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Women’s Clubs Plan
Health Conference
D. G. Federation to Hear
Distinguished Speaker
At April Meeting.
By RUTH MONTGOMERY,
Women's Club Editor.
EDUCATION, sympathetic support for public health agencies
at all times, active support when indicated—these are some
of the contributions that women’s clubs all over the country
are making to public health problems. The day has long passed
when cancer, tuberculosis and syphilis could be spoken of only in
whispers. It is now realized that education is basic to community
welfare and that the spread of proper information on these subjects
Is necessary and one of the most valuable contributions that
women’s organizations can make to the entire health program.
In harmony with this plan and because April has been desig
rated as "Public Health Month” the'
District of Columbia Federation of
Women's Clubs will hold a health
conference at the meeting tomorrow
at 10:30 a m. at the Roosevelt Hotel.
In order to make this meeting more
than usually important and sig
nificant. Mrs. Lloyd W. Biddle, presi
dent of the Federation, has invited
the Women’s Auxiliary of the District
of Columbia Medical Association to
Join with the Federation for the day.
Program arrangements have been
completed by Mrs. Otto Hammer
lund, chairman of the Public Wel
fare Committee of the federation, in
co-operation with the District of Co
lumbia Tuberculosis Association and
the Council of Social Agencies. Two
exhibits have been loaned, one on
cancer by Drs. A. G. Christie, Eugene
H. Whitmore and E. A. Merritt, and
one on tuberculosis, loaned by the
i District of Columbia Tuberculosis As
eoeiat.ioc.
Dr. Ludvig Hekteen. executive di
rector of the National Advisory Cancer
Council, and Dr. Eugene R. Whitmore
of Georgetown University will be the
speakers on cancer. Frank Kiernan,
director of the New York Tuberculosis
and Health Committee, who will be
Introduced by Mrs. Ernest R. Grant,
will speak on tuberculosis, and Dr. R.
A. Vonderlehr, assistant surgeon gen
eral of the United States Public Health
Service, who will be introduced by Dr.
Edith S. Coale. will discuss svphillis.
Dr. Kate B. Garpeles will speak on
social hygiene. A motion picture
which will show some of the aspects
of cancer treatment will be shown
twice during the day.
Education Stressed.
- The importance of education is
especially stressed in the cancer-con
trol program, and meetings such as
the one planned for tomorrow pro
vide an excellent medium for the dis
tribution of information. The gen
eral federation has a group known as
the "field army," of which Mrs. Carl
• W. Illig, jr., is the chairman, with
Mrs. Ernest H. Daniel, vice president
of the District of Columbia federation,
*s the local representative. Its ob
jective is to "fight cancer with knowl
edge.” Mrs. Clarence Fraim, chair
man of the department of public wel
fare of the general federation, Is in
general charge.
Stressing the importance and im
mediacy of the work, the federation
points out that cancer is the out
standing menace to women In the
prime of life and that with proper
knowledge and early diagnosis many
cases are curable. An educational
program Is now being carried on
through meetings, lectures, radio
broadcasts and other forms of pub
licity. The District of Columbia fed
eration has co-operated with this
program locally by sending speakers
to interested groups and stimulating j
Interest in the subject.
One reason why women's groups are :
Interested in tuberculosis is that it
finds its most ready victims among
children and young people. Statistics
show that while It is seventh among
the causes of death in all age groups,
it is first among the causes of death
of women between the ages of 15 and
45. Every case in a danger spot in i
the community for tuberculosis is
highly communicable and needs care
ful and intelligent handling. While it
does not always spare the rich it is
essentially a poor man's disease. Un
dernourished children are especially
receptive to its attacks. The numer
ous milk funds maintained by women's
organizations show they are given j
what help they can to build up the
resistance of children of the Indigent. {
W'ithin the past year, the general
federation has undertaken a vigorous
{campaign against syphilis. "Our great
• body of club women can be a most
! effective force in this fight to control
and ultimately eradicate this disease
.against which science has now pro
vided effective weapons.” the federa
tion's bulletin states, urging vigorous
,and immediate action. Syphilis too
jls a great destroyer of youth.
Youth Hit Hardest,
i Incidence of the disease is greatest
| In the age group between 15 and 30,
■and each year 60,000 syphilitic chil
dren are born in the United States.
