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Evening star., 1943-05-16
Mrs. Albert Davis
Wil Entertain

A silver tea will be held by the
Junior Alliance at 3 pm. Wednesday
at the home of Mrs. Albert Wendell
Davis, 1903 Argyle terrace NV.
Mrs. Glen Splitter, newly elected
president, will head the receiving
line, assisted by Mrs. Carlton C.
Duffus, immediate past president;
Mrs. Jay Porter Conger, past presi-
dent. and Mrs. Dean Snyder.
Mrs. Davis will be assisted at the
tea table by Mrs. Cliff Y. Stephens,
Mrs. James O'Donnel. jr.; Mrs.
Wyrth Post Baker and Mrs. Will
liam H. Hessick, jr.
The program will include spe-
cial piano recital by Mrs. j. Virgil
Gaines.
Honor guests will include Mrs.
Phillip Crowlie, special assistant to
the administrator of OPA; Mrs.
Burton K. Wheeler, wife of Senator
Wheeler; Mrs. Ernest Humphrey
Daniel, director to the General Fed
Grafton of Womens Clubs; Mrs.
Edward E. Gam, president of the
LtdSue VI HSpuDllCdN women, MIS-.
John Slear, Mrs. Pierre M. Bealer,
Mrs. Frank Watson, Mrs. Arthur
Clarendon Smith, Mrs. Frank Birth
right, Mrs. A. L. Howard, Mrs. Fred
eric NeWburgh and Mrs. Arthur
Charles Watkins. president of the
District Federation of Women S
Clubs.
Newly installed officers of the alli-
ance are Mrs. Splitter, president; Mrs.
Dean Snyder, first vice president;
Mrs. James ODonnel, jr., second vice
president; Mrs. Battle Bowman,
third vice president; Mrs. Edward
Pulte, recording secretary; Mrs.
Graham Barbee, treasurer, and Mrs.
j. Virgil Gaines, chaplain.
Evening star., 1943-05-16
,Clague Wills Speak
|ToWomenVoters
OnSocial Security
Discussion Slated
Tuesday Evening
Oben to Public

A discussion Of social security, with
Evan Clague as the principal speak,
er, will be sponsored by the voteless
District League OF Women Voters at
a meeting at 8 pm. Tuesday in the
National Education Association Au-
ditorium, 1901 Sixteenth street NV.
The program was arranged after
the national leagues council meeting
recently decided to increase its study
of the extension of social security as
recommended by the seventh annual
report of the Social Security Board
and the National Resources Plan
ming Board report.
Questions to be taken up in the
discussion include: What will be the
cost Of such program and can our
national economy support it? Should
a college education be guaranteed
every child? How far can the Gov
eminent 60 in assuring security
without destroying individual initi-
ative? How much national control
would be necessary in the adminis-
tration of the program?
Mr.. Clague has had extensive ex-
perience as an administrator in diff
ferent fields of social security
The meeting is one of series OF
night sessions arranged by the league
so that persons busy in the day may
be able to attend. 1t is open to the
public.
Evening star., 1943-05-16
Senator J. H. Ball
To Address
Political Club

"The Road to Lasting Peace" will
be the subject of an address by
Senator Joseph H. Ball at-tlle an
nual breakfast of the Political Study
Club at 1890 pm. Saturday at the
Mayflower Hotel.
The program will open with the
salute to the flag, led by Mrs. John
H. Howard, and the invocation, Of
fered by Dr.. Frederick B. Harris,
pastor OF Foundry Methodist Church.
"The Star Spangled Banner" will
be sung by Ethel Gaertner Pyne and
q group of songs will be featured by
Dorothea Lawrence. soprano, of New
York City, accompanied by Zara
Listengart. Other entertainment
will be solos by Alfred Manning,
harpist, and dance numbers by Jane
Hendricks, accompanied by Elana
Cravilla.
Mrs. Wintemute w. Sloan, the
president, will preside at the break
fast.
Evening star., 1943-05-16
True Spirit of English Mother
Suruiued Horrors of Singapore
By Gretchen Smith.

