Evening star., 1917-01-15
CIT7 NEWS IN BRIEF.

DR.. Henry j. Harris of the Library of
Congress is announced to speak on
THE Scope and Purpose of Social In
surance," at meeting of the Monday
Evening Club this evening at o'clock.
in the Y. NJ. C. A. building. Lindley D.
Clark of the bureau of labor statistics
is to open the general discussion with
special reference to workmen's COM
pensation in the District of Columbia.
Lewis Merriam is to preside.
C.Y. shaw is to lecture at meeting
81 the Washington Association, No. 1.
n. A. S. E.. Wednesday evening at
-,clock. at 1904 Pennsylvania avenue
1tnwest.
DIR. n. 9. TrimbIe is to give a lecture
Liver and Gall Bladder" in the mems
gymnasium of the Young Mems Chris
tian Association. at 7:45 o'clock this
evening.
lecture on Pythagoras' "Law Of Vi
bration in Love, Marriage and Busi-
ness" Is to be given by Miss Louise
Cults Powell at the Portland Hotel at
8 o'clock this evening.
While working in q manufacturing
plant at Terra Gotta yesterday morn
Ing Frank Wade, I'll Rock Creek
Church road, fell through an elevator
shaft and received an injury to his
right ankle He was taken to Garfield
Hospital
The bicycle Of Policeman C. p. Cox of
the seventh precinct yesterday morn
ing skidded on the slippery pavement
from the wheel. Cox was not injured,
but his bicycle and speedometer were
damaged.
80 ~
cry, 1121 18th street, and w. H. Bliss,
171S Massachusetts, avenue, last night,
about l1:30 o'clock. collided at 18th and
U streets and were damaged. Respon-
sibility for the collision will be deter
mined in Police Court.
Mrs. Louisa jennings, colored, nfty-
hve years old, was accidentally over
come by illuminating gas at her home,
<o3 4th street southeast, yesterday aft
ernoon. She was found by her sister.
Julia Honesty. 154 D street southeast.
when the latter called to see her. Her
condition was not critical.
Martha Dent. colored. forty-three
years old, s O'Briens court. died sud-
denly last night about 1880 o'clo *
Coroner Nevitt examined the body and
gave a certificate of death from nat
ural causes.
The education section Of the Twen.
tleln century CluD Is TO nOlQ ltS or
ganization meeting tomorrow afternoon
at 2:30 o'clock in the home of its lead
er, Mrs. T. L. Cole. 2S62 Ontario road.
dance IN to be given by the Aid and
Relief Society of the Columbia Poly
technic Institute for the Blind for the
benefit of the institute Wednesday
evening at the Cairo Mrs. Allyn Cap
ron, the chairman, is to be assisted by
Mrs. William Clabaugh, Mrs. Lillian
Miller. Miss Rose Seton and Miss Rose
Sliney. Maj. j. D. Carmody is chairman
OF the floor committee.
SiEmund Sacks, baritone, and the
George Washington Glee Club Quartet
are the principals on the program of
the lobby concert to be given in the
lobby of the Young Mems Christian As
eociation building. 1876 street north
west, at o'clock this evening. The
quartet is composed of Messrs. Ramsey,
Saunders. Bixler and Wolfe, with Paul
Wilson as accompanist. Admission will
be free.
"That Nationwide Prohibition Ia De-
sirable' is to be the topic of a debate
between Rev Walter H. Brooks and L.
NJ. Hershaw before the Bethel Literary
Society tomorrow evening at the Met
ropolitan A. NJ. E. Church. Music is to
be furnished by chorus from the Ma
ttonal Training School for Women and
Girls.