Better understanding would do much
• to correct both of these conditions.
{The situation presents a definite chal
lenge to forward-looking citizens.
{ Dr. Thomas Parran, jr„ of the United
{States Public Health Service has said
r'Our children will hold us criminally
{careless and incompetent if, with the
• means at . hand, we fail to end this
tBcourge within our generation.” The
{General Federation and the member
i groups are facing the issue with
•courage, supporting working agencies
• and bring information to those in
{need of it.
Committee Members.
The committee in charge of the
program to be given tomorrow is Mrs.
;Otto Hammerlund, chairman: Mrs.
t Lloyd W. Biddle, president of the fed
eration; Mrs. Thomas E. Neill and
'Mrs. Samuel A. Alexander of the
’ Women’s Auxiliary of the District of
, Columbia Medical Society, Mrs. Ernest
< H. Daniel, chairman cancer control
Field Army; Mrs. Walter. P. Harman,
president of the Takoma Park Wom
an's Club: Dr. Lauretta Kress, Mrs.
; Theresa Dansdill McGee of the Coun
. cil of Social Agencies, and Donald T.
.Sheehan, educational director of the
i District of Columbia Tuberculosis As
< sociatlon.
! Members of the Department of Pub
lic Welfare Committee of the feder
ation, which is sponsoring the pro
I gram, are Mrs. Hammerlund, chair
man; Mrs. Harman, vice chairman;
' Mrs. Rosella B. Shaw, child welfare;
, Mrs. Frank H. Swartz, community
* service; Mrs. A. L. Rhelnstrom, cor
; rections; Mrs. R. K. Bailey, Indian
’ welfare; Dr. Lauretta Kress, public
. health; Dr. Edith »S. Coale, social
, hygiene; Mrs. Ernest W. Howard, po
| lice and Are protection, and Mrs. J.
, E. Vimstein, public safety.
* * * *
The Insurance Women’s Club is
| one of the “craft” clubs with well de
fined eligibility requirement*. It was
organized in 1935 by a group of wom
en in responsible positions in general I
insurance officers, with the idea that
the members might be benefited by an
exchange of "shop talk" and the op
portunity to get acquainted. Miss
Mabel Royce was chosen temporary
president, Miss Selma E. Allen treas
urer, and Miss Dorothea Wassman cor
responding secretary. As the club
was organized in the spring and it
had been decided that the club year
would run from November to No
vember, all of these offices were tem
porary. In the fall of that year a
more permanent organization was ef
fected and the following officers were
elected: Miss Mabel Royce, president;
Miss Betty P. Gibson, vice president;
Miss Mary Pfeiffer, secretary; Miss
Mae M. Davis, assistant secretary, and
Miss Selma E. Allen, treasurer.
As the club became better estab
lished, the plan of the meetings was
enlarged to include speakers from
time to time, but the emphasis re
mained on technical discussions. Co- I
operation, good fellowship, and the
encouragement of efficiency and high
standards among the members are the
objectives of the group. While the
members meet to talk shop and ex
change ideas in the winter months,
during the summer they get together
for picnics and other more frivolous
amusements.
They are particularly proud of the
fact that all of their meetings are
called to order with a gavel, made
especially for the club by a 15-year
old boy, Porter Lane Mattox, jr.
The present officers are: Miss Ethel !
Gass, president: Mrs. Jennings Law
ler, vice president; Miss Emma Bay- j
liss. secretary: Miss Catherine Gal- I
loway. assistant secretary, and Miss
Marie Boyd, treasurer.
* * * *
Prof. H. J. Bruehl of Catholic Uni
versity spoke on the "Language and
Literature of the Flemish" at the
meeting of the Deutcher Literarisher
j Verein, recently at the home of Miss
Anita Schade, president. Miss Ruth
DeJarnette. soprano, sang composi
tions by Bruch and Kaun accompanied
by Malton Boyce.
The Verien is planning a celebra
i tion for May 21, in honor of the 125th
anniversary of the birth of Richard
Wagner.
Miss Schade will speak on Schu
; bert's song cycles today at 5 o'clock
at the "Sunday Music Hour” in the
Y. W. C. A. She will be assisted by
Mrs. Wilhelmine Spanhoofd Walter,
soprano, and Miss Helen Grimes, ac
companist.
