The Washington herald., 1914-04-12
Hospital to Give Dance

The Washington Eye, Ear and Throat
| Hospital will give its first annual ball
on Friday, at Rauscher's. The Wash
| ington Eye. Ear and Throat Hospital
located at No. Iowa Circle. in the build
| ing known as the old Logan home"
was founded and incorporated on May
! I. 1913 II is nOnsectarian and is kept up
by donations and fees received. During
\ the first six months of its incorporation
| it has had lS7 clinic cases. l.526 clinic
visits. eighty-eiGht operate thirteen
double operations and thirty-one charity
operations. and the last six months
shows decided gain. II is the especial
desire of the founders of the institute
| to care for those patients who are abso-
lutely without FUNDS To this end a free
clinic will be held daily. except Sundays
and holidays. at o'clock. and when
necessary, such patients will be taken
into the hospital and receive care and
treatment free.
The present officers Of the hospital are
Rev. Forest J. Prettyman, chaplain of
the United States Senate president:
Drs. Oscar Wilkinson. Oliver Z. Emery,
and Messrs. Wallace Streater. and Ed
mund Wolf, vice presidents: Mr.. William
Mcneil. chief of accounts, War Depart
ment. treasurer. and Mr.. Joseph T. X.
Plant. secretary.
The medical staff consists of some of
the best physicians in the District the
clinical stafr being DR.. Oscar Wilkinson
as executive. and Drs. T. II. Poole O. H
COumbe. E T. Stephenson. Murray Rus
sell. l. b. Hunt. s. Royce Pole. The bac-
teriologist is DR.. o. c. Cox. The con-
sulting staff consists of Drs. W. P. Carr.
&. :. White. II. L. Taylor Philip Roy
Charles r. Luce and w. NJ Barton: dem
fists. Drs. William Simkins and w NJ
Simkins. Anaesthetists. Drs Thomas
Lowe and 4. l.. Hunt
On the board of governors are many
among Washington's best known busi-
ness men. The officers Of the board of
lady managers are Mrs Champ Clark
honorary president: Mrs. Oscar Wilkin-
son. president: Mrs. II. 5. Irwin. record
ing secretary: Mrs. l. B. Hunt. treasurer:
Mrs George Wallace. financial secretary.
and Mrs. Ambrose Timberlake. CORE
spending secretary
The hall is given 10 raise funds for
the treating of charity cases and it isI
hoped that a larg sum will be raised.
The ball committee consists of the fol-
lowing members of the board of govern
ors: Mr.. r. E. Peterson. chairman: Mr. ,
y. Landon BurcheII, Or. o. F Emery. |
DIR. l. b. Hunt. Mr.. John R. Mahoney. |
Mr.. William McNeir. Mr.. Joseph T X |
Plant and DIR. Oscar Wilkinson.
Miss Eleanor Loeb. of Columbia road !
has returned to her home after a three !
weeks visit to Braddock Heights. Md.
The dance to be given by Robert F. |
Lee Chapter at Hotel Raleigh. April Is. /
promises To be most successful as a social |
feature of the Easter season. The dancers |
will enjoy the music furnished by the |
Engineers Band The guests will be re-
reived by Mrs. Eugenia Yea Rollins. |
president of the chapter. assisted by Mrs |
Stephen Harrison Ford. Mrs. Ellen
Mrs. Walter F. Hutton. Mrs.
R. Z. VoIIand. Miss Isabel Sinclair. and
Mrs. James f. Mulcare. The patronesses
are Mrs George Dewey. Mrs. Claude
Sw ansOn. Miss Jane Riggs. Mrs. Frank
Hagner. Mrs Marcus Wright. Mrs. Lou;s
Bennett. Miss Mamie Randolph Hath.
Mrs. G. LawtOn. Mrs. James W. Wrenn,
Mrs. Magnus Thompson. Mrs Elisha
Neridith Mrs. Bell Riley. Mrs. John
Hickey. Miss Caroline Longfellow. Mrs
Frank P. Harman, and Mrs. Harriet T.
Graves.
The floor committee will be in charge
# Mr.. Claude Bennett. assisted by Mr
Price.
The Collegiate Club has made prepara-
ions for a soiree dramatique ct dan
'ante at the Playhouse, Thursday. April
%. Two playlets are to be presented
hat evening. One is entitled The New
deal" and the other AN Incident from
les Miserables.'
THE New Ideal was written by Mr.
selig Colman Brez, a member of the or
sanization. Rehearsals are we'll under .
way and an unusually splendid produc-
ion is promised by members of the or ,
;anization.
The plays will be followed by dan
ante, at which many new features will
'e innovated. The list of patrons and .
atronesses has as yet not been pub
shed, but il will include some of the !
most prominent members of Washington
ociety.
Miss Margaret T. Waters. of Denver.
'olo.. arrived here Friday to participate +
n the marriage o. her cousin. Miss The :
csa Waters, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs :
ohm .. Waters, Of Rock Creek Church