The Washington herald., 1916-01-15
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The biological Society of washing
ton will be addressed tonight at s
O'Clock at the Cosmos Club, H street
and Madison place. by Henry Talbot
on "Nepigon" and by w. w. Cooke on
"A Bird's-eye View of Labrador Birds"
The Vermont State Association will
/ be addressed Monday night at the
i Washington Club, Seventeenth and K
streets northwest, by Fred J. Bailey.
chief clerk OF the Bureau of Mines. on
Saving Lives in the Coal Mines" So,
prano solos Will be given by Mrs.
Melville ID. Lindsay.
/ The Indoor-Outdoor Club Of the
i Young Women's Christian Associa ton
i will entertain the members of the as
| sociation at headquarters, Fourteenth
i and g streets northwest, next Satur-
i day. Miss Mildred Bartholow, presi-
dent of the club, is in general charge
of arrangements. assisted by Miss
| Miriam Barstow, membership secre-
tary.
New classes in French, millinery,
and dressmaking have been organized
at the Young Women's Christian As
sociation. The French class will meet
on Tuesdays and Fridays from to
, p. m. The millinery class will meet
| on Tuesdays at 10 a. m. and D. m.
The dressmaking class will meet
Mondays at 10 a. m. and D. m.
Hrhe Necessity of Water Power De-
yelopment' will be the subject of an
| illustrated lecture on Tuesday night
at $3.50 o'clock in New National Mu-
scum by Henry +. Pierce, of Seattle
| The lecture will be given at the re-
quest of Senators and Representatives
| in Congress from Washington.
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District of Columbia will be addressed
Tuesday night at S:15 o'clock at the
Army and Navy Club by Prof. II. C.
Washburn, instructor in English,
United States Naval Academy, Annap-
oils, on The Navy's. Trophy Flags"
The Secretary and Assistant Secretary
of War have been invited. together
with members of the House and Sem
ate Committees on Military Affairs.
The Washington Secular League will
| be addressed tomorrow afternoon at
2:30 o'clock at Pythian Temple by
| Prof. Henry Oldys on The Psychicai
World" The meeting will be open to
the public. A general discussion will
| be held.
II "The World War and the Future of
the Socialist Internationally" will be
| the subject Of an address on Tuesday
night at Sis o'clock in Pythian Tenn
|
party of the District by Alexandra
Kallontay, who has just come from
| Germany and Russia.
The mississippi Society of the Dis
| trict will hold its annual reception
and dance in honor of the Senators
| and Representatives from Mississippi
| and their wives at the Portner apart
ments, Fifteenth and u streets north
| west, next Friday night from to 12
| o'clock.
| The National Security Congress win
| hold its annual convention here next
| Thursday, Friday and Saturday. More
| than 1000 delegates are expected from
New York. A mass meeting will be
held Friday night at Memorial CONT
| mental Hall A banquet will be held
Saturday night, ending the convention.
Members OF Troop A, First Squadron,
| District of Columbia Cavalry. will be
| the guests OF honor at the regular
| Saturday evening entertainment OF rse
! University Club tonight. Addresses
will be delivered by Brig. Gen. will
lam E. Harvey. N. G. D. c.: Mai. Cast
ner, adjutant general of the District
National Guard; Brig. Gen. Mccain,
adjutant general, U. S. A; Lieut. Gen.
Nelson A Miles, U. S. A, retired, and
r. N. Hickman, member OF Troop A.
| An examination for the securing of
stenographers and typists for the va
rious branches of the Federal service
will be held throughout the fourth
eivil service district on February 19.
! The district embraces the District of
Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, West
| Virginia, and North Carolina Only
men will be examined at Washington.
| Both men and women may take the
| examination at other places.
The Young women's Christian As
sociation will celebrate the fiftieth an
niversary of its founding on March 3.
A membership campaign will COM
I mence February /.
| The Monday Evening Club will dis
cuss the use of public school buildings
| here as social centers at a meeting
| Monday night. Addresses will be by
| Commissioner oliver p Newman. Hem
ry p. Blair, president of the Board of
| Education, and Prof. Edward J. Ward
1 formerly of the University of wiscon-
sin. George F. Bowerman, librarian
of Public Library, will preside.
The Georgia Society of the District
will hold it's annual banquet at the
Raleigh on the night of March z.
The National Board for the Promo
ton of Rife Practice has decided to
hold the next national rife matches at
Jacksonville, Fla, in the week begin
ming october %.
The Washington Alumni chapter of
the Sigma Nu fraternity will hold its
annual election of officers tonight at
the University Club, following its
banquet, which will be held at Z