* * * *
The Housekeepers’ Alliance is one |
of the most recent of the Washington
women's clubs to indorse the move- !
ment for suffrage in the District of
Columbia. This action was taken last
Tuesday in the club room of the
Hospice of the Volunteers of America.
Mrs. Ellis Logan was appointed to
represent the club on the Nominating
Committee of the Federation. Mrs.
Mary H. Hoar, chairman of philan
thropic work, reported the club had
given 170 bed bags to the patients at
Walter Reed, and the treasurer, Mrs.
Johan Kondrup, reported club dona
tions to the Boys' Club, the Symphony
Orchestra, the Volunteers of America
and the D. C. Penny Art fund. Maj.
H. Mills Eroh was the speaker.
The alliance is presenting its presi
dent, Mrs. Henry Fenno Sawtelle, for
the office of treasurer of the D. C.
Federation. The next meeting will
be held May 16 with Mrs, Frederick
Newburgh, 7105 Chatham road, Chevy
Chase, Md.
♦ * * *
Two linden trees were planted and
dedicated by the Women's Guild of
American University following a meet
ing Tuesday in the women's residence
hall, as a part of the program of
the group for the beautification of the
campus. The principal participants
in the ceremony were Mrs. Mary Logan
Tucker and Mrs. Ida M. Tuve. Mrs.
John Ihlder was the speaker at the
meeting, her subject being "Gardens.”
The luncheon hostesses were: Mrs.
Frank Lathrop, Mrs. George B. Woods,
Mrs. John Bentley, Mrs. Ernest Cher
rington, Mrs. Eugene Anderson, Mrs.
Frederick Davenport, Mrs. Arthur
Fleming and Mrs. P. E. Parks.
* * * *
Members and friends of the Wash
ington Chapter of Hadassah are asked
to bring sheets, sl«e 81x99, or the
equivalent in cash, to the meeting
Tuesday at the Jewish Community
Center. These will be used in the
new Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem.
Every effort is being made by the
chairman, Mrs. Herman Becker, and
the co-chairman, Mrs. Maxwell Hurs
ton, to make this year's drive for
.sheets successful.
An opportunity to pay tribute to
mothers is being offered by the chap
ter. through its Tree Planting Com
mittee, of which Mrs. Samuel Becker
is chairman. For a contribution of
*1.50 a tree will be planted in Pal
estine bearing the name of the person
being honored and a certificate will
be sent to the donor. Special atten
tion is being called to this under
taking now in the hope that many
will honor their mothers in this way
on Mother’s day. May 9.
Mrs. Leopold Freudberg is chair
man and Mrs. Charles Rosenthal is
co-chairman of the Hadassah division
of the United Jewish Appeal cam
paign, May 2 to May 16. Chapter
members are urged to give time and
effort to help in this work.
* * * *
The Kenilworth Ladies’ Guild will
celebrate the 25th anniversary with
a banquet Tuesday at 7 o’clock at
Holbrook Farm*. The program will
Include songs by Mrs. Sidney Wise
man and Mrs. Marie Dewson and a
reading by Mrs. Alberta Cissel.
The speakers will be the following
charter members: Mrs. Grace Parent,
Mrs. Charles Shaw, Mrs. Thomas
Holmes, Mrs. Patrick Dougherty, Mrs.
C. Barber, Mrs. William Clemmer,
Mrs. Samuel Green, Mrs. Bertha
Wright and Mrs. George A. Linge
bach.
Mrs. Parent was the first president
of the guild and Mrs. Lingebach the
first secretary.
The guild was organized primarily
to help needy members of the com
munity. Through the 25 years of its
existence it has continued to work for
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mas. orro hammerlund. mrs. thomas e. neill.
As chairman of the Public Welfare Committee of the D. C. Federation of Women’s Clubs,
Mrs. Hammerlund has arranged the health program to be given tomorrow at the Roosevelt
Hotel. Mrs. Neill is president of the Women’s Auxiliary to the D. C. Medical Association, which
will co-operate xcith the federation in the health meeting— Harris & Ewing and Hessler Photos.
Pen Women Launch
Biennial Convention;
Open Book Fair.
QPENING events of the biennial
convention of the League of
American Pen Women, the authors'
breakfast and the opening of the Book
Fair took place yesterday and today is
being devoted to a round of festivities
for the visitors before the business!
sessions commence, tomorrow morning
at the Willard.
