The Washington herald., 1916-03-31
SOCIETY ENJOYS
BENEFIT AFFAIR
Mountain Youths Will Be Edu-
Gated with $1,000 Raised
at Dansant.
EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS
Flowers from White House and Florists
Are Given as Souvenirs for
Best Gard Players.

Both from a social and financial view
point, tine benefit card party and dan
SAINT given by the Association for Indus
trial Education in the Mountains of Vir-
ginia. at Rauscher's yesterday afternoon,
was a marked success. exceeding the ex-
pectations of those in charge.
The afternoon. from to 5 o'clock. was
devoted to card playing. At i p. m. the
dansant started and was enjoyed until Z
O'Clock. The receipts for the afternoon
were approximately 5000.
Among those present were Mrs. and
Miss Boiling, Mrs. Senator Thomas, Mrs.
Senator Reed. Mrs. Justice CovingtOn
Mrs. Justice Robb, Mrs HOwry, Mrs
Senator MARITIME. Mrs. Cummings. Mrs
TowReT. Mrs. Watson. Mrs Dent. Mrs
Dunn. wife Of Representative Dunn. of
New York; Mrs. Britton, Mrs. John E
Osborne. Mrs. Folk. wife of former Gov.
Folk, of Missouri; Mrs. l.. H. Quirfflo
Miss Mamie r. Heath. Mrs Richard
Ewell Thornton. Mrs. Roberts. Mrs
Gorsas. wife of Surgeon General Gorgas;
Mrs. Wood. wife Of Gen. Wood: Mrs p
DevereuN Johnston. Miss Flora Wilson,
Mrs. Gen. Barnett Mrs. Robert Russell
Mrs. John Joy Edison. Mrs 70 Sweeney.
Mrs. Samuel Graham. Mrs Charles B.
HOwry. Mrs Walter Wells. Mrs Victor
Kaufman. Mrs. Copley. Miss Agnes Hart
Wilson. Miss Bagley, Countess SpOtts-
wOod-Mackin, Mrs. Robinson. Miss Hat
tie Bowie. Mrs. Byron Anthony. Mrs
Arthur Anthony. Miss Edna Anthony
Mrs. Gordon Lee. Mrs. H. H.
Royal, Mrs. Charles Gilbert. Mrs Elisha
f. Meredith. Mrs G. W. Taylor. Mrs.
Bassett, Miss BaEEett. Mrs Theobold.
Miss Emily Chase. Mrs. John Southgate
Tucker. Mrs. p. J. Rammage. Miss
Blanche Baker Mrs Pryor. Miss Leonora
Preston. Miss Emily Fair. Mrs. T. Tur-
ner Smith, Miss Nancy Washington
Weeks, Mrs Archibald Hall Miss Bessie
Johnson. Mrs. Burnett Mrs William
caches, FcndelI, Miss FendeIl, Mrs. Bry-
ant. Of Alexandria: Mrs Thomas Hardy
Tsliaferro. Mrs Abram Lisner. Mrs
Francis Berger Moran. Mrs. Mcfarland
Miss Armat, Mrs Ida Hill Bowie. Mrs
May Morris Amber. Mrs William Orme,
Miss Jane Mason Gibbs. Miss Latting, Of
Florida: Miss Louis Marshall. Mrs John
Temple Graves and Miss G. Watkins.
Members of Committees.
Mrs. Bunkley was chairman of the
Young ladies' committee for the dansant,
md was assisted by the following young
women: Misses Overman, Misses Burle-
son. Miss McCumber. Miss HembOldt,
Miss Graves. Miss Hendricks. Miss Bur-
dctt, Miss Reed, Miss Dorothy bennett,
Miss Hitchcock. Miss Orme, Miss Dunn,
Miss Owens. Miss lie Seur, Miss Mason.
Miss Wyath Miss Stone, Miss Finley.
Miss Douglas. Miss Van Winkler and
Miss McChOrd-
For the mems committee, William
Payne Meredith was chairman, assisted
by Dr.. Breckenridge Bayne, Dr. Glass
Spencer. Dr. Gordon, Myron Parker
Ralph Hill. Wilmer Boiling, Britton
Brown, Capt. Ridley Capt McLane
capt Glennon, Weldon Bailey, Douglas
Hillyer. Palmaster COnger, DR.. Hughes,
Dr.. John Briscoe. Spence Gordon. Lyman
Pratt. Marcus JOrdOn, Thaddius Thomp-
son. Mr. Mcclellan. Hugo de Pena, Mr..
Satio, Robert Patterson and Ashton
CIappam
Flowers for the occasion were donated
by the White House nurseries and the
florists of the city. and those receiving
the highest score at cards were awarded
handsome bouquets. During the card
playing and the dansant, refreshments
were served
The proceeds derived will be used to
send ambitious boys and girls from the
mountains of Virginia to the Blue Ridge
Industrial School, Green County, Va, of
which Rev. George P. Mayo is principal
where they will receive a high school
education. Should the pupil show an
aptitude for learning and seek a higher
education, the association will endeavor
to pro vide the means to accomplish this.
The officers OF the association are: Mrs.
Woodrow Wilson, honorary president;
Mrs. Claude Swanson. president; Mrs.
Harry l. Rust. vice president: Miss
Flora Wilson. secretary: Mrs. William
caches Fendell. recording secretary, and
Mrs. h. Z. Meredith, treasurer.