Colombo where she knew no one
and where the climate seriously af-
fected her baby's health. Through
the assistance of the hospital ma
tron, she was able to contact dis
tant cousins in Northern India and
left Immediately to join them on
their plantation.
The reader winces In sympathy
with Mrs. Kings description of her
journey from Colombo to the home
of her relatives in Northern India.
Commencing with a four-hour
ferry crossing to the mainland, the
young Englishwoman and her deli
cate, few weeks old baby were
obliged to take a three-day train
Journey to Madras, where she
learned of the fall of Singapore and
tried unsuccessfully to obtain news
of her husband; then another train
trip of two days and night to Cal
cutta, where she changed for the
last painful lap of her journey to
her cousins plantation.
when finally arrived, I think I
went on with nerves for 48 hours" ;"
she writes. why I should have,
don't know as I don't think on the
journey showed much hysteria."
Finally Arrived at Home.
Several weeks after arriving at her
cousins home, Mrs. King arranged
to return to England, preferring the
risk of the journey home to the
possible loss of her little son, whose
unhappy experiences since birth had
dangerously impaired his health.
Il cannot tell you about the route
home she wrote Miss Holland.
Suffice it to say I left India the
18th of July and arrived home some
time in the autumn. We were four
days late but didn't get touched" ="
she continued. The only excite
ment on board was when one of our
boilers blew up, having pumped too
lard to get ahead of a submarine
which we did not know about until
afterwards"
Replying to previous suggestion
that she write book on her expert
enceS, Mrs. King said:
Il don't think I could get myself
to write book as 1t was all so awful.
All I want is to get Jamie back in
good health and to be allowed to
live a peaceful life again."
Miss Holland folded the letter
from which she had read extracts.
That is the spirit of all the letters
I have received from her family
she commented. Her mother, and
her sister whose husband is believed
lost in Tur1isia, write in the same
way. There is no vindictiveness or
bitterness"
Miss Holland is now endeavoring
through certain channels to help
her friend obtain news regarding the
fate of her Raj husband.
I'VE know he got to Batavia" she
explained. THAT was in February,
1912. That is the last word Elise
had Of him. She thinks and hopes
he may be a prisoner in Java"
Evening star., 1943-05-16
Fashion Display
To Sh0qv Economy

A fashion show featuring "con-
servation clothes" will be presented
before the Woman's National Demo-
cratic Club at luncheon meeting
tomorrow at the clubhouse, 1926
New Hampshire avenue NV.
Demonstrations of how to use a
basic dress or suit for all occasions
by additions of feminine touches
will be included.
Miss Dora Miller will have charge
of the show, which will have as it's
keynote means of achieving both
economy and charm
Several members Of the club will
serve as models, among them Mrs.
Izetta Jewell Miller, Mrs. Meade
Fletcher, Mrs. Franklin Kidd, Mrs.
Allen Phelps, Mrs. Herbert G. Dor
sey, jr.; Miss Meredith Howard and
Mrs. Kenneth Royal.
Evening star., 1943-05-16
e.Begins.at-4O' Mood
Members III Life.Begins.at.4O Mood
autobiography Features
Cultus Club Anniversary
By Frances Lide,
Women's Club Editor.

