Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-11
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Society Girls Enlist to Sell Red
Cross Seals.
STORES AND BANKS TO AID
Masons to Place Wreaths on Wash
ington's Tomb-City Council
= to Meet Tuesday.
STORES AND BANKS TO AID
Special Correspondence OF The Star.

Special Correspondence OF The STAR
ALEXANDRIA. Va, December 10, 1910.
Thirty young society women of this city
will. beginning Monday morning next
confront the shoppers of Alexandria in
various stores, banks and other business
places behind booths where Red Cross
seals will be en- sale. This campaign will
be waged until Christmas eve and the
affair will be under the auspices of the
anti-tuberculosis society of this city
The young ladies have arranged to al
ternate, each working about three days
out of each week, and all who are pro
noting the work feel satisfied that there
will be a liberal response on the part of
the residents of this city.
The seals are to be sold at 1 cent
each. Last year they We're sold in the
! stores without special effort and about
$50 was realized as result. The COM
mittee in charge expects to accumulate
about twice that amount this year by
| having the seals on sale in the booths.
The following is a list of the places
where booths will be erected for the sale
or seals: City post office. Burke & Her.
berts banking house. Citizens National
Bank, Edgar Warfeld's. Swan Brothers,
Brawner Brothers. Richard Gibson and
| z l.. Allen & COMPANY
Wreaths for Washington's Tomb.
Following an annual custom, Alexandria
| Washington Lodge of Masons will We'd
nesday next, place a memorial wreath on
Washington's tomb in commemoration of
the 111th anniversary of Washngton's
death. A suitable memorial wreath will
also be placed on his tomb at the same
| time by Fredericksburg Lodge, No i, it
also beng an annual custom with that
| lodge. The wreaths will be taken to
| Mount Vernon by a special committee
| from Alexandria Washington Lodge ac-
companied by a committee from the
Fredericksburg Lodge.
Stranger Gets Watch by Trick.
An old trick worked here only few
weeks ago was again put into operation
tonight, when a strange man sent d
youth to the residence of William J. Cos
sabone. 3G7 North Patrick street, and told
him to say to Mrs. Cossabone that her
husband had sent for his watch The
tlmeplece was given to the lad, who turn
ed it over to the stranger. and the police
are hunting for the stranger. 1t is stated
the watch was not an expensive one.
City Council to Meet.
A large volume of routine business will
come up for consideration at a meeting
of the city council which will be held
Tuesday night next. Among the things
to be. considered are a number of ap-
preparations for. street improvements
Many appropriations. for this purpose
have already recently been made by
council, but owing to the bad weather
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accomplished. Most of the work, unless
urgent, will doubtless be postponed until
next spring.
Council will be asked, it is understood,
for an appropriation of $3.50 to pay for
fire engine horses already purchased by
the board of fire wardens. At the last
meeting of council the fire wardens asked
for an appropriation of $GCO for the pur-
chase. Ihe matter was referred and
since then the horses have been procured.
Alleges he Was Assaulted.
Herbert Davis. colored about thirty
years old. was taken to the Alexandria
Hospital in an ambulance early tonight
suffering from an ugly cut over the nose.
He claimed he had been assaulted at the
Union railway station by another colored
man. His injuries, which are not seri
Gus, were dressed by DIR. w. NJ Smith.
A report of the affair was made to the
police, who are investigating. Davis is
from Cherry Hill. Va.
Confirmation Services.
Bishop Arthur s. Lloyd will preach and
confirm a class at Christ P. E. Church
tomorrow morning. At st. PauIs p. E.
Church tomorrow morning Bishop A.
M. Randolph will conduct ordination
services and preach at night. John Lewis
Tracv CSihhC E,-ir ~,
who formerly resided at Lexington Va,
will be ordained as deacon by the bishop.
Rev. F. j. Prettyman, presiding elder OF
Washington district, Will preach tomor-
Church South. There will be no sery-
ices at the Emmanuel Lutheran Church
Resident clergy will occupy the pulpits
in the other churches.
But Two Survivors,
Tomorrow will mark the sixty-fourth
anniversary of the organization Of
military company in this city for the
Mexican war. it having been formed
December II, 1916. The company was
escorted by local band as far as Rich
mond. Amos Fisher of this city is the
sole survivor of that company. and Will.
liam II. Phillips is the only living mem
Der of the band mentioned. -,..-.....-
sales or Realty.
The Wilton farm west of this city, in
Fairfax county, was sold at public auc-
ton today by Capt. r. F. knox, auction
eer, and purchased by Frank l.. 'Balen-
ger of this city for $4,1O0. The farm con-
tains 1123 acres and was formerly the
home of the late Anne Frobel The prop
erty was sold by Eugene Z. Taylor and
L. II. Machen, commissioners of sale in
the chancery cause of Wright and others
against Armistead and others, pending
in the circuit court for Fairfax county.
A house and Let on the west side of
Columbus street. between Wolfe and
Wilkes streets was also sold at auction
today by Capt. Knox fer T. J. Fannon
and j. X. NJ. Norton, commissioners.
and purchased by the Mercantile Railway
Building and Loan Association. The
price paid was 1915.
Among the Churches.
Many Sunday schools in this city are
just now arranging for the Christmas
celebrations, and at several elaborate
programs will be given. Many have