Evening star., 1938-05-16
Better Health
Service for
Dinner Conference
Is Scheduled for
Wednesday.

A DINNER conference Of lay
" groups, interested in securing
~ better health service for citi-
4 \ zens Of the District Of Co.
lumbia, will be held at the clubhouse
Of the American Association Of Uni
versity Women Wednesday 1T Z o'clock
under the sponsorship Of the A. A.
U. w.
Present and future needs Of the pri-
vate patients will be discussed by DR..
Henry c. Macetee, president Of the
medical stan Of Garfield Hospital. The
public health needs will be presented
by DR.. Robert Olesen, Assistant Sur
geon General Of the United States Bu-
reau Of Public Health Service. Miss
Annabelle Peterson, president Of the
Graduate Nurses Association. will
speak on the difficulties of securing
adequate vocational training for nurs-
ing. A speaker, representing Catholic
University, will point the way out OF
the present difficulties and discuss the
extent to which the responsibility rests
WIN lay OlEaQlzAI1OLS.
Miss Bertha Nienburg. assistant d.
rector Of the Women's Bureau, is chair
man of the Committee on Legal and
Economic Status of Women which Is
in charge Of the program.
Mrs. Richard Hogue, president Of
the A. A. U. w., will preside. Members
Of the A. A. U. W., the Y. w. c. A., the
Federation of Women's Clubs, the
League of Women Voters, the 1nstruc-
tive Visiting Nurse Association, the
District Of Columbia Chapter Of the
Red Cross and experts in the health
field will take part in the discussion.
Professional health workers scheduled
to speak include DR.. Louise Taylor
Jones. DR.. George c. Rutland and
Miss Gertrude Boiling.
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The annual art exhibit Of the Wom-
ans Club Of Bethesda will be held
at the clubhouse on Georgetown road
May %, 20 and "a under the direc-
ton Of Mrs. Edwin H. Etz. chairman
Of fine arts. The exhibition will open
Sunday at O'Clock and during the
afternoon tea will be served. with Mrs.
Reginald LOCKER as hostess. The
exhibition is open to the public.
In addition to the usual oil and
water color exhibit. Balinese costumes
worn at the recent Bal Boheme will
be on display. Miss Doris Upperque.
Washington interior decorator, will
have charge Of the Balinese display.
Miss Bertha Noyes, Bal Boheme chair
man. Is sending some Of her Balinese
sketches for this exhibit. The Abbot
School OF Art will also have on dis
play a number of sketches Of costumes
worn at the Bal Boheme.
Miss Clara R. Saunders will have
charge Of the hanging Of pictures. and
Mrs. Eugene Ferry Smith will be in
charge Of arranging the flowers.
School children Of Bethesda have
been invited to view the exhibit on
Monday, when Mrs. Ford E. Young,
ST., will act as hostess.
A partial list Of local artists who
will have their work on display in
cludes Blanche Stanley, Margaretta
Lent, Clara r. Saunders, Minor M.
Jamison, Frances Combs, Lillian Moore
Abbot, Esther McCourt Chapman,
Clara D. Kimberly, Gladys Milliken,
Hattie E. Burdette, Mary Riley, Mar
guerite Mum. Beulah Weam, Angela
Hurd, Bess Barnes, Mrs. Dean Achi-
son. Roland Lyon, Charles Bittinger.
Mathilde Leisenring, Gertrude Brown,
Ethel Foster, Lucia Holerith, Dorothy
Barnes, John Butler, Joe Byrne, w.
Lester Stevens and Garnet Jex.
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'The Little Kingdom Within the
Republic" will be the title of the
address by Mrs. Georgette Ross How
ard at the District day luncheon
of the District of Columbia Fedora
tion Of Women's Clubs on June 4
at the Willard. Mrs. Howard, who Is
a well-known lecturer. Is the daughter
Of a former District Commissioner.
has lived in Washington all Of her