attractions, must have more than
ordinary vitality" its autobiogra-
ply states. Without repeating the
customary banalities about the
silken bands of intellectual sister
hood tying us together in loving
loyalty and similar drivel, I feel
that can honestly say that 1t is no
small achievement for women as
busy as we all have been to have
met together for so many years.
That required sustained interest
in each other and in the aims of
the group"
This Sustained interest" was evil
dent to striking degree at the an
niversary party, when events of the
four decades were dramatized in
program which went off like clock
work.
Members Filled in Chapters.
Mrs. Nesbit, as president, turned
the meeting over to Mrs Henry A.
Polki1ihorn, chairman of the An
niversary Committee, who was as
sisted by Mrs. James Shera Mont
gomery and Mrs. William H. Sholes.
AS Mrs. Polkinhorn slowly turned
the pages of the autobiography
members selected to present the
various decades filled in the chap
ters.
First came the introduction by
Mrs. Elliott which was followed by
Chapter /. Mrs. Bergman, who
contributed the historical data for
the first decade, made a special hit
by including an exhibit of photo
graphs of members taken 40 years
ago. Miss Julia A. Karr assisted
with the pictures, which offered sub
stantial support to the authors OBJ
servation that members were young.
energetic and more or less glamor-
GUS, and with a certain degree of
personal pulchritude."
Mrs. Paris Brengle presented the
second period as decade of con-
trast," which was demonstrated
vividly by style show of various
types of costumes popular at the
time. The events of this period also
were reviewed by a Floradora Sex
tette composed of Mrs Appleton
Clark. jr., Mrs. William Knowles
Cooper, Mrs. Corby, Mrs. Samuel E.
Lewis Mrs Taylor and Mrs Wilkin-
son.
Mrs. William H. Sholes selected
"It Never Happened Before" as the
theme for the third decade. which
included celebration of both the
25th and 30th anniversaries. And,
although she mentioned it only
briefly, both programs were pre-
sented in original verse by Mrs
Sholes herself.
New Members Spotlighted.
Mrs. Henry Teller Cooke had
charge of the fourth decade during
which attention was directed to the
three newest members who were
pictured as babies and the hope
of Cultus. The skit came to a roll
licking conclusion when Mrs. Ches-
ter D. Swope appeared as a bundle
from heaven"
Mrs. Daniel G. Davis prepared
the Retrospect and Prescience"
which appeared under the chapter,
Looking Forward" and Mrs. J. E.
Dyer conducted In Memoriam"
The program was interspersed
with such musical favorites as The
Old Gray Mare" and Aud Lang
Syne" played on the organ by Mrs.
Montgomery.
The clubs colors, white and yell
low, are carried out in the auto
biography, which also carries a ruby
ribbon streamer to indicate the 4Oth
anniversary. The clubs insignia Is
reproduced on the cover.
The Anniversary Committee made
all arrangements for publication"
of the volume.
Evening star., 1943-05-16
CiUic and Study Clubs

Voteless District League of Women
Voters-Tuesday, 8 pm, NEA au-
ditorium, 1901 Sixteenth street
NV, discussion on social secur-
lty, speaker, Evan Clague.
Washington Club - Tomorrow, II
am, book chat: reviewer, Mrs.
Gilbert Grosvenor, Ambassadors
in White" Tuesday, II am, lee
ture. "Alaska's Treasurers of the
Sea- by Charles Jackson, with
motion pictures. Wednesday, l
pm, luncheon for members and
guests. Thursday. 7 pm, dinner;
speaker, Representative Frances
P. Bolton, yesterday, Today and
Tomorrow"
American Association of University
Women-Tomorrow, pm, tea;
speaker, William C. Johnstone,
Current Events Tuesday, 8
pm, Junior group square dance.
Wednesday, 7 pm, Spanish; 8
pm, Program Committee pres
entation; speaker. Sir Gerald
Campbell. Thursday, IL am,
Martha MacLear poetry group;
$50 pm, junior group dinner
bridge. Friday, 7 pm, Spanish;
pm, sketching
Excelsior Literary Club-Tuesday, l
pm, with Mrs. Charles w. De-
laney, 1906 Lawrence street NE.
Political Study Club - Saturday,
1890 pm, annual breakfast, May
flower Hotel; speaker, Senator
Joseph H. Ball, The Road to
Lasting Peace"
Business, Professional Clubs
Women's National Press Club-Tues-
day. pm. luncheon, Willard
Hotel: speaker, Mala Rubenstein;
fashion show
Business and Professional Division
of adasSah-Tuesday. 10th an
niversary celebration, Jewish Com
munity Center.
Community Clubs
Women's Club of Kensington-
Friday, l pm. Hayden's Farm,
Silver spring, annual luncheOn,
theme, Victory Gardens; review
OF year by club historian, Mrs. w.
8. Pratt, jr.
Takoma Park Women's Club-To-
morrow, 1890 am. garden de-
partment, with Mrs. Dwight Avery,
1929 Piney Branch road; speaker,
Frederick Pratt, "Azaleas": tour
of Pratt garden and garden OF
Henry Allanson, 1880 Piney Branch
road. Tuesday. 1890 pm, Jesup-
Blair Community Center, Georgia
avenue and Blair road; art de-
partment; theme, Latin America;
speakers, Mrs. M. L. thinner, Mrs
H. G. Newhall; dances, Marjorie
Webster School dance group.
Silver Spring Women's Club-Tues-
day, 1890 am, home and garden
group, with Mrs. Charles T. Will
liams, 1912 Noyes drive; canning
demonstration by Mrs. Harry
Falk. Thursday, 1890 am, art
group, with Mrs. j. Roy Seidel
No. l Leighton place; crossword
puzzle books for soldiers to be
completed.
Womans Club Of Chevy Chase
Tuesday. l:30 pm. German Sec
Evening star., 1943-05-16
Empire Dav Tea