The District of Columbia Branch
of the organization will give a tea
this afternoon honoring Mrs. Phyllis
Fergus Hoyt, national preaident, at
the Grafton Hotel, for the delegates
and visiting Pen Women. The guests
will be received by Miss Marguerite
Merigold, branch president; Mrs.
Hoyt and a number of the officers
of the national and local organiza
tions.
A music and poetry program will
be given at 4 o’clock, when original
poems will be read by Mrs. Joseph
Auslander of this city and several
of the visitors. They are: Mrs.
Francesca Falk Miller of the Northern
Illinois Branch, Mrs. Grace P. Polk
of Miami and Mrs. Laura Grant of
San Francisco. Poems by Mrs. Lillian
Louise Greene of Augusta. Me., will
be read by Mrs. Hester Beall Proven
sen of the Chevy Chase Branch. The
assisting artists will be Miss Evelyn
Randall of Washington, Miss Myrtle
Lindbeck of Jamestown, N. Y.. and
Mrs. Dorothy Radde Emery of Wash
ington.
This evening at 6:30 o'clock there:
will be a buffet supper at the Arts
Club, when the hostesses will be Mrs. I
MRS. MARION NEEDHAM
TAFT,
National auditor of the
League of American Pen
Women and chairman of
tickets for the biennial con- J
vention this meek.
—Nu-Art Studio Photo.
Minnie L. Briggs. Mrs. Ethel B Davis,
Mrs. Florence Everhart and Miss
Josephine Logan. This will be fol
lowed at 8 o'clock by a talk by Mrs.
Grace Thompson Seton, national
award* chairman, on the prizes to
be awarded this week.
Most of the convention events, which
will continue through Thursday, will
take place at the Willard, where the
organization maintains headquarters.
A number of social events have been
planned and there will be a tea each
afternoon and a banquet each of the
first three evenings of the week. Visi
tors and delegates will be received
tomorrow afternoon at the White
House by their most distinguished
member, Mrs. Franklin Delano Roose
velt. Other tea hostesses will be Mrs.
Roberta Campbell Lawson, president
of the General Federation of Women's
Clubs, on Tuesday and the Spanish
Ambassador and Senora de los Rio* on
Wednesday. Special subjects of In
terest to the Pen Women will be
featured at each of the banquets.
* * * *
The Entre Nous Club met Monday
at the Hospice for Girls. Mrs. James
Underwood was the hostess, assisted
by Mrs. Robert McKinley, Mrs. Alger
non Bailey and Mrs. Roy A. Porterfield.
Mrs. Maj E Downey, librarian of the
Constitution Sesqui-Centenmal Com
mission, was the speaker.
A committee was appointed to pre
pare a poster for the annual meeting ,
of the D. C. Federation of Women's
Clubs: Mrs. Miles Trowbridge, Mrs. !
Milliam Walton Badglev, Mrs. P. I. '
Balch and Mrs. William W. Scott.
Mrs Bessie Shelhome was admitted
to club membership.
Uganda Cotton Tax Cut.
To help cotton growers, hit by the
recent fall In prices, the government
of Uganda has reduced the tajc on
the product, which constitutes about
75 per cent of the country'* export*.
Business Women
Complete Plans
For Their Banquet.
lyjRS. ELLEN 8. WOODWARD,
chairman of the Public Rela
tions Committee of the Busineaa and
Professional Women's Club, announced
arrangements completed for the club’s
annual public relations banquet at
7'30 o'clock tomorrow at tl#; May
flower Hotel, with Mrs. Franklin D.
Roosevelt as the guest speaker. It will
be attended by more than 500 men
and women, Including leaders of the
city’s civic and business life, as well
as club women from Baltimore, Alex
andria, Fairfax and Arlington County,
Va.
Besides Mrs. Roosevelt, the honor
guests will include Secretary of Labor
Francis E. Perkins, Senator Hattie W.
Caraway, Representative Mary T.
Norton, Representative Edith Nourse
Rogers, Representative Virginia E.
Jenckes, Representative Caroline
O'Day, Representative Nan W. Honey
man, Civil Cervice Commissioner Lu
cille F. McMlllln, Miss Mary W. Dew
son, Miss Mary Anderson, Commis
sioners Melvin C. Hazen, George E.
