Evening star., 1942-10-29

ment of the orchestra and its con-
certs. Mrs. Howe appeared the pa
tlent and painstaking "'explainer."
Mrs. Howe was dressed in dark
brown cloth with close-fitting
round hat of feathers in the same
shade mingled with dark green and
yellow. Mrs. Dunlap also was in
brown, the narrow brim of her hat
edged with soft brown feathers and
about her shoulders a cape of mink
fur.
Others at the speakers table were
Mrs. Joseph E. Davies, a symphony
herself in black and tan, the suit
OF tan trimmed with black, her
blouse of black with pin stripes OF
tan and her hat all black. At the
nigh neckline of the blouse she wore
large pin of garnets matching her
stud earrings. Mrs. Matthew John
Whittall, sitting next to Mrs. Howe,
was dressed In black, the only color
being the small flower of red feath-
ers in the front of her small hat.
Mrs. Mckay. who was beside Mrs.
Dawes, wore a black suit with a
gray blouse, her sailor shaped hat
having narrow band of leopard
skin about the base of the crown.
Mrs. Corcoran Thorn, chairman
OF the Box Committee for the
Wednesday evening subscription
concerts, was among others at the
long speakers table. Her commit
tee gave an excellent account of
itself, having worked before the
opening of the campaign yesterday
and. reported that already 80 of the
boxes have been sold for this SUBJ
scription series.
Nine. Wistrand, wife of the Coun-
selor OF the Swedish Legation, M.
Tor Hugo Wistrand, sat between
Mrs. Edwin M. Watson, chairman
tor the Water Gate concerts, and
Mrs. Eugene Byrnes, at the head of
the Committee on Associations,
Others there were Mrs. Jack Bryan,
vice chairman of the Wednesday
Evening Subscription Concerts; Mrs.
Charles Bittinger, head of the Or
chestra Guild: Mrs. Robert LIE Fevre
serving with Mrs. Edwin B. Parker
on the suburban group; Mrs. Emory
Scott Land, who was in charge of
the arrangements for the luncheon
yesterday. Mrs. Edward r. Finken-
staedt. Mrs. Kinder, Mrs. George
Hewitt Myers, the Misses Randolph,
Miss Mary Alsop Cryder, Mrs. Peter
Belln, Mrs. Charles S. Fairfax, Mrs.
H. Russell Bishop, Mrs. Joseph L.
Miller, Mrs. M. B. Hilton, Mrs. L.
Corrin Strong and Mrs. G. j. Row.
cliff.
The Woman's Committee has es-
tablished headquarters at 1727 K q,
street where the special bureau for
the resale and exchange of tickets
ior the Wednesday Evening Subscrip-
tion series is under the direction of
Mrs. E. R. Norris and Mrs. Rowcliff.
AS no tickets are sold for single con-
certs in this Wednesday evening
series and there are many requests
for these as we'll as an occasional
subscriber who is out of town or for
some other reason unable to use the
ticket, this bureau acts as a clear
inghouse for these situations.
The National Symphony Orches-
ira will open its season Sunday af-
ternon, November 8, the Wednesday
evening series to start November II
and before the two regular series
the orchestra will give a concert
Wednesday, November A. from
which all the proceeds will be given
to the Community War Fund. The
NSDAR has given the use of Con-
stitution Hall for this benefit con-
cert, DR.. Kindler has given his serv-
ices to conduct and the Orchestra
Association has given the orchestra.
Other expenses in connection with
the giving of the concert will be so
cared for that all the proceeds will
help to swell the War Fund
The orchestra gave a concert to
benefit the USO, and through the
summer concert at the Water Gate
from which the proceeds were di-
vided between the Army Emergency
Relief and the Navy Relief.