The Washington herald., 1915-02-04
Ole Gown Gr,er

The Sophomore Class of George
town College held a banquet at the
PoWhatan last night in honor of the
passing Of the midyear examinations
National Capital Chapter, No. e.
National Association of Stenotyplsts
will hold a social evening on the
third floor of the Perpetual Building
at s o'clock tonight.
Prof. J. Z. Metzger, supervisor OF
agriculture instruction in Maryland
high schools, last night addressed the
Berwyn Home and School Association
telling how home and school can CO.
operate for benefit OF pupils.
Miss Isabel Buchanan, prominent
soprano of Philadelphia, delivered a
number of selections at a concert of
the Evening Chorus OF the Mount
Pleasant Congregational Church in the
church hall last night.
"The Worlds Greatest BrIdEeso WINS
the subject of an illustrated lecture
delivered to the members of the Co.'S
mos Club by Henry s. Jacoby, pro-
fessor of bridge engineering at Cor
nell University. last night.
COwen's cantatH, ''The Rose Maiden -
was rendered by a chorus of seventy
voices in the First CONGREGATIONAL
Church last night. The proceeds of
the concert are to go to the choir
| fund.
Representative Bryan, of washing
ton, will address the Anthony League
at the residence of Mrs. Nanette B.
Paul, 20O7 Columbia road, tonight. His
subject will be the influence Of women
in governmental affairs.
Members of the Brightwood Park
Citizens Association called on w. s.
Ayers, former president of their as
sociation, last light to congratulate
| him on his appointment as chief clerk
of the Interior Department.
Nine. MOuntford, of Jerusalem, will
speak on The Salt OF the Earth and
the Lost Piece OF Silver at Union
Methodist Chruch. Twentieth street and
Pennsylvania avenue northwest, this
evening at o'clock. The meeting
will be open to the public.
The gold medal offered by the Sons
of the Revolution to the student or
Washington public school who
would write the best essay on The
course of events leading up to the
surrender of Yorktown" has been won
by Walter S. Smoot. of Central High
School.
"Trust Companies" is the subject
of lecture to be delivered by Cor
coran Thorn. vice president of the
American Security and Trust Com
pany, before the Washington Chapter
OF the American Institute of Banking
at 1914 F street tonight. The public
is invited.
Observing their hfth anniversary,
the Girls Friendly Society of the
Church of the Nativity gathered In
the parish hall of the church Tues
day evening and gave an interesting
program, after which the guests were
served with refreshments. This was
followed by dancing.
There will be a meeting of the
California State Association at the
Raleigh tonight to discuss the Pan
ama-Pacific Exposition. Members of
the California delegation ineCongress
and other prominent Californians In
Washington will deliver addresses.
There will be a musical and literary
entertainment.
The delegate from the Chevy Chase
Citizens Association to the FederaItno
of Citizens Association was instructed.
at a meeting of the association last
night. to support the Borland Housing
bill, which provides for an appropria-
tion to erect dwellings for the in
mates Of Washington's alleys, who will
BE- driven from their homes when the
alley bill goes into effect.
The Dyer bill, providing for an ap-
preparation of not more than $1,75O,OO0
for a new National Guard armory,
practically was killed for the pres
ent yesterday when the Committee on
Public Buildings and Grounds refused
to report it. 1t was planned to erect
the new armory in the mall, between
Twelfth and Fourteenth streets. near B.
District Donation Week" IL the Of
fetal title that has been given to the
movement started by group of
Washington women, which is to set
aside the first week of Lent to spe
cial efforts in collecting funds for
District charities. This announce
ment was made yesterday by Mrs.
Ellis Logan, one of the authors or
the movement.
Work for the relief of BeIginns by
the District Belgian relief committee
is being continued. Mrs. John A.
Logan, chairman, said yesterday, in
spite of the removal of the Offices or
the committee from the Real Estate
Trust Company building. The activi- |
ties of the committee will be con-
tinued at Mrs. Logan's home. 1898 |
street northwest.
c. J. Blanchard, statistIcIan of the |
service, last SQight lee
tured on The Romance of the |
before 800 pupils, teach |
ers and visitors at Washington Mis-
College, Takoma Park, D. c. |
He showed two reels of moving pic
lures, taking his hearers, as he de-
scribed it, ION a journey of 1900
miles through the West in one hour
and twenty minutes" Mr.. Blanchard