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Evening star., 1939-07-09
Mrs. Hurja to Visit
Scandinavia on Tour

Mrs. Emil Hurja, president of the
Washington Unit of the World Cen
ter for Women's Archives, will sail
July "a on the Swedish h-American
liner Gripsholm for a tour of the
Baltic and Scandinavian countries.
Mrs. Hurja's trip will take her to
Norway, Denmark and Sweden and
will also include visit to Danzig,
Esthonia and Leningrad. After
week In Finland, she will join her
father, Capt. A. c. Andreasen, in
Copenhagen. where she will remain
for a visit of several weeks. She will
return in September formally to
open the series of teas to be given
by the Washington unit of the
World Center for Women's Archives
throughout the next club season.
Evening star., 1939-07-09
Benefit Card
Party July 20
AtCityClu
Afternoon and
Evening Groups
To Attend

With formal business suspended
for the summer months by the ma
Iority of organiZa tions. the Women S
City Club will take advantage of the
of season" hull to entertain with
a benefit card party July 20.
The benefit will be a double
header" a party at pm to be fol-
lowed by another at o'clock. Both
the garden and the reception rooms
of the club will be used for both
entertainments.
Miss Elva Mcnamara, vice presi-
dent of the club and chairman of
the Ways and Means Committee, and
Mrs. Frank A. Birgfeld, chairman of
the House Committee. are arrang-
ing the parties. Mrs Birgfeld is in
charge of the afternoon event and
Miss Mcnamara the evening party.
Bridge and Chinese checkers will
be played and attractive prizes
awarded, Candies, cakes and other
articles will be offered for sale. The
proceeds will be used in financing
minor but long-standing needs.
A large number of members have
taken tables and many will entertain
guests from both in and out of town.
Reservations for tables have been
made by Miss Marjorie Webster,
president of the club; Mrs. Frank
Golden. Mrs John Glover. Mrs. Jean
Bennett, Miss Maud Apple. Mrs. l..
F. Borland. Mrs. George B. Hart
man, Miss Marjorie Marshall Miss
Olive Beatty, Miss Florence Bell.
Mrs, Edgar T. Brown, Mrs. l. B.
Dodson, Miss Miriam Edwards. Miss
Jessie Elting. Mrs. Horace K Fulton,
Miss Pearle Jencks, Mrs S. R. ia
cobs, Miss Jessie G. Lane, Miss
Martha Lane. Mrs. Victor OKelli-
her, Mrs. Frank B. Otto, Miss Nell
V. Price and Mrs William S. Sears.
Because of the evening bridge
party, no regular program will be
arranged to follow the Thursday
evening informal dinner at the club
that week. These get-together din
ners. which are under the direction
of Miss Marguerite Griffin, are the
only scheduled activity at head
quarters during the vacation period,
though both the garden and the
clubhouse are being kept open for
the use of members.
More out-of-toWn visitors have
been entertained at the clubhouse
this year than at any previous sea-
son, according to Mrs. Margaret Hill,
the manager. The club maintains
reciprocal relations with organiza-
tions throughout the country and
guests who have stopped here under
this arrangement have come from
many points, including the West
Coast and Canada, Mrs. Hill said.
She attributed some of the in
crease to interest in the Worlds
Fair in New York.
An exhibition of water color paint
ings by Roland Lyon also is attract
ting considerable interest this sum-
mer, Mrs. Hill said. Though ex-
hibitions usually are changed each
month, Mr.. Lyons paintings will re-
main on display through August.
Evening star., 1939-07-09
Southern Women's
Council to Hear
Milo r, Perkins

Milo R. Perkins, president of the
Federal Surplus Commodities Corp,
will be the speaker at the meeting
of the Council of Southern Women,
to be held at pm. Wednesday at
the clubhouse of the Womans Ma
tional Democratic Club.
Without a formal organization,
the council meets at regular inter-
walls to have various officials talk on
their work with particular reference
to the South. Remarks may be for
publication or not, as the speakers
wish, but all questions and discus
sions following the addresses are
"off the record"
All members of the group must be
Southern women. Otherwise there
are no restriction on the member
ship,
There are no official presiding
officers, the last meeting having
been conducted by Mrs. May Thomp-
son Evans, assistant director in
charge of women's activities of the
Democratic National Committee.
Evening star., 1939-07-09
Mrs. Brown Turns Energy
To Allaying Helplessness
Wife of Superintendent of Police
Endeavors to Comfort the Aged,
Children and Animals

