Evening star., 1913-03-12
HOME FOR VETERANS
Southern Relief Society to Aid
INDECENT Confederates.
OPENS MIDDLE OF APRIL
Furniture for Five Rooms Donated,
One Being by Mrs. Dewey, Wife
of Admiral Of Navy.

The Southern Relief Home for INDECENT
Confederate. veterans and their wives or
WIDOWS will be opened about April Is at
1918 31st street northwest by the South
ern Keller Society. At a meeting of the
society last night in the New Willard
Hotel final arrangements were made for
leasing the property and plans made for
furnishing the home
1t was announced that already the fur
niture for five rooms i'm the home had
been donated. Mrs. George Dewey wife
of the admiral Of the navy, has given
the furniture for one room in memory of
her mother, the late Mrs. Washington
Mclean. Mrs Lawrence H. Quirollo, Mrs.
Leonard T. Hoffman,, Mrs. Frank En-
inert and Mrs. John Dyer have also con-
tributed furniture for various room at
the home. 1t is expected that the fur
niture for the other rooms will be forth
coming also. In addition to the furniture
given to the home many other articles
have been donated. The house which
has been leased for the home has four
teen rooms and will accommodate twenty
persons.
Miss Mamie Randolph Heth, president
of the society, presided. Reports were
made showing that the net receipts from
the Southern Relief ball this winter were
ceipts last year. One-half of this sum
was voted to lease the home which is to
be opened by the society. Resolutions of
thanks for the fine work done by Miss
nection with the Southern Relief ball We're
adopted Miss Heth was personally re-
sronsible, it was announced, for bringing
in $500 of the receipts. Mrs. Chisholm
was chairman of the committee on ar
rangements
Veterans Cared for During Year.
Reports were made by Mrs. Lawrence
H. Quirollo, recording secretary Of the So
ciety; Mrs. George Covington, chairman
of the committee on relief. and James T.
Petty, chairman Of the veterans commit
tee on relief Mrs. Covington announced
that thirty-five poor veterans, their wives
or widows had been cared for regularly
during the year by the society, and that
many others had received temporary aid.
Eighteen nominations for trustees Of the
society were made. Eleven of these are
to be elected at the next meeting. The
names of the nominees were not made
public
The Confederate veterans were repre-
sented at the meeting last night by Com
mander Thomas w. Hungerford of the
local camp Of veterans; Adjt H II.
Denny and James T. Petty of the same
camp.
Mr.. Petty spoke in high praise of the
work which the Southern Relief Society
is doing to aid needy Confederate vet
Grams and their families.
Condemns Modern Dances.
Mrs. Sally Halsey Of Lynchbufg, Va,
sister of the late Senator Daniel, spoke
in condemnation of the turkey trot," the
grizzly bear and other modern dances
as immoral and indecent, and urged that
they be prohibited at the balls given by
the Southern Relief Society. She ad-
vocated return to the stately and grace
full dances of the days Of Washington.
Il tell you, ladies'" she said, that 1t
IS a mistake for this society to permit
dances of this character to appear on
the programs of our annual dances. /
plead with you women to aid me In an
effort to have such dances forever barred
from our annual balls, and to substitute
for t1lem> the stately minuet and other
dances of the time Of George Washing
ton"
Although none of the members was
willing to discuss the question after the
meeting, it is known that the views ex-
pressed by Mrs. Halsey are those held
by Miss Heth, president Of the society.