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10 CLUBWOMEN PLAN REVIEW OF BOOKS By MARY PADGETT Members of the Women’s City Club will gather for a luncheon Saturday which will be spon sored jointly by the book hour and the book review sections. It will be held at 1:15 o’clock in the clubhouse, 736 Jackson Pl. N. W. Miss Alice Hutchins Drake will be the speaker, her subject being “Our Christmas Vocabulary.” Miss Sybil Baker will entertain with readings. Also, for the luncheon, a musical program has been arranged by Mrs. Mary Izant Couch, music chairman. Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley, presi dent of the club, will preside at a business meeting tonight at 8 o’clock in the clubhouse. Club members will be con ducted through the Corcoran Gallery of Art on Saturday aft ernoon, December 12, at 2:30 o’clock, by Jeremiah O’Connor, a member of the staff of the gal lery. Paintings by two Washingto nians, Mary D. Dawson and Adelia D. Bauer, are on exhibit at the clubhouse and will remain until Saturday. The next exhibit will be from the creative art group of the Arlington Woman’s Club, of which Mrs. Cherry Ford White is the chairman. The International Relations study group of the Washington Branch. American Association of University Women, is discussing events of outstanding interna tional Interest at each of the meet ings. There will be a meeting of the group Monday at the club house, 1634 I St. N. W„ and the topic will be on the civil war in Spain. Leaders In the discussions will be Mrs. G. A. Charter Heslep, who will review the Spanish revolution of 1820 and its effect on the policies of other nations; Miss Mabel B. Hiatt, who will discuss the Spanish republic, 1931-1936, and Mrs. L. J. Millard, who will give a talk on the “Neutrality Policy of the Powers Toward the Civil War in Spain.” Miss Lavenia Engle, a member of the education department of the Social Security Board, will be the guest of honor and speaker at a meeting of the Washington Chapter, Alumnae Association of the Women’s College of the Uni versity of North Carolina, tomor row night at 8 o’clock, at 1634 I St. N. W. Theta Chapter. Phi Gamma Pi Sorority, will hold a card party and dance tonight at the Burlington Hotel. Arrangements for the party were in charge of Miss Esther Kronman. At the recent annual tea of the grand council of Lambda Sigma Delta Sorority, Mrs. Margaret Buy nitzky Axtell, past grand president, was presented with an honorary life membership, the first member ship of its kind to be granted any person in the sorority. Arrangements are being made by Continental Chapter, D. A. R., for a "national defense” dinner to be held January 19 at the Y. W. C, A. Mrs. H. E. Middleton is re gent of the chapter. LIBERAL ===l Rand rgeously Furred OATSd tattariny rtyiw* .. . awwst affwefs • • • «st. amal. Mode S; md p4a<rty of Kelly BfrSijy IwKwWw irwem. TED, "SWING" ESSES I <9B lor every occa> rour wardrobe. ■ayytyT J* J 4,1 E Open Evenings Until Xmas — T«f«pAon« Dlttrict 7000 CLUB CALENDAR TODAY Sacred Heart of Mary Alumnae Association—Annual card party, 8:30 p. m., Hamilton Hotel. Ladies Sodality of the Church of St. Thomas Apostle—Annual card party, 8 p. m., Wardman Park. Marietta Park Woman’s Club — Luncheon sponsored by Philan thropic chairman, Fairfax Hotel. Wednesday Woman’s Club—Pro gram of readings by Adelaide Hub bard, tea, 3:30 p. m., 614 E St. N. W, Industrial and Nationality Groups of the Y. W. C. A.—Meet ing to organize an International Club, 8 p. m.; practice bridge group, meeting at 7:15 p. m.; i Xenos Club, business meeting and ; supper at 6:15 p, m., “Y” head quarters. Women’s City Club —Business meeting, 8 p. m., 736 Jackson Pl. N. W. Delta Sigma Chapter, Sigma Phi Gamma International Soror ity-Meeting. home of Ruth Willis Connerty, Tilden Garden Apart ments. Frances Scott Chapter, D. A. R. Benefit card party, Shoreham. Soroptimist Club—Luncheon, 1 p. m., Willard Hotel. TOMORROW Women’s Alliance of All Souls’ Unitarian Church — Annua 1 bazaar; turkey dinner and pag eant in evening, Parish Hall, Six teenth and Harvard Sts. N. W. D. C. Tag Sales Lagging; Hints Os Rush Washington automobile owners are lagging in the purchase of 1937 automobile tags, and unless sales greatly increase in the next few days. Director of Vehicles and Traffic William A. Van Duzer says a last-minute rush is inevitable. Today marked the third day of counter sales, and when the bu reau closed yesterday only 7,900 of the 10,000 tags planned to be sold by the second day had passed over the counters. With approximately 140,000 li cense plates to be issued to auto owners in the District by Decem ber 31, the tag office opened Mon day with expectations of distribut ing 5,000 plates per day. Records today show that 4,000 were sold Monday, and yesterday the sum dropped below 3,900. [Muj Ree Lees gays ) ( Jugt take two teaspoonfuli of Capudlne In a little water. * A,most before you realize It the headache has eased away and you are comfortable again. Pleasant to take. No narcotics. Equally effective for neuralgic and other pains due to functional causes. CAPUDINE 2-HEADACHE Sewing Club of the Ladies Aux iliary of the D. C. Fire Depart ment—Meeting, 10 a. m. to 4 p. m., Children’s Hospital. Women’s City Club — French class, 5 p. m., 736 Jackson Pl. N. W. Blue Triangle Club—Supper, gym class, business meeting, 6:15 p. m„ “Y” headquarters. Soroptimist Club —Board meet ing, 8 p. m., Willard Hotel. will r W7MTB®'WTBKBPB'TB® IBW OX EASY terms ... at THE HUB I , / IHI 'IIS J I No Money Down! 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During the Christmas season the new post office will remain open from 8 a. m. until 8:30 p. m., including Saturdays. INMAN SPEAKS TO VETS ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2.—Ed ward K. Inman, national council man representing the departments of Maryland, the District of Co lumbia, West Virginia and Vir ginia. addressed the sixteenth an niversary meeting of the Russell Mitchell Post, No. 609, Veterans of Foreign Wars, here yesterday eve ning, in Eagles Hall on King Street, at 8 o’clock. Alexandria’s post of the V. F. W. was first organized in December of 1920, became inactive after three years’ existence, but was re established in May of 1934, and is now considered one of the strong est units in the State. Included in the first charter is sued in 1920 were the names of 35 charter members, while the char ter Issued in 1934 contained a total of 70 charter members. John Duncan, commander of the local post, presided at the meeting here last night. 7*«7«/>Aon< Dhtrict 7000 Scaffold Breaks; Two Receive Hurts Two Washington men were in Casualty Hospital last night—one in serious condition —as a result of injuries received when they fell 20 feet from a broken scaf fold at Waldorf, Md. Riley Frail, 18, of 3017 Dumbarton Ave. N. W., received a possible fracture of the thigh. Sidney Morris, 24, of 4611 River Rd. N. W„ suffered a broken arm. 3 GENERATIONS OF CASH VALUES IN WASHINGTON JMul J E WEARY SHOPS 618 i 5 th St. * 6IJ P>» St. ».W