AS Bingo approached and lay at
her feet, Mrs. Brown told of the
continued need of assistance to the
Animal Rescue League, in which
she Is much interested. Household
pets, neglected and forsaken by per-
sons departed on vacation, still con-
tinue to be summer problem for
the league, said Mrs. Brown.
People go to church on Sunday
and sing the doxology," she reflected,
giving praise to the Creator of all.
and then go home and don't feed the
cat or dog"
AS chairman of the House and
Camp Committee of the Woman's
Auxiliary to the Police Boys Club.
Mrs. Brown has directed much of
her activities this spring and sum-
mer toward the work of the clubs
summer camp, which is named in
honor Of her husband, Camp Ernest
w. Brown.
The committee recently con-
tributed sheets, blankets and other
articles to the camp and also fur
nished a reception room for the BOYS
in the administration building.
Enthusiastic support from people
generally has been given to the
camp which accommodates 200 BOYS
week, she said. I'VE feel that the
work accomplished there has cut
down juvenile delinquency a great
DEAL" she added. And hundreds
of boys are given a chance to re-
gain strength and health during
the summer"
In addition to her outside inter-
ests, Mrs Brown enjoys music and
is singer. She frequently appears
on programs for church circles anG
often entertains her friends at home
with her music
A native of Washington. Mrs.
Brown attended the Force School
in the days when the younger sons
Of President Theodore Roosevelt
then in the White House-were pu-
pills there. She is a member of the
Society OF Natives, is vice president
of the Lady Managers of Casualty
Hospital and is supporter of the
work of both the Jewish Consump-
tives' Relief Society and of st. Ger
trude's School of Arts and Crafts.
Mrs. Brown. who admits she likes
people generally and loves to enter
tain and make others happy, has a
private formula for happiness:
Watch the birds"
Did you ever listen to the birds
in the early morning? They start
singing as soon as they are awake
and are always so happy People
should be like that-they should get
up singing instead of with Crouch"
she advised.
Evening star., 1939-07-09
D. G.. Women to Go
To Institute

Oficers and members OF the
Washington unit of the National
Woman's Farm and Garden Asso-
citation will motor to Charlottes-
vile, Va, tomorrow to attend the
Tuesday morning program at the
Institute of Public Affairs which is
being sponsored by the group.
Mrs. Arlie l.. Hopkins, member
OF the associations council and
official delegate TO the triennial
conference Of the Associated Coun-
trywomen of the World In London,
will talk about her visit from which
she has just returned.
Of1cers Of the association will be
the honor guests at luncheon
Tuesday at the Pennington Country
Club.
Among those who will motor from
Washington are Mrs. Frederick T..
Lewton, vice president from Mary
land; Mrs. Arthur r. Esgate, vice
president Of the District unit; Miss
Evelyn Harmon, treasurer, and Mrs.
r. N. Douglas, publicity.
Evening star., 1939-07-09
Camp Stay.at.Home
Conducts Four.Day
PROGRAMS Weekly

