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lust Travel Club promptly came into
being.
The first meeting of the club was
held in May, 1882, with IL members
present. Since that time the en-
rollment has tripled, and sessions
have been held regularly at the
homes of members.
Travel Movies Shown.
Though it was the original plan
OF the group to make study of
the various States through book re-
views reported at meetings, dearth
of material on States as far West as
the Mississippi altered the program.
Arrangements were made to have
speakers discuss these States, and
speakers forthwith became a regu-
lar feature. Travel moving pic
lures also are shown from time to
time, and the club has visited" all
parts of the world.
The club outlines it's purpose in
the following words: ITO acquaint
ourselves with the world and to read
and discuss interesting books in
fiction, travel and history and to
contact people who have enjoyed
interesting travels"
Since the club was organized sew
eral of its members have been in
spired to take interesting trips.
Miss Widmyer has gone to Europe,
Bermuda and Florida-and has re-
peated her Western trip under much
more auspicious circumstances than
her first.
Marjorie Everard has visited a
dude ranch on an island in Flat
head Lake, Mont. and the Glacier
National Park. Carol Arnold has
gone to Europe, and a group from
the club which went to Bermuda in
cluded Miss Widmyer, Eileen Robin
son and Emile Doehrer.
Regular Meetings Held.
Meetings are held the third Tues
day OF every month during the win
ter, and social occasions include a
pot-luck dinner, spring dance and
an annual banquet.
Summer weekend trips, such as
the one being enjoyed this week
end, have been made to Ice Noun
tain, West Virginia; Natural Bridge,
Bedford Springs, Pa, and Schwenk-
vile, Pa.
Miss Everard is president of the
club and Lee Biggs is vice president.
Genevieve Annette is recording sec
retary, Dorothy F.. Bowers. cor
responding secretary; Miss Arnold,
treasurer, and Miss Doehrer, his
torian.
Club members have been pleased
to learn that the organization here
has become the parent of similar
clubs springing up in other parts
OF the country. Members who have
moved from Washington have intro
duced the idea in other communi-
ties, and Wanderlust Club has
been organized as far West as
Seattle, Wash.
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Plans Begun
For Altrusa
Program
Mrs. Gilchrist
To Head Club
In Coming Year

With the 18th annual national
convention of the Altrusa Service
Club for Women Executives Just
completed, the Washington Altrusa
Club is beginning to make plans for
1t program for the next season.
Miss Bertha Nienburg was the
local clubs delegate to the conven-
ton early this month in Portland,
Oreg, and has sent word of the
national organizations plans. Miss
Nienburg was particularly delight
ed with Altrusa's decision to have
each member club devote at least
one program next year to the con-
tribution of women toward the eco
nomic development of the country.
The local club next year will be
under the aegis of Mrs. Raleigh
Gllchrist. the only ''homemaker" in
the organization. Like other classi-
fled clubs, Altrusa's membership is
made up of woman representatives
OF various business and professional
fields, only one from each classi-
flcation, however, being included.
Officers who will serve with Mrs.
Gilchrist next year are Miss Edith
Macauley, vice president; Miss
Olga Steig, secretary, and Miss Lib
bic Myers, treasurer. Mrs. Lucille
E. McMurry is the retiring presi-
dent.
The Washington club was Or
ganized three years ago, with Miss
Olga Jones as the first president.
OF the l3 original charter members,
the following are still active: Miss
Harriet M. Chase, Miss Bess Goody-
koontz, Miss Julia L. Hahn, Miss
Jones, Miss Alice Keith, Miss
Macauley, Mrs. McMurry, Miss
Myers, Miss Nienburg, Miss Eva G..
Pinkston and Miss Sabra w.
Vought.
Members who joined later include
Mrs. Gilchrist, Miss Ruth Cornman,
Miss Barbara Van Heulen, Mrs.
Grace L. Patch and Miss Steig. Miss
Nora Buest and Miss Sallie Marks
transferred from other clubs.
Meetings, held the first and third
Wednesdays, alternating social pro-
grams and business, will be resumed
in September. Business sessions
are usually held at 8 pm. at the
home of one of the members.
Improvement of the economic
status of women is the objective of
Altrusa, which now enrolls approx
imately 1000 top-ranking business
and professional women in $50 lead
ing cities in the United States and
Mexico.
The organization is conducting
an expansion campaign, and a
number of new clubs have been
formed in this district, which in
cludes Virginia and the two Caro-
linas.
Miss Nienburg, who is assistant
director of the Women's Bureau, is
one of the outstanding members
of the national organization. DR..
Lillian M. Gilbreth, industrial en-
gineer of New York City, who is
we'll known in Washington, also is
member.
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Energy and Friendliness
Mrs. E. B. Kay's Assets
New Political Study Club Head
Has Background of Travel,
Interest in People