Allen and Col. Dan I. Sultan, Mrs.
Henry Grattan Doyle, Edward F. Col
laday, Mrs. Eleanor Patterson, Mrs.
Malvina Schneider, Mrs. James M.
Helm and National Federation Presi
dent Miss Earlene White.
Mrs. Woodward will Introduce the
guests, and Miss Nina Kinsella, pres
ident, will preside. Miss White will I
entend greetings from the National j
Federation, and.there will be a group
of vocal solos by Mrs. Helen Turley, j
with Mrs. Hazel Brown Piers as ac- i
companist.
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Sorority Alumnae
To Hold Meeting.
The Kappa Kappa Gamma Alum
nae Association will meet at the Kappa
Kappa Gama Chapter house at the
University of Maryland April 26 at
6 p.m. Supper reservations may be
made with Mrs. S. R. Newell, 4610
Chesapeake street N.W. Miss Susan
Stover, foreign language instructor
at Bethesda-Chevy Chase Senior High
School, will speak on “Summer Col
lege In Germany.”
Zeta Chapter of Sigma Kappa of
George Washington University and
the Washington Alumnae Chapter of
Sigma Kappa will give a tea this aft
ernoon at the home of Mrs. Lewis B
Rhodes, 1701 Sixteenth street N.W.,
in honor of Mrs. William C. Van
Vleck, president of the Faculty Wom
en's Club of George Washington Uni
versity. and Mrs. Joseph Roe, former
president of the Faculty Women's
Club.
The guest list for the tea includes
members of the Faculty Women's
Club, the presidents and panhellenic
delegates of the sororities belonging
; to the Panhellenic Association of
| Washington, members of the Mothers'
Club of Sigma Kappa, the deans of .
women at American University and !
the University of Maryland, and the ;
patronesses of Sigma Kappa,
The chairman of the Committee on
Arrangements is Miss Helen Carty
Jones. She will be assisted by Mrs.
Lewis B. Rhodes. Mrs. Donald Saun
ders. Miss Virginia Smithson Mrs.
De Witt Bennett and Mrs. John Lee.
In the receiving line, besides the
guests, of honor, will be Mrs. Chatles
Future Meetings of Woman’s Clubs Announced
Community Clubg.
The Woman's Club of Chevy Chase—
International relations section. Tues
day. 10:30 a.m., Presbyterian
Church. Speaker, Dr. W. M. Ge
wehr of American University, "In
ternational Affairs"; Mrs. Edgar
Fowler, leader. German section,
Tuesday, 1 p.m., with Hrs. G. C. Pof
fenbarger, 4620 Norwood drive,
Chevy Chase, Md. Discussion, games
and songs in German. Art section,
Wednesday, 2 p.m., Textile Museum,
2330 S street N.W. Mrs. Henry DeC.
Adams, leader. Nature section,
Thursday, 10 a.m., Chevy Chase
Circle, wildflower walk along Scott
Run. Mrs. Harold C. Bryant, leader.
Social section, party, Thursday, 9
p.m.. Pierce Hall. Junior section in
vited. Hostesses. Mrs. Allan Hager
ty, jr.: Mrs. Frederick G. Hammer,
Mrs. Eugene McLachlan, Mrs. G.
Kibbey Munson, Mrs. Albert R. Merz.
Mrs. Harrison Fitts, leader. Nature
section, Friday, 2 p.m., with Mrs.
Frederick Untiedt, 5625 Grove street,
Maryland. Speaker, Mrs. Parker
Dodge, "Flower Arrangement."
Takoma Park Women's Club—Music
section, Monday, 8:30 p.m., with
Mrs. H. I. Houston, 227 Park avenue,
Takoma Park. Music by the Mando
liers; soloist, Mrs. David Gates. Mrs.
Frank Nickols, chairman. Drama
department, Wednesday. 8 p.m., with
Mrs. J. Warrington Hsft'es, 13 Syca
more street, Takoma Park. Topic,
"The Films Industry.” Mrs. R. D.
Rands, chairman. Assisting host
esses, Mrs. A. B. Jeffries, Mrs. Hugh
M. Smythe. Friday, tour of Takoma
Park gardens by garden section, for
Ways and Means Committee, 3-5
p.m. Open to club members and
guests. Gardens included: Mr. and
Mrs. Frederick L. Pratt, 120 Chest
nut avenue; Mr. and Mrs. Henry E.
