Evening star., 1915-01-10
COLORED FOLKS BALL
FOR BELGIAN RELIEF
Big Doings at Convention Hall Fri
day Evening to Show Sympathy
for Distressed Nation.

Colored citizens of Washington and a
number of their Baltimore friends are
| to hold a reception and ball in Conven-
| ton Hall from s pm. to am Friday
evening, for the benefit Of the Belgian
relief fund Leon s. Wormley is chair
man of the general subcommittee of the
| District relief committee, of which Mrs.
! John A Logan is chairman.
Committees working for the success of
the reception are:
Executive-Judge Robert Terrell. chair
man: Dr. c. w. Childs. Mrs. Julia NJ.
Layton. Walter Pinchback, William Calvin
Chase. ST.. Mrs. George W. Cook, DR.. c.
Sumner Wormley, Mrs. A. H. Glenn, Ira
Wright, Mrs. B. K Bruce. John S. John
son, DIR. ]. c. Norwood, James c. Burl.
DR.. ]. H. n. Waring, Robert Harlan,
Miss NJ p shadd,. Arthur Newman, J.
r. Anderson. j. Clay Smith, Lieut..
Thomas II. r. Clarke, r. r. Horner.
Thomas l.. Jones, A. ". Scott and A. w.
J Gray.
Finance-Dr. George Babaniss, chair
man; Neval Thomas, secretary: DR..
James T. Walker, treasurer: Mrs Bessie
B. Anderson. Mrs. Roscoe Bruce, Mrs.
Mary Church Terrell, William Fl. Haines,
Roscoe Bruce, f. c. Williams, w. S.
Montgomery. n. E. Weatherless, Ferdinand
SON.. n. P Slaughter. James A. Cobb, 7.
Moria Saunders, Mrs. F. u. Lee, r. w.
Woodson and W. ]. Blake.
Decoration-Jessie Powell, chairman
Mrs. W. Williams, Mrs. A. F. Albert,
Mrs. Lucius Belcher, Mrs. Merriam
Hayson, Mrs. Leon S. Wormley, Mrs.
Robert G. Mcclure, Mrs. Franklin
Chi1ds, Mrs. w. Calvin Chase, jr.: Mrs.
Mason Winston, Oswald Burke, G. Lu-
ther Sadgwar, Mrs. q. Luther Sadgwar
a M
Public comfort-F. Preston Williams,
chairman; w. S Hall, William r.
Wicks, DIR. Harry Clarke. E. W. Bundy.
Or. Ernest Hardy. DR.. Henry Hardy,
Richard L. Milton, Steven Dorsey,
Charles Brown. William A. Wallace
and w. H. C. Chase.
Floor-Dr. H. S. Pope. chairman; !;
George c. Lee, G. Sylvesta Davis. Rob
ert G. Mcclure, Francis spriggs. War
rem Woodland. Leonard Tate, Chester
Dodson, Alonza Collins, Eugene Ran
dali. Sheppard Gray
Music-Andrew Thomas. chairman;
Henry L. Grant, Ernest Amos, Franklin
Williams. Prof. John 7. Layton. Miss
Beatrice Chase. Miss Lola johnson,
Edward Hansbrough.
Reception-Maj. Arthur Brooks chair
man: DR.. A. J. Pride, DR.: Lucy Moten,
David Vawter. Samuel Keyes, Miss G.
b. AIaxfield, John S. George, William
H. Cowan, Miss r. E. Bell. G. Smith
Wormley, Miss Ida V. Plummer, w. G.
Williams.
Publicity. Finley Wilson, chair
man; Alexander S. Richardson. ]. C. L.
Thompson, John F. Rhine. James
Waters. David Gilpin. Charles L.
Barnes. George II. Murray, J. E. John
son.
Refershment committee-Charles F.
y. Brown, chairman: W. S. Duffield, w.
w. Martin. Mrs. Eliza Lyons, Mrs
Laura Buck, Mrs Sarah Barton, Miss
Eva Chase. Mrs. Hattie Ewing. Mrs.
Sarah Wormley. Armstead Jones. Anna
r. Wallace, Miss E. J. Scott, w. w.
Wingfield and Miss Narcissa Beall.
Committee on order-Sergt. Mingo
Saunders. Sergt. John Buck, W. W.
Hall, Harry Becky, Maj. James
Walker. Judge Hall, Capt. c. c. c.
Davis, Charles P. Thompson and I. N.
Scott.
Printing committee William Calvin
Chase, jr.. chairman: F. Morris MUIR
ray, Charles T. Terry. Thomas F.
Harper and Samuel Compton.