thing that has to do with civic life.
They and their children are the ones
who are affected by conditions,
whether good or bad"
Although definitely of the "femi-
nine type" Mrs. Kay gave proof
of her efficiency and resourceful-
ness when, after her husbands
death, she supervised his growing
business for three years. Mr.. Kay
was the inventor of an incinerator
that was adopted both by the Gov
ernment and number of munich
paitles, and there was important
and difficult business connected with
this invention. Although she had
never worked" Mrs. Kay had been
a close and constant companion to
her husband, understanding his am
bitions and his methods. There
fore, after his death she did not per-
nit his business to be interrupted,
carrying 1t on with ease and eff
cheney.
Collects Glass Goblets.
Like most persons with active
minds, Mrs. Kay has her hobbies, the
principal one at the moment being
early American glass goblets. She
has over 100 of these, differing in
pattern and size.
Il have always been interested In
pressed glass" she said, land Sc
lected goblets because they are small
and easy to keep in an apartment"
For her collection Mrs. Kay had
shelves built in front of window in
the dining room. AS the shelves are
open and do not obstruct the light
or the air and the glassware shows to
great advantage with the light be-
hind it. Many old patterns are
among the collection, including the
bleeding heart, the daisy and clover,
the Garfield drape, the coachmans
coat, the Kate Claxton, the flying
robin and the cardinal, to name a
few.
Il have found these goblets of
never ending interest" said Mrs.
Kay, because of the stories con-
nected with the different patterns.
In addition have met many charm
ing people while collecting-people
also interested in goblets and early
glass-and in this way I have made
some valuable and close friends"
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Alpha Chapter Dance
Plans Outlined

Tentative plans for dance to be
given by Alpha Chapter of Sigma
Tau Gamma sorority, in October at
the Kenwood Golf and Country
Club, are announced by Miss Mil
dred Duckett, president. Miss Anne
Johnson, 1920 Sixteenth street NV,
is chairman of the Committee on
Arrangements. Final plans will be
made at the opening meeting of
the sorority on September IL.
New members initiated into the
sorority are Agnes T. Marks and
Dorothy Matthews. Mrs. Marks re-
Gently was selected by the Young
Democrats of Washington to COM
pete for the title of Miss Young
Democrat of America at the Pitts
burgh convention.
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Trips Take Members
Of City Club to
Distant Cities

Mrs. Margaret Hill, hostess at
the Women's City Club, keeps her.
self busy these days tripping to
the Shenandoah Valley to oversee
the building of a summer cottage
at Elizabeth City, in the Massa-
nutten Mountains, which she ex-
poets to be completed next month
The cottage, which is of natural
stone and rough lumber, will be
formally opened with house
warming in September, when Mrs
Hill will be spending her vacation in
her new home. Later she plans to
leave for New York, where she will
spend few days at the World S
Fair.
Also planning to visit the World S
Fair are Miss Eta Mai Russell
chairman of the Membership Com
mittee of the club. and Miss Mar
garet Griffin, corresponding secre-
tary, who will leave for New York
the end of this month. taking an
apartment there during the week
of their visit
Miss Marjorie Webster, president
of the club, is spending this month
motoring through North Carolina
Other club members who have
taken July for vacation are Miss
Elsie K. Meskill, who is in Rochester,
NJ Y, and Miss Bertha Butts, who
is visiting in Sodus, NY. Miss Hen
rietta Malahy, who resides at the
clubhouse on Jackson place, is spend
ing the month in Wellsboro, Pa,
and Miss Edna Mitchell, who also
lives at the clubhouse when in Wash
ington, sailed on the Queen Mary re-
Gently for a tour through England
and Scotland. Also planning tour
through Scotland is Mrs. H. S. Mid
dlemiss, former vice president, who
with her husband, sailed yesterday
to be gone several weeks.
Miss Lois Garlock, publicity chair
man of the club, is planning an inter-
esting motor trip to the West Coast,
leaving with four friends the latter
part of August. Her party will go
first to Denver and Salt Lake City,
and then on to Reno and to Las
Vegas, to visit Boulder Dam before
proceeding to San Francisco for the
exposition. They also will visit the
Yosemite and the Grand Canyon
before returning to washington in
September.
Mrs. Thomas Sherman, a director
OF the club, has recently returned
with Mr.. Sherman from a visit OF
several days to Atlantic City.
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Hadassah Luncheon
Seeks New Members