Camp Stay Home, operated
each summer by the Young Wom-
ems Christian Association for Girl
Reserves and other students of jun
ior and senior high school age, is
now under way with full program
of weekly events from Monday
through Thursday.
The so-called camp is arranged
to provide summer activities usually
associated with camp life for stu
dents unable to leave the city. Boys
are permitted to take part in some
of the entertainment.
A program of dramatics, directed
by Mrs. Virginia Sholar, Y. w. c. A.
recreation secretary, is held on
Moday from 7:3o to $50 pm, while
on Wednesday evenings dances are
held from $50 to II o'clock
On Tuesdays and Thursdays the
program includes tennis from $3.50
to $50 am. on the municipal courts
and in the Y. w. c. A. gymnasium,
swimming from $50 to 10:30 am,
and crafts, such as puppets and
1SdGllCl WOl n, llOlil 1oOo Gill. w
pm. Mrs Sholar is in charge
of the crafts, while Miss Alison
Claim, assisted by Miss Margaret
Graves of the Girl Reserves staff
gives swimming and tennis instruc-
ton
Members of the Play Reading
Committee include Mrs. Sholar, Miss
Mabel Cook, Girl Reserve secretary,
Mary Mead Smith, Mabel Klebold,
Roberta Beale, Edward Shipley,
Norman Dancy and Norman Tan
ner.
Approximately 40 students are
registered to date for the activities.
Additions are expected as the sea-
son progresses.
All activities will continue until
August 10, and the swimming and
dancing will continue until the
opening of the public. schools in
the fall.
A small registration fee is re-
ouired for each activity.
Evening star., 1939-07-09
Doll Centers' to Open
Woman's Council of Federation of
Churches Sponsors Project

Four doll centers," for the dis
tribution of dolls to children of
needy families. will be opened here
next week-beginning tomorrow
as the second doll adoption project
of the Womans Council of the
Washington Federation of Churches
is officially launched.
Children selected to receive the
dolls must be known to the church
worker in the area in which they
reside or must be recommended by
visiting nurses or by student aid
chairman of the various local
schools. Their families must be
visited and cards of admittance is
sued to avoid duplication.
The dolls for the project. which
recently were collected at series
of teas sponsored by the council.
will be given out under the plan
followed last year which calls for
their formal adoption by the little
girls who receive them Each young
mother signs an adoption code,
pledging to see that the doll re-
ceives the best of care. before she
is permitted to keep the toy. A
probation period of two weeks is
observed before any child receives
permanent possession of a doll.
The first center to open is located
at Calvary Baptist Church, Eighth
and H streets NV. With Miss Ruth
Clark in charge, operations will be-
gin at 10 am. tomorrow. Similar
openings will be held each day
through Thursday at the same hour.
The center at Wilson Memorial
Church, 754 Eleventh street Sc,
will open Tuesday. with Miss Viola
Saunders in charge. The center
located at Keller Memorial Luth-
eran Church, Ninth street and
Maryland avenue NE. will open
Wednesday, with Sister Madeline
Schaefer in charge, and the fourth
center, at Union Wesley A. M. E.
Zion Church, 1l07 Twenty-third
street NV, will open Thursday un-
der the personal supervision of Miss
Eta Mai Russell.
In selecting the centers, officials
took into consideration areas high
in density of population, juvenile
delinquency and needy families.
Programs will be given each week
at the centers and will be designed
to amuse and instruct boys as well
as girls. Features will include
worship service, stories. songs, sew
ing classes, games and instruction
in health and personal hygiene.
Evening star., 1939-07-09
BY GRETCHEN SMITH.

Natures beauties, little children,
aged people and animals-loveliness
and helplessness; these are the in
terests that fill the busy life of Mrs.
Ernest w. Brown, wife of Washing
tons superintendent of police, who,
like her husband, is prominently
identified with the civic life of the
city.
Through the woman's auxiliary to
the Boys Club of the Metropolitan
Police, which her husband founded
Mrs. Brown has been able to ex-
press her interest in youth. The
Rupert Home for the Aged, which
she serves as vice president, pro-
vides her a medium to assist the
aged. Her support of the Animal
Rescue League, of which she has
been member for many years, is
an expression of her concern for
dumb animals. And her charming
little garden, in the rear of her
home on Hemlock street, is a re-
Election of her love of the beautiful
and the tender care she has given
her flowers, as well as a source of
much of the philosophy that has
guided her life.
Mrs. Browns garden, though only
2 years old, boasts a quantity and
quality of blossoms and plants that
many a diligent gardener of long
service might envy.
Bordered by baby box and shrubs,
an "old-fashioned garden" contains
roses, lilies, larkspur, quaint pinks
and variety of other well-known
flowers, while a rock garden in
closes an attractive and original
pool, filled with water lilies and a
great variety of gold fish.
With the charm of this setting,
it is small wonder that Mrs. Brown S
gatherings and garden parties. given
for the benefit Of numerous philan-
thropies, have met with such success.
Here with her dog, Bingo, fine
Norwegian elkhound, she spoke of
her various interests and the rea-
sons why certain groups receive
more of her time than others.
Il love children, animals and old
people" she said, but l particularly
love old people because they are so
helpless. I suppose the reason so
much more is done for children than
for the Old she continued. lis be-
cause children are generally hap
pier than old people. Old people are
SO often grouchy, I know. IT.
strange" she added. the way out
standing faults become worse as the
years go by. That's why I think we
should try to overcome our faults
when we are young We should try
to grow old sweetly."
Evening star., 1939-07-09

