The Washington times., 1914-05-04
City News Notes

|City News Notes
9. Stuart Erodock. Of this city. di-
r,cted the children of the Iiydtt5Ville
public school in presentation 1
scenes from Dickens works on SatuT-
day for the benefit OF the school.
Among those who took part were Grace
keegin. Esther Rush. Leila Duetz.
Charles Hays. DouE'as Davis, NirSnla
Nixon, Wister Morris Parish. Josephine
fullcl, Stella Mcfarland. Victor an
loren, ErTestine GiaChetti, Dorotn,
Gait. and Ethel Gwynn.
William ID. Mackenzie and David Ec-
cles we're the debaterS before the meet
ing of the Secular League of Washing
ton in Pythian Temple Yesterday. The
teachings of Christ and their influence
upon character and civilization were
taken as the basis of argument. \. B.
Johnson. II. r. BoyntOn. John d. Brad
ley, and Mrs. Allen also spoke. Percy
II. Skinner is announced as the speak
er at the next meeting. HIS subject
will be Economic Deterninism."
The Y W. c. a. at Buenos Aires"
was the subject of lecture given at
the Vesrer service of the Y. w. {. A.
Yesterday afternoon. by Miss Mar l..
Thomas. secretary OF the only y. W.
c. \. in South America.
All members of the California State
Association and former residents of
the State are invited to an entertain
ment. including musicale and liter
AIRY program. to be given by the asso-
cation at McCord's Cafe. 9I9 r street
northwest, Tuesday evening at s
o'clock.
S. NJ. Fabian probably will succeed
Sydney Lloyd Wrightson as president
of the vocal department Of the Wash
ington College of Music. Mr.. Wright
sons resignation was recently an
nourced.
DR.. c. F. Winbigler will address the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
this evening on The Psychology of
Prayer"
Mrs. Champ Clark Will speak this
afternoon at the Cairo at an exhibit of
curios. given by Miss y. Lovica White
for the benefit of the District of CO.
lumbia Woman's Suffrage Association.
The fo"ty-ffth Anniversary of the
founding Of Pentalpha Lodge No. %.
+. and a. NJ. will be celebrated tonight
with an entertainment supper and
dance at the New Willard. T. John
Newton, past master OF the District
Grand Lodge of Masons, will deliver an
address.
The exhibit of bronze ard marble
statues by Prince Troubetzlioy the Rus
sion sculptor. will be fe;d at the Cor
cOran Gallery of Art beginning today
and continuing until May II.
Games. speeches. and songs formed
the greater part of the program of the
fifty members of the Young Women's
Hebrew Association. who took their
first outing of the season at Great Falls
yesterday.
Commissioner CT Education p. ?. ClaX-
ton is announced as the speaker at the
meeting of the District Teachers Asso-
citation, tonight at 80 o'clock at the
Charles Sumner School.
The Western High School Alumni As
sociation will meet tomorrow night at
O'Clock, at the j. Ormond Wilson Nor
NAL School. to institute plans to replace
the decorations burned recently. Sew
eral hundred dollars worth of pictures,
the gifts of various graduating classes
were destroyed. Miss Alberta Walker,
vice president of the association, will pre-
side.
The boy choir of the National Cathe-
dral of SIS. Peter and Paul. under the
direction of Edgar Priest, organist and
choirmaster. will give musicale tomor-
row night at s o'clock. in the cathedral
Admission is strictly by invitation. The
members of the choir are boys attending
the National Cathedral School for Boys
a new trial was granted to James
{. Fontaine by the Court of Appeals
today in his suit against the Washing
ton Railway and Electrict Company for
damages. The court held that impeaCh
ing testimony prejudiced the plaintiff.