The Washington Chapter of Ha-
dassah is continuing activities to ex-
pand membership and has arranged
a member bring member luncheon
at 1890 pm. July 26 on the lawn of
the home of Mrs. I. S. Turover, 1909
Jocelyn street NV. Bridge and
nah jong will follow the luncheon.
Mrs. Moe Gutenberg, the newly
elected president. will welcome the
members. Mrs. Joseph Dessof and
Mrs. Maurice Eanet are in charge
of reservations and Mrs. David
Kushner is in charge Of arrange
ments.
A new member will be the admis-
sion price.
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Two Writers
Will Tour
Europe
Miss McKiever
And Mrs. Keyes
Sail in August

Miss Katharine McKieyer, first
vice president of the Newspaper
Women's Club Of Washington and a
member of the Women's Overseas
Service League, will leave early in
August with Mrs Frances Parkinson
Keyes, well-known novelist, for a
European trip which will include
points in France, Spain and Italy.
The two writer's will combine busi-
ness and pleasure. both planning to
write during their absence for the
news service of the National Catholic
Welfare Conference, with which Miss
McKiever is associated. Mrs. Keyes
also Will work on life of Bernadette
OF LourdeS, which is to be a COM
panion piece to Written in Heaven"
biography of st. Theresa of Lisieux.
AS Mrs. Keyes will take her car
with them, the travellers will be able
to motor wherever their fancy and
sources of writing material dictate.
Mrs. Keyes, who is a member Of
the Womens National Press Club
and D. A. r. magazine editor, has
Travelled abroad extensively and this
will be Miss McKiever's third Euro
pean trip.
AS Red Cross worker during the
World War, Miss McKiever spent
several years abroad, working in
hospitals for a part of the time.
Later she was field director in the
American Red Cross Photographic
section of the Graves Registration
Service and spent a year travelling
through France to obtain pictures of
the graves of American soldiers to
be sent to the nearest relatives. At
that time she saw nearly all the bat
tie areas of France.
AS translator for the N. G. w. C.
news service, Miss McKiever handles
dispatches in several languages
French. italian, German and Span
lsh-but her most practical expert
ence in speaking French, she claims,
came during her overseas service
when she was forced to stop time
and again to ask directions. Her mo-
toring experience will undoubtedly
be useful to the two travellers this
summer.
In 1880 Miss McKiever returned
to France, representing the Wash
lngton unit of the Womens Overseas
Service League at its 10th conven-
ton, which was held in Paris.
The trip outlined by Mrs. Keyes
and Miss McKiever will cover
period OF approximately two months.
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Globe TrOtters' 'OnOuting
Orkney Springs Trip Varies Routine
OF Wanderlust Travel Club

The Wanderlust Travel Club
which makes many a journey during
the year via the route of books and
lectures-is enjoying it's only Off
cial outing of the season this week
end near Orkney Springs, Va, with
IS or 40 persons in the party.
Such summer jaunt is an an
nual event with the club, although
its travel program. for the most
part, is carried out right here in
Washington.
Through its study course, which
covers all the States in this country
thoroughly, and touches on all
parts of the globe, however, members
who are ultimately able to travel
find their pleasure in trips greatly
enhanced by their knowledge ac-
quired in advance Of the places Wis
tied.
The club was founded several years
ago by Miss Anna Widmyer after
she had motored to the West Coast
and had found her trip disappoint-
ing in several respects.
How Club Originated.
Her party was attracted by many
alluring road signs, Miss Widmyer
explained, which seemed to point
out interesting places to see But
all too often the points indicated
proved to be bitter disappointments
to the motorists.
Out of that experience came Miss
Widmyers determination to study
up in advance of any trip she
might make.
When she discovered that num-
ber of her friends-many of them
in the Christian Endeavor Society
shared the same desire, the Wander
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Pc. o. Chapter c.
To Be Guests