program WHICH VIII lllCluue du-
dresses by local and out-of- town
speakers.
Similar celebrations will be held
In other sections of the country, the
entire program being arranged with
the expectation of making the event
an annual Nationwide observance.
The programs will review the prog
sess made by women since the first
womans rights convention was held
nearly a century ago through the
joint efforts of Lucretia Mott and
Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Statues of
these early feminists stand in the
Capitol with that of Susan B.
Anthony.
Early Resolutions Included
Wide Field of Liberty.
Demands for equal rights, as en-
bodied in the resolutions adopted at
the first convention, Included equal
rights in the franchise, in education,
In industry, in the professions, in
political office, in marriage, in per-
sonal freedom, in control of prop
erty, in guardianship of children,
in making contracts, in the church
Evening star., 1939-07-09

The doll adoption project is under
auspices of the councils Juvenile
Court Department. headed by Mrs.
r. A. Sauer. chairman Miss Eta
Mai Russell, Juvenile Court worker
maintained by the council. is the
organizer and director of the prof.
ect, while Mrs Charles Green is
chairman OF the project for this
year.
The council, of which Mrs. Frank
A. Linzel is president. also is work
ing to send underprivileged children
to summer camps, this project being
carried out Jointly with the Juvenile
Court.
In connection with the camp pro-
gram, arrangements are being made
for caravan to leave the Fedora
ton of Churches headquarters. 1749
N street NV at 1890 m. July 10.
for An all-day visit to Camp Good
will in ChopaWansic. Va, where
many of the children are sent
through funds raised by the coun-
Gil. Last year 206 children were
provided vacation at various camps.
In its doll and camp projects, as
we'll as in its program for providing
window boxes for homes in alley
areas, the council has the co-opera-
lion OF young and old
Residents at the Lutheran Home
for the Aged dressed dolls for the
council, which were presented
through Miss A. Barbara Wiegand
chairman of the board of the home.
Children at the Baptist Home for
Children gave money for camps and
dlled window boxes under the guild
ance of Mrs. Hilton Jackson, chair
man of the board.
The Swartzell Methodist Home for
Children also made window boxes
under the direction of Mrs. B. T.
Hvnson, board chairman, while the
Methodist Home for the Aged
dressed a number of dolls which
were presented through Mrs. Harry
HoSkins, board chairman.
Evening star., 1939-07-09
Mrs. Reese to Teach
At Conference

Mrs. E. M. Reese, State president
of the Women's Missionary Society
of the Disciples of Christ, will leave
tomorrow for Bethany Beach, Del,
to teach in the young peoples con-
ference, which starts tomorrow and
will continue until July 16.
Mrs. Reese will give a course on
the Christian Home and will serve
as director of life evaluation for
girls. She will remain throughout
July in order to work in the absence
of teachers unable to attend.
A group of young people will ac-
company Mrs. Reese tomorrow, in
Guiding Rex and Ben Barger,
Helen McIlvree, Margaret and Edna
Braithwaite, Jane Gongwer, Thelma
HERMAN and Marilu Reese.
Evening star., 1939-07-09

