Evening star., 1917-03-19

night at the marine DarrackS nail, peinB
given for the balefit Of the work Tor
the. enlisted men and for their families
Iif war Should come. The chaperons
for the young ladies' committee are
Mrs. Dennis E. Nolan for the army and
Mrs. William G. Leahy for the navy:
Capt. Richard Creecy is chairman OF
the mems floor committee. Mrs. George
b. Duncan of the army and Mrs. J. y.
promoting committee. Prominent mem
bers of the Women's Army and Navy
League interesting themselves in the
success of the ball are Mrs. Edward H.
Mrs. j. B. Aleshire. Mrs. w. II. Carter.
Mrs. c. w. Fenton. Mrs. Tasker H.
Bliss, Mrs. W.. A. Mccain, with Mrs:
Newton Baker. wife of the Secretary of
War, for the army, and Mrs. J. II. Glen
non, Mrs William Benson, Mrs. Charles
H. Davis, Mrs. Frank Fletcher, with
Mrs. Alexander Sharp, who is chair
| man of the committee of arrangements,
together with Mrs. Daniels, for the
navy Mrs. Albert P. Niblack is assist
ing as chairman of the patroness COM
mittee as we'll as the sale of the boxes.
Capt and Mrs s. w. Fitz Gerald who
have been spending some time at
Washington as guests of the formers
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. w. T. Fitz Gerald.
will return shortly to their station at
Mineola, l.. !.
InrOuGn an oversight the names OF
the musical committee were omitted
| from the programs of the benefit of the
United Service Woman's Branch of the
Red Cross Friday afternoon at the
| Belasco Reater. Miss Emma Hamilton
Bulloch was chairman of the musical
committee assisted BY Miss Wilmuth
Gary and Mrs. Maud Howell Smith.
DIR. Charles E. Munroe will speak at
the Mason House, 1906 goth street.
Wednesday morning, March 81, at 1880
o'clock, on THE United States Sanf-
| tary Commission and Some of Its
Members
Miss Ruth Curran, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph H. Curran. was hostess
at a matinee party Saturday afternoon,
when her guests were Misses Mar
garet Crosson, Theresa Crosson, Cath
arine Williams, Mary Dalton, Margaret
Kane. Loretta Sullivan, Ruth Peters,
Mamie Lamond. Henrietta Lamond,
Josephine Rammage, Elizabeth Ram
mage. Josephine Carlo, Marie Louise
Carbc, Lillian Thompson, Denise Roach,
Frances Roach and Mildred Curran.
Mrs. H. J. Crosson ehaperoned the
party, which later went to the home of
the little hostess for games and re-
| freshments.
Mrs. Curran was assisted by Miss
Marian Kennedy and Mrs. John Ken
redN. and the rooms were effectively
decorated with flags, green carnations
l.
| A war game was played, in which the
| little girls were shown how they could
help the less fortunate children in Eu-
rope. Each of the guests drew a coun-
| try. and was Aedged to deny herself
and form a unit of ten to work for the
| orphan children of the country drawn.
| A treasurer for each unit of little
work ers' was appointed. and a general
treasurer Will hold the whole fund and
| turn it over to the countries for which
| it is intended.
Representative and Mrs. John E.
| Raker have left to spend three weeks
| at their home at Alturas, Cal.
| Alpha Eta Chapter of Kappa Sigma
gave tea yesterday from until
| at HOO Vermont avenue.
The guests, which numbered about
800. included all the other fraternities
tof George Washington University the
members of the faculty and their wives,
Fraternity who live at Washington
and the immediate vicinity and large
number of other friends of the frater-
nifty.
Among the prominent guests were
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Cary T. Grayson.
The patrcnesses, who received for the
chapter, Were: Mrs. A. ]. Gronna, wife
of Senator Gronna of North Dakota;
Mrs. William Robert Smith, wife of
Representative Smith of Texas, and
Mrs. Henry w. Fisher.
The young ladies' assisting were: Miss
Gladys Helgesen, Miss Amy Gronna.
Miss Helen Bridget. Miss Leonila Lloyd,
Miss Irene Randall, Miss Italy Carter
and Miss Frances Smith.
Mrs. Wilfred N. Blunt entertained
at luncheon in honor of Mrs. Lauter-
bach of New York at Hotel Lafayette
yesterday.
Mrs. Annie williams entertained for
her daughter, Miss Cerisse B. Jackson,
at dinner party yesterday. The
guests were Mrs. Ella c. Lee, Miss
Freddie H. White and Mr.. Charles H.
Williams.