Allanson, 124 Chestnut avenue; Mr.
and Mrs. Peter Remson, 126 Chest
nut avenue; Mr. and Mrs. Frederick
C. Dehring, 122 Chestnut avenue;
tea with Mrs. John Quinn, 307 Elm
avenue. Assisting Mrs. Quinn, Mrs.
O. E. Davis, chairman of Ways and
Means Committee.
Park View Womap’s Club—Literature
Committee, Tuesday, 8 p.m., with Mrs.
George Jones, 3670 Park place N.W.
Book reviews, "Bow Down to Wood
and Stone," Josephine Lawrence, re
viewed by Mrs. Claude Sizemore;
"How to Lose Friends and Alienate
People,” I. D. Tressler, reviewed by
Mrs. Pierce Ashburn. Assisting
hostesses, Mrs. George Evans, Mrs.
this objective. It has taken care of
the people of the community so ef
fectively that even In the years of
severe depression there were no calls
upon the Community Chest from that
section.
As the original group contained
representatives of various faiths, it
was decided to make the guild non
sectarian, although at the present
time money is given regularly to the
Kenilworth Presbyterian Church, and
one of the first undertakings of the
group was to assist this church in a
number of ways. One of the principal
contributions to the church has been
the bell and the belfry, dedicated in
December of 1924 as a memorial to
past and present guild members.
The group holds two meetings each
month, with one hour devoted to busi
ness and one to social purposes. The
present officers are: President, Mrs.
Harry K. Kent; first vice president,
Mrs. J. Warde; second vice president,
Mrs. Grace Hurlbutt; recording secre
tary, Mrs. E. Hatswell; financial sec
retary, Mrs. Thomas Gibson; corre
sponding secretary, Mrs. Harvey Lynn,
sod treasurer. Mm. Joseph Brasbears.
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Robert Jonscher, Mrs. Carl Alsop.
Benefit card party, Thursday, 8 p.m.,
War Mothers' Club, 1527 New Hamp
shire avenue N.W. Mrs. W. O. Han
cock, chairman Ways and Means
Committee, in charge.
Petworth Woman's Club—Music sec
tion, Wednesday, 7:45 p.m., with
Mrs. William Van Pelt, 4614 Fourth
street N.W. Program on Debussy,
with Mrs. Walter Bishop in charge.
Assistant hostess, Mrs. William Gie
sey. Art section, Thursday, 12:30
p.m. Petworth M. E. Church. Lunch
eon in charge of Mrs. William King
and committee. Executive Board,
Thursday, 8 p m., with the president,
Mrs. Oscar Nelson, 4025 New Hamp
shire avenue N.W.
Junior Woman's Club of Chevy Chase
-^Sports section, Tuesday, 8 p.m., at
the Tidal Basin boathouse. If weather
is clear; at Silver Spring Skating
Rink in ease of rain. Miss Margery
Griesbauer, chairman. Dramatic
section, Thursday, 8 p.m., with Mrs.
Charles Pentz, chairman, 1342
Twenty-ninth street N.W.
Civic and Study Clubs.
Twentieth Century Club. Literature
Section, Monday, 8 p.m., Y. W. C. A.
Book reviews: "A Journalist's Wife,”
by Lilian Mowrer, reviewed by
Mrs, Joseph Fairbanks; "Marechal
Lyautey,” by Andre Maurois, re
viewed by Mrs. Benjamin Smith.
Art and Nature Sections jointly
Wednesday, noon, country home of
Mrs. William Hurd Hill. Discussion
of old and new glass. Leader, Mrs.
Myrtle Small, speaking on "Amer
ican Pressed Glass." Civic Section,
Wednesday, 10 a m., District Build
ing. Presentation of prizes to two
best workers in each department of
the refuse collection work. Speaker,
Col. Dan Sultan. Mrs. Samuel Her
rick, chairman, presiding, French
Section, Thursday, 2:30 p.m., Y. W.
C. A, Speaker, M. Rene Samson
of the public schools, "Impressions
of a Recent Trip to France.”
Women's City Club—Meetings at the
clubhouse, 736 Jackson place N.W.