and in the leadership of all moral
and public movements.
That Lucretia Mott wished Eliza
beth Cady Stanton to share credit
for the historic convention was indi-
Gated in letter she wrote to Mrs.
Stanton in 1854.
Remember, the first convention
originated with thee" she wrote.
When we were walking the streets
OF Boston together in 1841 to find
Elizabeth Moore's daughter, thou
asked if we could not have a con-
vention for womans rights. Then
when James and self were attend
ing the yearly meeting at Waterloo
in '48, thou again proposed the
convention which was afterward
held at Seneca Falls. l have never
liked the undeserved praise in the
reports of that meetings proceed
ings of being the moving spirit of
that occasion when to thyself be-
longs the honor, aided so efficiently
by the McClintocks."
speakers 10 lnclu0e
Dorothy Sanford Wilson.
Speakers at the celebration at Alva
Belmont Mouse, which will begin
with a reception in the garden at
8 pm. July 10, will include Dorothy
Sanford Wilson of Portland, Oreg.,
president of the League of Profess
sional Women, Inc" Mrs. Wilson
will come to Washington from New
York, where she recently arrived
after a visit to Bermuda.
Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley will be one
of the outstanding local speakers,
with a discussion of the Seneca Falls
convention as her topic.
Mrs Hazel Nyman will read the
declaration of sentiments" of the
first convention, while Miss Grace
McGerr will read the resolutions
adopted at that time. Miss Helen
McGerr will preside at the meeting.
Mrs. Wilson, who will speak on
modern issues affecting women, is
active in a number of organizations
in addition to the League of Pro-
fessional Women, a group of married
and professional business women or
ganiZed seven years ago to protect
married women's right to work. She
holds several college degrees and
is professor of school psychology in
the Portland public schools.
Evening star., 1939-07-09
Sponsors Broadcast

The National Federation of Busi-
ness and Professional Women's
Clubs is sponsoring a broadcast
Thursday from 10:15 to 10:30 pm,
over the Mutual network, when
Judge Florence E. Allen will give
an address, THE Women of Tomor-
row."
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait, pio-
neer suffragist leader and member
OF the Woman's Party, will speak
on Thursday at 2:15 pm. over a ma
tional network, when she and Mrs.
William Pittman Earle, jr., only
woman member of New York's City
Council, will speak over N. B. c..
in connection with the celebration
OF Panhellenic Day at the New York
Worlds Fair.
Evening star., 1939-07-09
Curley Chairmen
To Be Appointed

Committee chairmen will be ap-
pointed at a meeting of the Curley
Club to be held at 815 pm Thurs
day in the Continental Hotel with
the newly elected president, James
j. Corbett, presiding.
Other new officers of the club in
clude Roland j. Hyland, vice presi-
dent; Miss Beatrice Tabinski. treas
urer; Miss Mary Connolly, record
ing secretary; Miss Elizabeth Davis,
corresponding secretary; Lester
Hands, advocate, and John Cole
man, sergeant at arms.
Miss Mary L. MCGEE is founder of
the club and the Rev. Francis j.
Kelly, assistant pastor of Our Lady
of Victory Church, is the chaplain.
Evening star., 1939-07-09