Three new British films, What
of the Children?' Night Shift" and
Listen to Britain" will be shown
at the annual Empire Day tea of
the Queen Elizabeth Chapter,
Daughters Of the British Empire,
next Sunday. The observance will
be held from to pm. at the Pen
Women's Studio, 1851 Columbia
road NV.
Mrs. A. Pattison Firth Is general
chairman of the affair.
Mrs. H. C. B. Thomas is in charge
of the tea: Mrs. B. T. Hoal, enter
tainment chairman, and Mrs. w.
Weitz, chairman of invitations.
Evening star., 1943-05-16

oAA anu 1llSCg1llS, LIS ldlld-
ton Of officers. Friday, 2 pm,
literature section; speakers, Helen
Orr Watson and Trina Skariatina.
Miscellaneous Clubs
Woman's National Democratic Club
Tomorrow, 1890 pm, informa-
ton hour luncheon; dress show.
Junior Alliance-Wednes pm,
silver tea with Mrs. Albert Wen
dell Davis, 1908 Argyle terrace
NV.
Court District of Columbia, No. 2l2,
Catholic Daughters of America
Tuesday, pm, Willard Hotel, in
stallation of officers and social
meeting.
American University Guild of Wom-
en-Wednesday, 2:3O pm, DR..
Douglass residence; book review
and tea; speaker, Mrs. o. w. Nc
Neese, Dickens Digest
League of Women Shoppers-Tues-
day 1890 pm, 1911 1 street NV.
board meeting.
Wanderlust Travel Club-Tuesday,
8 pm, with Mrs George Snyder,
1908 Flower avenue, Silver Spring,
Md; speaker, william w. Knepel,
The Rockies and the Glaciers in
Yellowstone Park and Canada" !"
with colored slides.
Housekeepers' Alliance Tuesday
afternoon with Mrs. Newton C.
Wing, 1923 Fairfield drive, Be-
thesda, Md; speaker, Mrs. Harvey
w. Wiley.
Kappa Kappa Gamma-Tomorrow
$50 pm, District alumnae with
Mrs. Bernard Grove, 1888 Steph-
enson place NV: speaker Miss
Marian Pedrazza, interviewing at
the War Transfer Board"
Women's Board, George Washing
ton University Hospital-Wednes-
day, 2 pm. with Mrs. Cloyd Heck
Marvin. 260l Thirtieth street NV
annual benefit tea
Washington Catholic Poetry So
clety-Today. 3 pm. Trinity Col
lege; speaker, DR.. John Waldron !;
prize awards in poetry contest.
B'nai Birth, Women's Auxiliary
Tomorrow, 2:30 pm, with Mrs
Morris Gewirz, 3l01 Davenport
street NV, member-bring-
member tea; fashion show.
Jewish Consumptives' Relief So
ciety, Ladies' Auxiliary-Wednes-
day, 1915 pm, Jewish Commu-
nifty Center: 2 pm, musical;
speaker, DR.. H E. Hillebee.
Hadassah, Washington Chapter
Tuesday, 2 pm, Jewish Commu-
nifty Center; speaker, Edward I
Kaufman, United Jewish Ap-
peal Campaign"
Pi Beta Phi. Alumnae-Tuesday
$50 pm, supper meeting, Ills
Crestwood drive.
Arts Club-Thursday, 7 pm, din
ner; speaker, William Partridge
"The Influence of Thomas Jeffer-
son on the Plan of the Capital
City," with slides.
Daughters of the American Revolu-
tion~Tuesday, pm, Ruth Brew.
ster Chapter, luncheon with Mrs
Thomas B. Dimmick. 40 NORTH
Nelson street, Arlington, Va, Wed.
nesday, 8 pm, Marcia Burn
Chapter, Chapter House.
Evening star., 1943-05-16
Business, Professional Clubs

