Evening star., 1917-01-16
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

Arrangements have been completed
Aby the Young Woman's Hebrew Asso-
cation for q novelty dance on the night
Of February % at the Elks' Hall. Miss
= Elizabeh Lorenz is chairman of the
committee in charge.
A musical for the blind will he given
at the Library of Congress this even
ing at s:15 o'clock in pavilion I. The
program will be rendered by Miss Leila
Holterhof. the blind neder singer
A meeting of the south Washington
Citizens Association Is to be held to-
morrow evening in the assembly nan
of the Jefferson School
The Pocahontax Memorial Association
Is to meet Thursday afternoon at 4:30
o'clock in Hotel Bellevue, according TO
an announcement sent out by its cor
responding secretary, Miss Lillian Reed.
A paper on '"Fhe Practical Value of
Diatoms to Mankind is to be read by
Dr. Albert Mann of the Department of
Agriculture at meeting OF the Aquari-
um Society OF Washington Thursday
evening at o'clock at George Wash
ington University.
Miss Antoinette Greedy. daughter of
-Sen. Greely, the arctic explorer, is an
s.unced to speak on 'fWelfare Work
~ Factories" at the opening meeting
n the civics section of the Twentieth
%>ntury Club Thursday morning at II
s<rlock in All Souls Church, 14th and
., streets. Other speakers are to be
Miss Lillian Burke. supervisor of paint
ings in the public schools who Is to
speak on Need of Welfare Work In
the washington Public Schools" and
Mrs F. W. Ham, who will tell of what
IS being done by the civics section in
aid of the Bruen Home for children.
III. Lieberman was elected president
of the Young Frolickers at a recent
meeting Of the organization. Other Of
ficcrs elected were H Friedenberg, vice
Z president; NJ. Stireman, secretary; h
{ Perskin. treasurer, and L. Brown,
sergeant-at- t-arms.
The Petworth Citizens Association is
to meet at 1880 o'clock this evening in
the school building, sth and Shepherd
streets northwest
The next cavalry exhibition drill to
be given in the riding hall at Fort
I Myer will be on Friday. January 26, at
2:3O pm. Tickets will be furnished upon
I application in writing, addressed TO
the adjutant. Fort Myer.
Dickens "Christmas Carol" was given
by the Home Club Players in the ball
room of the clubhouse. IA Jackson
place. last night. Between the acts of
the play version various tableaux help
\ing along the action were shown
ware in charge.
Atreception to Mrs. Goodwin ID. Ellis
worth. the new president, and to other
officers is to be given by Dixie Chapter,
No. 1241, United Daughters of the Con-
federacy, at Confederate Memorial
Home 1922 Vermont avenue northwest.
from , to ; o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
Division officers and chapter officers of
the United Daughters of the Confed-
eracy and officers of the Confederate
Veterans and Sons Of Veterans camps
are invited to attend.
The condition of Miss MiIlicent Hunt
eh, who was taken i'll while on her way
3 ID school recently, anu Thursday under
went an operation for appendicitis at
Providence Hospital, Is said to be
greatly improved. She is the daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs. W. Hunter, 1927 n
street.
Coroner hewitt yesterday afternoon
conducted an inquest at the morgue in
the case OF Willis f. Crocker. fifty
years old, 23o9 18th street. who died at
Emergency Hospital last Friday as a
result of injuries he received in fall
from a window while painting. A YER
dict OF accidental death was reached.
Funeral services for Mr.. Crocker were
held yesterday afternoon, and inter-
ment was in Glenwood cemetery.
Nora Il. Lewis has filed suit I'm tho
District Supreme Court for mainte-
nance from George +. Lewis. an en-
ploye of the Union News Company at
Union station. They were married May
., 1916. and the wife charges cruelty.
She also seeks an injunction to prevent
her husband from annoying her. JUS
. tice stafford has cited the husband to
show cause next Friday why he should
not pay temporary alimony. Attorney
David Wolf represents the wife.
Limited divorce and aIimony are
/ asked in a suit filed by Minnie e. CAL
houn, colored, against her husband.
John c. Calhoun, policeman of the
5aaltimore In 1913, and the wife alleges
that her husband failed to support her
and she has been obliged to return to
her parents. The wife is represented
by Attorney A w. Scott.
Udo II. waldecker has filed suit I'm the
District Supreme Court to recover $1,000
damages from Randall II. Hagner and
Frances Cotton for alleged personal in
jury. He asserts that he was cut
about the face, body and limbs as the
result of collision between an auto
mobile OF the defendants and one in
which he was riding. He declares the
defendants We're violating the traffic
regulations at the time of the collision.
Attorneys Francis Il. Moriarty, j. A.
Moriarty and \. L. Newmyer appear for
the plaintiff.
DIR. willard :. Small, principal of
Eastern High School and a member of
the faculty of George Washington Uni
Nersity, is TO be the principal speaker
before the jefferson Community Center
Association, to be held in the Jefferson
School Thursday evening at o'clock.
Mrs. Melville d. Lindsay is to sing ac-
sompanied by Alfred Lindsay. and Miss
Gladys Price is to contribute a number
of vocal solos. Miss Emma Louise
Thompson being her accompanist Dr.
Mllard +. Thompson is to speak on
sunday motion picture theaters.
Smithsonian Bill Passed.