Mrs. O. S. Fisher will entertain
with benefit bridge and luncheon
for Chapter c of the P. E. o. Sister
mood on Wednesday on her lawn at
her home at 1928 Rittenhouse street
NV. Chinese checkers also will be
played and the hostesses will pro-
vide prizes as well as luncheon.
Mrs. Jason Waterman, president
of the chapter, who will be a dele
gate to the supreme convention Of
the sisterhood in Houston, Tex, in
September, is among the so mem
bers and guests expected.
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courts. 1t also recommended that
the Alley Dwelling Authority be re-
tained as separate Federal agency,
but with extension of its powers to
cover the metropolitan area and
with full authority to carry out a
program Of housing projects and
slum and alley clearance in rela-
tion to city planning.
Revamped Child Welfare
Program Endorsed.
1t supported a revamped child
welfare program based on recon-
mendations of the Kepecs report
and urged that, until these recon-
mendations are put into effect, no
move be- made to establish new
headquarters for the National
Training School for Girls.
One of the fields in which the
committee took the initiative was
in opposing the so-called fair trade
practice bill, on the ground that it
would contribute to monopoly and
not solve the problem at which it is
aimed-price cutting by large retail
outlets to the detriment of the little
retailer
Testimony by Mrs. Callaghan be-
fore Senate subcommittee was
highlight of this campaign against
the proposed fair trade practice
legislation. Mrs. Callaghan read
tabular study, prepared by her COM
mittee, in which costs of number
OF standard articles in Washington
and Maryland. where similar legisla-
ton is in effect, were compared. The
manner in which this study had
been prepared, incidentally, was
praised by Senator Millard Tydings,
who conducted the hearing.
Up-to-date Program
General Objective.
These are only few of the legis-
latlve measures which received in
tensive study from the group.
1t was the general objective of
the committee to keep up to date on
the entire program of the A. A. U.
w; to keep members of the WASH
lngton branch informed, and to be
ready to act in behalf of any legis-
lative item if called upon to do so
by the National Committee.
1t also attempted to work out
legislative program for the WASH
ington branch which would make
for continuity of policy and ideals
over long period.
Mrs. Edward Chaplin, former
chairman of the committee, assisted
Mrs. Callaghan as vice chairman
during the past year.
Other members of her group in
cluded Mrs. Henry Duttcn Noble,
secretary: Mrs. James Irwin, Miss
Helen Atwater, Miss Selma Bor-
chardt, Miss Ira Price Denning, Mrs.
Frank Edgington. Miss Elise Green,
Mrs. F. F. Hill, Miss Ethel johnson,
Mrs. Waino Jukkola. Mrs. Wendell
l.. Lund, Mrs. Basil Manly, Mrs. G.
M. Mathes, Mrs. Harold H. Oldham,
Mrs. Anne Page, Miss Mary V.
Robinson, Miss Isabelle Stone, Mrs.
G. l.. Swiggett, Miss Clarice Wade,
Mrs. Paul Howe. Mrs. Lee Hoganson,
Miss Mildred Wharton, Mrs Rex
Smith, Mrs. John P. Summerscale,
Mrs. Terry Foster and Mrs. Durward
V. Sandifer.
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Chairnen Named

Committee chairmen of the Curley
Club have been appointed for the
coming year as follows: Roland j.
Hyland, Executive Committee; Miss
Gretchen Baden, audit; Robert T.
Horner, membership; Miss Mildred
Mattimore, initiation; Miss Dorothy
E. Barrett, entertainment; Miss
Kathryn E. Bowers, dramatic; Will
liam j. Boyd, athletic; Miss Ger
trude Connor, publicity; Miss Mary
V. Mckay, welfare; Miss Frances
O'Shea, reception; Miss Julia Sam
Der, chronicle, and Miss Edythe
Connor. honorary membership.
James j. Corbett is the new presi-
dent of the club.
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Day Lilies Topic
For Garden Session