Personal
Items
Spilmans Back
From Florida
Yacht Trip

WARRENTON, Va. July S.-Mr.
Keith Rose returned to New York
with his uncle, Mr.. Isham Keith,
who spent the week end holiday
here.
Col. and Mrs. John B. Rose are
spending some time at their farm,
The Meadows. near Warrenton.
They have given up their house at
Arlington. Col Rose will leave July
20 for his new post at Aberdeen,
Md. Col. and Mrs Rose went to
West Point Thursday to visit their
son, John B. Rose, jr., their son.
Keith, joining them in New York
Mr.. and Mrs Edwin B. King, who
are at their camp near Luray, en-
tertained house party over the
Fourth.
Miss Juliet Carpenter is the guest
of Mrs. Celeste Crosby Miller, who
has returned from a two weeks
visit to New York
Mr.. and Mrs. Baldwin D. Spilman
have returned from Florida, where
they have been on fishing trip
on their yacht. Barracuda II.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Pool who
spent last week in New York, are
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. William
E. Doeller at Narragansett.
Mr.. and Mrs. William N. Wilbur
have returned from their wedding
trip in Canada and are at their
new home, Chatterbox, near War
renton.
Miss Charlotte Haxall holland.
with several guests from Baltimore,
has left on her yacht Sea Fox for a
cruise of several weeks along the
Atlantic Coast.
Mrs. Stanley Ashton of Oakland,
Calf, is visiting her parents. Mr..
and Mrs. w. w. Gulick, at Casa
nova.
Mrs. Ball Visiting
Mrs. Spilman.
Mrs. Henry W. Ball of Missis-
sippi, formerly Miss Nella Ran
dolph of Warrenton, is the guest
of Mrs. B. D. Spilman, ST., at Elway
Hall.
1t Marshall Wallach, who was
graduated from West Point in June,
is spending several months here
with his parents, Col. and Mrs.
Robert Wallach, before leaving for
the West Coast.
Mrs. Mason McCarty and Miss
Katherine McCarty are the guests
of Mr.. and Mrs Harry Allen at La
noka Harbor, N. J.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred G. Triplett of
Baltimore are at their farm near
Warrenton for several weeks.
Mrs. D. C.. Sands of Middleburg
has gone to California to spend a
month with Mr.. and Mrs. George
Creel and attend the Golden Gate
Exposition.
Col. and Mrs De Forrest Willard
Morton, who have been living in
Alabama for several years, have an
nounced the engagement of their
daughter. Margie Garrison Morton,
to Mr.. Joseph Frank Bear, son of
Mr.. Theodore Lawrence Bear and
the late Mrs. Bear of Montgomery,
Ala.
Mrs. Morton and Miss Morton
are now at their former home, Suf-
field, near Warrenton, and the we'd
ding will take place there next
Saturday afternoon. Only the fam
lilies and few friends will be pres
ent.
DR.. and Mrs. Thomas Kirby of
Cleveland are spending their vaca-
ton with Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
w. Pearson at the old Kirby home
on East Main street.
Miss Helen Corbell is visiting in
Danville, Va.
Evening star., 1939-07-09
Arlington Woman
Democrats to Meet

The Arlington County Woman's
Democratic Club will meet at 8
pm. tomorrow at Democratic head
quarters In the Rucker Building,
Clarendon, Va.
Speakers will include Miss Marian
Magruder, who will discuss the In
stitute of Public Affairs which she
attended in Charlottesville. Va, Will
liam D. Medley and Charles r.
FenWick.
Important new business also Is
scheduled.
Evening star., 1939-07-09
Officers Elected

Mrs. Thomas J. Howerton is the
new president of the Woman's Os-
teopathic Auxiliary and other off,
GERS who will serve next year in
clude Dr.. B. Crum, vice president,
and Mrs. L. I. Waters. secretary
treasurer. Mrs. D. Selke is chair
man of arrangements.
The auxiliary, which carries out
social welfare program emphasizing
work for crippled children, will re-
sumo regular monthly meetings in
October.
Evening star., 1939-07-09
Sorority Installs

Miss Gertrude LandSman has been
installed as chancellor of Kappa Sig
ma Tau Sorority. Other officers are
Mrs. Florence Okun. vice chancel-
lor; Miss Alice Venezky, correspond
ing scribe; Miss Sylvia Feldman. re-
cording scribe; Miss Florence Miller,
burser, and Miss Edith Levin, ser
geant at arms.
Miss Helen Stouck and Miss Lii
liam Rosenbloom are new members.
Evening star., 1939-07-09
Mrs. Beales Expected
To Return Tomorrow

Mr.. and Mrs. lie Verne Beales
are expected to return tomorrow
from Putney, VT, near Brattleboro,
where they spent the past week.
Mrs. Beales, first vice president of
the District Federation of Women's
Clubs, attended the council meet
ing OF the General Federation in
San Francisco in May.