The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-11

ID BIRMINGHAM Is ever interested in lEN the welfare and work of her former
 citizens and has keen feeling in all their activities and just now that Mrs. Helen Smith Woodruff, one of our own most beloved young women assisted in the organization of the junior patriots every line about the organization is of much concern to her many friends and relatives here. The New York Evening Telegram gave the following account of the Washington birthday celebration of the junior patriots which is as follows:
 With only three days preparation, the Junior Patriots of America had grand rally in commemoration of Washington $ birthday in the Hippodrome at 10 o'clock today. The use of the Hippodrome was given to them through the courtesy of Charles B. Dillingham;. The committee tkat arranged for the rally was com posed of Mrs Helen D. Woodruff, Mrs. Stuart Blackton and Miss Juliet L. Lentil- hon.
 More than 5000 children from the city's high schools and military schools at tended. The Junior Police and the Boy
 
 delegations that took part in the drill ex- ercises.
 To Mrs. Woodruff belongs the credit of arranging the rally, which had for it's object the insulting of patriotism in the pupils of the various schools in the city and fostering love and reference for the flag.
 Four days ago Mrs. Woodruff thought there should be something done on Wash irgton's birthday anniversary to increase patriotism among the children of the city. She was one of the organizers of the Junior Patriots of America, of which Hamilton Fish, Jr., is president, and she decided that rally under the direction of the Junior patriots was just the thing. She communicated with Dr. Ward Cramp- ton, director of the physical department of the public schools, and through him aroused the interest of the board of edu- cation, which encouraged the movement
 The result, after three days of effort, was that more than 5000 of the older put pills of the public schools and students at military colleges were in the Hippodrotne when the rally began at 10 o'clock programme of various sorts of drills had been arranged, with patriotic music by
 
 to arouse patriotism. Dudley Field Ma lone, collector of the port, made an ad- dress.
 The exercise aroused so much enthu- siasm that all of the pupils present en- rolled under the banners of the Junior Patriots of America, adding 5000 to their ranks in this city. The league is reor- ganized, according to Mrs. Woodruff, with MT. Fish still as its president. and is to be incorporated. Efforts will be made then to spread it all over the United States until more than 3,O00,00 children have been enrolled.
 Mrs. Woodruff and the members of the committee in charge had the help of many socially prominent women in the city who acted as patronesses, ushers and pro- gramme girls.
 Among them were: Mrs Adrian. Iselin, Miss Helen Teton. Miss Helen Byrne, Miss Eleanor Green, Miss Emily Stevens, Miss Margaretta Beekman, Miss Lillian Endi- colt. Miss Brginia Loney, Mrs. Richard smith Emnet, Mrs. Walter Kobbe. IT,, Miss Madeline Dahlgren who is chairman of the ushers; Miss Marian Tiffany, Miss Theodora Tiffany Miss Maude Kahn, Miss Reta Boker the Misses smyphrosa and Grace Brisf Miss Reta Sturgis, Miss Reta korr Mrs. Flake Manning. Mrs. James Leny hanks, Jr., Miss Fran ce5 Field, Miss salie Bloodgood and Miss Elizabeth iompson.
 The masquerad at the Phoenix club Thursday evenly as lovely affair given by the le chapter Many guests enjoyed tn jpitality. The even ing was spent witn dancing and at mid- night buffet supper was served to sew eral hundred There were many clever and unique costumes and for the best, prizes were awarded. Of the women Miss Elsie Fies, as cadet, won the first prize; Miss Fannie Mae Crumrine, as queen of the night won the second; Mrs Herman. Saks, as fortune teller, won the third. The most original costume among the men was worn by Mrs. Ben Levy, rep resenting, 'bone-dry." MT. Joe Rosen- berger, as . Persian nobleman, won the second: MT. Melville Summers as Old Age won the third. Miss Jean Adler and and MT. and Mrs. Harry Kohn, as the country bride and groom, won prizes. The group prize was awarded the chain gang, masked in stripes who were MT. l.. Sterne MT. Joe Saks, MT. Ike Saks and Mir. Julian Schwarz. Credit for the wonderful success of the ball is due to Mrs. Ben Well. Mrs J. Beitman, Mrs. Herman Saks and Mrs. Edgar Gold.
 Given at the Ritz Carlton, in New York city, on Thursday, February 20 for the benefit of the Southern Industrial Educa- tionaf association, of which Mrs Alger- non Sidney Sullivan is president, and Mrs. James Harman Dnwiddie is chair man. a most successful and charming