ripped and put together
again. patched and pressed till they
look almost new. Discarded table legs
are fitted into discarded tops and a
new table finds its way to the store
The original owner would never rec
ognize . battered bureau after it's
been planed and painted and polished.
No matter how tnusable the stun ap-
pears to be. 1t begins . new life Of
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his trade to the workers. And just to
run the going concern as cheaply as
possible, the exchange has started
growing broomcorn on its farm.
MOST recent acquisition Of the ex-
AA change is a job press. OF course,
it's an ancient one, but the veteran
printer in charge of the one-man de-
partment has lavished his IS years Of
experience on it. Employed part time
on w. P. A., the printer spends his
other hours working over his press.
This press has just turned out its
first job, work cards for the partici-
pants. 1t will also publish the
monthly magazine put out by the
workers and all the other printed ma
terials needed at the exchange. And
as time goes on, other men will learn
how to set type and run the press, .
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by them. The participants assembly,
or legislature, makes the rules and
enforces them, sponsors entertain
ments and distributes the funds Of
the Welfare Committee.
The Welfare Committee Is the
Community Chest" Of the exchange.
All the participants contribute . part
Of their scrip to the fund. When one
Of them gets sick and his own supply
Of scrip dwindles, the Welfare Com
mittee comes to his assistance. With
the scrip Of the contributors, they buy
wood, bread and vegetables. In most
cases, when the sick worker returns
to his job, he pays back what has
been loaned to him. He doesn't want
to be dependent on the charity of
others any longer than he has to.
None Of the workers want charity II
they can help 1t. In the work Of their
hands lies independence.
IF A SMALL group Of men and wom-
en- hadn't been confident that their
less fortunate fellows worshiped this
independence the exchange would
never have been started.
While 1t was q gamble with person.
alities. the chance the group Of found
ers was taking was not so great Is
it might have been had they not
known that in Richmond . Cooper
alive enterprise had proved vastly
successful.
Secretary Of the Treasury Morgen-
THAI watched the Citizens Service
Exchange, founded in Richmond In
1888. grow and flourish. AS . private
individual he grew interested and with
few others started organizing the
Washington Exchange. A financial
grant from the Government. given
with the understanding that individ-
ual contributors must carry on the
work. started the ball rolling.
The Government money, thrifty
spread as thinly as possible, has paid
the rent and provided for the re-
placement of machinery and the sal
aries of the staff Of four exchange
employees.
Cash donations go for paints. shoe
leather, supplies for the exchange
kitchen, -four for the bake shop and
paper for the print shop.
Vital to the exchange and essen
tial to its continuance are the con-
tributions Of old and no longer used
materials. Without scraps Of iron and
wood and other junk that businessmen
otherwise would pay to have carted