Women's National Press Club-Tues-
day. l pm. luncheon, Willard
Hotel, speaker, Mala Rubenstein;
fashion show.
Business and Professional Division
of Hadassah-Tuesday. 10th an
niversary celebration, Jewish Com
munity Center.
Evening star., 1943-05-16

In "life-begins- s-at-40" mood, the
Cultus Club Of Washington is cele-
brating its ruby anniversary this
year and has just compiled an "au-
TOPOGRAPHY" as token of the his
toric milestone.
Pages of the volume-which is
one Of the most entertaining to
come to this department in recent
months-Were written" at a 40th
anniversary party last week at the
home Of Mrs. William S. Corby.
The organizations life span was
divided into four decades, with each
recorder" devising an original
method of recalling fond memories.
But while the events of the past
take the lions share of the autobi-
ography, the volume ends with a
chapter entitled Looking Forward" j"
AS evidence that the club has mo
intention of dying" one of its ami
versary gestures was to purchase
two $25 War bonds instead of having
favors. And, as the book points out,
the bonds won't mature for another
10 years
Membership Limited to %.
With its membership limited to
%, Cultus Club still boasts six of it's
original charter members. Mrs.
Jane S. Elliott, the founder, in pre-
pairing an introduction for the book,
recalled that the original "get-to-
gether" was held at her home on
November 13, 1903 Those who
joined the organization in it's first
year included Mrs. Clifford K. Ber-
ryman, Mrs. Elliott Mrs. Charles
F. Nesbit, who is president this year;
Mrs. J. Ramsay Nevitt, Mrs. Angus
tus C. Taylor and Mrs. Oscar Will
kinSon.
Cultus Club was formed in the
days when women's clubs were apt
to be taken lightly-at least by men.
But its autobiography can record
that, while members husbands at
first directed good-natured banter
against all clubs, they really gave
unqualified support and encourage
ment to Cultus."
Perhaps this was due to the clubs
steadfast determination to blacklist
the three Ds' as topics of conver-
sation. The three Ds, as any men,
Der of a Cultus family knows, are
Dress, Disease and Domestics"
when our group assembled We
decided that it was a good way to
escape, for about four hours a
month, from the duties of wife,
mother. and housekeeper," Chapter
relates. Realizing how we had
slipped out of world affairs, narrow
ing our outlook to our own four
walls and pressing duties, we deter
mined that We would have only one
rule to observe, and that one un-
written and unrecorded: To avoid
talking about the Ds."
Slogan From Horace.
The groups formal slogan is the
Latin quotation from Horace: "Cul-
tivation of the mind is as necessary
to man as food is to his body"
With this thought as a guide, men,
bers in their first year launched an
ambitious study program embracing
the world. but decided later that it
was better to divide their subject
into smaller doses. In the 40 years
which have passed, however, there
are few parts of the globe which
have not been explored" through
study programs.
Although the cultural objectives
of the club have proved a bond
among these women. it is their con-
geniality of spirit which probably
has made Cultus an outstanding
organiza ton.
"A club that endues for four
decades in city as large as WASH
ington, with innumerable competing
Evening star., 1943-05-16

rent exhibit of stitching and weav-
ing in the south gallery If they are
interested in quilts. coverlets. knit
ting, lace, embroidery or Toiles de
Jouy and other early printed fab
RIGS. Recent gifts to the museum
also are on display. Both exhibi-
tions will continue to September 30.
Gallery talks on the textile ex-
hibition are offered at pm. each
Wednesday. Admission to the hall
is free. 1t is closed Saturday after
moons and SUNDAYS,
Evening star., 1943-05-16
Travel Talk Listed

