Evening star., 1916-06-28
SOLDIERS FAMILIES
APPEAL FOR RELIEF
Applications Already Have
Come to Woman's Relief
Corps.
COMMITTEE APPOINTED
TO INVESTIGATE CASES
l3eeting Planned for Tomorrow
Afternoon. When Work of Aiding
Those in Need Will Be Started.

Appeals Tor relle1 from guar
families have begun to reach the wom-
ems relief corps of the Nationaf Guard
of the District of Columbia, according
to Mrs William E. Harvey, president,
and at meeting yesterday a commit
tee was appointed to investigate the
cases This committee will make its
report at the next meeting of the or
ganization which will be held at Mrs.
Harvey's residence, .1744 Lamont street
northwest Tuesday afternoon at 1870
O'Clock.
AT yesterdays meeting plans for
affilating with the Rotary Club in re-
lief work were discussed. and a COM
mittee, consisting of Mrs. Harvey, Mrs.
Harry Coope and Mrs. B. r. Rhees, was
appointed to represent the relief corps
at a meeting of the associations inter-
ested in the work, which will be held at
the willard Hotel tomorrow afternoon
al 30 o'clock. John DOlph, chairman
of the Rotary Clubs relief committee.
addressed the organization, laying be-
fore it the exact purpose of and bene-
fits to be realized from organized re-
lief work.
The meeting was largely attended by
close feminine relatives of commissioned
officers of the District guard. and Mrs.
Harvey is certain that the relief corps
will be a big factor in aiding guardsmens
families. The organization &ill meet
1:5O O'Clock at Mrs. Harvey's residence
until further notice. All members are
urged TO attend.
X is expected that definite. steps will
be taken at the Hotel Willard meeting to
organize central committee composed
OF at least one representative from each
Heron and D. J. Callahan will represent
the Rotary Club.
Blanks Slow in Being Returned.
Mai. Heron reported today that as
yet the blanks distributed among the
guardsmen at Radio. Va, by the Rotary
Club have not been turned in. Maj.
Harry Coope, adjutant general of Camp
Ordway, is making every possible effort
to get the blanks filed out by the
guardsmen and filed with the club, he
said. but owing to military duties of the
men the work is slow.
+. T. Moran, president of the Cham
her of Commerce. has called a special
meeting Of the board of directors Of the
chamber for tomorrow at 2 o'clock. The
chambers part in the relief work will
be discussed and 1t is probable that its
representatives to the meeting at the
Willard will be chosen.
Harry c. e. Stiles has been appoint
ed by the Commercial Club to be its
row. Mr.. Stiles stated today that
owing to tho fact that the greater
number of the members of the club are
affiliated with commercial organize
tions that have already eignified their
Intention of joining in the relief work
1t VIII be improbable that the Com
mercdal Club. AZ an organization, will
take any definite steps in this regard.
mese1ng Of the board Of governors
OF the club VIII BE- called in q few days
do. he said. VIA
The following, organizations will b.
fepesssnted At tbs meeting at the VIII
lard, counmsrodal Club, Retail Mer-
chan16 Association, Legion OF I-oyal
We women: Essaon.i Linesl Society Of
Msrp t1s sp:5a,;;A1nsao.n 5A;;a1 War Veterans,
ouaSd Of the Daser1ct Of Columbia, Dis
trict Red Cross. Junior League. Fed.
grafton OF Womens Clubs. Monday
woaa3s Hsis.f osrps. Grsna oAnnl,iea; Asm, =;
the RApuhaic; Children Of the Grand
Army Of tho Republic. Federal En-
ployee Onion. No. 1882. National Civic
Federation and the Senate and Con-
gressfonal Becse<arfes' Association.
Performances to Aid Families.
Miss Valerie PaAelford 10 IN charxe
-n' tbs selling Of t5clxses for the pex-
fornances Of . aim play, How Britain
Prepared" for the benefit Of families
is being shown twice daily at the Be-
lasco Theater. Twenty-Five Der cent OF
the money realized from the sale OF
tickets outside the thsater will go to-
ward the fund. and so per cent has
been allowed on sales outside the tho
ater for the last two performances to
be given Monday. Tickets are on sale
at the following hotels: Willard, Ra-
leigh. Gordon, Occidental, Oxford, Eb-
hitt. Harrington. Continental, Bellevue.
Shoreham. Lafayette. Powhatan, Coch-
ran, Hamilton. Sterling and Richmond
IN addition. tickets are on sale at
story & Cobbs, Randall Hagner's. the
Washington Loan and Trust Company,
the Paiais Rayol. Lansburgh's, the Sem
ate and the House of Representatives
the T. VI. c. A, the navy yard. Miller
Brothers. the Luttrell automobile
agency. at the National Guard recruit4
ing station at 1925 Pennsylvania ave-
hue northwest and at the following
drug stores: Woods. Thompson's J.
Affiecks. Ogram's. ODonnelrs and
EikerHegeman's.
The pictures are shown every day At
the Beiasco at 2:30 o'clock in the aft
erpoou and at $3.50 at night. Miss
i'adeito-d is q great-granddaughter Of
brig. Gen. AIber2 Ordway. organizer o.
and for npany years commander nj the
NATIONAL Guard Of the District OF
Columbia.