Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-29
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.


Mrs. Edith Fox Norton, he's been en-
gagged in religious work with the Bel
Fian soldiers, is to deliver an address
in the Fourth Presbyterian Church this
evening on their experiences. Mr.. and
Mrs. Norton. it is pointed out, were
with the Belgian army from Ram
scapelle to Newport.
Absolute divorce Is asked in "a petition
filed in the District Supreme Court by
Earl A. Mcdonald gains Harriet l..
Mcdonald. They Were married AiaTch
6. 1913. and separated Tuesday MIS-
conduct with an unknown co~respondent
is alleged. Attorneys Hawken Il HaNeH
represent the husband
A dance and card party is TO be given
tomorrow evening in the bathrooms OF
the New willard Hotel. under the aus
pieces of the Wonlen's Alliance of All
souls Unitarian Church. the proceeds
to be devoted to the charitable WoTk or
the organization
Mrs. Edward Mcdowell is to give a
lecture-recital this evening at 81"
O'Clock in the New National Museum
under the auspices of the Washington
Society of Fine Arts She viii speak
on the Mcdowell music and the work
Y,f the Mcdowell Society
<Dr. Harry c. O%berhol~er of the United
States Department of Agriculture is
to deliver the last lecture of his series
on bird life at the American Univer-
sity tomorrow afternoon at $3.50 o'clock.
This lecture will be on Home Life of
Wild Birds" is to be illustrated with
stereopticon and the public is invited,
Drnmati readings are to be given by
the Colored Y. NJ. c. a. tomorrow even
ing at Sis O'Clock at Rankin Memorial
Chapel. Howard University. for the
benefit Of the Howard University
ranch of the Y. VI. c. A.
A musical program, including song
number by Miss Mabel Roberts, lyric
dramatic Soprano. who Will be accom-
panied by Mrs. Pau Bleyden, is to be
given his evening at the Arts club,
Richard d. Engel is chairman of the
entertainment committee. !
Miss Grace Wilson will give a talk
on her recent trip around he world,
telling particularly about her expert
ences in the Holy Land, at the Home
of Truth. goo Goth street, corner Wyo-
ming avenue, Friday evening at 5 O'Clock.
DR.. Israel Eros of baltimore is an
rounced to speak on what Judaism Is
Not" before the MSnordh Society of the |
George Washington University Satur-
day evening at o'clock in the Arts and
Science building, CO.'S L street north
west.
Leslie VI. shaw. former Secretary of
the Treasury, also 4 former governor of
Iowa. is to speak at 4 meeting of the
iowa society OF NdSbllSlpI SATURDAY |
eyeninS at 5 o'clock in the Raleigh
Hotel. a reading is 10 be given by Mrs. !
L.. T. Dutton.
A course of three ShakeSpearean lee
lures is TO be given by Prof. Samuel J.
at the American Univer-
sity. The lectures Will he given Tues
day. Wednesday and Thursday of next
week at $40 o'clock. The subjects arc
The Three Periods" The Ideal" and !
Love and Friendship"
coed roads as factors In heipin. re-
Huce the cost nf living. through afford
ing farmers good transit. formed the /
theme of an illustrated lecture by NJ. @. J
!.!drldge at the Y. NJ. C.. y. last night. |
III pictures showed the work of the I
public highways commission.
Rev DR.. John Van Schaick. jr, presi-
nounced to speak al n meeting of the |
Parent and Teachers Association of
Birney School, tomorrow evening at
5 O'Clock, at the Birney School. Anacos-
tia.
Police OF the tenth precinct last night
received complaints that joyriders had
taken the automobiles of ". H, Willis. |
Rochelle apartments. and Edmund H.
Smith. 800 y street. The former aid
his car was taken i'll front of 1910 Kill
bourne street, while the ~iatter's ma
mine was taken from in front OF Park !
View School. oBtb cars were recovered.
Woman Suffrage was the subject of |
. debate last night at the Texas Club /
Of Mount Carmel Baptist Church. Sd |.
and 7 streets northwest. The aftirma- I
tre was taken by Mrs. Jessie Hardy
Mckaye and Miss Ida {. Plumnaer, who
came out victorious. On. +. 2. MARTIN
and DR.. J. e. Williams supported the
negative. The Judges included Archi-
bald Grimke, A. s. Pinkett and Mrs.
Caroline Mason. |
Rev. JOIN ID. Hayes, q Rhodes scholar
at Oxford University, and Rev. DIR. KEEL
man, pastor OF Free st. Georges Church /
of Edinburgh, Scotland, will deliver ad-
dresses at q meeting to be held III the
chapel OF the Church of the Covenant
this evening at 5 O'Clock. The public
is invited.
The various Industries and the mode
of life of the inhabitants Of Porto Rico
we're portrayed i'll an illustrated lecture
delivered by f Z. Roberts iii the sun
day school room of the Metropolitan
Memorial Vi. L. Church last night.
The National Gallery Of Art, located
in the new National Museum, announces
an exhibition of portraits and land
scalpes by Orlando T:ouland beginning
1T $50 O'Clock Monday evening next
and ending April 80. The gallery will
be open to the public free of charge
every week day from 3 until 40 and
each Sunday from 1880 to 40.
RECRUITING IN "MOVIES"