Colored slides of the Rockies and
the glaciers in Yellowstone Park
and Canada will be shown by Will
liam w. Knepel at meeting of the
Wanderlust Travel Club at 8 pm
Tuesday at the home of Mrs. George
Snyder, 8808 Flower avenue, Silver
Spring, Md.
Miss Helen Devine and Miss
Lucille McDougan will be assistant
hostesses. Miss Frances Fox, presi-
dent, will preside at q business meet.
ing 1t pm. preceding the program
Evening star., 1943-05-16
Engagement Pad

ton. Wednesday. noon, monthly
luncheon and meeting, installa-
ton Of officers. Friday. 2 pm,
literature section; speakers, Helen
Orr Watson and Trina Skariatina,
Evening star., 1943-05-16
WCTU to Meet

A meeting of the Stella Clayton
Womans Christian Temperance
Union will be held at pm. Thurs
day at the home of Mrs. Arthur
Fisher, 1886 Michigan avenue NE.
Mrs. Marie Brinley will speak on
temperance education. Visitors are
welcome.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-12-31
Men Inducted
Into. u. S. Navy

Four Coolidge district men were
accepted at U. S. Navy recruiting
station, Phoenix, for general SER
vice in the Navy last week follow
ing induction into the armed fore
es through Selective Service.
They were: Edward Lee Zeal,
35, Robert l.. Garland, and Dan c.
Palmer, 81. all of Coolidge and
Charles V. Martinez, 20, of Eloy.
The four now are entering recruit
training at San Diego preparatory
to assignment to active duty with
fleet units or shore establish
ments.
Opportunity continues open for
men with mechanical and other
trade skills, who are in the IS to
3S year Selective Service age
group and who have not been sum
money for military induction, to
volunteer for the Navy and qualify
for higher pay grade ratings as
members of the Navy's newest
service arm, the Ship Repair I'm
its, according to officials at the
Navy main station here.
All ratings in these units, how
ever, are scheduled to be closed
within the next few weeks.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-12-31
Pinal County Has
Lead In Ginning
Long Staple Cotton

AS of December 1, SO per cent
of the short staple cotton produc-
ton of Pinal county had been
ginned, according to a report of
the Bureau of Agricultural Eco
nomics, division of agricultural
statistics. The same report stat
ed that So per cent of the long
staple cotton had been ginned.
There were 16,42S bales of
short staple ginned by December
/, as compared with 1865 bales
on the same date last year. There
were 1892 bales of long staple
ginned by December 1 of this year
as compared with 1924 bales on
the same date last year.
The 1892 bales' of long staple
cotton ginned on December 1 of
this year compares with 6,254
bales ginned in Maricopa county
and 1868 bales ginned in all other
long staple cotton producing coun-
ties of Arizona.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-12-31
New Time Change
Brings Headaches
To Many People

Don't think that the change in
time, starting at 1901 a. m. Jan.
uary 1, isn't making for lot of
headaches on the part of different
folks in Coolidge.
There's the matter of the Amer
lean Legion auxiliary dance for
instance on New Years eve. Those
in charge have given serious
thought to the matter but for the
life of them can't decide wheher
to observe New Years once OF
twice-at midnight Mountain War
Time or at midnight Mountain
Standard Time or both.
And then there's the folks who
live in Coolidge or Florence and
work at POW camp, which is re
naming on Mountain War Time
Usually they get UP at o'clock
which will be 7 o'clock at camp by
Mountain War Time and because
they have to get to camp by
o'clock, they'll have to get up at
5 o'clock Standard Time in order
to make it. That means-oh, we'll
skip it -.
Anyway, don't forget, starting at
1901, January 1, Arizona sets it's
clocks back one hour and returns
to Mountain Standard Time.