Today, 4 p.m., tea honoring candi
dates for election. Hostesses, mem
bers of the Nominating Committee:
MRS. EDNA KNIGHT GASCH,
National parliamentarian of
the League of American Pen
Women, will settle questions
of parliamentary-law arising
at the biennial convention
this week at the Willard. She
has also served as national
first vice president and as
president of the District
league.—Harrfs-Ewing Photo.
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Miss Roberta Tull, chairman; Mrs.
Bessie Packard. Mrs. Aurie B. Allen,
Miss Susan Baker. Mrs. Willimae
Partridge, Mrs. Edmund Kocher
sperger, Mrs. Sydney Jacobs, Miss
Lois Garlock, Miss Jessie Lane, Mrs.
Frances Williams. New members
welcomed by Mrs. Gladys B. Middle
miss and Mrs. Thomas Sherman.
Music section, Mrs. Mary Izant
Couch, chairman, will present Es
telle Baker, soprano, in a group of
songs. Monday, 1:30 p.m., after
noon bridge, Mrs. William McSpar
ren, hostess; 5 p.m., special meeting
of the Board of Directors; • p.m.,
French dinner, Miss Roberta Tull,
hostess: 7 p.m., French class, Mme.
• Felian Garda, Instructor. Tuesday,
11 am., French class; 13 noon,
French luncheon; 5 p.m., current
events, Walter E. Meyer, speaker;
Mrs. Agnes Giles Newman, chair
man. Thursday, 5 pm., French
class. Friday, 1:15 p.m., afternoon
bridge, Mrs. G. B. Hartman, hostess.
Voteless League of Women Voters—
Department of government and
child welfare, Monday, 12:15,
Y. W. C. A. Committee reports
followed by general discussion. Mrs.
Franklin Ryan in charge of arrange
ments. Department of government
and education, Tuesday. Members
will assemble in small groups to visit
various types of schools. Time and
place of meeting to be announced.
American Association of University
Women—Meetings at the clubhouse,
163* I street N.W. Monday, board,
12:30 p.m.; Government and labor
affairs group, 2:*5 p.m.; club tea,
4 p.m. Speaker, Representative
Maury Maverick of Texas; hostess,
Mrs. Lyman Swormstedt. Tuesday,
8:15, evening book review meeting;
‘‘Chanco, a United States Army
Homing Pigeon," by Helen Orr
Watson, reviewed by the author;
Wednesday, social studies group, 11
a.m. Speaker, Dr. Esther Cole
Franklin. Thursday, 11, morning
book review group; 7:45 p.m., art
appreciation group. Saturday, sup
per dance sponsored by the junior
group.
Miietllantout Clubt.
Writers' League, Thursday, 8:15 p.m., 1
Thomson School.
Girls' Friendly Society, Epiphany
Branch, admission and rededlcatlon
service, tonight 8, Epiphany Church,
with Dr. Z. B. Phillips, rector. In
charge. Monday, 7 p.m., classes In
Epiphany Parish House, followed by
short business meeting and a read
ing by Mrs. Margaret McMullen.
Benefit card party for Holiday
House, Saturday, 8:15 p.m., National
Center, 1533 New Hampshire avenue
N.W. Miss Annabel L. Tlllett, dio
cesan treasurer, in charge.
Hadassah Washington Chapter, “sheet
shower,” Tuesday, 2 p.m., Jewish
Community Center. Opening prayer,
Mrs. Edward Ostrow. Speaker, Dr.
Edward Cafritz, "Hadassah Medical
Organization”; musical program.
Study Group on Contemporary
Jewish Literature, Saturday. 2:30
p.m., with Mrs. Samuel M. Dodek,
1016 Sixteenth street N.W., Mrs.
Dodek, leader. Subject, “The Poetry
of Nachman-Bialik.”
Zonta Club, dinner meeting Wednes
day. 6:30 p.m., Grafton Hotel. An
nual met ting and election of officers.
Goodwill Guild, luncheon meeting,
Friday, 1:15, 1218 New Hampshire
avenue N.W. Plans for a spring
fete to raise money for sick em
ployes of the Industries to be dis
cussed. Mrs. Samuel Herrick,
chairman.
Curley Club, Executive Committee,
Continental BoM Monday, JtU
p.m., to plan Tor meeting at the
home of Edward Pospisiel. Study
group Tuesday, 8 p.m., with Miss
Mary Bazzuro, 7401 Alaska avenue
N.W. Club meeting Thursday, 8:15
p.m.. Continental Hotel, to vote
on changes In the constitution.