w. H. Youngman will be guest
speaker for the garden department
OF Takoma Park Women's Club at a
meeting to be held at $50 am. to-
morrow at the home Of Mrs. B.
Junker, 780 Dale drive, Silver Spring,
Md. His talk on DAY Lilies" will
be followed. by a round-table dis
cussion.
Mrs. John Quinn is in charge of
transportation.
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members of Congress who have
worked in the interest of local legis-
lation know their efforts are ap-
preciated," Mrs. Callaghan declared,
"and to express our appreciation will
be one of our jobs next year"
The committee also hopes through
its branch education program to
increase the interest of A. A. U. w.
members themselves in local legis-
Iation and-as it did in several in
stances last year-to take the initia-
tive and leadership in bringing its
viewpoint on community problems
to the attention of the proper au-
thorities.
Wants to Aid Certain
Community Projects.
Mrs. Callaghan further declared
1t is her own hope to bring the CO.
operation of women's service or
CARNATIONS in the city to certain
community projects where legisla-
ton is involved.
Mrs. Callaghan and her committee
Of % women have completed an
unusually large program this year.
Twenty-Five local legislative items
and five national items affecting
local legislation were studied, in
addition to six national legislative
items without local aspect. The
committee made recommendations
which were brought before the
branch for action, on approximately
IL of the local items and all the
national items.
In working on this program Mrs
Callaghan had the full cooperation
OF her large committee, she said
1t was frequently necessary to hold
three or four special sessions a
month in addition to the regular
meetings, and quorum was present
on every occasion, she declared.
A broad program was necessary
last season because of the pending
national legislative program of the
A. A. U. w. which was recently
mapped at the Denver convention.
Next year, however, Mrs. Gala
CHAN said, her committee will limit
its study and action to a few i'm
portant items.
District Franchise Moves
Backed Last Season.
The Washington branch of the
A. A. U. w. has long favored the
franchise and national representa-
ton for District residents and all
movements toward that end were in
dorsed whenever possible last sea-
son.
Also high on the committees cal
endar was its action indorsing an
income tax for the District and in
opposition to a sales taX-in line
with the A. A. u W. objective for
a tax based on ability to pay" The
group co-operated with the Citizens
Committee on Fair Taxation in its
revenue program.
The committee generally favored
reorganization of the District gov
ernment but recommended that the
school system be made autonomous;
that the Public Library remain un-
der administrative control of an un-
paid citizens board, and that any
reorganization plan provide for
separation of the Juvenile Court
from oil othor DiStrict r,ol,picipo1
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Auxiliary Plans Picnic

The Woman's Auxiliary OF the
Craftsman Club of the Veterans
Administration will hold its annual
picnic at Hains Point, on Tuesday
at 6 pm, In the event of rain,
the entertainment will be trans
ferred to the Thomas Circle Club.
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Mrs. Scott Returns

Mrs. Claudia Rice Scott, corre-
spending secretary National League
of American Pen Women, has re-
turned to her home after spending
two weeks at Park View Inn, Berke-
ley Springs, w. Va,
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Cottage

DR.. and Mrs. Edwin H. Silver
have opened their cottage at Sher-
wood Forest for the season. Mrs.
Silver and small daughter Betty
spend their entire time there, DR..
Silver driving down for the week
ends.
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Chi Omega Dance

The Washington alumnae of the
Chi Omega fraternity will entertain
with q dance at the Congressional
Country Club Wednesday night.
Mrs. Robert D. Barnes is in charge
Of arrangements.
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Dinner Meeting Set

The Insurance Women's Club OF
washington will hold dinner
meeting tomorrow, at 8 pm, at
the Penn Daw, Alexandria, Va.
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A. A. u. w. Committee Aims
To Aid Congress Members
In Local Problems
Mrs. Callaghan Outlines Years Program;
Certain Community Projects
Will Be Pushed
BY FRANCES LIDE,
Womens Club Editor.

with members provide
cooperation
legislation District Columbia will be
objectves Committee of the Washington
plans the committee
Mrs Calaghan legislative chairman
completed the first her twoyear that
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Pilot Club to Meet

The Pilot Club will meet Tuesday
at 6 pm. at Pierce's Mill In Rock
Greek Park for picnic.
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est colonial empire.
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Mrs. Bernice Avery Is
Presented In Recital

Mrs. Beatrice Avery soprano was
presented in song recital We'd
ncsday June :. At Sis pm. at
Rirdhursi Community center. Mrs.
Avery was beautiful in a powder
blue evening gown of lace. tho belt
Of The gown matched the rose OF
picardy clinton handkerchief which
she held during the recital
Thc stage Was decorated on both
sides with large palms and vase
OF colored roses and peonics
Classical folk and spiritual
songs were sung During The sec
tprd inicrmission Mrs. Avery was
presented lovely bouquet of flow
crs There were many distinguish
ed guests present including Mr..
Britt and Mr.. ana Mrs Hoasland,
Mrs Avery Is a pupil Of Mrs.
Mary q noclOr