Dancing and bridge to follow.
Benefit card party Saturday, 8 p.m,
with Miss Denise Blancke, 26 Bry
ant street N.E. Proceeds for club's
scholarship fund. Hostesses, Miss
Blancke, Miss Elizabeth Fair, Miss
Gilda Pace.
MRS. HARRY K. KENT,
President of the Kenilworth
Ladies’ Guild, which will cele
brate the 25th anniversary of
its organization next Tuesday
with a banquet.
—Star Staff Photo.
Krey, District counselor of Sigma |
Kappa in Region IV; Mrs. J. Earl Bas
sett, president of the Washington
Alumnae Chapter of Sigma Kappa,
and Miss Catherine Lapish, president
of Zcta Chapter of Sigma Kappa, j
Assistant hostesses include Mrs. !
Robert Van Sickler, Mrs. John Baker, j
Mrs. Hardy Pearce, Miss Margaret j
Graves from the Alumnae Chapter
and Miss Jean Yocum and Miss Isa
belle Richwine of Zeta Chapter.
The hostesses presiding at the tea
table will be MLss Irene Pistorio, Miss
Leila Hardell, Miss Mary Agnes
Brown, Miss Jeanette Gilbert, Miss
Marian Fowler, Miss Hazel Smallwood,
Miss Barbara Harmon and Miss Alice
Bailey,
Hibernian Visitors.
Miss Teresa Collins, District presi
dent, was hostess Wednesday evening
to visiting juniors of the Ladies’ Aux- j
iliary of the Ancient Order of Hi
bernians from Massachusetts. The
visitors spent the last week in Wash- I
ington with Miss Helen Condrick of j
East Weymouth, Mass., as chaperone.
Miss Collins was assisted in receiving
the guests by other members of the
District Board. A number of pro
spective members of the Junior Aux
iliary, to be organized by the District
vice president June 5, also were pres
ent. Plans are being made for de
gress to be awarded May 15 at the
Mayflower Hotel.
. ■ -• .. —
Delegates Feted.
Fifty young business women from
Camden, Philadelphia, Upper Darby,
Delaware County. Old York Road and
Alexandria Venture Clubs, delegates
to the Eastern conference now being
held, were entertained by the Wash- ,
ington club yesterday at an informal !
dinner and "get-acquainted'* party at
the Lewis Hotel Training School.
They will visit points of interest in
and around Washington this morning
and attend a dinner at the Lafayette
Hotel this afternoon.
Miss Dorothy Hering, president of
the Washington club, will preside at
the dinner and general meeting that
will follow.
Simone's Account Shrinks.
HOLLYWOOD. April 23 0f>>.—Si
mone Simon's protests that her bank
account mysteriously has shrunk
$15,000 to $50,000 sent district at
torneys investigators on a hunt for
the missing money today. The pert
film actress said she has no clues.
Carole Lombard Robbed.
LOS ANGELES, April 23 </P).—
Carole Lombard told police today a
watch given her by Clark Gable was
among $25,000 jewelry atolen from
her home.
Dr. Byrd Will Talk
Dver Station WOL
Dn D. A. R. Program.
[)R. HARRY c. BYRD, president of
the University of Maryland, will
ipeak over Station WOL on the
Daughters of the American Revolu
tion program, April 27, at 11:45 a m.,
>n "National Defense Through Pa
biotic Education." Mrs. J. Prank
Rice is chairman of the D. A. R.
State Radio Committee.
“Why the National Congress of the
Daughters of the American Revolu
tion Is Held During Easter Week" will
be the topic of a talk by Mrs. David D.
Caldwell before the Marcia Burns
Chapter at the home of Miss Mar
garet Barnett Fields. 21 Seventh
street S.E., on April 27. Assisting
hostesses will be Miss S. Helen Fields,
Mrs. W. Franklin Craig and Mrs.
Margaret Craig Marsh.
Continental Chapter will meet at
the home of Mrs. Claude Thigpen,
3806 Livingston street N.W., tomor
row, at 8 p m. Miss Alice Graham,
Mrs. Hazel K. Hoggett and Miss Al
berta Williams will assist the hostess.
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